Background
Belcher, Jonathan was born on January 8, 1682 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Andrew and Sarah (Gilbert) Belcher.
Belcher, Jonathan was born on January 8, 1682 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Andrew and Sarah (Gilbert) Belcher.
Graduated from Harvard, 1699.
Member Massachusetts Council, 1718-1720, 22-23, 26-27, 29. Governor Massachusetts and N.H., 1730-1741. Governor New Jersey, 1746-1757.
A founder College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1746-1748, donated his library, 1757.
Member Massachusetts Council, 1718-1720, 22-23, 26-27, 29.
Married Mary Partridge, 1705. Married second, Mary Teal, September 9, 1748.