Samuel Tillotson

Lineage is as follows: Jeremy Whiting-Lynn Jensen Whiting-Harold Johnson Whiting-James William Whiting-William Whiting-Elizabeth Partridge Tillotson-Samuel Tillotson

Samuel Tillotson, son of Joseph Tillotson and Theodosia Young was born in Farmington, Connecticut on October 4, 1758.

Samuel served as a private in Captain Ezra Whittlesey's Company, Colonel John Brown's detachment, in the Revolutionary War. Samuel entered service on Sept 7, 1777 and was discharged Sept 30, 1777. Whittlesey's Company was raised in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Samuel later served again as a Private in Captain John Collar's Company, Colonel John Ashley's (Berkshire County) Regiment. Samuel entered service July 19, 1779, and was discharged Aug 27, 1779 after serving one month, nine days. The company marched to Connecticut under command of Lieutenant Colonel Powel.

Samuel married Sarah Partridge on March 16, 1786. Sarah was born May 15, 1769 in Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Silas Partridge and Abigail Rawson.

Sarah and Samuel produced fourteen children. The first three died in infancy, but the remainder lived long enough to marry and produce children.

Samuel Tillotson was born November 10, 1786 and died July 04, 1791.

Sarah Tillotson was born July 28, 1788 and died May 4, 1792.

Daniel Tillotson was born June 25, 1790 and died June 3, 1794.

Samuel Tillotson was born March 23, 1792 and died August 30, 1869. He married Lucy Dena Jackson.

Zadock Tillotson was born December 26, 1793 and died April 28, 1859. He married first Susan Caroline Rodgers. Later he married Elmira Benjamin Babcock.

Daniel Tillotson was born March 25, 1796 in Lee, Massachusetts. He married first Tryphena Hulet on November 23, 1820. They became the parents of Franklin James Tillotson . Later Daniel married three sisters in turn: Harriet Turner on December 2, 1829; Olive Turner on March 6, 1831; and lastly Sally Turner Hulet on January 18, 1862. Daniel died June 3, 1863 in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio.

John Tillotson was born May 18, 1798 and died October 18, 1873. He married Adeline Demontank Hitchcock.

Sarah Tillotson was born March 23, 1800 and died May 25, 1831. She married Cortis Stevens on June 21, 1820.

Leonard Tillotson was born March 11, 1802 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He married Mary Cossitt Thomas on February 27, 1825 in Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio. Mary was the daughter of Seth Thomas and Susan Cossitt. Susan Cossitt was the half-sister of Orpha Cossitt, mother of Roxa Adams, mother of Jane Ann Sexton . Leonard died December 1, 1862 in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio.

Polly Tillotson was born May 28, 1804 and died March 20, 1886. She was married twice. She first married John Prichard. Later she married Thomas Dutcher.

Seth Tillotson was born March 29, 1806 and died March 29, 1865. He married Mary Matilda Curtis.

Meletiah Tillotson was born October 27, 1809 and died February 18, 1892. She married Lucius Warner.

Betsey Tillotson was born September 24, 1811 and died April 25, 1852. She married first Elisha Taylor. Later she married a man surnamed Allen.

Elizabeth Partridge Tillotson was born April 15, 1814 and died February 4, 1892. She married Edwin Whiting.

Solomon Harvey, James Stearns and Henry Parker were the first settlers in Brunswick, Ohio in October and November of 1815. Shortly afterwards in that same year, Samuel Tillotson brought his wife Sarah and younger children to Brunswick. Samuel built a farm on land he purchased from the State of Connecticut. (In those days the District of Ohio was considered an extension of Connecticut.) That farm remained in the Tillotson for four generations until the final owner, Grant Eugene Tillotson , sold it to the Eyssen family in 1927.
Among the first settlers were the brothers Solomon and Frederick Deming who arrived in Brunswick on March 4th, 1815. Followed that summer were John Hulet, Seymore Chapin, John Sterns, Andrew Deming and Henry Bogue with their families. By year end, they were joined by James Sterns, Solomon Harvey, Henry Parker, Samuel Tillotson, Ephraim Lindley, W.P. Stevens and of course the first surveyor, Abraham Freese. The name Brunswick is derived from a principality in Germany indicating the Germanic influence from many of the townships early settlers.
The journey to Cleveland in those early days took two and a half to three days so was seldom undertaken. Similarly, newspapers of the time indicate that when Sarah Partridge and Samuel Tillotson left their Massachusetts home with their ten children in tow, the journey took six weeks to come to Brunswick. That trip was made with two yoke of oxen, a span of horses and a cow.
Records indicate that the first couple to marry in the Township was Melinda Harvey and Henry Parker on March 16, 1816. Social life in those early pioneer days, frequently held as part of a barn or house raising, consisted of sleigh rides, house parties and dancing to fiddle music. The first elections were held on April 6, 1818 with 19 voters casting their tally. From then on, the township became more like the hometowns left behind in New England. Land in the 1800s sold for $2.50 an acre but didn't bring many buyers at that "exorbitant" price
Business enterprise in the township began along traditionally humble pioneer lines with barter the first form of business. It was the order of the day for ladies to trade goods for cotton dress material. Archibald Mills opened his General Store in 1824 and saw mills began flourishing to take advantage of the timber being felled to create the growing number of home sites. In 1838, a tannery was built to process the many skins being produced by the population of the area. Typical of the time when the horse was king, blacksmith shops sprang up all over.
If you were a resident of Brunswick around 1858, you might have looked forward to October when Brunswick held its agricultural fair. It was held for two days on the grounds of the town hall and featured a large variety of events and exhibits with more than 200 classes of entries. Prizes were in the 25 to 50 cents range. Annual July 4th celebrations were held and documented in the press of the time as were the many annual family reunions common of the era. Frequently a community reunion would be held and was referred to as "Old Settler's Days", a precursor to today's Old Fashion Days celebration (Officially started and so named by the Chamber of Commerce in 1980) each summer.
The first telephone office started in 1899 with the first toll line between Cleveland and Brunswick and in 1901 the Cleveland Southwestern Interurban came through Brunswick. It operated for 30 years bringing many goods and services to the community. In 1965, the same year the city saw the advent of city water and the opening of I-71 to the south, the community celebrated its 150th year with a gigantic sesquicentennial celebration.
As early as 1893 there was a Brunswick High School with a student body of 34 members. The first graduating class however was not until the "class of 1900" and had five proud graduates. The first dedicated high school facility was built in 1921 and is still in use as the South House of Edwards Middle School.

