• Born March 29, 1799 - Middletown Ontario county Ny
  • Deceased February 14, 1873 - Pataskala Oh,aged 73 years old
  • Buried - Alexandria Licking OHio

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Individual Note

Census analysis: In the Federal census, prior to 1850, only the
head of the house is named. Other members of the household are
listed by gender and age grroups. Members could be relatives,
servants, hired hands, etc. Names in parentheses below are the
best guess of the compiler.
The 1830 census, Ohio, Licking county, St. Albans township shows
an Elijah and a Jesse Belknap or the right age to be brothers of
Orin. There is no Orin listed, butan Ori Bleknap is listed
which is probably our Orin. with the ages slightly off, tow
males 0-4 (William and Charles Wesley); one male 15-19 (this is
probably an erroneous age listing for Orin); one female 0-4
(Cynthis); one female 20-29 (wife Anna).
In 1840, the family is found in Bristol township, Lapeer county,
MI; tow males 0-4 (Orin and Lafayette); one maale 5-9 (Isaac
Newton); two males 10-14 (William and Charles W.); one male
40-49 (Orin); one female 0-4 (Marrilla); one female 5-9
(Martha); one female 10-14 (Cynthia); one female 30-39 (Anna). A
notation was made that one person is employed in manufacturers
and trades.
The 1850 census, Wilmington, Will county, IL shows Orin. 51,
miller, born NY, real estate $3,000.00; Anna, 46, born NY;
Charles W., miller, born OH; I.N., 17, male, teamster, born OH;
Martha A., 15 born OH; Marrilla, 13, born OH; Lafayette, 12,
born OH; Orin, 10, born MI; Lewis, 8, born MI; Flora, 7, born
MI. Included in the household is Wyatt Pudson, 25, lawyer, born
Canada. All children except Lewis are shown as having attended
school. In the 1850 census, Martha A. Belknap is listed twice;
once in the family of her father above; again in the family of
her sister Cynthia, married to Samuel Day; 1850, IL, Grundy
county, Aux Sable, page 159, dwelling 17.
History of Pottawattamie county; Orin Belknap, whose native
state is OH, is one of the first settlers of the area known as
Belknap township, Pottawattamie county. IO (Pottawattamie
county, page 1:137).
Conflict: Belknap township was named after General W.W.
Belknap, an IO soldier (ibid. page 1:317), and then in part II
of the book; Belknap township was named after Orin Belknap
(ibid. page 275). the first bridge of Belknap township was
begun in December, 1855 and finished in March, 1856. No funds
were used to build the bridge; the settlers in the area donated
either material or labor towards its construction. The
principal part of the labor was performed by G.A. Slocum, Samuel
Day and Orin Belknap, all of whom were mechanice (ibid. page
1:319).
The wife of Orin Belknap died in 1856 and he soon after went to
Central America, staying there a year, and then returned to
Circleville, OH where he married a second time. He died shortly
after that (ibid. pages 1:317-318).
History of Lapeer county: In 1838, Orin Belknap commenced a
mercantile business in the village of Almont, Almont township,
Lapeer county, MI (History of Lapeer ounty, page 37). Orin
Belknap shows in the 1840 census, Bristol township, Lapeer
county. The schedule notes one person in the family group is
engaged in manufactures and trades. It should be noted here
that in 1846, the name of Bristol township was changed to Almont
township (Pioneer families and history of Lapeer county, page
18). Why and when he left the county can not be ascertained,
but by 1850 the census shows him in Wilmington, Will county, IL.
Orin's migrations: While most of Orin's brothers and sisters
moved from western NY to central Kentucky in 1815-6,
Orinapparently remained in NY. His brothers and sisters
subsequently moved from Kentucky to Licking county, OH; Orin
joined them there about 1830, staying there only a few years and
was in MI by 1838 (Belknap genealogy, page 145).
US Census Schedules
A Belknap Genealogy
A Belknap Genealogy

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Samuel Belknap 1731-1775 Mary Newton 1737- Elijah Parker 1730-1780 Martha Stiles 1730-1782
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Jonas James Newton Belknap 1759-1824 Esther Parker 1761-1809
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Orin Belknap 1799-1873