How long did Andrew Belcher's father serve as governor of New Jersey?
Jonathan Belcher Jonathan Belcher (8 January 1681/231 August 1757) 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).
Benjamin Belcher Benjamin Belcher (July 17, 1743 – May 14, 1802) was a merchant, militia leader and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented the township Cornwallis from 1785 to 1793 and King's County from 1793 to 1799 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.