Notes: Spouse of Sarah PARTRIDGE. Samuel TILLOTSON served as a private in Captain Ezra Whittlesey's Company (Col. John Brown's detachment) in the Revolutionary War. He entered service on September 7th, 1777 and was discharged on September 30th, 1777.

Solomon Harvey, James Stearns and Henry Parker were the first settlers in Brunswick, Ohio in October and November of 1815. Shortly afterwards in that same year, Samuel Tillotson brought his wife Sarah and younger children to Brunswick. Samuel built a farm on land he purchased from the State of Connecticut. (In those days the District of Ohio was considered an extension of Connecticut.) That farm remained in the Tillotson for four generations until the final owner, Grant Eugene Tillotson , sold it to the Eyssen family in 1927.
In 1817 the residents of Brunswick organized a Methodist Church. Samuel and Sarah Tillotson were among its original members.
The first school house was a log cabin erected on the West line of Brunswick to accommodate families living in the neighboring Liverpool township. Sarah Tillotson (Samuel and Sarah's daughter) became the first teacher at the young age of seventeen. Sarah had 16 students in 1817.
Samuel Tillotson lived to the ripe old age of 91. He died in Brunswick on December 3, 1848. His wife Sarah had died on April 11, 1846, reaching the age of 77. They are both buried in Westview Cemetery in Brunswick.
The following memoir by Samuel's great-grandson Grant Eugene Tillotson offers more information about Samuel and Sarah.
"Sarah Partridge was a staunch Methodist, and the first religious meetings in Brunswick, both prayer and preaching, were held at Samuel's home. Both their names are among the founders of the first church in Brunswick -- Methodist of course.
"Sally or Sarah as she became known taught the first school in Brunswick, while her mother, being quite adept with herbs, travelled for miles to alleviate the sick before the advent of a physician. Sarah, the daughter and not the mother, as one might think from the name, was the teacher.
"Samuel Tillotson (1758) came to Brunswick, Medina Co, Ohio, in the fall of 1815, bringing with him his wife Sarah Partridge, his five sons and five daughters, and one daughter-in-law, Susan Caroline Rogers, who had married Zadock in August.
"Two wagons furnished the transportation, one drawn by a yoke of oxen and the other by a span of horses. The men walked and the others either walked or rode as seemed expedient. They brought along a fresh cow that furnished milk and butter for daily use. The cow was milked morning and evening, and the unused portion put in the churn on the wagon, and the rocking and jolting of the wagon churned the milk, so a small bit of butter was found each evening at stopping time. When they went through Cleveland there were only twelve houses, and one of them was a block-house compound, or means of defense.
"They came first to the house of Timothy Doan in Columbia township. The day after arriving at Mr. Doan's, Samuel and the boys all came on into Brunswick, locating their claims, and Samuel cut the first tree to build the first house in Brunswick. Only Samuel returned to Mr. Doan's, he going and coming each day to bring food. The boys remained in the woods until the house was completed.
"On returning to Mr. Doan's the first night, Samuel found that a Mr. Harvey had arrived there with a large family, making nearly 20 people to sleep in a one-room log house. They slept heads out and heels in. Mr. Harvey's people came right on into Brunswick, and completed cutting logs for a house also. They turned in and helped Samuel "roll up" his house one day and Mr. Harvey's the next. It was a saying afterward that Samuel Tillotson built the first house but that Solomon Harvey (Sol) rolled the first wheels in Brunswick.
"When they returned to Mr. Doan's they found Zadock's wife sick with the measles, which delayed their moving in. They finally came on with the Harveys."
Women of the Western Reserve (p. 715) says this about Samuel and Sarah:
Brunswick Township is situated in the northern part of Medina County, twenty miles southwest from Cleveland. No railroad has ever invaded this peaceful hamlet. In October, 1815, the families of Samuel Tillotson and Solomon Harvey came to the unbroken wilderness of Brunswick, which up this time had been the undisputed habitation of Indians and wild beasts.
Sarah Partridge became the wife of Samuel Tillotson in 1785, at the age of sixteen. She left her home in Lee, Massachusetts, together with her husband and ten children, the latter part of August, 1815. There was a bonnie bride in the little company, for Susan C, Rogers was married to Zadoc, one of the sons, just before the family started on the long tedious journey. Susan was a sweet singer, and the life and joy of those around her.
The journey was made with two yoke of oxen, a span of horses, and large covered wagons, and occupied six weeks. A cow was tied behind one of the wagons, and after a few days was given her liberty to follow. The journey from Cleveland to Timothy Doan's, in Columbia, occupied three days, the father and sons being obliged to use their axes in many places to clear the way through the wilderness; here the family remained until their own house in Brunswick was ready to receive them. This was the first house erected in the town, and was built of logs, in the most primitive style. Mrs. Tillotson was the mother of eight sons and six daughters. She was a good nurse and the only physician in the township for two years. She was often called to neighboring towns to attend the sick; with a bag or herbs, and simple remedies, she mounted a horse, and sometimes was absent from home several days on her mission of mercy.
Polly Stearns was the wife of Solomon Harvey. To her belongs the honor of being the mother of the first white child born in Brunswick, and the child was named "George." Mrs. Sarah Partridge Tillotson was the attending physician. The Harvey family came from Massachusetts, and arrived at Timothy Doan's, in Columbia, the next day after the arrival of Samuel Tillotson's family. Their log house was rolled up the next day after the completion of Mr. Tillotson's house, by the same set of hands, and they had the distinction of moving into town and occupying their house one day before Mr. Tillotson's family came.
Measles broke out in Mr. Tillotson's family and they were delayed one day, but the next morning the sick one was wrapped up, and the family came to Brunswick, and moved into their new home.

