Abraham BELKNAP
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| name | Abraham BELKNAP |
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Events
| Type | Date | Place | Sources |
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| emigration | 1637 | To Lynn,MA
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| emigration | about 1637 | From Eppling,Essex,Eng To Lynn,MA
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| death | September 1643 | Salem,MA
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| birth | 3. March 1590 | Sawbridgeworth,Herfordshire,England
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| marriage | 28. October 1617 | Essex,England
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Parents
| Bennet BELTOFT | Grace ADAM |
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28. October 1617
Essex,England |
Mary STALLION |
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Began using the name Belknap between 1620 and 1625.MarriedMaryStallion,(born december 24, 1595), Latton. Essex, England onOctober28,1617. Livedat Netteswell, Essex. and North Weald, Essex.EmigratedfromEpping, Essex,with the 'Massachusetts Bay Company' in 1635,nameof'ship' not known.Settled at Lynn, Massachusetts with wife andsons,John(Jeremy), Samuel andJoseph.
Began use of name Belknap sometime between December 06,1620,andMarch02,1624. ( only one of this generation to do so beforedeathofBennet).Church register North Weald spells nameBeltrap--afrequentmisspellingof Belknap at that time. Disposition that hesigned by(mark)at NorthWeald, Essex in 1626 as Abraham Belknapp.Abraham's uncleJosias,signedhis 'will' as Belknappe, and named BennetasBenedictBelknappe,--thusforcing Bennet to swear on oath in court thathewasBenedict Belknappe,February 06, 1599. Bennet's 'will' April14,1623,named him as BennetBeltoft. Bennet's wife and children buriedhimasBennet Belknap.Immediately after Bennet's death in 1624, hiswife,andall his childrenused name Belknap. Beltoft was never again usedbyanymember of thisfamily. Abraham's occupation in England isunknown,butapparentlylandless. Thought to have been disinherited inhisfather's'will', suchis not the case. He was bequeathed Bennet'sonlysizeable sumof money,twenty (20) shillings, a goodly sum at thattime.This waslikely due tothe pre Norman conquest practice, or as theNormanscalledit, (boroughEnglish), whereas the youngest son was theinheritor oftheestate.Abraham was alloted forty (40) acres of landatLynn,Massachusetts, in1637, Occupation, Farmer. Abraham diedatLynn,Massachusetts, inSeptember, 1643. Net Value of hisestate,fortyseven--(47) pounds.
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