Family
His first wife, Mary Partridge Belcher (1685–1736), was the daughter of New Hampshire Lt. Gov. William Partridge, and a sister was the wife of Lt. Gov. George Vaughan. One of his sons, Jonathan Belcher, was the Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. His other son, Andrew Belcher, also served on the Massachusetts Governor's Council.
He was the uncle of Lt. Gov Andrew Oliver and Chief Justice Peter Oliver, and was also the great-grandfather of Admiral Edward Belcher. His great-nephew Peter Oliver, Jr. married the daughter of Governor Thomas Hutchinson.
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