Sunday, January 23, 2022

George Albert Hart
George Albert Hart 
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Parents Henry Jackson Hart and Lois Augusta Shute
Born 6 October 1864 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Married Bessie Matthews Wilson 6 February 1895 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Died
Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Birth Records
Marriage: Massachusetts Marriage Records
1865 US State Census (8 months old)
1870 US Census Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1880 US Census Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts
1900 US Census Essex, Essex, Massachusetts
1910 US Census Essex, Essex, Massachusetts
1920 US Census Essex, Essex, Massachusetts
1930 US Census Essex, Essex, Massachusetts
Family Search
ancestry.com

Bessie Matthews Wilson
Bessie Matthews Wilson
Parents Matthew Wilson and Mary E Lennon
Born 4 August 1868 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Died 27 Feb 1951 Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts
Buried Highland Cemetery, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Birth Records
1870 US Census Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1900 US Census Essex, Essex, Massachusetts
1910 US Census Essex, Essex, Massachusetts
1920 US Census Essex, Essex, Massachusetts
1930 US Census Essex, Essex, Massachusetts
Family Search
ancestry.com
Death: Massachusetts Death Index Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173086439/bessie-m.-hart

CHILDREN
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7th c2r

Robert Matthews Hart
Born 6 Nov 1895 Essex, Essex, Massachusetts
Never Married 
No Children
Died 21 March 1896  Essex, Essex, Massachusetts (4months 15days)
COD: Pneumonia Prostration
Buried Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Sources
Birth and Death:  Massachusetts Records
Family Search
ancestry.com


Grace Manning Hart Marlowe
Grace Manning Hart
Born 15 April 1897 Essex, Essex, Massachusetts
Education: Bachelors Degree in History 

Article in Fitchburg Sentinel

Occupation: Teacher of Geology and Science
Married  William Joseph Marlowe 20 Oct 1926 Holden, Massachusetts 
Children: living
Died 6 August 1969 Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts
Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Birth Records
1923 University of Maine Prism Yearbook
Occupation and salary: Article in Fitchburg Sentinel issue 5 June 1923
1928 Phone Directory Leominster, Massachusetts
1930 US Census Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts (age32)
1940 US Census Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts (age42)
1965 Phone Directory Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts
SS Death Index
Massachusetts Death Index
Family Search
ancestry.com




Dorothy Endicott Hart Cook
Enhanced and colorized photo

Dorothy Endicott Hart
Born 15 Jan 1900 Essex, Essex, Massachusetts
Education: Bachelors Degree in Economics and SociologyOccupation: Teacher
Married Clement Edwin Cook
Children: Richard
Died 27 March 1993 Nurtens House (Nursing Home), Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
Buried (Cremated) Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Birth Records
1910 US Census 
1920 US Census Essex, Essex, Massachusetts (age 19)
1923 University of Maine Prism Yearbook

1930 US Census Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
1940 US Census Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
Vermont Death Index
Vermont U.S. Death Records
SS Death Index
Family Search
ancestry.com


Mary Lois Hart
Enhanced and Colorized
picture
Mary Lois Hart
Born 22 Jan 1908 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Occupation: Librarian at Carnegie Library in Pittsburg
Married Erich Oscar Pletsch 22 Sep 1939 Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
Children: Living
Died 27 Jan 1978 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Buried 30 Jan 1978 Orem, Utah, Utah
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records
Family Search
ancestry.com

Consider Tiffany and Abigail Niles

Consider Tiffany

Parents: Humphrey Tiffany and Elizabeth 
Born 14 Jun 1675 Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Birth record from Massachusetts Births and Christenings
page 62 image #553


Married  Abigail Niles 27 May 1696 New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island

Marriage Record from Vital Records of Rhode Island


Died 1708 Connecticut
Note: he did not leave a will
Buried
Sources
Birth: New England  Historical and Genealogical Register
Colonial Families of the U.S.
Marriage clip: Vital Records of Rhode Island page 20 Image #193
Marriage: U.S. and International Marriage Records
Book:  The Tiffany's of America:  History and Genealogy pages 140-170
Book:  New England Marriages prior  to 1700 page 742
Block Island Settlers of Joshua's Town, Lyme, Connecticut by Mary Banning Friedlander

