David Adolpheus Young: Click here for family search link
Born: 18 June 1772 Virginia, United States
Baptised
Died:10 October 1847 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
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Elisabeth Vance: Click here for family search link
Birth:17 October 1784 White, Tennessee, United States
Baptised
Death: 24 January 1847 Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
Burial: Click here for find a grave
Conversion story:
Really don't know much about their conversion story, I assume they were baptized at some point as Elisabeth was buried at the winter quarters cemetery, and David was buried at Council Bluffs Iowa. More research is needed on how or when they joined the church.
Thursday, June 29, 2017
William Dix GG Grandfather through Devaun Dix
William Dix: Click here for Family Seach link
Birth: 29 September 1853 Aberdulais Cadoscton, Neath, Glams, So. Wales
Baptism: 1881
Death: 14 December 1928 Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States
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Conversion Story:
In 1881, William Jr. emigrated to Utah with Elvira and the children following a few months later. Elvira’s parents and several relatives had been baptized into the “Mormon” church in the 1840’s and 1850’s. Elvira herself was not baptized until five years after her marriage to William Jr. in 1879, and he followed and was baptized in 1881 after arriving in Utah. What William and Martha thought of this, we do not know. As far as religion went, apparently the Dix family, including William Jr., were associated with the “Independents.” When William and Elvira’s family emigrated, it was said to be a tearful parting. We do not have exact dates and places of William and Martha’s deaths. According to what we do know, Martha died in 1882; she would have been about 60 years old. William died in 1889 at about age 66.
Mary Davis GGGG Grandma and William Jones GGG Grandpa (Mary Davis's Son-in-law) through Devaun Dix
Mary Davis: Click here for family search link
Birth:14 Mar 1793 Llansamlet, Glamorganshire, Wales
Baptism: 16 April 1845
Death: 29 February 1876 Treboeth, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Burial:
William Jones: Click here for family search link
Birth:1824 Carmarthenshire, Wales
Baptism: May 8, 1850
Death: 1875
Burial:
Conversion Story:
Although believers in Christ and the teachings of the Bible, the family did not belong actively to any church. They cared little for any kind of organized worship. In 1844, however, Joseph Davis (Son of Mary and Thomas) heard the gospel preached by his cousins, Hopkin and David Mathews. His skepticism turned to belief then to faith, and he accepted baptism into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 22 September 1844, being then 25 years of age. He was followed the next month on 23 October 1844 by Jane, the oldest of Thomas and Mary's children. The following spring Mother Mary and the youngest daughter Elizabeth were baptized, Mary on 16 April 1845 and Elizabeth on 29 April 1845. Dan was baptized several years later, 22 February 1848. Father Thomas never did join the church nor did the majority of his children.
The family members who joined the church became very active. Joseph was ordained an elder in the priesthood in December 1844 by Elder Abel Evans and served as a local missionary. He was often called upon to administer to the sick and became the president of a large and flourishing branch of the Church in Swansea.
The Mathews remained in Treboeth although some of the children emigrated to Utah. In February 1852, Joseph Davis, his wife and son left Liverpool under the auspices of the Church’s Permanent Emigration Fund Company, traveling overland under the direction of Captain Abraham O. Smoot.
In Treboeth, the children continued to leave home and start homes of their own. The 1851 British census shows Thomas still working as a collier, but heading a much smaller family (only Thomas and Elizabeth remained at home).
Family records show that on 29 February 1876 Mary died at Treboeth Landore, apparently the area bordering the River Tawe between Treboeth and Landore. Thomas lived almost three years longer, dying at Treboeth on 7 November 1878.
And another version that ties to our ancestor Mary Mathews Jones:
Mary Mathews was born February 1, 1828, Llangyfelach, Glamorgan County, Wales, to Thomas Mathews and Mary Davis or David. She was the seventh child of eleven. Both of Mary’s parents, Thomas and Mary, were born in the same county of South Wales in 1791 and 1793 respectively. Their eleven children, four girls and seven boys, were born between 1814 and 1838.
