Supply Belcher

Supply Belcher

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About Supply Belcher

Supply Belcher (March 29, 1751 – June 9, 1836) was an American composer, singer, and compiler of tune books. He was one of the members of the First New England School, and was dubbed the "Handell [sic] of Maine." He was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts on March 29, 1751. During the Revolutionary War he served as a soldier; specifically, he was in a company of Minutemen who marched to Cambridge on April 19, 1775 immediately after receiving the alarm from Lexington. Later, he was promoted to the rank of Captain under Washington. Belcher ran a tavern in Canton, Massachusetts between 1778 and 1785 and was known as 'Uncle Ply'. It was at his tavern that some of the early singing meetings in the area were held, but contrary to some written accounts, he never joined the Stoughton Musical Society. Also, he was not a pupil in the singing school taught in Stoughton in 1774 by William Billings. After the war, in 1785, he moved first to Hallowell, Maine with his family, and then six years later he moved his family to Farmington where he remained. He was a prominent local citizen, serving as tax assessor, schoolmaster, town clerk, Justice of the Peace, magistrate, and even representative to the state legislature. He died in Farmington on June 9, 1836.

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