Jeremy Belknap

Jeremy Belknap
Born	(1744-06-04)June 4, 1744 Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died	June 20, 1798(1798-06-20) (aged 54) Boston, Massachusetts
Resting place	Mount Auburn Cemetery
Occupation(s)	clergyman and historian
Known for	study of the History of New Hampshire, helping to found the Massachusetts Historical Society

Jeremy Belknap (June 4, 1744 – June 20, 1798) was an American clergyman and historian. His great achievement was the History of New Hampshire, published in three volumes between 1784 and 1792. This work is the first modern history written by an American, embodying a new rigor in research, annotation, and reporting.