Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife shi a Port Hope, Ontario, Upper Canada, Belnap, jikan tsohon soja na Yakin Juyin Juya Halin Amurka Jesse Belnap, ya zama maraya yana da shekaru 10-12. Hašawa da kansa ga wani American kamfanin haske doki rangers kamar yadda na farko Sergeant, ya aka dauka a matsayin fursuna-na-yakin a cikin
Tawaye na Upper Kanada. Bayan an sake shi, daga baya ya tafi Kirtland, Ohio, inda aka yi masa baftisma a matsayin memba na Cocin Yesu Kristi na Waliyyan Rana ta Ƙarshe a shekara ta 1842. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya yi baftisma, ya yi wa'azi tare da John P. Greene a New York.