Samuel Hind 1751 Sarah Townsend 1750-1792

Samuel Hind 
Born abt 1751 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Married Sarah Townsend 2 Dec 1776 Basford, Nottingham, England
Sources
Marriage: IGI Film 0503474 Batch M045371 dated 1772-1812
Ancestral File

Sarah Townsend
Christened 7 Oct 1750 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Parents: Jonathan Townsend and Mary Radford
Note: surname spelled Townshend in the record.
Died 25 Mar 1792 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Sources
Ancestral File
Christening: IGI Film 0503787 Batch C059112 dated 1663-1771

CHILDREN

Mary Hind
Christened 22 Jul 1778 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Possible marriage: William Tilleard 8 Nov 1798 Newark Upon Trent, Nottingham, England
Note: Newark is 17 miles from Lenton so it is possible she married William
Source
Ancestral File
Sarah Hind
Christened 7 Jul 1781 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Possible marriage: William Hollis Dec 1800 Walesby, Nottingham, England
Note: Walesby is 22 miles from Lenton so it is possible she married William.
SourceAncestral File
Sarah
*Catherine Hind
Christened 25 Jan 1789 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Married John Hoffen 4 Oct 1813 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Died 1854
SourceChristening: IGI Film 0503787 Batch C059111 dated 1772-1812
Ancestral File

John Hoffen 1791 Catherine Hind 1789-1854

John Hoffen
Christened 14 Mar 1791 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Parents Richard Hoffen and Abigail Burnham
Occupation:  Gardener
Married Catharine Hind 4 Oct 1813 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Sources
Marriage: IGI Film 0504502 Batch M059111 dated 1813-1836
Occupation:  on his daughter Emma's marriage information
1841 UK Census for Lenton, Nottingham, England (age 50)


Catherine Hind
Christened 25 Jan 1789 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Parents:  Samuel Hind and Sarah Townsend
Died 1854
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0503787 Batch C059111 dated 1772-1812


CHILDREN

John Hoffen
Christened 26 Dec 1813 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Married Elizabeth Aram 26 Dec 1840 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0504520 Batch C059111 dated 1813-1836

Elizabeth Hoffen 
Christened 8 Sep 1816 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Note: surname is spelled Hoffin in record
Married John Roughton 4 Jul 1841 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Buried 27 Aug 1887
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0504520 Batch C059111 dated 1813-1836

James Hoffen
Christened 17 Jan 1819 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Sources
Ancestral File
Eliza Hoffen
Christened 9 Jul 1822 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Note: surname is spelled Hoffon in record
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0504520 Batch C059111 dated 1813-1836

Caroline Hoffen
Christened 1 Feb 1824 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Note: surname is spelled Hoffon in record
Sources
Ancestral File
*Emma Hoffen
Christened 25 Feb 1827 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Note: surname is spelled Hoffon in record
Married Joshua Pearson Jr 11 Jun 1856 St Audoen, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Died 4 Aug 1899 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0504520 Batch C059111 dated 1813-1836
Marriage: http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?name=&name2=&location=&dd=&mm=&yy=&diocese=DUBLIN+(COI)&parish=&century=&decade=&type=M&sort=&pageSize=100&submit=Search&pager.offset=13100

Catherine Hoffen
Christened 17 Jan 1829 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Note: surname is spelled Hoffon in record
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0504520 Batch C059111 dated 1813-1836

Richard Hoffen - Abigail Burnham

Richard Hoffen
Born Jan 1756 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Parents: Edward Hoffen and Ann Kirk
Married Abigail Burnham 1 Jun 1779 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Sources
IGI Film 0503503 IT 5 Batch M053772 dated 1601-1812
Ancestral File

Abigail Burnham
Christened 7 Sep 1760 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Parents: John Burnham and Mary Spiby
Sources
Ancestral File

