Abraham Belknap Explained

Abraham Belknap (1589/90-1643), of Salem, Massachusetts, not to be confused with his grandson also named Abraham (1660-about 1728), was born in England.[1] [2] [3] [4] He was one of the first settlers of New England,[5] and all living people with the surname Belknap, Belnap, or Beltoft, are thought to be descendants of him and his wife Mary Stallion.[6] [7] [8] [9]

The European branches of families with that surname died out before this Abraham Belknap's immigration to America.[10] Some of his descendants include: a grandson also named Abraham Belknap (1660-1728)); Samuel Belknap (1627/28-1701),[11] [12] [13] Ebenezer Belknap (1667-1701) who married Hannah Ayer, Joseph Belknap[14] who married Prudence Morris; William Belknap who married Anna Burke; US Army Brigadier General William Goldsworth Belknap; Morris Burke Belknap who married Phoebe Thompson; William Burke Belknap who married Mary Richardson; William Richardson Belknap, Eleanor Silliman Belknap Humphrey, Alice Belknap, Mary Belknap, William Burke Belknap; Christine Belknap; William Humphrey; Alice Humphrey Morgan; Edward Cornelius Humphrey; Lewis Craig Humphrey (the 2nd);Thomas MacGillivray Humphrey; Sally Reed Humphrey; and Edward Porter Humphrey (the 2nd).[15] Clergyman and historian Jeremy Belknap (1744 – 1798), who was the founder of the Massachusetts Historical Society, mentions Abraham Belknap early in his History of New Hampshire.[16]

Direct American descendants

Many of the direct descendants of Abraham Belknap settled in or were natives of Louisville, Kentucky. They include Morris Burke Belknap (the elder) (June 25, 1780 -July 26, 1877) an iron foundry worker and founder of Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company; W. B. Belknap also known as William Burke Belknap (the elder) (1811–1889); Morris Burke Belknap (June 7, 1856 – April 13, 1910), also known as Colonel Morris Burke Belknap; William Burke Belknap (1885–1965), the owner of Land O'Goshen Farms; William Richardson Belknap (March 28, 1849 – June 2, 1914); genealogist Eleanor Silliman Belknap Humphrey (1876–1964); Dr. Edward Cornelius Humphrey, a World War II United States Army Major in the Medical Corps, stationed in the Ardennes; and economist Thomas M. Humphrey.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Descendants of Abraham Belknap. www.jafath.com. 21 September 2017.
  2. Web site: Moffat. Roger. Abraham Belknap b. 4 June 1660 Salem, MA d. about 1728 Framingham, MA: WMGS Online Trees. trees.wmgs.org.
  3. Web site: Moffat. Roger. Abraham Belknap b. 4 June 1660 Salem, MA d. about 1728 Framingham, MA: WMGS Online Trees. trees.wmgs.org. 10 March 2017.
  4. Hippin. Dr.. Lowell. John A.. Dexter. Henry M.. September Meeting, 1875. Resolutions; Letter from Hon. Hugh Blair Grigsby; Papers from Miss Thompson; Memoir of Joseph Barlow Felt; Journal of the Rev. John Pike. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 1875. 14. 103–152. 25079493.
  5. Web site: History of Salem. salem.lib.virginia.edu. 25 September 2017.
  6. Web site: DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM BELKNAP. hackerscreek.com. 16 October 2017.
  7. Web site: Belnap Family. belnapfamily.org. 21 September 2017.
  8. Web site: Ancestors of the Society. www.nssdp.com. National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims. 19 September 2017.
  9. Book: Threlfall. John Brooks. Fifty great migration colonists to New England & their origins. 1992. Heritage Books, Inc.. Bowie, MD.. 978-1556136856.
  10. Web site: BELKNAP FAMILY ORGANIZATION: HISTORIES and DOCUMENTS. 10 March 2017.
  11. Book: Perley. Sidney. The Essex Antiquarian. 1904. Essex Antiquarian. 142. 16 October 2017. Volume 8. en.
  12. Web site: Perley. Sidney. The Essex Antiquarian. Essex Antiquarian. 16 October 2017. en. 1904.
  13. Web site: Abraham Belknap f/k/a Beltoft (chr. 1589/1590-1643). wp.belnapfamily.org. 21 September 2017.
  14. Web site: DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM BELKNAP. hackerscreek.com. 22 September 2017.
  15. Web site: Humphrey. Eleanor Belknap. Pedigree of Eleanor Belknap. Library of Virginia. 10 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20181103092029/http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=SYS=001710584. 3 November 2018. dead.
  16. Book: Marcou. Jane Belknap. Life of Jeremy Belknap, D. D.: The Historian of New Hampshire. With Selections from His Correspondence and Other Writings. 1847. Harper. 9. Abraham Belknap.. 16 October 2017. en.
  17. Book: John Kleber. The encyclopedia of Louisville. 2001. University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Ky.. 0-8131-2100-0. 81. Belknap, Morris Burke (b. Louisville, June 7, 1856;d Louisville, April 13, 1910) Businessman, soldier, and civic leader. The youngest child of William Burke Belknap and Mary (Richardson) Belknap, he grew up in the family residence on Walnut St. (now Muhammad Ali Blvd.). He entered the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in 1874 . . . ..

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