Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757
Dates
- Existence: 1682 - 1757
Biography
Jonathan Belcher was a merchant, businessman, and politician from the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the American colonial period. Belcher served simultaneously for over a decade as colonial governor of the British colonies of New Hampshire (1729–1741) and Massachusetts (1730–1741) and later for ten years as governor of New Jersey (1747–1757).
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Judicial Commission
Collection
Identifier: Mss 731304
Mss 731304
Date(s):
1731-05-04
Scope and Contents
Commission from the Royal Governor appointing Ephraim Dennet a justice in the Colonial Court of Common Pleas in place of Joshua Peirce.