Note: Robert is the Belcher who migrated to Virginia, according to the website of Gay Lynne Belcher Wells. Also from her website: THE BELCHER FAMILIES MOVED TO MASS SOME MOVED INTO MARYLAND AND SOME ON TO VIRGINIA TO START WITH THEN ROBERT AND HIS FAMILY MIGRATED TO VIRGINIA THE APPOMATTOX RIVER WINDS THROUGH CHESTERFIELD CO VIR BETWEEN CHESTERFIELD CO AND AMELIA CO. VIR. DURING THE EARLY 1700'S MANY MEN PATENTED LAND IN THE SW END OF CHESTERFIELD KNOWN UNTIL 1749 AS HENRICO CO. THEY SETTLED IN THE AREAS KNOWN AS SKINQUARTER AND GENITO. SOME OF THE SETTLERS WERE JOHN BELCHER , RICHARD BELCHER,JAMES GATES,JOHN GOODE, JOHN SKELTON,JAMES BAILY. THE EARLIEST KNOW RECORD OF RICHARD AND JOHN BELCHER IS IN HENRICO CO. VIR ALONG WITH JOHN NASH'S SHERIFF'S BOND ALONG WITH JAMES BAILEY. STATES:" JOHN BELSHAR JR..1LEVY.CLKS FEE, STORE DEBT. AN ITEM CANCELLED TO ORDER TO RICHARD BELSHAR--NOTE PAID BY JOHN BELCHER SR." JAMES BAILEYS SON RICHARD BAILY MARRIED ELIZABETH BELCHER. IN 1759 JAMES BAILY BOUGHT 77 ACRES OF LAND S SIDE OF SKINQUARTER THIS LAND WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF A PATENT OF 375 GRANTED TO RICHARD BELCHER IN 1754 AND WAS THE FIRST OWNED BY THE BAILEY FAMILY. ================================
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