family, and supporters, he used condescending names to refer to his opponents, and he applied pressure to the press in Boston to ensure reasonably favorable coverage of him. Legacy Belchertown, Massachusetts, is named for him. His home in Elizabethtown survives, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Belcher-Ogden House. It is also a contributing property to the Belcher-Ogden Mansion-Price, Benjamin-Price-Brittan Houses District. Belcher's summer home in Milton, Massachusetts, was destroyed by fire in 1776, but portions of it may have survived in its replacement, built by his widow and now known as the Belcher-Rowe House, also listed on the National Register. (The Jonathan Belcher House in Randolph, Massachusetts, is named in recognition of someone from a different time and lineage in the Belcher family genealogy.) Governor Belcher is twice mentioned in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Old Esther Dudley," one of the stories that make up "Legends of the Province House," a quartet of tales that first appeared in 1838-39. Burial At his death Governor Belcher left instructions that he be buried with his ardent friend and cousin, Judge Jonathan Remington (1677–1745; father-in-law of William Ellery, a signer of the Declaration of Independence). The body of Judge Jonathan Remington was disinterred and placed by his side. The monument which the governor had directed to be raised over his resting-place was never erected. The tomb became the family vault of Jennisons (Gov. Belcher's granddaughter married Dr. Timothy Lindall Jennison). The site of their grave was forgotten and long search has been made for it. In the late 1800s, local historians found that Gov. Jonathan Belcher and Judge Jonathan Remington were buried in one grave in Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Their tomb is contiguous to that of Judge Edmund Trowbridge and Edmund Trowbridge Dana. In that of Judge Trowbridge rest the remains of Washington Allston; of Chief Justice Francis Dana; of the poet Richard Henry Dana and others of the family. Notes References External links Official Massachusetts biography 1682 births 1757 deaths Colonial governors of New Hampshire Colonial governors of New Jersey Colonial governors of Massachusetts Harvard College alumni People from colonial Boston Politicians from Cambridge, Massachusetts Colonial American merchants American slave traders American slave owners Businesspeople from Cambridge, Massachusetts People of colonial New Jersey Boston Latin School alumni