Abigail Belcher

Children of Jeremiah and Abigail (Waldo) Allen:

• a. Abigail, dates of her birth and death unknown. She is named in her grandfather Waldo's will, and was living * unmarried, Jan. 14, 1764, when Capt. Edward Tyng added a codicil to his will leaving "to my Cousin Abigail Allen of Boston, Spinster, Niece of my late beloved wife, deceased, fifty pounds." She is probably the Abigail Allen who married, April 8, 1766, at King's Chapel, Boston, Jonathan, son of Gov. Jonathan (Andrmo, Andrttoj and Mary (Partridge) Belcher of Boston, born July 38, 1710, at Boston; died Men. 39, 177S, at Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was one of the early settlers of Chebucto, now Halifax, and became Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. "He was a man of excellent habits, prudent, upright, of great political integrity. His prejudices were much in favor of New England."'

Children, born at Halifax —

• Jonathan, born Jan. 33, 1757; died Aug. 38, 1757.
• Gilbert-Jonathan, born May 17, 1759; died Aug. 81, 1788.
• Mary-Emilia-Elizabeth, born June 3, 1760.
• Abigail, born Nov. 13,1761; died Sept. 6, 1766.
• Andrew, born July 23, 1768; died Nov. 17, 1641, at:
• Jonathan, born Aug. 14, 1765; died June 39, 1772.
• William-Jeremiah, born May 7, 1770; died May 8, 1770

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BELCHER, JONATHAN, lawyer, chief justice, and lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia; b. 23 July 1710 in Boston, Massachusetts, second son of Jonathan Belcher and his first wife, Mary Partridge; m. there on 8 April 1756 Abigail Allen, and they had five sons and two daughters; d. 30 March 1776 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

• http://www.belcherfoundation.org/chief_justice_jonathan_belcher.htm
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 14 2017, 7:47:11 UTC
• http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=1750
• Genealogy of the Waldo Family: A Record of the Descendants of ..., Volume 1 page 120