Jonathan Belcher (1682-1757) was colonial governor of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey.Born in Cambridge, he attended Harvard University. In 1718, Belcher was elected to the Massachusetts council and became colonial governor when his predecessor died. Initially accepted by Boston, his popularity decreased when he brought the censure of the English government. He was later appointed governor of the province of New Jersey and assisted in the founding of Princeton University, formerly known as the College of New Jersey, of which he built the library for it. State nickname: Bay State Official languages English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney (R) Senators Edward Kennedy (D) John Kerry (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 44th 27,360 km² 25. ... State nickname: Granite State, Mother of Rivers, White Mountain State, Switzerland of America [1] Official languages English Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Governor John Lynch (D) Senators Judd Gregg (R) John Sununu (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 46th 24,239 km² 3. ... State nickname: The Garden State Official languages None defined Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (D) Acting, Outgoing Jon Corzine (D) (Governor-Elect) Senators Jon Corzine (D) (Outgoing) Bob Menendez (D) (named as Corzines replacement) Frank Lautenberg (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 14. ... Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. ...
Belcher, sr., was the Governor of Massachusetts, 1730-41; and, after that, Governor of New Jersey (1746-75); and, indeed, I learn, the founder of Princeton University.
Belcher's career, that as Chief Justice3, was to unfold mostly after that period with which I deal in my first book (particularly Part 6, beginning with Chapter 4).
With the death of Governor Charles Lawrence, in 1760, JonathanBelcher, being the next senior man in the province, was to stand in as its chief administrative officer.
JonathanBelcher of Boston, Massachusetts was appointed His Majestys royal governor of the colony of Massachusetts Bay (which at that time included the present states of Massachusetts and Maine) on December 13, 1729; he was also appointed governor of the colony of New Hampshire.
JonathanBelcher was very conscious of his ancestry, for he knew that his grandfather, Andrew Belcher, was one of the first settlers of the Bay Colony and was thus one of the founding fathers of America.
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