[Ancestor] Belnap

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Husband [Ancestor] Belnap

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1 M Philo Gurnsey Belnap ³

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            AKA: Guernsey Belknap,1 Guernsey Belnap 2
           Born: Abt 1800-1808
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Mead (1811-      ) 1 3

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Belnap

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This is an ancient Norman family, the name was originally spelled Belknappe. The surname, like most Norman names, is from the name of a locality-a place of the beautiful hill: bel, meaning beautiful, and knap, a knoll or hill.
The family attained distinction in early times in England; Sir Robert Belknap having been created chief justice in the time of Edward II (A. D. 1375). The Belnaps' are also descended from the following New England Pioneers: Francis Hall, of Guilford, Mass.; Thomas Burgess, of Sandwich, Mass., and John Ayer, of Haverhill.

Abraham Belknap, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England, settled in Lynn, Massachusetts, 1635-37; and died there in September, 1643; leaving a widow Mary, and children: Abraham, Jeremy, Samuel, b. 1627-28, was living in 1703; Joseph, b. in England, 1630; d. in Boston, Nov. 14, 1712; John, Hannah and Mary. His will is on file in Essex county probate court, Salem, Mass. ⁴

1 Spencer P. Mead, History and Genealogy of the Mead Family (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1901), Pg 314.

2 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 415.

3 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 235.

4 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 395.