MORMON PIONEER DIRECT-LINE ANCESTORS OF BRENT JAY BELNAP AND LORINDA GOFF BELNAP
Brent:  Below are the names of 34 Mormon Pioneer direct-line ancestors of Brent J. Belnap who commenced emigrating to Utah between 1846 and 1869, prior to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.  These Mormon Pioneer ancestors include at least 5 individuals who arrived in Utah in 1847 (including one, Robert Erwin Baird, who arrived in the Salt Lake Valley with Brigham Young's initial pioneer company).  They also include two direct-line ancestors who died enroute:  Mary Ann Butler Graham who died in Iowa in 1846, and John Sargent who lost his life in the S.S. Saluda explosion near Lexington, Missouri in 1852.  Another ancestor, James Graham who arrived in Utah in 1849, nearly perished several years later, in October 1855, as a missionary while accompanying a party of Mormon Pioneer emigrants sailing from Australia to San Francisco aboard the Julia Ann that shipwrecked on Manua'e (Scilly) atoll on the westernmost edge of the Society Islands' Leeward Islands.
Twenty-one (62%) of these Mormon Pioneer ancestors crossed the Atlantic from Europe to reach Utah.  The remaining 13 (38%) resided in or near Nauvoo, Illinois prior to commencing their epic trek.  William Stimpson, a handcart pioneer from England, was a member of the tragic Edward Martin Handcart Company; he lost his first wife and two small children in Wyoming in 1857.
Three additional ancestors who converted to the Church in Europe after the arrival of the Transcontinental Railroad arrived in Utah in 1877 from Sweden.
Lorinda:  Below are the names of 26 Mormon Pioneer direct-line ancestors of Lorinda Goff Belnap who commenced emigrating to Utah between 1846 and 1869, prior to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.  These Mormon Pioneer ancestors include at least 3 individuals who arrived in Utah in 1847, the first year of arrival in Utah.  They also include one direct-line ancestor, Thomas Bateman, Jr., who died at sea in 1853 while enroute a second time to America.
Seventeen (65%) of these Mormon Pioneer ancestors crossed the Atlantic from Europe to reach Utah.  The remaining 9 (35%) resided in or near Nauvoo, Illinois or elsewhere in the United States prior to commencing their epic trek.
Five additional ancestors who converted to the Church in Europe after the arrival of the Transcontinental Railrod arrived in Utah--two from England in 1869 and three from Switzerland between 1874 and 1883.
Note:  Names of Mormon Pioneer direct-line ancestors are highlighted in red bold.  Other/later (post-1869 railroad or pre-Trek) LDS trans-oceanic emigrant ancestors are in red italics; non-LDS trans-oceanic emigrant ancestors are in black italics.  Not included here are the dozens more Mormon Pioneers who were siblings, children, or other spouses of direct-line ancestors.
  Direct-line Ancestor Depart Year Emigrant Ship
(where applicable)
Utah Arrival Year Mormon Pioneer Company / Notes Age on Arrival
         
1st Generation        
1 David Gilbert Belnap (1993-living)        
1 Caroline Janae Belnap (1994-living)        
1 Christopher Alan Belnap (1996-living)        
1 Spencer Joseph Belnap (1999-living)        
1 Rebecca Joy Belnap (2003-living)        
1 Nathan Jared Belnap (2007-living)        
         
             
2nd Generation        