Abigail Niles

Parents: John Niles and Abigail 
Born 1677 New Shoreham, Washington, Rhode Island
Died by 22 March 1739 Lyme, Connecticut
Buried
Sources
Block Island Settlers of Joshua's Town, Lyme, Connecticut by Mary Banning Friedlander
Marriage: Rhode Island U.S. Vital Extracts Vol 4 Newport County page 16
Marriage: U.S. Marriages Prior to 1700
Family Search
ancestry.com
CHILDREN


Children of Consider and Abigail
clip is from Vital Records of Rhode Island page 36 image #201




Elizabeth Tiffany
Born 23 Feb 1696 New Shoreham, Washington, Rhode Island
Married Richard Brockway 5 May 1720 Joshua's Town, Lyme, Connecticut
Note: she sold 66 of her 70 acres in 1743
Children: Elizabeth, Abigail (twin), Consider (Twin), Silence, Eunice, Nathan, Consider
Note: I'm not so sure the last child is theirs. The evidence claims he had parents named Richard and Elizabeth, but she would have been 50 years old - not impossible, just improbable.
Died 
Buried
Sources
Block Island Settlers of Joshua's Town, Lyme, Connecticut by Mary Banning Friedlander
Vital Records of Rhode Island page 36 image #201
Family Search
ancestry.com

Sarah Tiffany
Note: there are 2 Sarah Tiffany's that married Ebenezers in this area. This one married Ebenezer Day. The other, Ebenezer Smith.
Born 5 March 1699 New Shoreham, Washington, Rhode Island
Married Ebenezer Day 3 Feb 1718 Colchester, New London, Connecticut
Note: she sold her share of the land to her brother Nathan after she got married
Children: Deborah, Sarah, Jonathan, Ebenezer, Elizabeth
Died 1 Oct 1775 Colchester, New London, Connecticut
Buried
Sources
Block Island Settlers of Joshua's Town, Lyme, Connecticut by Mary Banning Friedlander
Vital Records of Rhode Island page 36 image #20
Family Search
ancestry.com

(Lieutenant) Nathan Tiffany
Born  14 June 1701 New Shoreham, Washington, Rhode Island
Married 1) Elizabeth Brockway 1726 Lyme, New London, Connecticut
Children: Timothy, Elizbeth, Dorothy, Lois
2) Sarah Harvey 1735 Lyme, New London, Connecticut
Children: Silas, Sarah, Abigail, Hepzibah, Nathan, Keturah, Anna, Temperance, Lucy
Died 30 May 1750 Lyme, New London, Connecticut
Buried Marvin Cemetery, Lyme, New London, Connecticut
Sources
Birth: Rhode Island Births and Christenings
Block Island Settlers of Joshua's Town, Lyme, Connecticut by Mary Banning Friedlander
Vital Records of Rhode Island page 36 image #20
New England  Historical and Genealogical Register
Family Search
ancestry.com
Note: the problem with the headstones pictured is that they are TWO different stones.
One has considerably more information and greater damage, the other more simple.  Perhaps one is the father and one the son?  Anyway, I didn't post the headstone because of this problem. I have contacted the person that owns the memorial in hopes she can shed light on this issue.

Silence Tiffany 
NOTE: her father, Consider, had no will. Silence is ONLY mentioned in testimony given by her mother and others about Consider's wishes after his death. Land was divided - half to Nathan and the other half to his mother/sisters. An interesting sidenote: Her sister Elizabeth had a daughter named Silence Brockway and Sarah had a daughter named Elizabeth Silence Day.
Born abt 1703 New Shoreham, Washington, Rhode Island
Married Silas Sears about 1728 
Note: Silence had 52 acres 
Children: Silence
Died
Buried
Sources
Block Island Settlers of Joshua's Town, Lyme, Connecticut by Mary Banning Friedlander
Family Search
ancestry.com



Sunday, January 16, 2022

William Merry 1728 and Martha East 1729-1787

NOTE: there are TWO William and Martha families in Steeple Morden AND they named their children very much alike.

