Alice Goodale

Alice married Henry Kilham on 12 Aug 1582 in Dennington, Suffolk, England. Henry (son of William Kilham) was born before 31 Jul 1558 in Dennington, Suffolk, England; was christened on 31 Jul 1558 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England; died before 27 May 1631 in Dennington, Suffolk, England; was buried on 27 May 1631 in Dennington, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Or Austin. Came to New England in 1637 on the Mary Ann out of Yarmouth; lived in Salem, Dedham, and Wenham.

Augustine married Alice Corbel about 1618. Alice died on 18 Jul 1667 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He lived in Wenham, and was constable in 1658 and 1659.

John married Anna Pickworth before 1660. Anna (daughter of John Pickworth and Ann) was born about 1635; was christened on 14 Oct 1638 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died before 1682. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 4 Jan 1643, of Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts
• Alternate birth: 14 Jan 1643, of Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts
• Alternate death: 26 Jan 1738

Sarah married Deacon William Fiske on 15 Jan 1663 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts. Deacon (son of William Fiske and Bridget Muskett) was born before 4 Jun 1643; was christened on 4 Jun 1643 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 4 Feb 1728 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Deborah about 1694. Deborah died on 25 Feb 1746 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Elizabeth Brown on 5 Dec 1699 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Josiah Brown and Mary Fellows) was born on 27 Jun 1671 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 21 Jul 1721 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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His will confirms that Hepzibah was among his daughters, but it cannot be established whether she was a daughter of his second wife Abigail Kimball or his third wife Hepzibah (possibly Parke).

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Abigail Mead on 23 Apr 1738 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut. Abigail (daughter of David Mead and Abigail Leane) was born on 17 Jul 1710 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also Kellum, Kilham, etc.

Hepzibah married Nehemiah Stevens on 24 Jan 1766 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut. Nehemiah (son of Thomas Stevens and Amy Fellows) was born on 31 Aug 1725 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut; died on 13 Feb 1776 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut; was buried in Old Plainfield Cemetery, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1750, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

Notes:

"Clues to the identity of Martha, the wife of Gideon Mead (Enos, Jonathan, John, John), may be found in the journal of her grandson, Reuben McBride, now available in the L.D.S. Library in Salt Lake City; leading to the conclusion that Martha was a daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Mead) Fiske of Greenwich, Connecticut. Among the relatives listed in Reuben McBride's journal are his great-uncles and great-aunts, i.e. brothers and sisters, with their spouses, of his four grandparents: Samuel and Margaret McBride, who emigrated from Ireland before 1766 to Saratoga County, New York, and Gideon and Martha Mead. By tradition, Margaret's maiden name was Brown, leaving only Martha's surname in question. Two of the great-uncles were Jonathan and David Fisk, which suggests that they were related by blood rather than by marriage, and just might be brothers of Martha. Gideon Mead, born about 1744, belonged to the Greenwich, Connecticut, family, and finding a Fisk family of the same period and area, with children named Jonathan, David and Martha, was not difficult. They were among the six minor children named in the will of Jonathan Fiske who died in Greenwich in 1756, their mother being Abigail Mead, a daughter of David and Abigail (Leosee) Mead. Although there is no birth record or marriage record for Martha, she was a minor in 1756 and apparently of legal age when she sold her inheritance in 1767, signing the documents with her mark. With the sale of her property, Martha Fiske disappears from the genealogical scene, but three years later, Martha, wife of Gideon Mead, gave birth to her second child Abigail in Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York. Logically, the sale of Martha's property might well have coincided with her marriage to Gideon Mead and their removal to a new home in Nine Partners." [Virginia McBride, "Martha Fiske, the Wife of Gideon Mead." The American Genealogist, July 1969.]

Martha married Gideon Mead about 1768. Gideon (son of Enos Mead and Millicent) was born about 1744 in of Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York; died between 18 Oct 1813 and 29 Sep 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roswell married Sybell Spencer1798. Sybell (daughter of Eliphas Spencer and Sybil) was born on 4 Apr 1778 in Washington, Berkshire, Massachusetts; died on 18 Nov 1862 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah; was buried in Fillmore Cemetery, Fillmore, Millard, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 13 Mar 1854, Ogden, Weber, Utah

Notes:

"Daniel McBride married Abigail Mead, who was born in 1770 in Dutchess County, New York. She descended from the Quaker Mead and Fiske families of Fairfield County, Connecticut. Abigail joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1833, almost 10 years after Daniel's death, as did most of their 9 children, and, after living in Kirtland, Ohio and Nauvoo, Illinois, emigrated to Utah in 1847, one of the oldest persons to cross the plains to Utah in that first settlement year." [Our Crandall and Beckstead Ancestors]

It's notable that Abigail Mead was descended from Meads on both sides -- her father was a Mead, and her mother's mother was one as well.