2 Brent Jay Belnap (1961-living)        
3 Lorinda Goff (1965-living)        
         
             
3rd Generation        
4 Gordon Leslie Belnap (1929-living)        
5 Gladys Joy McArthur (1932-2012)        
6 Harvey Douglas Goff (1926-2018)        
7 Eva Margene Steiner (1930-2017)        
         
             
4th Generation        
8 Arias Guy Belnap (1893-1974)        
9 Mabel Harris (1894-1972)        
10 Leslie Gale (Groves) McArthur (1907-1988)        
11 Hannah LaVern Hastings (1907-1976)        
12 Harvey Lorenzo Goff (1901-1988)       [born in Utah to Pioneer parent]  
13 Ina Marie Elvera Dahlstrom (1903-1992)        
14 Glendon Eugene Steiner (1902-1985)        
15 Eva Hawkes (1903-1998)        
         
             
5th Generation        
16 Hyrum Belnap (1858-1938)       [born in Utah to Pioneer parents]  
17 Anna Constantia Bluth (1869-1931) 1877 "S.S. Wisconsin" 1877 [post-railroad LDS emigrant to Utah] 7
18 Nathan John Harris (1864-1936)       [born in Utah to Pioneer parents]  
19 Emma Elvira Oakason (1866-1943)       [born in Utah to Pioneer parents]  
20 Frederick George Clarence Groves (1879-1926)       [non-LDS emigrant from Canada to Utah]  
21 Mary Laneta Gale (1885-1956)        
22 James H. Hastings (1876-1954)       [born in Utah to Pioneer parents]  
23 Marion Pearl Allen (1880-1955)        
24 Hyrum Goff (1849-1914) 1862 "John J. Boyd" 1862 Homer Duncan Company 13
25 Marinda Parthenia Bateman (1860-1902)       [born in Utah to Pioneer parents]  
26 Andrew John Dahlstrom (1867-1915) 1889 ____   [non-LDS emigrant from Finland to Utah]  
27 Anna Backlund (1870-1952) 1894 "Majestic"   [non-LDS emigrant from Finland to Utah]  
28 Walter Herman Steiner (1870-1957) 1874 "Nevada"   [post-railroad LDS emigrant to Utah]  
29 Mary Elizabeth Porter (1872-1939)       [born in Utah to Pioneer parents]  
30 Herbert Henry Hawkes (1869-1948)       [born in Utah to Pioneer parents]  
31 Sarah Amy Jones (1875-1952)       [born in Utah to Pioneer parents]  
         
             
6th Generation        
32 Gilbert Belnap (1821-1899) 1846 ~ 1850 Warren Foote Company 28
33 Adaline Knight (1831-1919) 1846 ~ 1850 Warren Foote Company 19
34 Johan (John) Melcher Ludvig Bluth (1835-1920) 1877 "S.S. Wisconsin" 1877 [post-railroad LDS emigrant to Utah] 41
35 Augusta Wilhelmina Wallin (1834-1913) 1877 "S.S. Wisconsin" 1877 [post-railroad LDS emigrant to Utah] 43
36 Martin Henderson Harris (1820-1889) 1850 ~ 1850 William Snow/Joseph Young Company 29
37 Louisa Sargent (1841-1915) 1852 "Kennebec" 1852 Eli B. Kelsey Company 10
38 Hans Ake Oakason (1839-1924) 1861 "Monarch of the Sea" 1861 Joseph W. Young/Harmon/Kimball Company 22
39 Marie Anne Olsen (1844-1920) 1862 "Electric" 1862 [Joseph Horne Company] 18
40 George Henry Groves (1837-after 1910) 1862 ____ ~ [non-LDS emigrant from England to Canada/US]  
41 Emily Phoebe Sophia Davey (1856-1941) 1872 "City of New York" ~ [non-LDS emigrant from England to Canada/US]  
42 Hyrum Edwin Gale (1864-1940)       [born in Utah to Pioneer parents]  
43 Edna Stimpson (1867-1937)       [born in Utah to Pioneer parents]  
44 John Hastings, Jr. (1845-1921) 1861 "Manchester" 1861 [Independent/Joseph Horne] Company 1[6]
45 Mary Ann Ringrose (1852-1889) 1860 "William Tapscott" 1862 Homer Duncan Company 10
46 Elihu Moroni Allen (1858-1914)       [born in Utah to Pioneer parents]  