Albert Milton Whiting

Albert Milton Whiting, Sr. the eldest son of Mary Elizabeth Cox and Edwin Whiting was born December 9, 1847 in Mt. Pisgah, Union, Iowa.

His wife, Harriet Susannah Perry, was born in Springville, Utah, November 19, 1855. Albert was 26 years old and Harriet was 18 when they were married in the Salt Lake Temple on December 22, 1873. On October 19, 1883, Albert received a portion of the quarter section his father, Edwin Whiting, had filed on through the Homestead Act of February 10, 1882.
Here Albert and Harriet built a home where fifteen of their sixteen children were reared. Esther, the oldest child, died at age 7 of diphtheria, the first death in Mapleton. Their home was located on what is now known in Mapleton, Utah County, Utah, as 940 North on 300 West. It was a one-floor little building, later being added onto so there was a dining room and living room (then known as a parlor) facing south. On the north side were the pantry, kitchen and two bedrooms. The upstairs consisted of three bedrooms. After the addition of a "Parlor", the children and later grandchildren, were forbidden the use of it as it was "off limits" except on very rare occasions.

Albert Milton Whiting and Harriet Susannah Perry
When Harriet and Albert Milton’s youngest child, Lorna, graduated from B.Y.U., and as she was approaching B.Y.U. President Harris to receive her diploma from President Heber J. Grant, President Harris stopped Lorna and said, "This young woman is the daughter of a widow. She is the youngest of sixteen children, a large number of whom at some time or other have attended B.Y.U. In honoring this mother, we pay tribute to all widowed mothers who have striven in the face of adversity to educate their children." (From a talk for Mother’s Day, May 13, 1973, given by Marie Jensen Whiting.) Compiled by Helen Wiscombe Granddaughter and Camp Union DUP
Albert Milton Whiting and Harriet Susannah Perry

Mary Elizabeth COX was born on 15 Dec 1826 in Oswego, Tioga, Ny. She died on 5 Jul 1912 in St. Johns, Apch, AZ. She was buried in Jul 1912 in St. Johns, Apache, AZ.
Mary married Edwin WHITING son of Elisha WHITING Jr. and Sally HULET on 27 Jan 1846 in Nauvoo, , IL. Edwin was born on 9 Sep 1809 in Lee, Berkshire, Ma. He died on 8 Dec 1890 in Mapleton, Utah, UT. He was buried on 11 Dec 1890 in Neola, Duchesne, Utah.

2MAlbert Milton WHITING was born on 9 Dec 1847 in Mt. Pisgah, Union, IA. He died on 25 Mar 1907 in Mapleton, Utah, UT. He was buried on 30 Mar 1907 in Springville Ever, Springville, UT.
Albert married Harriet Susannah PERRY daughter of Stephen Chadwick PERRY and Margaret Eleanor STEWART on 22 Dec 1873 in Salt Lake City, S-Lk, UT. Harriet was born on 29 Nov 1855 in Springville, Utah, Ut At The Old Fo. She died on 17 Nov 1935 in Mapleton, Utah, UT. She was buried on 21 Nov 1935 in Springville Ever, Springville, , UT.

3FHarriet Lucinda WHITING was born on 7 Apr 1850 in MANTI, Sanpete, UT. She died on 20 Feb 1899 in Mapleton, Utah, UT. She was buried on 22 Feb 1899 in Springville, Utah, UT.
Harriet married Joseph Henry CURTIS on 30 Nov 1867 in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT.

4MCharles WHITING was born on 16 Dec 1852 in MANTI, Sanpete, Utah. He died on 20 Dec 1917 in St. Johns, Apache, Arizona. He was buried on 22 Dec 1917 in St. Johns, Apache, Arizona.
Charles married (1) Mary Verona SNOW on 24 Jan 1876 in Salt Lake City, S-Lk, UT.
Charles married (2) Amy Irene PORTER in Nov 1880 in St. George, Washington, Utah.
Charles married (3) Anna Eliza JACOBSON on 7 Jan 1889 in Diaz, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Charles married (4) Unknown.

5MPhiletus Edgar WHITING was born on 31 Dec 1854 in MANTI, Sanpete, UT. He died on 28 Oct 1943 in Provo, Utah, UT. He was buried on 31 Oct 1943 in Mapleton, Utah, UT.
Philetus married (1) Harriet Elizabeth JOHNSON on 26 Nov 1886 in Logan, Cache, Utah.
Philetus married (2) Lelia TUCKETT on 8 Jan 1910.
Philetus married (3) Lillie TUCKET.