The story of William and Mary Jones and their family seems to be tied to the Mormon missionary work in Wales. According to a history of the introduction of the gospel into Wales by Richard L. Evans, the gospel was first preached in North Wales by missionaries from Liverpool in 1840. The first branch in South Wales was established in March 1843 in a village near Merthyr Tydfil. More branches were established and a new district based in Merthyr Tydfil was organized April 6, 1844. This later became the Glamorganshire District. It was at this time that members of the Mathews family began to be baptized. The first to be baptized was Joseph, married son of Thomas and Mary Davis Mathews, born in 1819. He was baptized in September 1844, and his older married sister Jane (born 1814) followed a month later.
The legendary Dan Jones and his wife arrived in Wales in early 1845, obeying a call from Joseph Smith before his death and greatly expanding the work in Wales. At a general conference of the British Mission held in Manchester in April 1845, Elder Jones delivered a powerful testimony. “. . . [H]e would speak of a nation renowned in his¬tory, one of the most ancient nations of the earth, who had never been subdued, and to whom he hoped to be instrumental in bearing the tidings of the work of God in the last days. He enlarged on the characteristics of the Welsh people in a manner, and with eloquence, that told how ardently he loved his native tribe and his fatherland. . . . [H]e had now come in obedience to the counsel of the martyred Prophet, as a messenger to his native land, to bear testimony of the work for which his brother, the Prophet, had died, and which he had sealed with his blood.”
It was in this same month that Mary Davis Mathews and her daughter Mary Mathews became the next Mathews to join the church, being baptized on April 16, 1845. Mary Davis Mathews was baptized by William Jones according to the early Swansea Ward records, and it is possible her daughter Mary was also baptized by the same man. This is apparently not the same William Jones who later became her son-in-law, her daughter Mary’s husband, as that William Jones was not baptized until May 8, 1850. More Mathews family members to be baptized in this time period include Elizabeth (born 1833), baptized two weeks after her mother and sister on April 28, 1845, and Daniel (born 1836) who was baptized on February 22, 1848, just before he turned 12 years old. Thomas, the father, apparently did not join the Church.
Birth:14 Mar 1793 Llansamlet, Glamorganshire, Wales
Baptism: 16 April 1845
Death: 29 February 1876 Treboeth, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Burial:
William Jones: Click here for family search link
Birth:1824 Carmarthenshire, Wales
Baptism: May 8, 1850
Death: 1875
Burial:
Conversion Story:
Although believers in Christ and the teachings of the Bible, the family did not belong actively to any church. They cared little for any kind of organized worship. In 1844, however, Joseph Davis (Son of Mary and Thomas) heard the gospel preached by his cousins, Hopkin and David Mathews. His skepticism turned to belief then to faith, and he accepted baptism into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 22 September 1844, being then 25 years of age. He was followed the next month on 23 October 1844 by Jane, the oldest of Thomas and Mary's children. The following spring Mother Mary and the youngest daughter Elizabeth were baptized, Mary on 16 April 1845 and Elizabeth on 29 April 1845. Dan was baptized several years later, 22 February 1848. Father Thomas never did join the church nor did the majority of his children.
The family members who joined the church became very active. Joseph was ordained an elder in the priesthood in December 1844 by Elder Abel Evans and served as a local missionary. He was often called upon to administer to the sick and became the president of a large and flourishing branch of the Church in Swansea.
The Mathews remained in Treboeth although some of the children emigrated to Utah. In February 1852, Joseph Davis, his wife and son left Liverpool under the auspices of the Church’s Permanent Emigration Fund Company, traveling overland under the direction of Captain Abraham O. Smoot.
In Treboeth, the children continued to leave home and start homes of their own. The 1851 British census shows Thomas still working as a collier, but heading a much smaller family (only Thomas and Elizabeth remained at home).
Family records show that on 29 February 1876 Mary died at Treboeth Landore, apparently the area bordering the River Tawe between Treboeth and Landore. Thomas lived almost three years longer, dying at Treboeth on 7 November 1878.
And another version that ties to our ancestor Mary Mathews Jones:
Mary Mathews was born February 1, 1828, Llangyfelach, Glamorgan County, Wales, to Thomas Mathews and Mary Davis or David. She was the seventh child of eleven. Both of Mary’s parents, Thomas and Mary, were born in the same county of South Wales in 1791 and 1793 respectively. Their eleven children, four girls and seven boys, were born between 1814 and 1838.
