Abraham Belknap (1589/90-1643), of Salem, Massachusetts, not to be confused with his grandson also named Abraham (1660-about 1728), was born in England. He was one of the first settlers of

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, and all living people with the surname Belknap, Belnap, or Beltoft, are thought to be descendants of him and his wife Mary Stallion. The European branches of families with that surname died out before this Abraham Belknap's immigration to America. Some of his descendants include: a grandson also named Abraham Belknap (1660-1728)); Samuel Belknap (1627/28-1701), Ebenezer Belknap (1667-1701) who married Hannah Ayer, Joseph Belknap who married Prudence Morris; William Belknap who married Anna Burke; US Army Brigadier General William Goldsworth Belknap;

Morris Burke Belknap Morris Burke Belknap (June 7, 1856 – April 13, 1910), also known as Colonel Morris Burke Belknap, was an American businessman from Louisville, Kentucky, and the Republican Party (United States), Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 190 ...

who married Phoebe Thompson;

William Burke Belknap William Burke Belknap the younger (1885–1965) was the son of William Richardson Belknap and Alice Trumbull Silliman. He was an entrepreneur in the family of W. B. Belknap, William Burke Belknap, the elder (1811–1884), son of Morris Burke Be ...

who married Mary Richardson;

William Richardson Belknap William Richardson Belknap (March 28, 1849 – June 2, 1914), for 28 years was president of the Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company''The Cincinnati Enquirer'', June 2, 1914, p. 2. based in Louisville, Kentucky, one of the largest hardware Am ...

, Eleanor Silliman Belknap Humphrey, Alice Belknap, Mary Belknap,

; Christine Belknap; William Humphrey; Alice Humphrey Morgan; Edward Cornelius Humphrey; Lewis Craig Humphrey (the 2nd); Thomas MacGillivray Humphrey; Sally Reed Humphrey; and Edward Porter Humphrey (the 2nd). Clergyman and historian

Jeremy Belknap Jeremy Belknap (June 4, 1744 – June 20, 1798) was an American clergyman and historian. His great achievement was the ''History of New Hampshire'', published in three volumes between 1784 and 1792. This work is the first modern history written ...

(1744 – 1798), who was the founder of the

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, mentions Abraham Belknap early in his ''History of New Hampshire''.

Direct American descendants

Many of the direct descendants of Abraham Belknap settled in or were natives of Louisville, Kentucky. They include Morris Burke Belknap (the elder) (June 25, 1780 -July 26, 1877) an

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worker and founder of

Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company, also known as Belknap Hardware Company or simply Belknap Hardware, located in Louisville, Kentucky, was at one time a leading American manufacturer of hardware goods and a major wholesale competitor of r ...

;

W. B. Belknap W. B. Belknap, also known as William Burke Belknap (the elder) (1811–1889), not to be confused with his grandson William Burke Belknap, William Burke Belknap (the younger) (1885–1965) or great-grandson William Burke Belknap Jr. (1893–1952), ...

also known as William Burke Belknap (the elder) (1811–1889);

(June 7, 1856 – April 13, 1910), also known as Colonel Morris Burke Belknap;

(1885–1965), the owner of Land O'Goshen Farms;

(March 28, 1849 – June 2, 1914);

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Eleanor Silliman Belknap Humphrey (1876–1964); Dr. Edward Cornelius Humphrey, a

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Major in the

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, stationed in the

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; and economist

Thomas M. Humphrey Thomas MacGillivray Humphrey (born 1935) is an American economist. Until 2005 he was a research advisor and senior economist in the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and editor of the Bank's flagship publication, the ''E ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Belknap, Abraham 1643 deaths Early colonists in America First settlers of New England Year of birth uncertain