6MEdwin Marion WHITING was born on 8 Aug 1857 in MANTI, Sanpete, UT. He died on 18 Aug 1934 in St. Johns, Apache, AZ. He was buried on 20 Aug 1934 in St. Johns, Apache, AZ.
Edwin married Anna Maria ISAACSON on 28 Sep 1881 in St. George, Washington, UT.

7MArthur COX WHITING was born on 23 Dec 1860 in MANTI, Sanpete, UT. He died on 12 Oct 1932 in Monroe, Sevier, UT. He was buried on 14 Oct 1932 in Monroe, Sevier, UT.
Arthur married Nancy Melissa LEAMASTER (LEEMA on 31 Jan 1883 in St. George, Washington, UT.

8FMay WHITING was born on 5 May 1862 in Springville, Utah, UT. She died on 15 May 1882 in Houserock, Arizona.
May married Sully RICHARDSON.

9MJohn Clarence WHITING was born on 7 Apr 1868 in Springville, Utah, UT. He died on 17 Aug 1953 in Charleston, Wstch, UT. He was buried on 21 Aug 1953 in Provo, Utah, UT.
John married Elizabeth MCCOARD on 12 Jun 1895 in Provo, Utah, UT.

10MFrederick Walter WHITING was born on 23 Dec 1870 in Springville, Utah, UT. He died on 13 Jul 1907 in St. Johns, Apache, Arizona.
Frederick married Pearl SREEVE on 5 Oct 1905.

Mary "Polly" Lewis Hulet

In his book "Before and After Mt. Pisgah", Clare B. Christensen, on pages 29 and 30, tells an interesting background of Mary Lewis, as does also Howard R. Driggs in his book "Pitch Pine Tales" (dated 1955).
Quoting from Clare B. Christensen: "Running Deer was a lovely Indian girl living with her tribe in an Indian Village in the western part of Massachusetts or along the Mohawk River in New York, which runs from Lake Oneida on the west to near Schenectady, north of Albany, into the Hudson river. White men came exploring. Some of them married Indian women. So it was, that Running Deer married a white man. They had children. Then, one of Running Deer's daughters married a man by the name of Lewis, who had a daughter, Mary Lewis.
When the dark haired, dark eyed Mary was a girl, her even darker mother took Mary to an Indian village. One of the Indian women gave Mary an Indian dress, another gave her moccasins, others gave gifts. Mary never forgot her visit with her kindred."
On those same pages, Clare B. Christensen claims (from stories told by Emeline Whiting) Mary Lewis died 1835 at Clay County, Missouri, and that Mary Lewis was daughter of Francis Lewis b.abt 1737 and Jane or Tryphena (the darker mother) who was the daughter of Squawman (perhaps Charles) and Running Deer b.abt 1715.
Mary Lewis and Sylvanus Hulet's daughter, Sally Hulet visited with her Mohawk Indian relatives about 1814, while on her way from Massachusetts to Ohio, in New York state.

Mary Lewis SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED with the Mary Lewis who married Elijah Noyes. Both were having children at the same time but lived many miles apart. Following is the WRONG Mary Lewis for us:TIB 1,263,172 SL 8441 6R p 383 gives following: Birth 3 Apr 1761, Parents:Jonathan Lewis (1731)/Persis Crosby /Elijah Noyes (marriage 16 Sep 1785 Sylvanus Hulet); TIB LA507357.Alt Birth: 3 Apr 1761 Alt Birth: 1763 Of, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts 1765 Of, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Other death: Mary Lewis died Aug 1827 , Nelson, Portage, Ohio
Alt Baptism: 5 Feb 1940 Salt Lake
Alt Baptism: 3 Dec 1965
Alt Endowment: 11 Mar 1940
Alt Endowment: 26 Jan 1966 Los Angeles
Alt Seal to Parents: 22 Aug 1951 IFALL - Idaho Falls Idaho
Alt Seal to Parents: 19 Jan 1953
Alt Seal to Parents: 26 Jan 1968 IFALL - Idaho Falls Idaho
Alt Seal to Parents: 11 Apr 1995 ALBER - Cardston Alberta
Alt Seal to Spouse: 18 Nov 1947
Alt Seal to Spouse: 22 Aug 1951 IFALL - Idaho Falls Idaho
Alt Seal to Spouse: 19 Jan 1953
Alt Seal to Spouse: 26 Jan 1968 IFALL - Idaho Falls Idaho
Arch Rec of Naoma M. Harker; Rec of O.C. DayBIRTH: Utah Gen & Hist Mag v.XXV p.77;1MARRIAGE: Church Records of Thompson, Conn; Vital Records of Lee, Mass.BAPTISM: Baptisms for the dead in Nauvoo 1841;ENDOWED: TIB 1,263,172 SL 8441 6R

Sylvanus Hulet

This is Edwin Whiting's maternal grandfather:

GIVN: Sylvanus
SURN: Hulet
NSFX: Revolutionary War Soldier
Sex: M
Born: 7 Nov 1758 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut
Christened: 10 Dec 1758 in Thompson Church, Killingly, Windham, Connecticut
Died: 10 Nov 1824 in Nelson, Portage, Ohio, USA
Buried: Nov 1824 in Nelson, Portage, Ohio, USA
AFN: 8KKQ-7F
Baptised LDS: 28 Jul 1844
TEMP: NAUVO - Nauvoo Illinois (original) 20 Feb 1878
TEMP: SGEOR - St. George Utah 27 Feb 1947
TEMP: IFALL - Idaho Falls Idaho
Record last updated: 8 Nov 2008
TIME: 18:07
Notes:
Sylvanus was a Soldier in 2 campaigns in the Revolutionary War, against Bourgogne in 1777 and against Arnold, who burned his home town in South Connecticut in 1780. Three brothers, John, Sylvanus and Samuel were partners in a blacksmith and wagon-making shop and a mill in the edge of Lee township against Tyringham twp, Berkshire, MA. Samuel died 6 Mar 1813. The farm was valued at $35 per acre. The estate was settled and by 1815 Sylvanus and John had moved to Nelson twp, Portage, OH. When Sylvanus applied for a Revolutionary Pension in 1820, his 160 acres was valued at $3 per acre. Connecticut kept the NE corner of Ohio for Revolutionary Soldiers as the "Western Reserve".Sylvanus was 56 years of age when he moved to Nelson: his wife, Mary, 51. He owned more than $3000 in 1814 before he moved to Ohio. The Hulets were considered well-to-do at that time. Most of their children went to Ohio with their parents. When Sylvanus applied for a Revolutionary pension in 1820 his 160 acres was valued at $3 per acre. Their oldest daughter, Sally, had married Elisha Whiting in 1806. They came to Ohio a few years after Sally's parents came, about 1816. The Hulets were baptised Mormons in Oct 1831. About 1831 they moved to Independence, Jackson, MO. Oct 31, 1833 mobs drove them north across the Missouri River into Clay County. In 1836 they moved north into Far West, Caldwell, MO. In early spring 1839 they moved to Melrose, Lima twp, IL, about 30 miles south of Nauvoo. In the fall of 1845 mobs drove them into Nauvoo. Sylvanus was a member of the Nauvoo, Illinois First Ward. In 1846 they were driven into Iowa, later coming to the Salt Lake Valley.Patricia Skinner (4 - 2000) patty555@webtv.net "Sylvanus bought land in Lee, Massachusetts and Great Barrington in 1800. He stayed in that vicinity until approximately 1812, when he boutht land in the new frontier - Ohio. He moved to Portage, Ohio. He married Mary (Polly) Lewis. Sylvanus' children were among the early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). . . . Sylvanus can be found in the tax list for Hiram, Portage County in 1817 and 1818. In 1819 and 1820 I have found him in the tax list for Nelson, Portage County, Ohio. He applied for a Soldier's Pension on 14 Jun 1819 while living in Nelson. Many in his family moved to Missouri and then later to Utah."Four families descended from Sylvanus (4) Hulet came early to Utah.1. Elvira (6) Mills Cox, daughter of Rhoda (5) Hulet Mills, arrived in Salt Lake October 2, 1847. She lived in Manti and Fairview. Her descendants numbered about 2000.2. Edwin (6) Whiting, son of Sally (5) Hulet Whiting, ar in the fall of 1849. He lived in Manti and Springville. His descendants number about 8000.3. Charles (5) Hulet, son of Sylvanus (4) came in 1850; lived in Springville, with descendants perhaps about 9000.4. Emeline (5) Whiting Cox, daughter of Sally, came in 1852, lived in Manti, with descendants perhaps about 2000.Your cousin, Orville Cox Day !Birth: Birth per Killingly vital recordsAlt Birth: 7 Nov 1758 Killingly, Windham, ConnecticutAlt Birth: 13 Nov 1758 Of, Lee, Berkshire, MassachusettsBaptism given by Thompson, Windham, Connecticut church records.Alt Name: Sylvannus HULETTAlt Death: 10 Mar 1824 Nelson, Portage, OhioAlt Baptism: 1 Nov 1933Alt Endowment: 15 Mar 1937 Alt Seal to Parents: 18 Sep 1944Alt Seal to Parents: 21 Apr 1973 PROVO - Provo UtahAlt 1 marriage: 1 Sep 1944Alt 1 marriage seal: 1 Sep 1944Naoma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS 57 1. O.C. Day Records2. Utah Gen. & Hist. Mag. vol XXV p. 77 Call #979.2/B2ug Film #564,3533. Church Records of Thompson, Connecticut 974.645/T1/K2t4. Vital Records of Lee, Massachusetts Q/974.41/L1/V2h5. Baptisms for the Dead in Nauvoo 1841Rec of Ella Whiting Waite- LaGrande, Oregon; Archive Rec of Charlotte Cox;Ut Gen Mag 1934 p 130; Hartford Times 27 Nov 1937; Boston Transcript 12 Dec 1928 by O.C. Day; IGI 1988 Conn p 7,588 batch 7450336 0;!DOCUMENTATION (by Margaret Neuffer):!BIRTH: Source - Utah Gen & Hist. mag. Vol XXV, p. 77; Church Rec of T Thompson, Conn. Vital Records of Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts.!In 1850, Sylvanus had a household of five, a real wealth of $0, and a personal wealth of $0.!In 1860, Sylvanus had a household of 9, a real wealth of $250.00, and a personal wealth of $1200.00!In 1870, Sylvanus had a household of 8, a real wealth of $0, and a personal wealth of $300.00! He and Polly had 4 children. They were: (1) Sally, born 29 Oct 1787 who married Elisha Whiton (Whiting) on 18 Sep 1806, (2) Charles, born 3 Mar 1790 (3) Charlott, born 7 Nov 1792 (4) Rhoda, born 8 Jun 1795. Those were the children listed as born in Lee Vital Records. Other children I have found born to him and Mary (Polly) are (5) Sylvester, born about 1800 (6) Francis, born about 1803, and (7) Mary, born about 1805.

