Ohio Family Group Sheet for the Foris BELKNAP Family *********************************************** Copyright John Burnett. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: John Burnett Email address: intoroots@gmail.com Husband: Foris BELKNAP Birthdate: 12 August 1787 Birthplace: Holland, Massachusetts Death date: 30 April 1875 Place of death: Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Alexandria, Licking Co., Ohio Father: John BELKNAP Mother: Lovina BROCK Marriage date: 21 February 1813 Marriage place: Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio Wife: Sarah BATEMAN Birthdate: 10 June 1793 Birthplace: Chenago County, New York Death date: 23 December 1872 Place of death: Alexandria, Licking Co., Ohio Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Alexandria, Licking Co., Ohio Father: William BATEMAN/BEATMAN Mother: Rachel TEALL CHILDREN Child No. 1: Lovina BELKNAP Sex: Female Birthdate: 13 January 1814 Birthplace: Washington Co., Ohio Death date: 07 June 1848 Place of death: Ohio Burial: Ohio Marriage date: 13 January 1833 Marriage place: (Licking Co.?) Ohio Spouse's name: John QUEEN Child No. 2: Infant BELKNAP Sex: Female Birthdate: 04 December 1815 Birthplace: Washington Co., Ohio Death date: 08 December 1815 Place of death: Washington Co., Ohio Burial: Unknown/Washington Co., Ohio Marriage date: Never Married Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 3: William BELKNAP Sex: Male Birthdate: 10 December 1816 Birthplace: Washington Co., Ohio Death date: 20 June 1818 Place of death: Washington Co., Ohio Burial: Unknown/Washington Co., Ohio Marriage date: Never Married Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 4: William Bateman BELKNAP Sex: Male Birthdate: 01 February 1819 Birthplace: Washington Co., Ohio Death date: 11 May 1908 Place of death: Delaware Co., Ohio Burial: Ashley Union Cemetery, Delaware Co., Ohio Marriage date: 17 August 1843 Marriage place: (Licking Co.?), Ohio Spouse's name: Elizabeth BRUMBACK Child No. 5: David Bateman BELKNAP Sex: Male Birthdate: 05 March 1821 Birthplace: Washington Co., Ohio Death date: 07 October 1826 Place of death: Washington Co., Ohio Marriage date: Never Married Burial: Unknown/Washington Co., Ohio Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: Lucretia Devereaux BELKNAP Sex: Female Birthdate: 08 February 1823 Birthplace: Washington Co., Ohio Death date: 06 November 1895 Place of death: Ohio Burial: Ohio Marriage date: 15 December 1841 Marriage place: (Licking Co.?), Ohio Spouse's name: William O. QUEEN Child No. 7: Sarah Ann BELKNAP Sex: Female Birthdate: 13 April 1825 Birthplace: Washington Co., Ohio Death date: 27 April 1901 Place of death: Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio Marriage date: 07 April 1844 Marriage place: Licking Co., Ohio Spouse's name: Christopher Elias SHOEMAKER Child No. 8: Sophia A. BELKNAP Sex: Female Birthdate: 28 July 1827 Birthplace: Washington Co., Ohio Death date: 05 October 1830 Place of death: Marion Co., Ohio Burial: Little Sandusky Cemetery, Marion Co., Ohio Marriage date: Never Married Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 9: John Wilson BELKNAP Sex: Male Birthdate: 23 October 1829 Birthplace: Washington Co., Ohio Death date: 28 October 1908 Place of death: Licking Co., Ohio Burial: Jersey Universalist Church Cemetery, Jersey Township, Licking Co., Ohio Marriage date: 19 September 1852 Marriage place: (Licking Co.?), Ohio Spouse's name: Delilah WICKISER Child No. 10: Joseph Devereaux BELKNAP Sex: Male Birthdate: 26 June 1832 Birthplace: Licking Co., Ohio Death date: 23 January 1888 Place of death: Ohio Burial: Ohio Marriage date: 04 February 1869 Marriage place: Franklin Co., Ohio Spouse's name: Hannah Bonham Child No. 11: Anna Devereaux BELKNAP Sex: Female Birthdate: 04 October 1835 Birthplace: Licking Co., Ohio Death date: 02 May 1910 Place of death: Van Wert Co., Ohio Burial: Woodland Cemetery, Van Wert Co., Ohio Marriage date: 26 August 1855 Marriage place: (Licking Co.?), Ohio Spouse's name: Wells WICKISER Child No. 12: Eli S. BELKNAP Sex: Male Birthdate: 07 September 1837 Birthplace: Licking Co., Ohio Death date: 06 September 1891 Place of death: Ohio Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Alexandria, Licking Co., Ohio Marriage date: Never Married Marriage place: Spouse's name: Documentation: Research of John Burnett of Reno, NV. Research of Mr. John Sherman of Hollywood, California. Foris Belknap Family Bible. Cemetery Records of Licking Co., Ohio. Marriage record of Washington Co., Ohio. Foris Belknap was a frontiersman who traded with the native americans of Ohio. He was said to have been small of stature. In his old age he lived with his daughter Sarah Ann Belknap Shoemaker and died at her home in Columbus, Ohio. At the time of his death he was blind. Sarah (Bateman) Belknap died after suffering a paralytic stroke. When she was young she had taught school at McConnelsville, Ohio. She had also been a governess to General Joseph Buell's Children. General Buell was her mother's cousin. It was said that she had read the entire bible through eight times and was known to have been a great walker having walked to Columbus, Ohio when she was 67 years old. The old Foris Belknap home in Likcing County, Ohio was still standing in 1932. The Belknap family were an early pioneer family of Ohio.