47 Mary Ann Baird (1859-1888)       [born in Utah to Pioneer parents]  
48 Isaac Goff (1812-1903) 1863 "Cynosure" 1863 Rosel Hyde Company 51
49 Mary Naylor (1815-1899) 1863 "Cynosure" 1863 Rosel Hyde Company 47
50 Samuel Bateman (1832-1911) 1841 "Lehigh Philadelphia" 1850 Livingston and Kinkead Freight Train 18
51 Marinda Allen (1838-1919) 18__ ~ 1853 Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company 15
52 Johan Martensson (Dahl) (1831-1872)        
53 Beata Johansdotter (1835-1915)        
54 Johan Andersson Backlund (1844-1923)        
55 Anna Greta Andersdotter (1848-1930)        
56 John Martin Steiner (1824-1897) 1883 ____ ____ [post-railroad LDS emigrant to Utah] P.F. Gass Company  
57 Anna Barbara Schmied (1848-1928) 1883 ____ ____ [post-railroad LDS emigrant to Utah] P.F. Gass Company  
58 Warriner Ahaz Porter (1848-1932) 1848 ~ 1848 Willard Richards Company infant
59 Mary Malinda Norwood (1851-1929)       [born in Utah to Pioneer parents]  
60 Francis Hawkes (1830-1899) 1854 "Germanicus" 1855 Moses Thurston Company 25
61 Eliza Cole (1840-1905) 1862 "John J. Boyd" 1862 Homer Duncan Company 22
62 Cyrus Joseph Jones (1850-1919) 1868 "Minnesota" 1868 Joseph S. Rawlins Company 17
63 Sarah Worley (1851-1925) 1868 "Minnesota" 1868 Joseph S. Rawlins Company 17
         
             
7th Generation        
64 Rosel Belnap (1789-1832)       [non-LDS emigrant from New York to Canada]  
65 Jane Richmond (1782-1833)       [non-LDS emigrant from New York to Canada]  
66 Vinson Knight (1804-1842)       [baptized LDS but died in Nauvoo]  
67 Martha McBride (1805-1901) 1846 ~ 1850 Warren Foote Company 45
68 Johannes Christian Fredrich Bluth (1787-1842)        
69 Wilhelmina Liding (1808-1873)        
70 Johannes Wallin (1802-1854)        
71 Maria Christina Ytterdahl (1798-1873)        
72 Emer Harris (1781-1869) 18[46] ~ 1852 Harmon Cutler Company 71
73 Deborah Lott (1799-1825)        
74 John Sargent (1814-1852) 1852 "Kennebec" 1852 [died in MO enroute in "Saluda" explosion] 38
75 Ann Allen (1809-1846)        
76 Hans Akesson (1810-1839)        
77 Kjerstina Larsdotter (1810-1852)        
78 Svend Arnt Olsen (1807-1860)        
79 Elen Marie Syversdatter (1812-1854)        
80 Elijah Groves (chr. 1814-after 1853) 1840 "Lord Lyndoch" ~ [non-LDS convict to Tasmania, Australia]  
81 Mary Paxton (about 1811-1881)        
82 George Davey (1823-1903) 1872 "City of New York"   [non-LDS emigrant from England to Canada]  
83 Ann Hodge (chr. 1826-1896) 1872 "City of New York"   [non-LDS emigrant from England to Canada]  
84 James Gale (1829-1915) 1851 "George W. Bourne" 1852 James J. Jepson Company 23
85 Mary Ann Shepherd Derrick (1837-1870) 1851 "George W. Bourne" 1851 John Brown Company 14
86 William Stimpson (1821-1907) 1856 "Horizon" 1856 Edward Martin Handcart Company 35
87 Edna Hinchcliff (1828-1906) 1841 ____ 1854 [James Brown Company] 26
88 John Hastings, Sr. (1807-1884) 1855 "Clara Wheeler" 1861 [Independent/Joseph Horne] Company 53
89 Jane Burdett (1818-1900) 1861 "Manchester" 1861 [Independent/Joseph Horne] Company 42
90 Richard Ringrose (1814-1880) 18[60] ["William Tapscott"] 1862 Homer Duncan Company 47
91 Ann Maycock (1810-1890) 1860 "William Tapscott" 1862 Homer Duncan Company 52
92 Elihu Moroni Allen (Sr.) (1835-1912) 1846 ~ 1847 Jedediah M. Grant-Joseph B. Noble Company [11]