History of Edwin Whiting (Background)

History of Edwin Whiting(Compiled by Jennie Bird Hill, daughter of Abby Ann Whiting, daughter of Edwin and Hannah Whiting- 1919)
Background
About the year 1800, in the little town of Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, near the border of New York, lived the family of Elisha and Sally Hulett Whiting. Elisha Whiting's father was a sea captain and lived in Connecticut. He died when Elisha was very young. His mother, not knowing what else to do, bound him to an old Quaker, who was very cruel to him, and after a few years, he ran away to Massachusetts and worked on a farm with a wheelwright. Here he was married to Sally Hulett. They were highly respected, honest, generous and firm in their convictions.
Elisha Whiting followed the trade of wagon and chair maker and did his work well. His wife was very gifted in making prose and poetry, a characteristic that has been bequeathed to many of the Whiting descendants. To Elisha and Sally Whiting, twelve children were born, eight sons and four daughters as follows: (1) Charles, (2) William, (3) Edwin, (4) Charles, (5) Katherine Louisa, (6) Harriet, (7) Sally Emeline, (8) Chauncey, (9) Almond, (10) Jane, (11) Sylvester, and (12) Lewis.
Edwin Whiting was born September 9, 1809, the third child of this family. When he was six years old, his parents moved to Nelson, Portage County, Ohio. At that time, it was the western frontier of the U.S.A. but probably the very place his father wished to be to get a suitable timber for his trade and for support of his large family.
Edwin Whiting's chance for education was very limited, but they were all taught the "3 R's", Readin', Ritin', and Rithmetic, and he wrote a legible hand, an extraordinary feat for his time. At an early age, he wrote credible verse.
His early life in the forest, no doubt, accounts for his love of the out-of-doors, the beauties of nature, the trees, the flowers, the mountains and the desire to hunt.
One Sunday morning, when but a small boy, he decided to go hunting. He knew this was contrary to his parent's teachings, so he tried to draw his gun through the cracks between the logs of his bedroom and go unmolested. His gun caught and was discharged, inflicting a serious wound in his left arm. This, he said, was a lesson to observe the Sabbath Day and to obey his parents.
He learned the chair making trade from his father and his workmanship was considered very good.
In 1833, when Edwin was twenty-four years old, he married Elizabeth Partridge Tillotson, an Ohio girl of French descent. She was a highly educated school teacher, quite an accomplishment for those days.
In 1837, the Gospel was brought to the Whiting family. Edwin and his wife, his father and mother and some of his brothers and sisters joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were baptized by Thomas Marsh in 1838. Here, as in the time of Christ and His Apostles, the humble, hard-working class of people were the ones to listen and accept the Gospel of truth.
They were among the early members of our church and soon joined the saints in Kirtland, Ohio. It was here that their trials, hardships and persecutions began and it took true manhood, womanhood, and faith in God to endure.
They were forced to leave their new comfortable home, complete with furniture, orchards and land in Kirtland, Ohio and took only their clothing and a few valued relics and went to Far West, Missouri. By this time, Edwin and Elizabeth had four children: William, Helen Amelia, Sarah Elizabeth and Emily Jane. They were only in Far West a short time and had just built a new home, when the mob, several thousand strong, ordered them out. During the battle of the Crooked River, just before they were ordered to leave Missouri, his brother Charles was killed.
They were compelled to flee again so they joined the saints at Lima in father Isaac Morley's branch, where Edwin Whiting acted as counselor to brother Morley. For Several years, the saints were happily building up the city of Nauvoo and their temple, while living at Morley's branch (Yelrome), near Lima. Here they worshipped God without so much persecution as they had experienced in Missouri. Edwin was appointed Colonel in the Nauvoo Legion and was an active worker at all times for the up-building of His Church.
In 1844 he was called on a mission to Pennsylvania and was there at the time of the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph and Hyrum Smith. He soon returned home and took up arms with his bretheren to protect his property and the lives of his family.
Through the advice of those in authority, and for a righteous purpose, he entered the law of plural marriage. On January 3rd 1845, he married Almira Meacham. The following year, January 27, 1846, he married Mary Elizabeth Cox.
In the fall of 1845 the mobs began threatening them, and attacking them. Every house in the village was burned except father Elisha Whiting's, which was spared because he was so sick they could not move him. We remember of hearing aunt Elizabeth tell how she sat on the pile of bedding far into the night with little daughter Jane in her arms. Little Jane died soon after from exposure and lack of proper food. Sarah clapped her hands at the big bonfire the mob had made with their fences and the select wood from her father's chair shop. [Note: When Jennie Hill wrote this sketch, she mixed up some places. The burning was not in Missouri, but in Yelrome, in August 1845, as I have changed it to read. C T Cox]
The families moved into Nauvoo for protection, and to get ready to go west. While there, Edwin and his wives were sealed together in the Nauvoo temple.
Still a greater test awaited him, his brothers, Almond, Sylvester, Chauncey and Lewis and his sister, Louisa did not feel that Brigham Young should be the leader of the Church so they followed a Mr. Cutler and called themselves "Cutlerites" and moved up into Clitheral, Minnesota. To this day they hold tenaciously to the teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith. They still correspond with the children of Edwin Whiting, and have given us, for temple work, an extensive genealogy of the Whiting family.
Edwin Whiting, his families, his father and mother stayed with the saints, who were compelled to move west as far as Mt. Pisgah, (now known as Talmadge) Iowa. There they stayed to prepare for the journey across the plains.
The dreaded disease, cholera, took the father and mother of Edwin, his little brother and little daughter, Emily Jane. Their names are on the monument lately erected at that place in memory of those who died there. So many of his family were sick at one time, that there was no one well enough to get the sick ones a drink, but even in those trying times, they still had faith and rejoiced in the Gospel, for the Lord was with them. Emeline, a sister of Edwin, married Fredrick Walter Cox and the two families were as one big family for years.
They established a chair factory and hauled the chairs to Quincy, Illinois where they were sold. From this and their crops, they prepared to come west. Aunt Mary taught school two terms and helped the family some. While at Mt. Pisgah, three children were born. Albert Milton was born to Mary. Oscar Newell was born to Elizabeth, and Catherine Emeline was born to Almira.
In April, 1849, Edwin and Emeline, the only children of Elisha and Sally Whiting who stayed true to the Church, started westward in brother Morley's company.
Volumes have been written of the westward journey of the saints, and as Congressman Leatherstood has said, "It is the greatest emigration trail that was ever blazed and our pioneers will some day stand out in history as the greatest pioneers of the world."
They fought Indians, had their cattle stampeded, suffered for lack of proper food, and even though tired from that long and tedious trek, still they went on. After reaching the Black Hills, a heavy snow storm came and for three days they were shut in. Many of their cattle died and perhaps they would have died had not the teams and provisions sent by President Brigham Young come to their aid. On October 28, 1849, they reached Salt Lake City, which looked like a haven of rest to that travel-worn company. Aunt Mary said, "I have never beheld a sight so good and so beautiful as Salt Lake City. We were so thankful our journey was at an end." But their rest was of short duration, for in a few days, Edwin Whiting, the Morley's and the Cox's were called to settle the San Pitch River, now known as Manti. Again they journeyed on. It took three weeks to go from Salt Lake City, because they had to build their own roads.
Provo was then a village of about six homes. As they passed Hobble Creek, afterwards known as Springville, Edwin Whiting remarked, "This is a fertile spot. I would like to stop here."