CHILDREN

Mary
Christened 7 Jan 1782 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Married Thomas Denneley 24 Feb 1805 Woodborough, Nottingham, England
Sources
Ancestral File
Ann
Christened 20 Mar 1785 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Source
Ancestral File
Edward
Christened 5 Nov 1786 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Married Mary Jackson 28 May 1809 St Peter, Nottingham, Nottingham, England
Source
Marriage: IGI Film 0095043 Batch M015431 dated 1754-1837
Ancestral File
Elizabeth
Christened 8 Jun 1789 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Married Thomas Godber 29 Nov 1813 St Mary, Nottingham, Nottingham, England
Source
Marriage: IGI Film 0504071 Batch M044873 dated 1813-1816
Ancestral File
John
Christened 14 Mar 1791 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Married Catherine Hind 4 Oct 1813 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Source
Marriage: IGI Film 0504502 Batch M059111 dated 1813-1836
Ancestral File
Samuel
Christened 16 Feb 1794 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Married Sarah 1819 England
Source
Ancestral File
Sarah
Christened 26 Mar 1796 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Source
Ancestral File
James
Christened 5 Aug 1798 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Source
Ancestral File

Edward Hoffen - Ann Kirk

Edward
Born abt 1729 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Parents: Richard Hoffen and Katherine Wetherill
Married Ann Kirk 13 May 1755 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Died Nov 1781
Source
Ancestral File

Ann Kirk
Christened 24 Apr 1736 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Parents: William Kirk and Mary Burton
Sources
Ancestral File

CHILDREN

Richard
Christened Jan 1756 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Married Abigail Burnham 1 Jun 1779 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Children with Abigail: Mary, Ann, Edward, Elizabeth, John, Samuel, Sarah, James
Source
Marriage: IGI Film 0503503 IT5 Batch M053772 dated 1601-1812
Ancestral File
William
Christened 1760 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Married Sarah Godber 13 Sep 1784 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Source
Marriage: IGI Film 0503503 IT5 Batch M053772 dated 1601-1812
Ancestral File
Catherine
Christened 8 Sep 1763 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Married Richard Rawson 22 Apr 1783 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Source
Ancestral File
Edward
Christened 1766 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Died 19 Oct 1766
Source
Ancestral File
Edward
Christened 31 Jan 1768 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Died 29 Nov 1770
Source
Ancestral File
Samuel
Christened 14 Sep 1770 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Married Sarah 23 Nov 1802 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Children with Sarah: Joseph (1816)
Source
Ancestral File
Ann
Christened 28 Feb 1773 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Married Robert Dickman 17 Jul 1798 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Source
Ancestral File
Thomas
Christened 15 Mar 1778 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Married Ann Deabil 9 Oct 1798 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Children with Ann: Aaron (1818) Catherine(1821)
Source
Marriage: IGI Film 0503503 IT5 Batch M053772 dated 1601-1812
Ancestral File
Charles
Christened 25 May 1780 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Died 5 May 1781
Source
Ancestral File
Elizabeth
Christened 3 May 1782 Lambley, Nottingham, England
Source
Ancestral File

Joshua Pearson 1812 Sarah Ann Jeffcot 1814-1883

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third great grandparents

Joshua Pearson (Sr)

Parents:  Unknown

Born Abt 1813 England

NOTE:  someone on Family Search has claimed (more than once)a Henry and Harriet are his parents.  When I looked at the record on Family Search, I found that Henry and Harriet Pearson were married six years AFTER Joshua was born, which made me doubt the validity of this claim. Also, there wasn't one official source (birth or christening or even a census) linking him to them beyond their surname.

IF Henry and Harriet were his parents, Joshua didn't name any of his children after them. I just can't feel right about claiming his parents are Henry and Harriet without more proof. I'm siimply trying to stop more misinformation.

I'll happily eat my words if someone finds out differently because I've been trying to find him. I want to find him. In spite of this, my feeling is, because he hated the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he stayed in England and remarried. I've yet to find one thing about Joshua Pearson after the divorce.

Occupation:  1833: Laborer 1841 Census (Excavator) 1857 Railwad Contractor
Note:  I think the 1857 occupation was supposed to be Railway Contractor. 

Married 1) Sarah Jeffcott 3 Dec 1832 Old Swinford, Worcester, England

Marriage record

Note: Joshua was unable to accept Sarah's decision to become a member of the LDS church and they divorced.  There is no proof that I've ever seen that Joshua traveled to the United States.  He was a fairly young man, considering, so he likely remarried, though I have not found any proof - yet.  According to his granddaughter, Leoan: "None of the family corresponded with him after they came to the United States."