The story of William and Mary Jones and their family seems to be tied to the Mormon missionary work in Wales. According to a history of the introduction of the gospel into Wales by Richard L. Evans, the gospel was first preached in North Wales by missionaries from Liverpool in 1840. The first branch in South Wales was established in March 1843 in a village near Merthyr Tydfil. More branches were established and a new district based in Merthyr Tydfil was organized April 6, 1844. This later became the Glamorganshire District. It was at this time that members of the Mathews family began to be baptized. The first to be baptized was Joseph, married son of Thomas and Mary Davis Mathews, born in 1819. He was baptized in September 1844, and his older married sister Jane (born 1814) followed a month later.
The legendary Dan Jones and his wife arrived in Wales in early 1845, obeying a call from Joseph Smith before his death and greatly expanding the work in Wales. At a general conference of the British Mission held in Manchester in April 1845, Elder Jones delivered a powerful testimony. “. . . [H]e would speak of a nation renowned in his¬tory, one of the most ancient nations of the earth, who had never been subdued, and to whom he hoped to be instrumental in bearing the tidings of the work of God in the last days. He enlarged on the characteristics of the Welsh people in a manner, and with eloquence, that told how ardently he loved his native tribe and his fatherland. . . . [H]e had now come in obedience to the counsel of the martyred Prophet, as a messenger to his native land, to bear testimony of the work for which his brother, the Prophet, had died, and which he had sealed with his blood.”
It was in this same month that Mary Davis Mathews and her daughter Mary Mathews became the next Mathews to join the church, being baptized on April 16, 1845. Mary Davis Mathews was baptized by William Jones according to the early Swansea Ward records, and it is possible her daughter Mary was also baptized by the same man. This is apparently not the same William Jones who later became her son-in-law, her daughter Mary’s husband, as that William Jones was not baptized until May 8, 1850. More Mathews family members to be baptized in this time period include Elizabeth (born 1833), baptized two weeks after her mother and sister on April 28, 1845, and Daniel (born 1836) who was baptized on February 22, 1848, just before he turned 12 years old. Thomas, the father, apparently did not join the Church.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Caleb Haight and Keturah Horton GGGG Grandparents through Devaun Dix
Caleb Haight Click here for Family Search link
Birth:28 August 1778 Amenia, Dutchess, New York, United States
Baptism: June 7, 1842.
Death:6 June 1851 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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Keturah Horton: Click here for Family Search link
Birth:28 May 1777 Amenia, Dutchess, New York
Baptism: June 7, 1842.
Death:18 November 1843 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Burial:click here for Find a grave
Conversion Story:
Isaac Chauncy, did not have very good health as a boy, so he was well educated and received special training for the ministry in the Baptist Church. He never officiated as a minister, but became a school teacher instead, and he was teaching when he joined the church in 1838. The other children were well educated as they were all blessed with worldly goods and good positions in the business world. Caleb was practicing as a lawyer in Monrovia, Cayuga County, New York, where they had moved in 1836. It was here that he and his family first heard the Gospel from Mormon Missionaries. It came as a startling and surprising message that Christ’s own church was again established upon the earth, and that a true living prophet was at it’s head. This was in 1838, just 8 years after the church was organized. Caleb and Keturah did not accept the new religion when they first heard it. Their son Isaac Chauncy and his wife Eliza Ann Snyder accepted it first. They were baptized in 1839, and Isaac Chauncy, his wife and baby daughter, Caroline moved to Nauvoo, Illinois to make their home with the Saints. Caleb and the rest of the family remained in Monrovia, the four older children were married and were raising their families. Caleb practiced law whenever his neighbors needed help in settling their legal difficulties. There was a small branch of the church in Monrovia, but its members were persecuted so badly that it had a difficult time to exist. In 1841, Caleb’s son, Isaac Chauncy, arrived in Monrovia where he had been called by his church to serve as a missionary. His first interest was his father’s family, so he worked with them; one brother, David had joined when he had been baptized, but there were others that he must bring into God’s Kingdom here on Earth. There were many converted to the church during this time of Isaac Chauncy Haight’s ministry in the town of Monrovia. Caleb, his wife, Keturah, his brother Hector Caleb, two sisters, Julia Ann Van Orden, and Catherine Adelia Curtiss and their families, a cousin, and many others were baptized in the little creek that ran through Monrovia, June 7, 1842.
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