History of Edwin Whiting (Manti)

History of Edwin Whiting(Compiled by Jennie Bird Hill, daughter of Abby Ann Whiting, daughter of Edwin and Hannah Whiting- 1919)
Manti
They arrived in Sanpete County on December 1, 1849, with almost nothing to eat, no food for their cattle, no shelter to keep them warm, and cold weather upon them. They made "dug-outs" on the south side of the hill where the Manti Temple now stands. It was a severe winter, with snow so deep the cattle could scarcely get grass and most of them died. Food had to be divided with the Indians to keep peace.
President Young had promised them provisions and help, but none came, so Edwin and Orville Cox put on snow shoes and with a little parched corn in their pockets for food, placed their bedding on a sleigh and started toward Salt Lake City for help. When they reached Nephi Canyon, they met their help, brother Dace Henry, his wife, her brother, Mr. Dodge and an Indian, snow bound. Their cattle had died and their wagons were all but covered with snow. The young wife was very sick, so Edwin gave them the sleigh to pull her to Manti. They put their quilts on their backs and walked on to Salt Lake City and reported conditions to President Young. Aid was immediately sent, but some of that company went back to Salt Lake City.
Edwin's family now numbered fourteen. They lived in a large room in the wall of the hill with their chair factory in one end. The men and boys hauled wood from the hills on the hand sleighs.
The following spring (1850), there were three girls born; Harriet Lucinda was born to Mary Elizabeth in April, Louisa Melitia was born to Elizabeth in May, and Cornelia Dolly was born to Almira in June.
For several seasons, very little was raised. It became necessary to build a fort to protect themselves from the Indians, for they felt that the white man had stolen their land. The gates of the fort were locked while the men went to the fields with their guns. From this developed the Walker War. Edwin was appointed Captain for the Militia. Twice the Indians drove his cattle off and stole whatever they could.
Edwin often told us of one big old ox that he owned. The ox would rebel whenever an Indian tried to drive him. He would turn on his captors and break their defense and come home. He hated Indians and would always lower his head and challenge them if they came near.
Edwin tried planting fruit trees, shrubs and flowers, but they could not survive the very cold winters. Their crops were poor, but they managed to exist and were a happy family in spite of their hardships.
In 1854, he was called to Ohio on a mission and was gone for two years. While he was away, the grasshoppers came and took everything they raised. They faced starvation, but miraculously, where the crops had been, a patch of pigweeds grew and they lived on them until the corn ripened in Utah County. A strange thing it was, for the Indians said those pigweeds had never grown there before, nor have they grown since. Walter Cox divided with his brother's (brother-in-law) family while Edwin was away.
Edwin, upon his return, brought many kinds of fruit trees, (some from his father's farm that he helped to plant when a boy) shrubs and flowers, and again tried to grow them, but the climate was too cold.
On the 8th of October, 1856, Edwin married Hannah Haines Brown. Abby Ann Whiting was born to this couple at Manti in 1858 and Lorenzo Snow Whiting was born at Manti in 1860.
On the 14th day of April, 1857, he married Mary Ann Washburn. Two children were born to the family while they resided at Manti. Daniel Abram was born in May, 1858 and Monroe Finch Whiting was born in November, 1862.
While he lived at Manti, Edwin was among the foremost men in religious and civic affairs of the community. He was counselor to the Stake President. He was mayor of the city from 1857 to 1861. He was a member of the legislature for two terms, and as stated before, he was Captain of the Militia in the Walker War.
Springville
After finding the climate of Manti unfavorable for raising fruit, his special work, he was advised by President Young to try out his nursery at Springville. He moved to Springville in 1861 and was able to plant and grow all kinds and varieties of fruit trees, vegetables and flowers. People used to come from neighboring communities to see his flowers.
He built a home on the lot where the Springville Second Ward Church now stands. That old two story adobe home will stand in the memory of the members of the Whiting Family as a place of many happy evenings and of fun and amusement. Aunt Mary also taught school there.
He transplanted, in different towns, many evergreens from the mountains. To obtain his evergreens, he went up the canyons and got the small trees. He would take some of the soil with each root. He would then wrap them so as to keep some of the native soil in place. These were packed securely in the wagon box. He always marked the trees so that they could be set the same way they stood in the canyon. Many of the evergreens and fruit trees were planted throughout the county. Among these was the large cedar tree that for many years stood in front of the Second Ward church. This tree was brought from the nearby canyon in 1861 and planted by Mr. Whiting, being nurtured and cared for by him. He also transplanted those around the old Court House in Provo, those at the Springville City Park, and one large evergreen that stands southwest of the Manti Temple which can be seen for miles around. He once said "I brought that in my dinner bucket and I think it was the first evergreen transplanted in Utah."
