Joseph Belknap or Beltoft
1630 - 1712 (82 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Joseph Belknap or Beltoft was born in 1630 in England (son of Abraham Belknap or Beltoft and Mary Unknown); died on 14 Nov 1712; was buried in King’s Chapel, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Other Events:
- Immigration: Abt 1635; His parents emigrated with their children from England to Massachusetts
- Residence: 1658, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. Was made a freeman in 1665 One of the founders of the Old South Church in 1668
Joseph married Ruth Williams before 1657. Ruth was born in 1638. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Joseph married Lydia Ingalls before 1668. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Joseph married Hannah Meakins before 1670. Hannah died before 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Abraham Belknap or Beltoft was born about 1589 in England; was christened on 10 Mar 1589 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England (son of Bennett Beltoft or Belknap and Grace Adam); died about 16 Feb 1643 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. Other Events:
- Immigration: 1635, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts; emigrated from England abt 1635 with his wife and children, and settled in Lynn, Massachusetts
Notes:
Abraham is named in his grandfather Richard's will. "Item I: Give to Abraham Beltofte son of Bennett Beltoft my Godchild Ten shillings to be paid him with one year next after my decease."
Name:
Abraham Beltoft
For more information see page 16 of The English ancestry of Abraham Belknap,who settled in Lynn, Mass., 1635.
https://archive.org/details/englishancestryo00belk/page/16/mode/2up
Christened:
baptized 10 Mar 1589/90Abraham married Mary Unknown about 1620. Mary was born in in England; died after 1643. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Unknown was born in in England; died after 1643. Notes:
Died:
Mary presented inventory of her husband Abraham's estate taken on 16 Feb 1643Notes:
Married:
six children - Hannah was their sixth childChildren:
- Abraham Belknap or Beltoft was born in in England; died in 1620 in Essex County, Massachusetts; was buried on 6 Dec 1620 in Netteswell, Essex County, Massachusetts.
- Abraham Belknap or Beltoft was born about 1622 in England.
- Samuel Belknap or Beltoft was born in 1627 in England; died after 1731.
- 1. Joseph Belknap or Beltoft was born in 1630 in England; died on 14 Nov 1712; was buried in King’s Chapel, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
- John Belknap or Beltoft
- Hannah Belknap or Beltoft was born in 1639 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Nov 1679 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old North Parish Burying Ground, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Generation: 3
4. Bennett Beltoft or Belknap was born in in England (son of Richard Beltoft or Belknap and Elizabeth Unknown); died in May 1624 in England; was buried on 21 May 1624 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England. Other Events:
- Occupation: husbandman
- Residence: Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England
Bennett married Grace Adam on 25 May 1586 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England. Grace was born in in England; died in Oct 1630 in England; was buried on 29 Oct 1630 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Grace Adam was born in in England; died in Oct 1630 in England; was buried on 29 Oct 1630 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England. Notes:
Name:
He married at Sawbridgeworth, 25 May 1586, Grace Adam, who was buried at Sawbridgeworth 29 Oct. 1630, perhaps daughter of Peter and Elizabeth of Ware, this Peter being a “berebrewer,” whose will was proved at Stortford, co. Herts, 12 Feb. 1571/2 (Herts Geneal. and Antiquary, vol. 1, p. 334).Children:
- 2. Abraham Belknap or Beltoft was born about 1589 in England; was christened on 10 Mar 1589 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England; died about 16 Feb 1643 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.
- Frances Beltoft or Belknap was born about 3 Jan 1590 in England; was christened on 3 Jan 1590 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England; died after 1623.
- John Beltoft or Belknap was born about 8 Apr 1593 in England; was christened on 8 Apr 1593 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England; died about Oct 1655; was buried on 19 Oct 1655 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England.
- Daniel Beltoft or Belknap was born about Nov 1595 in England; was christened on 2 Nov 1595 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England; died in Oct 1668; was buried on 19 Oct 1658 in Netteswell, Essex County, Massachusetts.
- Josias Beltoft or Belknap was born about 12 Aug 1599 in England; was christened on 12 Aug 1599 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1674; was buried on 3 Apr 1674 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England.
Generation: 4
8. Richard Beltoft or Belknap was born in in England (son of Henry Beltoft or Belknap and Elizabeth Unknown); died in 1599 in England; was buried on 2 Dec 1599 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England. Other Events:
- Occupation: husbandman
- Residence: Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England
Notes:
Buried:
Richard's will states he is "To bee buryed in the Churchyarde of the pishe Church of Sabridgeworthe"Richard married Elizabeth Unknown. Elizabeth was born in in England; died in 1588 in England; was buried on 17 Jan 1588 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Elizabeth Unknown was born in in England; died in 1588 in England; was buried on 17 Jan 1588 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England. Children:
- 4. Bennett Beltoft or Belknap was born in in England; died in May 1624 in England; was buried on 21 May 1624 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England.
- Alice Beltoft or Belknap was christened on 16 Sep 1561 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England; died before 1594.
- Josias Beltoft or Belknap was born about Sep 1562 in England; was christened on 6 Sep 1562 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England; died about Jan 1599.