William Merry
Parents William Merry and Elizabeth Shardelow
Born abt 1728 Orwell, Cambridge, England
Christening 16 February 1728 Orwell, Cambridge, England
Married Martha East 17 Oct 1753 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

William and Martha marriage record


Died February 1794
Buried 23 February 1794 Cambridgeshire, England

William's Burial Record
Transcription: Burials in 1794
Febry 23d William Merry a Pauper


Sources
Christening: England and Wales Christening Index
Marriage: Marriages for Steeple Morden - Image #482 on FHL Film # 008048580 which is evidently on the same roll as FHL Film #990377
Burial: England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts
Family Search
ancestry.com
Martha East (-M- 6th great grand aunt)
Parents: Ralph East and Martha Dover
Christening 25 Jan 1729 Bassingbourne, Cambridge, England
Died 1787
Buried 4 Sep 1787 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

Martha East Merry Burial record


Sources
Christened: England, Select Birth and Christenings
Death Record from Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire Burial Records
Family Search
ancestry.com
CHILDREN
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William Merry
Christening 12 July 1755  Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England



Not Married, no children
Died before 20 June 1761 - when the next William was born 
Buried
Sources
Christening: England Birth and Christenings for Steeple Morden - Image #431 on FHL Film # 008048580 which is evidently on the same roll as FHL Film #990377
Family Search
ancestry.com

Martha Merry
Christening 5 Dec 1757 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England



Married Aaron Wade 15 Oct 1786 Abington Piggotts, Cambridge, England

Aaron Wade and Martha Merry marriage record


Children: William, Mary
Died June 1830 Abington Piggotts, Cambridge, England
Buried 25 June 1830 Abington juxta Shengay, Cambridge, England

Martha's burial information

Sources
Christening: England Birth and Christenings for Steeple Morden - Image #431 on FHL Film # 008048580 which is evidently on the same roll as FHL Film #990377
Marriage Registers for Abington Piggotts page 116 Image #346 on FHL Film # 007812076 
Burial:
Family Search
ancestry.com


William Merry
Christening 20 June 1761 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

William's Christening

Married Elizabeth Howard 2 April 1787 Litlington, Cambridge, England

William Merry and Elizabeth Howard marriage record
Transcription: William Merry, Bachelor and Elizabeth Howard, Spinster,
married by banns in this church 2 April 1787  

Children: Elizabeth, Susannah, William, MaryAnn
Died 1807 Litlington, Cambridge, England
Buried
Sources
Christening: England Birth and Christenings for Steeple Morden - Image #432 on FHL Film # 008048580 which is evidently on the same roll as FHL Film #990377
Family Search
ancestry.com

John Merry
Born 1763 
Christening 14 Oct 1763 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

John Merry Christening


Married Sarah Robinson 15 Oct 1787 Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, England (age 24)

John and Sarah's marriage record


Children: Sarah, William, Susan, Mary, Sarah, John, Henry, Robert, Thomas, David
Died May 1827 Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, England  
Buried 31 May 1827 Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, England (age 63)

John Merry burial record


Sources
Christening Record
Marriage Record
Burial Record
Family Search
ancestry.com
Ann Merry (twin to Mary)
Born 1765
Christening 20 Oct 1765 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

Ann and Mary's Christening


Married William Horsely 12 Oct 1785 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

Ann Merry and William Horsely
Note: William and Ann, according to this were both
from the Steeple Morden Parish. But, I can't find William
anywhere in the christenings. He may have just moved there.

Children: Richard, Mary, Sarah, Joseph, Thomas, John, William
Died 
Buried 
Sources
Christening Records for Steeple Morden - Image #433 on FHL Film # 008048580 which is evidently on the same roll as FHL Film #990377
Marriages for Steeple Morden - Image #490 on FHL Film # 008048580 which is evidently on the same roll as FHL Film #990377
Family Search
ancestry.com
Mary Merry (twin to Ann)
Born 1765
Christening 20 Oct 1765 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

Mary and Ann's Christening

Married John Miller 2 Jan 1792 Abington Piggots, Cambridge, England

Marriage record part 1 page 118 (at the bottom)


Marriage record part 2 page 119 (at top)
Note that Aaron Wade (brother-in-law to Mary) was a witness