93 Mary Elizabeth Graham (1836-1906) 18[46] ~ 1850 Wilford Woodruff Company 13
94 Robert Erwin Baird (1817-1875) 1846 ~ 1847 Brigham Young Vanguard Company 29
95 Mary Hadley (1837-1908) 1857 "George Washington" 1857 Handcart Company [Jesse B. Martin?] 20
96 Abraham Goff (1770-1849)        
97 Alice Lester (1770-1845)        
98 Samuel Naylor (1779-1843)        
99 Ann Smith (1777-1856)        
100 Thomas Bateman, Jr. (1808-1852) 1841 "Lehigh Philadelphia" 1850 Livingston and Kinkead Freight Train [41]
101 Mary Ann Street (1810-1891) 1841 "Lehigh Philadelphia" 1850 Livingston and Kinkead Freight Train 40
102 Daniel Rapalyea Allen (1816-1873) 1847 ~ 1853 Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company 36
103 Eliza Martin (1823-1910) 1847 ~ 1853 Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company 30
104 Marten Martensson (Nygard) (1793-unknown)        
105 Beata Hansson Rex (1784-unknown)        
106 Johan Martensson (1805-unknown)        
107 Maria Ericsdotter (1802-1858)        
108 Anders Johansson (1822-1868)        
109 Anna Mattsdotter (1824-1894)        
110 Anders Jacobsson Wackur (1816-1847)        
111 Brita Eriksdotter (1816-1880)        
112 Johann Georg Steiner, Jr. (1772-1825)        
113 Anna Maria Kuhn (1788-1854)        
114 Christian Schmied (1803-1851)        
115 Verena Kunz (1827-1884) 18__ ____ 18__ [post-railroad LDS emigrant to Utah?]  
116 Chauncy Warriner Porter (1812-1868) 1846 ~ 1849 Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company [36]
117 Lydia Ann Cook (1830-1882) 18__ ~ 1848 Willard Richards Company 18
118 Richard Smith Norwood (1811-1898) 1846 ~ 1847 Jedediah M. Grant - Joseph B. Noble Company 35
119 Elizabeth Stevenson (1823-1878) 18__ ~ 1848 Willard Richards Company 25
120 William Hawkes (1789-1838)        
121 Mary Ann Miles (1798-1879) 1855 "Chimborazo" 1855 Moses Thurston Company [57]
122 William George Cole (1814-1890) 1863 "Amazon" 1863 [Unidentified Company] [48]
123 Sarah Larnder (1813-1884) 1863 "Amazon" 1863 [Unidentified Company] 50
124 Thomas Jones (1822-1897) 1868 "Minnesota" 1868 Joseph S. Rawlins Company 45
125 Mary Williams (1825-1877) 1868 "Minnesota" 1868 Joseph S. Rawlins Company 43
126 Henry Worley (1827-1914) 1869 "Minnesota" 1869 [post-railroad LDS emigrant to Utah] __
127 Catherine Willmore (1822-1904) 1869 "Minnesota" 1869 [post-railroad LDS emigrant to Utah] __
         
             
8th Generation        
128 Jesse Belnap (1760-1854)        
129 Eunice Hall (1762-1849)        
130 Sylvester Richmond (1737-1803/04)        
131 Jane Bowerman (1750-after 1785)        
132 Rodolphus Knight (1768-1809)        
133 Rizpah Lee (1774-1853)        
134 Daniel McBride (1766-1823)        
135 Abigail Mead (1770-1854) 1846 ~ 1847 Edward Hunter-Jacob Foutz Company 77
136 Melchior Ludvig Bluth, Jr. (1732-after 1788)        
137 Rebecka Hintz (1753-1788)        
138 Olof Liding (1784-unknown)        
139 Maja Stina Oeman (Pehrsdotter) (1784-1852)        
140 Olof Olofsson (1765-1809)        
141 Stina Svensdotter (Wallin) (1760-unknown)        
142 Anders Ytterdahl (1761-1825)        
143 Maria Christina Hoegberg (1760-1822)        
144 Nathan Harris (1758-1835)       [Joseph Smith preached at funeral; likely not LDS]  
145 Rhoda Lapham (1759-1849)        
146 Zephaniah Lott (about 1774-before 1831)        
