Elizabeth Belcher was one of four wives of Ichabod Allen.
Boston Evening Transcript, Boston, Massachusetts, April 18, 1906. [4]
1701 Torrey reports that Jacob Clifford (-1665) and Elizabeth [Mayhew] (1677-) were married by 1701, the date of the birth of their first child. He notes that Elizabeth married, secondly, Ichabod Allen in 1728. [1]
1701 "Ichabod Allin of Martha's Vineyard, & Elizabeth Belcher, of Braintree were married ye 25 December 25" in Braintree, Massachusetts, "by ye Rvd Moses Fisk." [2]
1714 Elizabeth Allen, age 35, wife of Ichabod Allen, died on August 25 in Tisbury, Massachusetts. [3]
M. P. Answer to , Note No. *550. Belcher. E. E. J., in the Transcript of June 13, 1904, said he was puzzled about the different Moses Belchers, and hoped J. G. B. would prove by authority his statement that Moses Belcher (born 1673-4), who signed a deed Dec. 30, 1707, one of the children of Moses and Mary, married Anne Sasson. If such proof has been given I have not seen it, so send the following: Three of the children of Moses and Mary (Nash) Belcher, viz., Elizabeth, Katherine and Moses, were connected with Martha's Vineyard by marriage.
Elizabeth Belcher married, Dec. 25, 1701, Ichabod Allen of Tisbury, and was the first of his four wives, all named Elizabeth.
Four years later, Nov. 30, 1705, her sister Katherine was married to Jabez Athearn of Tisbury. This marriage is found recorded on Tisbury records. The name is Athearn, not "Athern". … (more about Moses Belcher).
1715 Ichabod Allen and [Mrs] Eliza Simonds were married on July 7 in Boston, Massachusetts. [5] [6]
1727 "Mrs Allen spouse to Ichabod Allen died" on July 16. [7]
1728 Ichabod Allen and Elizabeth Clifford were married on November 4 in Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts. [8] [9]
1752 The will of Ichabod Allen of Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts was dated on January 22, 1751. The will named wife Elizabeth, son Benjamin, son Barnabus, son Ebenezer, daughter Elizabeth Norton, and son Thomas. Son Thomas Allen was named executor. The will was proved on February 1, 1752, and was recorded on May 8, 1752. [10]
Research Notes:
A biosketch named Ichabod Allen with spouses Elizabeth Allen and Eliza Clifford. [11]
[1] Clarence Almon Torrey and Elizabeth Petty Bently, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] Massachusetts, U.S., Vital Records, 1640-1849, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] Boston Evening Transcript, Boston, Massachusetts, April 18, 1906, page 23, [NewspapersClip].
[5] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] Charles Edward Banks, "Diary of Reverend William Homes," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 48 (1894), 446-453; 49 (1895), 413-416; and 50 (1896), 155-166, at 48:451, [InternetArchive].
[8] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[9] Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[10] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[11] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].