Children: William, Mary, Elizabeth, Richard, James, Thomas, Mary
Died Nov 1805 Abington Piggots, Cambridge, England
Buried 21 Nov 1805 Abington Piggots, Cambridge, England
Sources
Christening Records for Steeple Morden - Image #433 on FHL Film # 008048580 which is evidently on the same roll as FHL Film #990377
Marriage Registers for Abington Piggotts Image #347 on FHL Film # 007812076 
Family Search
ancestry.com
Richard Merry
Born 1768
Christening 24 July 1768 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

Richard's Christening


Married Elizabeth Harne  28 Oct 1794 Arrington, Cambridge, England

Richard Merry and Elizabeth Harne marriage record
Note: I have seen a Richard Merry whose father is Thomas Merry on
ancestry.com who is also married to Elizabeth. However, in 1851 UK Census Richard
is a widower/pauper living with Catherine Wade and her grandson.

Children:
Died
Buried
Sources
1851 UK Census (Age 80, pauper, living with Catherine Wade and her grandson - possible daughter-in-law of his oldest sister, Mary)
Family Search
ancestry.com
Thomas Merry
Born 1770
Christening 27 May 1770 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

Thomas's Christening


Married Elizabeth Grant 2 Aug 1796 Barrington, Cambridge, England

Thomas Merry and Elizabeth Grant marriage record


Children: Did not find any
Died
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com

Sunday, January 2, 2022

George Burkett 1788- 1871and Sarah Jane Smith 1787-1846

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4th great grandparents

George Burkett

Parents  George Burkett and Catherine Swovelin
Born 18 October 1788 Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania
Military: War of 1812
Immigration to Utah: David Wood Company leaving 1 October 1852 
David Wood Company


Married 1) Sarah Jane Smith 16 January 1810 Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio

George Burkett and Sarah Smith marriage record
Translation: On the 10 Jan 1810 Robert Walker to Rosanna Brown
Same day George Burket to Sarah Smith

2) Elizabeth Powell 1 March Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory
Note: widow of Thomas Evans
Died 15 March 1871 Eden, Weber, Utah Territory
Note: Burket writes to his children about family matters and affirms his faith in the gospel. States that he heard Joseph Smith prophesy about the return to Jackson County while he was in Burket's house in Clay County, Missouri.
U.S. Returns from Military Posts
Marriage: Ohio Marriages
1830 US Census White River, Randolph, Indiana
1840 US Census Hancock, Illinois 
Note: Surname spelled Burkitt
1850 US Census Pottawattamie, Iowa (age 62)
1870 US Census Utah Territory (age 83)
Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Utah Mormon Pioneer Database
Family Bible quoted by Suzanne Jackman
Missionary Diary (9 pages are available on Family Search)
Life Sketch - which he dictated 
Joseph Smith Papers
Death announcement Deseret News Issue: 5 April 1871: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157784508/george-burkett
Family Search
ancestry.com

Life Sketch dictated by George Burkett


Biography of George Burket in Joseph Smith Papers 

18 Oct. 1788–15 Mar. 1871. Store owner/keeper, carpenter. Born in Bedford, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania. Son of George Burket Sr. and Catharine Swovelin. Married first Sarah Smith, 1810. Purchased home in Winchester, Randolph Co., Indiana, 1821; extended house to include store, which he operated for several years. Resided at White River, Randolph Co., 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1831, in Randolph Co. Attended church conferences held 29 Nov.–1 Dec. and 6–7 Dec. 1831, in Randolph Co. Ordained an elder, by 1832. Elder’s license revoked, 1832 and 1833. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri, 1832. Moved to Clay Co., Missouri, Nov. 1833. Members of Camp of Israel camped in his field outside Liberty, Clay Co., 25 June 1834. Reordained an elder, 5 Nov. 1834, in Clay Co. Received into high priests quorum in Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 14 Apr. 1836. Served mission to Illinois, 1836. Moved to Illinois, 1839. Resided in Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1840; likely resided in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., by 1841. Wife died, ca. 1846. Left Nauvoo, 1846. Married second Elizabeth Evans, 1846. Moved to Kanesville (later Council Bluffs), Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, by spring 1848. Moved to West Jordan, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, 1852; to Bingham’s Fort in Weber Co., Utah Territory, fall 1855; and to Ogden Valley, Weber Co., 1862. Died at Eden, Weber Co.

