Happy 200th Birthday, Henrietta McBride Belnap!

September 1, 2021 marks the 200th birthday of Henrietta McBride (1821-1899). With over 4,000 known descendants documented in the Belnap Family Organization’s database, Henrietta’s remarkable pioneering influence and talents continue to live on in the lives of her posterity, many of whom are educators and musicians like their direct ancestor. (The rest of her husband Gilbert Belnap’s descendants come through Henrietta’s first cousin Adaline Knight Belnap, who was also married to Gilbert. The two cousins were very close and their children grew up very close to one another.) Ashley Belnap, third great granddaughter of Henrietta, has prepared a brief video to help us learn more about this remarkable pioneer, available here: https://youtu.be/JDO-Uz0hVNc. Happy Birthday, Henrietta!

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This post was written by Brent J. Belnap