147 Rachel Brown (about 1781-after 1850)        
148 Peter Sargent (chr. 1780-1858)        
149 Rachel Pearce (1779-1851)        
150 Edward Allen (chr. 1765-1836)        
151 Rose or Rosamund Moth (chr. 1767-1848)        
152 Ake Nilsson (chr. 1760-1824)        
153 Karna Andersdotter (1775-1818)        
154 Lars Nilsson (1765-1813)        
155 Ingar Andersdotter (1769-1832)        
156 Ole Svendsen (1774-1837)        
157 Mette Sofie Jensdatter Meis (1776-1840)        
158 Siver Emanuelsen (1779-unknown)        
159 Inger Erichsdatter (chr. 1767-1812)        
160 William Groves (unknown-after 1816)        
161 Mary Evans (unknown-after 1816)        
162 Frederick Paxton (about 1785-1849)        
163 Ann Beer (about 1791-1866)        
164 Joseph Davey (about 1771/1790-after 1841)        
165 Mary Webber (about 1781-after 1841)        
166 George Hodge (about 1786-1864)        
167 Ann Gadd (chr. 1788-unknown)        
168 James Gale (1801-1877)        
169 Sarah Tavender (1797-1853)        
170 Zachariah Wise Derrick (1814-1898) 1851 "George W. Bourne" 1851 John Brown Company 37
171 Mary Sheppard (1812-1886) 1851 "George W. Bourne" 1851 John Brown Company 39
172 William Page Stimpson (1786-1876)        
173 Mary Smith (1787-1837)        
174 Elijah Hinchcliff (1792-1851) 18[45]     [possibly LDS; died enroute(?) in Philadelphia]  
175 Hannah Field (1792-1875) 18[50] ____ 1861 [Milo Andrus Company] [69]
176 Robert Hastings (chr. 1778-1836)        
177 Sarah Spencer (chr. 1776-1830/31)        
178 Thomas Burdett (1798-1878)       [baptized LDS but remained in England]  
179 Elizabeth Shenton (1799-1861)       [baptized LDS but remained in England]  
180 William Ringrose (about 1775-1850)        
181 Ann Anderson (about 1795-1878) 1855 "Clara Wheeler" 1862 James Wareham Company [52]
182 John Maycock (chr. 1761-1830)        
183 Elizabeth Smith (1764-1842)        
184 Elihu Marcellus Allen (1791-1850) 1846 ~ 1847 Jedediah M. Grant-Joseph B. Noble Company 56
185 Lola Ann Clawson (1806-1848) 1846 ~ 1847 Jedediah M. Grant-Joseph B. Noble Company 41
186 James Graham (1804-1857) 1846 ~ 1849 Howard Egan Independent Company 44
187 Mary Ann Butler (1804-1846) 1846 ~ ~ [died enroute in Iowa; not counted by DUP] 42
188 James Baird (about 1775-after 1833) 1833 "Benjamin Morgan" ~ [non-LDS emigrant from Ireland to Pennsylvania]  
189 Elizabeth Erwin (about 1780-after 1826)        
190 Richard Hadley (chr. 1800-1878) 1857 "George Washington" 1857 Handcart Company [Jesse B. Martin?] __
191 Mary Shuter (chr. 1803-1873) 1857 "George Washington" 1857 Handcart Company [Jesse B. Martin?] __
192 Abraham Goff (1734-1816)        
193 Ann Mason (about 1732-unknown)        
194 [____] Lester (____-____)        
195 Mary Wooley (about 1728-1783)        
196 Thomas Naylor (unknown-unknown)        
197 Ann Godbar (unknown-unknown)        
198 William Smith, Jr. (about 1737-1792)        
199 Margaret Hubbard (chr. 1740-1782)        
200 Thomas Bateman, Sr. (about 1778-1845) 1842 "Chaos"   [baptized LDS but died in Nauvoo]  
201 Elizabeth Armstrong (about 1780-1840)        
202 Samuel Street (about 1775-unknown)        
203 Elizabeth Scholfield (chr. 1775-unknown)        
204 Robert Allen (1784-1834)        
205 Alletta Whaley (1790-1851)        
206 Henry T. Martin (1797-1832)        
207 Lydia Coe (1801-1836)        