Sarah Jane Smith
Parents John Smith and Catherine Best
Born 1787 Taneytown, Carroll, Maryland
Christened 5 January 1787 Taneytown, Carroll, Maryland
Died 1846 Augusta, Des Moines, Iowa
Buried Augusta Cemetery, Augusta, Des Moines, Iowa
Sources
Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Family Search
ancestry.com
Memorial (no stone) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42587712/sarah-jane-burkett

CHILDREN

Catherine Burkett
Born 4 Dec 1810 Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio
Married 1) Noah Johnson 18 June 1829 Randolph, Indiana
Children: George, Elizabeth, Noah

Catherine and Noah's marriage record.
Note: the first half is the marriage license. The second half is the record of when the certificate was received and the date on which the ceremony took place.
Noah would later die of cholera in Zion's Camp.


2) Lewis Levi Skinner about 1839 Illinois
Children: Joseph, Sarah, Hannah, Eleanor
Died about 1848 Pottawattamie, Iowa
Buried Iowa
Sources
Birth: Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Marriage: Indiana Marriages
1840 Hancock, Illinois (with Levi and children)
Family Search
ancestry.com
Mary Burkett
Born 18 Oct 1812 Somerset, Perry, Ohio
Not Married 
No Children
Died March 1852 Pottawattamie, Iowa 
Buried
Sources
1850 Pottawattamie, Iowa (age 38, living with brother John's family)
Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Family Search
ancestry.com

Eleanor Burkett Taylor
Eleanor Burkett (a.k.a. Nelly)
Born 2 Jul 1815 Fort Hamilton, Ross Township, Butte, Ohio
Occupation:  Practical Nurse
Immigration Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1854
Unknown Pioneer Company 


Married John Taylor 3 April 1834 Liberty, Clay, Missouri
Children: Alma, Eleanor, Teancum, Joseph, Sarah, Mary, John, Hiram, Eliza, Lucinda, William, James, Amanda
Died 11 Jun 1905 Plain City, Davis, Utah (old age, Paralysis)
Note: surname has only one t on death cert.
Buried 14 Jun 1905 Ogden, Weber, Utah Location of grave: E-5-40-2W1
OBITUARY:
From "Ogden Standard", dated 12 June 1905: "MRS.
TAYLOR DEAD-- Was Ninety Years Old and Came to Utah in 1854-- Eleanor Burket Taylor, wife of John Taylor, died at the family residence near Plain City at 7 o'clock last evening of old age, being in her 90th year. The deceased was one of the pioneers of Utah, having come to this state in 1854, from the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. She joined the Latter-day Saints church in Nauvoo and crossed the plains in ox-teams, during which she suffered all the hardships incidents thereto. She was a faithful member and worker of the cause which she espoused at an early age and was one of the best-known women in the county. Mrs. Taylor is survived by eleven children as
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3rd Great Grandmother
follows: Alma Taylor and Teancum Taylor of Vernal, Utah; Joseph M. Taylor, of Oakley, Idaho; Sarah Knight, of Slaterville; Mary E. Hiatt, of Union, Oregon; John A.Taylor, of Plain City; Hiram Taylor of Alberta, Canada; Eliza J. Luckey, of Freedom, Wyoming; William Taylor, of Ruby, Montana; J. Henry Taylor, of Baker City, Oregon, and Amanda R. Chase, of this city. The funeral cortege will leave the late residence of the deceased at 12 o'clock on Wednesday and will arrive at Harrisville meeting house at 1 o'clock, where the funeral services will be held."
Sources
Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1850 US Census Milam, Texas (age 35)
1860 US Census Weber County, Utah (age 45)
Note:  name spelled Elleaner
1870 US Census Madison County, Montana (age 55)
1880 US Census for Plain City, Weber, Utah (age 64)
Note:  name spelled Ellenor
1900 US Census for Plain City, Weber, Utah page 5B (age 85, Widowed, living alone)
Note: name spelled Elinor, she claimed she had 12 children and 12 were still living - when she had 14 and 12 were living.  I think she was a bit confused by the question. 
Obituary: http://home.comcast.net/~susanjackman/burketweb/ancestornarrative/b12.htm
Utah Death Certificate (informant was William, child #11)
Sarah Jane Burkett
Born 17 May 1817 Winchester, Randolph, Indiana
Married Harrison Solomon Sears 3 Dec 1843 New Castle, Henry, Indiana
Note: the place of marriage was derived by looking at the digital copies of the records which were filmed in New Castle. 
Children (7): Elizabeth, Solomon, Sarah, Henry, Harrison, Melinda, Thomas

