WELCOME TO THE BELNAP FAMILY ORGANIZATION
BFO OVERVIEW
Mission Statement: “The Belnap Family Organization is a non-profit ancestral family organization for all descendants of Utah Pioneers Gilbert Belnap, Adaline Knight, and Henrietta McBride, created to preserve, perpetuate, and promote family solidarity.”
ABOUT US
The Belnap Family Organization was created in 1904 to preserve, perpetuate, and promote family solidarity among all descendants of Utah Pioneers Gilbert Belnap, Adaline Knight, and Henrietta McBride. It is one of the oldest and largest family organizations in the United States, with over 12,900 known descendants located throughout the United States and around the world.
This Day In Belnap
Family History
- 1861 Gilbert Belnap appointed Weber County Attorney
RECENT BELNAP FAMILY NEWS . . .
- 2026 Belnap Family Reunion Will Be Held in Pennsylvania!
The Belnap Family Organization is planning to honor American Revolutionary War veteran Jesse Belnap (1760-1854) and his wife Eunice Hall (1762-1849) next year in connection with the semiquincentennial (250th) anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by unveiling… Read more: 2026 Belnap Family Reunion Will Be Held in Pennsylvania! - New Publication on the Early Life of Gilbert Belnap
NEW PUBLICATION! A new graphic novel/comic book on the early life of Gilbert Belnap has just been published and will be released for purchase on July 24, 2025, at the 2025 Ogden Pioneer Days Parade. The first of its kind… Read more: New Publication on the Early Life of Gilbert Belnap - Come Walk In The Parade To Celebrate Our Family History!
In celebration of 175 years since the Belnap Family’s arrival in Weber County, Utah in 1850, the Belnap Family Organization is looking for upwards of 120 descendants drawn from every branch of the family to walk in this year’s Ogden… Read more: Come Walk In The Parade To Celebrate Our Family History! - Belnap Family Organization 2024 Family Reunion Now Online!
Video and audio recordings, photos, and other program materials from the Belnap Family Organization 2024 Family Reunion, held on Saturday, 10 August 2024 at This Is The Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City, Utah, are available online here. Although… Read more: Belnap Family Organization 2024 Family Reunion Now Online! - Life of Gilbert Belnap: Part 3–The Pioneer Years
Enjoy this third video about Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap (1821-1899), featuring the Mormon Pioneer and later years of Gilbert’s life, beginning in Kirtland, Ohio and Nauvoo, Illinois, and ending in Utah. This video, which was produced by Gilbert Belnap descendant… Read more: Life of Gilbert Belnap: Part 3–The Pioneer Years - Belnap Family Organization 2024 Family Reunion
Please join us for the Belnap Family Organization 2024 Family Reunion at This Is The Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday, August 10! This year’s Reunion includes a Keynote Address by Gilbert Belnap descendant Elder Carl… Read more: Belnap Family Organization 2024 Family Reunion
FAMILY FACES
FAMILY TREASURES
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
Have you ever wanted to view–and read–Gilbert Belnap’s actual journal? Click “Learn More” below to access Gilbert’s first journal, which covers his life from his birth in 1821 to 1856, including his journey from Canada to Kirtland, Ohio, where he was baptized in 1841, to his meeting the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr., in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844, to his journey in 1850 to the Salt Lake Valley and settlement in Ogden, Utah.
SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
Click “Learn More” below to read the original handwritten letter from Reuben McBride, dated 1 Nov 1886, Fillmore, Utah, to his sister Martha McBride Knight, regarding his experience as the very first person to be baptized for the dead in the font of the Nauvoo Temple in 1841.
DID YOU KNOW . . .
. . . that Gilbert Belnap’s grandfather, Jesse Belnap (1760-1854), fought in the American Revolution? Learn more about Jesse Belnap, his family, and his military service by clicking “Learn More” below.