belong v OED ~ v 4 including 'to be a member of a family ... a native or inhabitant of a place' (quots 1485-1856). Phr belong to:
   1 To be related by blood.
   [1765] [1900 OLIVER & BURKE] 2 ... belonging to Mr Sparks. 1858 [LOWELL] ii, 202 'Mubbe 'e belongs to 'ee, sir; do 'e?' P 148-60 Here's somebody that belongs to you.
   2 To be a native of; to come from.
   [c1875] 1927 DOYLE (ed) 21 "The Banks of Newfoundland": And all the rest were Irish boys, they came from Paddy's land, / Only four or five of our seamen belonged to Newfoundland. [1900 OLIVER & BURKE] 30 A boat's crew belonging to Quidi Vidi met a watery grave. 1927 DOYLE (ed) "Loss of the Schooner Susan": The loss of four young fishermen, / Belong to Trinity Bay. P 269-63 Where do you belong? 1965 PEACOCK (ed) i, xix One of the commonest phrases in the Newfoundland vernacular: 'he belongs to Rocky Harbour'—one is never from or even born in a place, one always belongs to it. 1975 BUTLER 65 He married a woman belong to Burin.

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