Another version (written by great-granddaughter Ellen Briggs Cook) "...Now when these three children were yet young, Joshua Pearson, Sen. went away and left his family supposedly with another woman and he has not been seen or heard of since. But several years later a lady came to their home and asked Great Grandmother if she was the wife of Joshua Pearson and if the three children were his and she told her they were and she said she just wanted to know for herself. So Great Grandmother told her not to worry about her for she would not have him back at any price. The lady left without giving her name or where she came from.

Note: while this reads like something in a novel, there is no proof (or disproof) this happened.  It does sound more like a family legend than reality, given that I heard the reason for the divorce was because he hated the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also, in that same 'telling' about the 'other woman' it claims Sarah Ann Jeffcot married George Jones after they arrived in Utah and there is physcial proof they were married in England and traveled together to Utah.

Sources

Marriage: England Marriages Film 0527942 Batch M040271 dated 1822-1833
1841 Census for Oaksey, Wiltshire, England page 3 (age 28)

Sarah Jeffcot

Sarah Ann Jeffcot (surname has lots of spellings)
Parents:  Thomas Jeffcot and Ann Wilkinson
Born 9 May 1814 Kingsbury, Warwick, England
Christened 29 May 1814 Harley Parish, Kingsbury, Warwick, England

Sarah's Christening record
Note: Surname spelled Jefcot. There is no middle name.

Occupation: Laundress (1851). This was likely to help pay her and her daughters' way to Utah.

Married (2) Richard George Jones 21 Dec 1853 Aston Juxta Birmingham, Warwick, England 

Sarah and Richard's marriage record
Note: they have no middle names listed
Also, Sarah is listed as a widow instead of divorced.

Immigrated: 1859 on board a ship named William Tapscott along with her 2nd husband Richard and two daughters (Frances and Sarah).

The William Tapscott

Emigrated: Jun 1859- Sep 1859 to Utah with the George Rowley Handcart Company

Note: The 8th handcart company had 235 individuals, 60 handcarts, and 8 wagons. It began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).

Where Sarah lived in Salt Lake (Beck Street)

Died 30 Apr 1883 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

COD: Pneumonia

Sarah listed on the Death Register

In case you can't read the register, it recorded: #2195 - 19th Ward - Jones, Sarah - wife of Richard Jones - birthdate - birthplace - Death date - cause of death - medical attendant (White) - Burial note (taken to Woods Cross)

Sarah's headstone

Buried Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah Plot A-8-23-7

Note: her body was taken to Woods Cross (now West Bountiful)
Sources
Birth date: Death record

Christening: IGI Film 0198735 Batch C021401 dated 1673-1834

Marriage to Joshua: England Marriages Film 0527942 Batch M040271 dated 1822-1833

1841 Census for Oaksey, Wiltshire, England page 3 (age 22)
1851 UK Census for Shelden, Warwick, England (she is the head of house, is working as a Laundress and Richard Jones is also there with them)

Marriage to Richard: IGI Film 0919797-799 Batch M011684 dated 1832-1845

Note about Polygamy: Sarah told Richard to take a second wife as she was unable to give him children. Thus it was that Richard became a polygamist.  With that said, she didn't want to see him with another woman, so he lived separately from her. The children he had with Elizabeth Vesey Baker called Sarah their "Hot Springs Mama"
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120871208/sarah-ann-jones

CHILDREN

Joshua Pearson Jr

Joshua Pearson (Jr) 
Born 2 Feb 1833 Fout End, Warwick, England
Christening: 8 Feb 1833 Kingsbury, Warwick, England

Occupation: (1851) Apprentice Leather Dresser
(1857) Leather Chesser in Ireland
(1881) Skinner in Lincoln, England
Married Emma Hoffen 11 May 1857 St. Audoen, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Note:  James Spencer and Agnes Stewart were the witnesses at the wedding.  Joshua and Emma were living at 29 High Street. Joshua gave his father's name and occupation on the marriage record.

