| BELNAP FAMILY ORGANIZATION: NOTABLE RELATIVES | ||
| Gilbert Belnap, Adaline Knight, and Henrietta McBride have some interesting notable relatives. Listed here are a few of such relatives. Undoubtedly many more are waiting to be identified. | ||
| Click on the highlighted names below to discover how you are related to these notable relatives: | ||
| Notable relatives of Gilbert Belnap (not surnamed Belnap or Belknap) | ||
| ▪ | Spencer W. Kimball, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1895-1985) | |
| ▪ | Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States of America (1913-2006) | |
| ▪ | Laura Ingalls Wilder, Author (1867-1957) | |
| ▪ | Charles Belknap Henderson, United States Senator from Nevada (1873-1954) | |
| ▪ | Nick Carter and Aaron Carter, Pop Stars (1980, 1987-living) | |
| ▪ | Asa Belknap Foster, Canadian Senator from Quebec (1817-1877) | |
| ▪ | Daniel David (D. D.) Palmer, Founder of Chiropractic Medicine (1845-1913) | |
| ▪ | Frank Belknap Long, Science Fiction and Horror Fantasy Author (1901-1994) | |
| ▪ | Jacob Vernon Hamblin, Early LDS Missionary | |
| Notable relatives of Gilbert Belnap (surnamed Belknap) | ||
| ▪ | Rev. Jeremiah ("Jeremy") Belknap, Preacher and Historian (1744-1798) | |
| ▪ | Zedekiah Belknap, American Folk Art Portraitist (1781-1858) | |
| ▪ | William Goldsmith Belknap, United States Brigadier General (1794-1851) | |
| ▪ | William Worth Belknap, United States Secretary of War (1829-1890) | |
| ▪ | George Eugene Belknap, United States Navy Rear Admiral (1832-1903) | |
| ▪ | Charles Eugene Belknap, United States Representative from Michigan (1846-1929) | |
| ▪ | Hugh Reid Belknap, United States Representative from Illinois (1860-1901) | |
| ▪ | Reginald Rowan Belknap, United States Navy Rear Admiral (1871-1959) | |
| ▪ | Nuel D. Belnap, Jr., American Logician and Philosopher (1930-living) | |
| ▪ | Anna Belknap, Actress (1972-living) | |
| ▪ | Charles Belknap, Jr., United States Navy Commander | |
| Notable direct descendants of Sir Robert Belknap (who is also related to Adaline Knight) | ||
| ▪ | William Shakespeare, English Poet and Playwright (1564-1616) | |
| ▪ | Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1926-living) (related 5 known ways to Sir Robert Belknap) | |
| ▪ | Lady Jane Grey, 9-day Queen of England (1537-1554) | |
| ▪ | Sir Francis Bacon, English Philosopher and Statesman (1561-1626) | |
| ▪ | Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1874-1965) (related twice to Sir Robert Belknap) | |
| ▪ | Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997) (related three known ways to Sir Robert Belknap) | |
| ▪ | Anne Stonor, wife of Sir Adrian Fortescue, English Catholic Martyr and Saint beheaded by Henry VIII (about 1476-1539) | |
| ▪ | Frances Fortescue, wife of "Silken Thomas" FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare executed by Henry VIII (about 1513-1537) | |
| ▪ | Dorothy Wentworth, wife of Sir Martin Frobisher, New World Explorer and Defeater of the Spanish Armada (about 1535-1594) | |
| ▪ | Jane Wentworth, wife of Henry, 1st Baron Cheney of Toddington and Judge at Trial of Mary Queen of Scots (1540-1587) | |
| ▪ | Sir Richard Southwell, Privy Councillor under Henry VIII and Mary I ("Bloody Mary") (about 1518-1564) | |
| ▪ | Father Robert Southwell, English Catholic Martyr and Saint (about 1561-1595) | |
| ▪ | Sir Anthony Hungerford, Noted Royalist during English Civil War (unknown-1657) | |
| ▪ | Dorothea May, wife of William Bradford, Mayflower Passenger and Governor of Plymouth Colony (1590-1657) | |
| ▪ | Thomasine Clopton, second wife of John Winthrop, Puritan Leader and 1st Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1649) | |
| ▪ | John Jenney, early Plymouth Colony Settler and Builder of the Jenney Grist Mill (1585-1644) | |
| ▪ | Numerous Lords, Earls, Counts, Barons, Sir Knights, etc., of England | |
| ▪ | Early Belknaps | |
| Notable relatives of both Adaline Knight and Henrietta McBride (first cousins) | ||
| through McBride line | ||
| ▪ | Francis M. Gibbons, Member of Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1921-living) | |
| ▪ | Lester Andrew Wade, Utah Supreme Court Justice (1889-1966) | |
| through Mead line | ||
| ▪ | Willard Mitt Romney, Massachusetts Governor and Presidential Candidate (1947-living) | |
| Notable direct ancestors of Adaline Knight | ||
| ▪ | Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor (742/747-814) | |
| ▪ | Alfred the Great, King of the Anglo-Saxons (c. 849-899) | |
| ▪ | William the Conqueror (William I), King of England (c. 1027/28-1087) | |
| ▪ | Henry I "Beauclerc," King of England (c. 1068/69-1135) | |
| ▪ | Various Kings/Queens, Princes/Princesses, Dukes/Duchesses, Lords/Ladies, etc., of England, Scot-land, Wales, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, France, Normandy, Savoy, Aquitaine, Burgundy, etc. | |
| Notable relatives of Adaline Knight (but not Henrietta McBride) | ||
| through Loker line | ||
| ▪ | Joseph Smith, Jr., 1st President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1805-1844) | |
| ▪ | Brigham Young, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1801-1877) | |
| ▪ | Steve Young, Professional American Football Player (1961-living) | |
| through Waterman line | ||
| ▪ | Benedict Arnold, American Revolutionary War General and Traitor (1741-1801) | |
| through Throckmorton line | ||
| ▪ | Elizabeth Throckmorton, wife of Sir Walter Raleigh, Writer, New World Explorer and Colonist (1552-1618) | |
| through Morse line | ||
| ▪ | Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States of America (1872-1933) | |
| ▪ | Richard M. Nixon, 37th President of the United States of America (1913-1994) | |
| through Backus line | ||
| ▪ | Hiram Bingham, Connecticut Governor and Senator, Modern Discoverer of Machu Picchu (1875-1956) | |
| ▪ | John Pierpont Morgan, Jr., Financier and Philanthropist (1876-1943) | |
| ▪ | George B. McClellan, United States Civil War Major General and New Jersey Governor (1826-1885) | |
| ▪ | Christopher Reeve, Actor (1952-2004) | |
| ▪ | John Forbes Kerry, United States Senator and Presidential Candidate (1943-living) (related twice) | |
| ▪ | James Wayne McMeekan ("David Wayne"), Actor (1913-1995) | |
| ▪ | Edward St. John Gorey, Writer and Artist (1925-2000) | |
| ▪ | William Woodbridge, United States Senator and Michigan Governor (1780-1861) | |
| through Griswold line | ||
| ▪ | John Forbes Kerry, United States Senator and Presidential Candidate (1943-living) (related twice) | |
| through Elderkin line | ||
| ▪ | Thomas Lanier ("Tennessee") Williams III, American Playwright (1911-1983) | |
| ▪ | James Danforth ("Dan") Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States of America (1947-living) | |
| through Shelley line | ||
| ▪ | Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Romantic Poet (1792-1822) | |
| Notable relatives of Henrietta McBride (but not Adaline Knight) | ||
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| Last update: 16 Jan 2008 | ||
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