Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akaberekerwa muPort Hope, Ontario, Upper Canada, Belnap, muzukuru weAmerican Revolutionary War veteran Jesse Belnap, akaitwa nherera aine makore 10-12. Achizvibatanidza amene kukambani yeAmerica yevarindi vemabhiza akareruka somukuru mukuru mukuru, akatorwa somusungwa-wehondo mu
Kumukira kweUpper Canada. Pashure pokusunungurwa kwake, iye pakupedzisira akaenda kuKirtland, Ohio, uko akabhapatidzwa mutezo weChechi yaJesu Kristu yaVatsvene vaMazuva Ekupedzisira muna 1842. Nguva pfupi abhabhatidzwa, akaenda kunoshanda semumishinari pamwe chete naJohn P. Greene kuNew York.