His life was typical of this great tree. A poem written by Emmay Whiting, wife of Daniel Whiting, describes his life and this tree as being similar.
Edwin had one of the largest families in Utah. Many of those stand at the head of Stake and Ward organizations in our Church. Among his descendants, we found seven bishops.
In his later life, he did temple work for his dead relatives in the St. George Temple and in the Logan Temple. He lived the principles of his religion. He was honest, charitable, and never accumulated great riches. He was thrifty and loved his wives and children and gave them the comforts of life.
He died at Mapleton, Utah on the 9th of December, 1890 at the age of eighty-one years. He was firm in his belief and testimony of the truthfulness of the Gospel.
His descendants are numerous and are found in Idaho, Arizona, Mexico, California, New York, and in Utah.
Edwin's granddaughter Harriet Jensen described her grandfather this way:
Grandfather Edwin Whiting and his family were typical early residents of the canyon. Some of the first needs of the pioneers were to have land for crops and water to make them grow; also to be near where they could obtain wood for cooking and heat. Hobble Creek Canyon had plenty of trees, not only for fuel, but, also the large pines were used as logs for building houses, or to be sawed into lumber. Edwin Whiting had taken up 160 acres on Union Bench (now Mapleton) and divided it among his older boys; but as the young ones grew up, there was need for more land. By this time Joseph Kelly and others were ranching in Hobble Creek Canyon, so grandfather decided to homestead land in that vicinity. One log cabin was built on the Whiting homestead, and here they took turns staying and working the land. Brush and trees had to be cleared off the land and ditches made. For the Bench land, it meant going up the canyon where the elevation was as high as the land and making a ditch around the hillside. I remember, as a small girl, going with my uncle Fred to the site of the dam to see whether there were any breaks in it.
They had a fine range for cattle and raised hay, grain and vegetables. People were eager to locate where there was a spring. Well do I remember carrying water up the bank of the creek in a little brass kettle which had been brought across the plains. We grandchildren seemed to feel that we had a share in the old home, which was one large room made of logs, with a small window and a large fireplace in one end where grandmother used to do the cooking. She would pull some of the hot coals on the hearth -- a large flat stone in front of the fireplace -- place the bake kettle on them; then, with her tongs, put more red coals on the kettle lid. Almost every afternoon we would carry water to sprinkle in front of the house, which made the ground hard, and also kept what little grass was growing around the house, green and inviting. In the spring she would take newspapers, saved during the winter, to paper the logs. This was the first time I had ever heard of wall paper.
At first this was a summer home, then finally a school house was built and the families stayed the year around. This building had only one room, but, it served as school house, church and amusement hall. Children rode their horses to school. The Whitings had a sawmill up the canyon above the original log home. They did most of their logging in the winter, using half of a bob-sled to put one end of the log on and letting the rest of the log slide on the snow. By spring there was a good pile of logs. Edwin M. Whiting bought a steam engine and for a number of years furnished the lumber for Springville. They moved the sawmill wherever there was suitable timber. It was 16 miles up to the Whiting Ranch from town and took about five hours, with horse and wagon, to get there. There was always plenty of fish in the creek, and wild chicken and deer in the hills.
The following is a list of those who ranched in the canyon during its early settlement; Mr. Cutler followed by a Mr. Kelly, Cyrus Sanford, Myron and Milan Crandall, Al Roylance, Moroni Fuller, William Gallup, James Holley, Orson Mower, Erastus Clark, Royal Clements, Charles Johnson, and Levi Kendall. In those early days Charley Williams operated a sawmill on the creek. They took adverse possession (land not surveyed) but later congress passed a law to legalize the land so that they could get possession of their deeds. Farther up the canyon was the Packard Ranch. Alpheus Curtis, Wallace Johnson and Edward Snow also lived there. The Adams family now live on the original Whiting Ranch.
A marker, up Hobble Creek Canyon reads: "In memory of Edwin Whiting, pioneer, born September 9, 1809. Died December 8, 1890. Home-steaded this ranch in 1871. Erected August 17, 1935 by his family."

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