Birthplaces

Over the last 170-plus years, the descendants of Gilbert Belnap and his wives Adaline Knight and Henrietta McBride have scattered to many places around the world.  Descendants of Gilbert Belnap have been born in at least 48 U.S. states, 2 U.S. territories, and 19 foreign countries (based on information received by the Belnap Family Organization through Feb 2024).

U.S. states/territories where Gilbert Belnap’s descendants are known to have been born:

  Alabama Louisiana Oklahoma  
  Alaska Maine Oregon  
  Arizona Maryland Pennsylvania  
  Arkansas Massachusetts Rhode Island  
  California Michigan South Carolina  
  Colorado Minnesota South Dakota  
  Connecticut Mississippi Tennessee  
  Delaware Missouri Texas  
  Florida Montana Utah  
  Georgia Nebraska Virginia  
  Hawaii Nevada Washington  
  Idaho New Jersey West Virginia  
  Illinois New Mexico Wisconsin  
  Indiana New York Wyoming  
  Iowa North Carolina    
  Kansas North Dakota District of Columbia  
  Kentucky Ohio Puerto Rico  
         

Note that the above list of U.S. states includes every state west of the Mississippi and every state in the Deep South.


U.S. states where no descendants of Gilbert Belnap are currently known to have been born:

  New Hampshire      
  Vermont      
         

Interestingly, the region of the United States with the least concentration of Gilbert’s descendants (as determined by place of birth) is New England, where Gilbert’s Belknap ancestors first arrived in the New World and lived for several generations.


Foreign countries where Gilbert Belnap’s descendants are currently known to have been born:

  Australia      
  Bahrain      
  Belgium      
  Canada      
  China (Mainland)      
  Cuba (Guantanamo Bay)      
  Cyprus      
  England      
  Germany      
  Hong Kong (pre-1997)      
  India      
  Italy      
  Japan      
  Mexico      
  Philippines      
  Romania      
  Scotland      
  South Korea      
  Taiwan      
         
         

Note:

Descendants of Gilbert Belnap and his wives Adaline Knight and Henrietta McBride have lived (and died) in many places around the world, primarily due to missionary service assignments issued through The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or through work or military service.  The list of “countries lived in” would be much longer than the list of countries where descendants are known to have been born.

Last update: 27 Feb 2024

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