Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I whanau mai i Port Hope, Ontario, Upper Canada, ko Belnap, te mokopuna o te toa o te American Revolutionary War a Jesse Belnap, i noho pani i te tau 10-12. Ka hono ia ki tetahi kamupene Amerika o nga kaitiaki hoiho marama hei kaitiaki tuatahi, i tangohia ia hei herehere-a-whawhai i te Upper Canada Rebellion
He aha? I muri i tana tukunga, ka haere ia ki Kirtland, Ohio, i reira i iriiria ai ia hei mema o te Hāhi o Ihu Karaiti o nga Hunga Tapu o nga Ra o Muri Nei i te tau 1842. I muri tata mai i tana iriiringa, ka mahi tahi ia me John P. Greene hei miihana ki te raki o Niu Ioka.