Jesse Belnap (1807-1887)

Gathered here is the most comprehensive repository of materials on the life of Jesse Belnap, brother of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap.  Click on the links below to access biographical and historical information about Jesse Belnap:

Marriage Records

• Ontario, District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858, Newcastle District 1839-1858, vol. 17, FHL_Film_#007560993:  Jesss Belnap and Harriet Sauners [sic], 13 Sep 1841

Newspaper Articles

• “Clarke Council,” Canadian Statesman [Bowmanville, Ontario], 29 Jan 1886
• “The Lost Is Found,” Daily Journal [Ogdensburg, NY], 22 Oct 1886

Census Records

• 1861 Canada Census, Clarke, Durham, Canada West
• 1871 Canada Census, Clarke, Durham, Ontario
• 1881 Canada Census, Clarke, Durham, Ontario

Death Records

• Ontario, Canada Death Record: Harriet Belnap:  1882
• Ontario, Canada Death Record: Ira Belknap:  1927

Photographs and Images

Individual Images

• Jesse Belnap (taken in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at L. A. Merrill) (from Marion Adaline Belnap Kerr photo collection); taken perhaps in 1853
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• Jesse Belnap (taken in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at L. A. Merrill) (same as above; black/white)

Spouse

• Harriett Saunders (about 1823-1882)

Children

• John Gilbert Belnap (1843-1843)
• Mary Jane Belnap (1844-1916)
• George Belnap (1845-1847)
• Sarah Elizabeth Belnap (1848-1906)
• Ira Wilson Belnap (1851-1927)

Parents

• Rosel Belnap (1789-1832)
• Jane Richmond (1782-1833) (family link; not individual link)

Last update:  17 Sep 2020