JEREMY

See also:

• JEREMY BELKNAP (1744-1798)
• BELKNAP, WILLIAM WORTH (1829-189o)

BELKNAP (1744-1798)  , American author and clergyman, was born at Boston on the 4th of June 1744, and was educated at Harvard College, where he graduated in 1762 . In 1767 he became minister of a Congregational church at Dover, New Hampshire, remaining there until 1787, when he removed to Federal Street church, Boston . He is recognized as the founder of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and in 1792 became an overseer of Harvard . He died at Boston on the loth of June 1798 . Belknap's chief works are: History of New Hampshire (1784–1792) ; An Historical Account of those persons who have been distinguished in America, generally known as American Biography (1792-1794) ; The Foresters (r792), &e .