Joshua and Emma Pearson

Emma and Joshua Pearson Jr

Children: Joshua, Kate, Henry, Oliver, Ellen

1881 Immigrated with Emma and Ellen to USA aboard the ship Wisconsin. 

Arrived 2 Nov 1881

The ship Wisconsin

Died 17 Nov 1899 Lyman, Madison, Idaho
Buried Sutton Cemetery, Archer, Madison, Idaho

Joshua's headstone

Sources

Christening: England Warwickshire Parish Registers 1538-1900 Film 198735 Image 497

New York Passenger Lists Year: 1881; Arrival: New York, United States; Microfilm Serial: M237; Microfilm Roll: 444; Line: 32; List Number: 1543.

Marriage, address, and occupation:
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?name=&name2=&location=&dd=&mm=&yy=&diocese=DUBLIN+(COI)&parish=&century=&decade=&type=M&sort=&pageSize=100&submit=Search&pager.offset=13100
1841 UK Census for Oaksey, Wiltshire, England page 3 (age 8)
1851 UK Census for St Mary Magdelene, Bermondsey, Surrey, Southwark Burrough, England (age 18)
Note:  claims place of birth was in Shildon, Warwick, England and he was in the Leather Market
1861 UK Census for Sheffield, Brightside Bierlow, York, England (age 30)
1881 UK Census for 77 King Street, Lincoln, Lincoln, England page 38 (age 47)

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80257126/joshua-pearson

Frances Elizabeth Pearson Bridges

Frances Elizabeth Pearson
Born 5 Sep 1837 Yardley Parish, Stitchford, Worcestershire, England
Married Charles Henry Bridges 20 Jun 1860 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children: Thaddeus, Charles, Sarah, Marian, Louise, Wallace, Grace, Gertrude, Thomas
Died 11 Apr 1928 Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho
COD:  Pneumonia
Informant:  daughter, Grace
Buried 13 Apr 1928 Montpelier City Cemetery, Bear Lake, Idaho

Charles and Frances's headstone

Sources

 Idaho Death Certificate

1841 Census for Oaksey, Wiltshire, England page 3 (age 3)
1870 US Census Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho page 20 (age 33)
Note:  surname given as Bridger
1880 US Census Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho (age 43)
1900 US Census Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho page 9B  (age 63, mother of 8 - 4 are still living)
1910 US Census Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho (age 73)
1920 US Census Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho (age 82, living with daughter, Grace's family)

Death Certificate
Note:  her father is listed as Richard Jones instead of Joshua Pearson, likely because daughter Grace (the informant) only knew Richard Jones as her grandfather.

Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78214676/frances-elizabeth-bridges

Sarah Ann Pearson
Enhanced and colorized pic

*Sarah Ann Pearson

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2nd Great grandmother

Sarah Ann Pearson Munn
enhanced and colorized

Sarah Ann Pearson 4 foot 6 inches
Beasley girls (granddaughters) in background
unknown man
enhanced/colorized picture

Born 13 Oct 1839 Oaksey, Wiltshire, England
Married Edward Fredrick Munn 13 Aug 1859 Scotts Bluff, Nebraska
Note: A second possible place of marriage is North Platte - see the story "Oasis of Hope" which I wrote about Sarah and Edward using the information available.
Children: Edward, Sarah, Joseph, Eli, Joshua, Charles, Angelina, William, Francis, Thomas, Robert, Olive
Died 15 Jan 1925 Hooper, Davis, Utah
COD: Myocarditis with acute dilation, grippe (Heart disease and the flu)
Informant:  Robert I. Munn , her grandson
Note:  the death certificate claims she was buried in the Hooper Cemetery
Buried 19 Jan 1925 West Point City Cemetery, Hooper, Davis, Utah Plot 055H

Sarah and Edward's headstone

Sources
1841 Census for Oaksey, Wiltshire, England page 3 (age 2)
1870 US Census for Hooper, Davis, Utah (age 31)
1880 US Census Hooper, Davis, Utah (age 41)
1900 US Census for Hooper, Davis, Utah (age 61)
1910 US Census for Hooper, Davis, Utah (age 70, mother of 11 with 13 children still alive)
1920 US Census South Hooper, Davis, Utah (age 80, widowed, living with daughter Olive's family)
Utah Death Certificate
Note:  Claims her father is John Pearson
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146861/sarah-ann-munn