Sarah and Harrison Marriage license and record

Died before 27 Feb 1866 when Solomon marries Hannah Ziegler
Buried 
Sources
Birth: Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Marriage Record
1850 US Census Spiceland, Henry, Indiana (age 24, married)
1860 US Census Hardinsville, Crawford County, Ilinois (age 32, married)
Family Search
ancestry.com
John's headstone
John Samuel Burkett
Note: Polygamist - 2 wives
Born 21 March 1822 Winchester, Randolph, Indiana
Immigrated to Utah 1 October 1852 
David Wood Company


Occupation: Farmer
Married 1)  Jane Oldham Duke 1841 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Children: Sally, John, James, Sarah, Jonathan, Eleanor
2) Mary Ann Thompson 3 Dec 1855 Randolph, Indiana
Children: Martha, George, Elizabeth, Noah, Emma, Mary, Ida, Samuel, Rosa
Died 12 Dec 1882 Paoli, Garvin, Oklahoma
Buried  Florence Cemetery, Garvin, Oklahoma
Sources
Birth: Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Marriages: Iowa US Pottawattamie, Annotated Record of 1850 US Census
1842 Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index
1850 US Census Pottawattamie, Iowa (age 23, married. His sister Mary and his first wife, Jane and two children, John and James, are there)
1860 US Census Provo, Utah, Utah (age 38)
1870 US Census Jackson, Missouri (age 50)
Immigration: Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database 1847-1868
Book: Descendants of Isreal Burkett
Seventy Quorum Membership
Family Search
ancestry.com

Repaired and enhanced photo
Elizabeth Ann Burkett Allen

Elizabeth Ann (Bessyanna) Burkett
Born 1 November 1825 Winchester, Randolph, Indiana
Married 1) William Washington Williams Sep 1843 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Children: George
2) Mathew Johnson 24 December 1847 Lee, Iowa
Children: John


Elizabeth and Mathew's marriage record
Note: her surname spelled Burget in record


3) Orville Morgan Allen 4 August 1850 Browns Camp, Pottawattamie, Iowa
Note: the marriage record says his name and the county, then AT Brown's Camp - for her it says OF Brown's Camp. So, I added Browns Camp as the place. 

Special Note: Orvel Allen's wife Jane left him and their eight children. Friends helped him with his family and he later married Elizabeth Ann Burkett, a widow with two little boys from two previous marriages. 

David Wood Company
 

The Allen's and Burkett's traveled together in Captain Wood's Company from Missouri to Utah arriving in Salt Lake City, Utah arriving in Utah December1852. They lived in various communities before leaving for Arizona. They had six children of their own and reared Mr. Allen's four youngest children and his wife's two sons, by prior marriages of each
.

Orville Morgan Allen 


Elizabeth and Orville's marriage record
Note: her surname spelled Burgett in the record

Children: Amanda, Rosina, Orville, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Samuel, William
Died 23 Jan 1908 Pima, Graham, Arizona
Buried 26 Jan 1908 Pima Cemetery, Pima, Graham, Arizona
Plot: Section A Block 12 Lot 2 Site 3

Elizabeth and third husband's headstone


Sources
1850 US Census Pottawattamie, Iowa (age 23, married)
1860 US Census Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory (age 33, married)
1870 US Census Toquerville, Kane, Utah Territory (age 45, married)
1880 US Census Toquerville, Kane, Utah Territory (age 54, married)
Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Pima Valley Magazine article by Helen W Crandall
Marriage Record
Family Search
ancestry.com