1. Edwin WHITING. He married Elizabeth Partridge TILLOTSON, daughter of Samuel TILLOTSON (4 Oct 1759-3 Dec 1848) & Sarah PARTRIDGE (15 May 1769-11 Apr 1846), on 21 Sep 1833 in Lee, Berkshire County, MA. Born on 15 Apr 1814 in Tyringham, Berkshire county, MA. Elizabeth Partridge died in probably UT on 8 Dec 1892; she was 78. They were married a second time 27 Jan 1846 in Nauvoo, IL. Edwin was from Nelson, Portage County, OH.
Jane Tillotson doesn't seem to have had much contact withthem and they are not mentioned in her diaries. It is apparent that by 1846 they had converted to the Mormon religion and left the Brunswick area. They resided in Springfield, Utah.
Elizabeth was a teacher in Nelson, Ohio before her marriage. She was an early convert to Mormonism and apparently her Methodist parents were distraught by her loss to Methodism. However, at some point her sister, Polly tillotson Prichard, also embraced Mormonism and Polly's daughter, Sarah, married Lorenzo Snow who later became Priest ofthe Church (Mormon). After the marriage of Elizabeth and Edwin they lived in Kirtland, Ohio where they suffered from mob violence and pillage against the Mormons. After moving to Lima, Illinois they had their home and Edwin's chair shop burned by a mob. They wre living in Nauvoo, Illinois when Joseph Smith was martyred. During this time Edwin was a Colonel in the Nauvoo Legion. After the exodus from Nauvoo they lived in Mt. Pisgah, Union County, Iowa. They went by wagon to Utah in 1849, crossing the plains with the Ezra T. Benson Company and arriving in Salt Lake City in November. They endured many hardships and sufferings on the trip. They were sent by Brigham Young in Isaac Morley's Company to found a settlement in the Sampete Valley, Utah. this settlement was called Manti.
They had the following children:
2 i. Olivia (1834-)
3 ii. William (1834-)
4 iii. Helen Amelia (1836-)
5 iv. Sarah Elizabeth (1840-)
6 v. Lavinia (1841-1841)
7 vi. Louise (1841-1841)
8 vii. Emily Jane (1843-1846)
9 viii. Edwin Lucius (1845-)
10 ix. Oscar Newell (1848-)
11 x. Louisa Melitia (1850-)
12 xi. Caroline Phidelia (1853-)
Second Generation
&emdash;&emdash;&emdash;&emdash;
2. Olivia WHITING. Born on 18 Oct 1834 in Nelson, Portage County, OH.
3. William WHITING. Born on 18 Oct 1834 in Nelson, Portage County, OH.
4. Helen Amelia WHITING. Born on 21 Aug 1836 in Nelson, Portage County, OH.
5. Sarah Elizabeth WHITING. Born on 2 Jan 1840 in Nelson, Portage County, OH.
6. Lavinia WHITING. Born on 11 Nov 1841 in Lima, IL. Lavinia died on 11 Nov 1841 in Lima, IL.
7. Louise WHITING. Born on 11 Nov 1841 in Lima, IL. Louise died on 11 Nov 1841 in Lima, IL.
8. Emily Jane WHITING. Born on 25 Feb 1843 in Lima, IL. Emily Jane died in Nauvoo, IL on 12 Sep 1846; she was 3.
9. Edwin Lucius WHITING. Born on 22 Oct 1845 in Nauvoo, IL.
10. Oscar Newell WHITING. Born on 18 Jan 1848 in Mt. Pisgah, IA.
11. Louisa Melitia WHITING. Born on 17 May 1850 in Sampete, Manti, UT.
12. Caroline Phidelia WHITING. Born on 24 Nov 1853 in Sampete, Manti, UT.
TILLOTSON
Elizabeth Partridge spouse of 1
WHITING
Caroline Phidelia 12
Edwin 1
Edwin Lucius 9
Emily Jane 8
Helen Amelia 4
Lavinia 6
Louisa Melitia 11
Louise 7
Olivia 2
Oscar Newell 10
Sarah Elizabeth 5
William 3
Created by: William L. Kidder (LKIDDER@WorldNet.att.net)
Last revision: 31 December 1997
Get your own Free Home
Page