208 Marten Martensson (1775-1848)        
209 Maria Mickelsdotter (Bertils) (1768-1835)        
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216 Johan Andersson Wast (1800-1845)        
217 Anna Jakobsdotter Skrifvars (1801-1842)        
218 Matts Isaksson (1796-1853)        
219 Anna Mickelsdotter Loberg Grannas (1794-1854)        
220 Jaakko Vakkuri (1786-1853)        
221 Britha Andersdotter (1792-1859)        
222 Erik Eriksson (1758-unknown)        
223 Brita Tomasdotter (1779-unknown)        
224 Johann Georg Steiner (about 1746-unknown)        
225 Maria Elizabetha Schmidt (about 1750-unknown)        
226 Johan Georg Kuhn (about 1762-unknown)        
227 Sybilla Wittman (about 1766-unknown)        
228 Christian Schmied (about 1777-unknown)        
229 Verena Jost (about 1781-unknown)        
230 Peter Kunz (about 1801-unknown)        
231 Barbara Blaser (about 1805-unknown)        
232 Sanford Porter, Sr. (1790-1873) 1846 ~ 1847 Charles C. Rich Company 57
233 Nancy Warriner (1790-1864) 1846 ~ 1847 Charles C. Rich Company 57
234 Ahaz Cook (1790-1840)        
235 Hannah Sherwood (about 1792-unknown)        
236 Richard Norwood (1782-1816)        
237 Mary Smith (1784-unknown)        
238 Joseph Stevenson (1787-1832)        
239 Elizabeth Stevens (1792-1873) 18__ ____ 1848 Willard Richards Company 56
240        
241        
242 Bernard Miles (about 1772-unknown)        
243 Mary Ann Luckin (about 1776-unknown)        
244 William Cole (1782-1843)        
245 Elizabeth May (1781-1858)        
246 George Larnder (chr. 1789-unknown)        
247 Elizabeth Fosse (1790-unknown)        
248 William Jones (about 1796-unknown)        
249 Mary Trow (about 1800-unknown)        
250 John Williams (about 1799-unknown)        
251 Sarah Wood (about 1803-unknown)        
252 George Worley (1786-unknown)        
253 Sarah Harrison (1789-unknown)        
254 Edward May Willmore (about 1807-unknown)        
255 Catherine Rudhall (about 1800-unknown)        
         
             
9th Generation (selected ancestors)        
~        
371 Lola (Lowly) Foote (1778-1844)       [baptized LDS but died in Nauvoo]  
372 Robert Graham (about 1775-1862)       [possibly LDS; died in Hancock County, Illinois]  
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Some Helpful Links For Researching Mormon Pioneer Ancestors
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847–1868 https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/
Early Latter-day Saints: A Mormon Pioneer Database http://www.earlylds.com/
Mormon Pioneer Search http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/pioneer_search3.htm
Tracing Mormon Pioneers https://user.xmission.com/~nelsonb/pioneer.htm
Mormon Trails Association http://mormontrails.org/
National Park Service: Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail http://www.nps.gov/mopi/
Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 http://overlandtrails.lib.byu.edu/
U.S. Mormon Battalion Association http://www.mormonbattalion.com/
The Winter Quarters Project http://winterquarters.byu.edu/
Mormon Pioneer Foodways https://uofupress.lib.utah.edu/plain-but-wholesome/
Sons of Utah Pioneers https://www.sup1847.com/
Daughters of Utah Pioneers http://www.dupinternational.org/
Last update: 15 Apr 2022
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