Revolutionary War surgeon
9th Reg. Conn. Militia
Deacon in Second Congregational Church, Greenwich
Other Child:
~ Sarah "Belcher" Palmer (10 May 1794-19 Jun 1867; m. Dr. David)
~ Provided by Richard H. L. Chichester, III ~
"Belcher, Elisha, M.D., son of Colonel William Belcher and Desire (Morgan) Belcher; born in the Town of Preston, now Lebanon, Conn., in 1756; took up the study of medicine and at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War entered the Continental Army as surgeon's mate; in April, 1780, he was promoted to surgeon and transferred to the 9th Regiment, 4th Brigade, Connecticut Militia, and stationed at Greenwich, Conn.; was made a mason in Union Lodge of Stamford in 1780; representative to the General Assembly in 1798, 1803, and 1811; married, July 19, 1781, Lydia, daughter of Horton and Lydia (Knapp) Reynolds. After the close of the Revolutionary War he resided at Round Hill, a short distance south of the present Episcopal Church, and practised medicine in the Town of Greenwich until his death, which occurred on Dec. 23, 1825. His children were Clarissa, Alethina (Alice), Lydia K., Mary (Polly), Elisha R., Sarah B., William N., Elizabeth M., and Ann Augusta. Both his sons were physicians, but removed from Greenwich soon after reaching the age of twenty-one years."
(source: "Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut: With Genealogical Notes", by Spencer Percival Mead, 1911, pg. 370)
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(other sources: "The History and Descendants of John and Sarah Reynolds ..." by Marion Hobart Reynolds, 1924, p. 152; "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"; Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906)
Revolutionary War surgeon
9th Reg. Conn. Militia
Deacon in Second Congregational Church, Greenwich
Other Child:
~ Sarah "Belcher" Palmer (10 May 1794-19 Jun 1867; m. Dr. David)
~ Provided by Richard H. L. Chichester, III ~
"Belcher, Elisha, M.D., son of Colonel William Belcher and Desire (Morgan) Belcher; born in the Town of Preston, now Lebanon, Conn., in 1756; took up the study of medicine and at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War entered the Continental Army as surgeon's mate; in April, 1780, he was promoted to surgeon and transferred to the 9th Regiment, 4th Brigade, Connecticut Militia, and stationed at Greenwich, Conn.; was made a mason in Union Lodge of Stamford in 1780; representative to the General Assembly in 1798, 1803, and 1811; married, July 19, 1781, Lydia, daughter of Horton and Lydia (Knapp) Reynolds. After the close of the Revolutionary War he resided at Round Hill, a short distance south of the present Episcopal Church, and practised medicine in the Town of Greenwich until his death, which occurred on Dec. 23, 1825. His children were Clarissa, Alethina (Alice), Lydia K., Mary (Polly), Elisha R., Sarah B., William N., Elizabeth M., and Ann Augusta. Both his sons were physicians, but removed from Greenwich soon after reaching the age of twenty-one years."
(source: "Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut: With Genealogical Notes", by Spencer Percival Mead, 1911, pg. 370)
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(other sources: "The History and Descendants of John and Sarah Reynolds ..." by Marion Hobart Reynolds, 1924, p. 152; "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"; Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906)
Family Members
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Clarissa Belcher Sackett
1783–1844
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Alethina "Alice" Belcher Mead
1785–1815
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Lydia Knapp Belcher Mead
1787–1846
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Mary Belcher White
1788–1873
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Dr Elisha Reynolds Belcher
1791–1860
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Sarah Belcher Palmer
1794–1867
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Dr William Nathan Belcher
1798–1880
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Elizabeth Morgan Belcher Strang
1801–1877
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Ann Augusta Belcher White
1804–1894
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