Out of all of TNH's Mormon pioneer ancestors, she may or may not have been the first to be baptised into the church, but born in 1770, she was certainly the oldest. She was born before the Revolution and lived to see the Salt Lake Valley.

From Our Crandall and Beckstead Ancestors:

About 1829, Abigail heard of the mysterious visions of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and wholly believed in them. She was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on June 25, 1833. The entire family also joined the church.

In the spring of 1835, they sold their farms at great sacrifices and traveled to Kirtland, Ohio to be with the rest of the Saints. The trip was made by stagecoach and canal boat, which took about six days.

They donated liberally to the building of the city of Kirtland and to the temple. With six of her children, Abigail enjoyed the heavenly manifestations given at the dedication of the Kirtland Temple on March 27, 1836. Her son, Reuben, became the custodian of the Kirtland Temple.

She received her patriarchal blessing from Joseph Smith, Sr. on June 8, 1836. The following is the body of the blessing:

"My aged sister, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the world, and by the power and authority of the Priesthood, I lay my hands on thy head; and on the heads of thy posterity, confer a blessing. Thou hast had sorrow and affliction out of which the Lord is delivering thee. He has established thy faith. Thou has obeyed the Gospel of the Savior. Thy name is been written in the Lamb's Book of Life. Thou art of the lineage of Abraham. If thou holdest on thy way, the time will come when thou, like Job, shall see God, in the flesh, standing upon the earth. Thou shalt see angels and receive the communication of the Holy Ghost. Thy children shall stand in the covenant, by the power of God, thou shalt go to Zion, and be in good health. Thy mind shall be strong and rejoice in thy God. Thou shalt not want for the things of this life. Give up thyself to God and thou shalt see they redeemer, who thou desirest to know. Thou shalt be a member of the Celestial World. I seal these blessings upon thy head. I seal these things up to eternal life. Amen and amen."

Abigail endured the persecutions attending the twelve thousand members of the church in their migration to Nauvoo, Illinois. [...]

Abigail assembled with the huge crowd when Joseph led his famous Nauvoo Legion, in their elegant uniforms with their plumed hats, through the streets of Nauvoo for the last time. She heard his famous farewell address, with unsheathed sword, pointing heavenward in defense of his followers, from the top of an unfinished building.

Shortly after the Prophet was martyred, with deepest sorrow, she was able to view his remains, along with thousands of tear-stained companions. [...]

Abigail was present on August 8, 1844, when the mantle of Joseph Smith fell upon Brigham Young. She heard Brigham Young's declaration that he was the rightful leader of the Saints and would lead them safely to the tops of the Rocky Mountains, as predicted by the martyred Prophet.

Abigail was endowed on January 28, 1846, in the Nauvoo Temple. She was among the Saints expelled from Nauvoo, who made their homes in tents, covered wagons, and hurriedly erected log cabins across the Mississippi River.

She joined the first emigrant company to follow Brigham Young, leaving Elk Horn on June 17, 1847. She endured the inconveniences of the long trek in this huge company of fifteen hundred men, women, and children, who were in five hundred sixty wagons, with five thousand head of stock. They traveled between four to eleven miles a day, taking turns by the hundreds in leading the caravan.

On September 4, 1847, they rejoiced in meeting Brigham Young and his party, who had come to lead them into the Salt Lake Valley. Three days later, a great feast was arranged, concluding with a dance; an Indian attack followed. It was the latter part of September when they arrived in the Salt Lake Valley.

Abigail was described as a short, rather stout, fine old lady with a square face and a fair complexion.

Abigail married Rev. Daniel McBride in 1787 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York. Daniel (son of Samuel McBride and Margaret Brown) was born on 13 Sep 1766 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York; died on 1 Sep 1823 in Le Roy, Genesee, New York; was buried in Genesee, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married George Davis on 28 Jan 1795 in Saratoga, Saratoga, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fanny married Jonathan Westgate on 8 Oct 1817 in Chester, Washington, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Starbuck. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Newcomb Mead. Newcomb (son of Nehemiah Mead and Sarah Newcomb) was born on 12 Nov 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hannah Wheeler. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marinda Thomas. Marinda was born on 27 Jun 1809 in Mount Pleasant, Brant, Ontario; died on 27 Jun 1848 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa; was buried in Council Point Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Avis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 9 Jul 1783, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York

James married Betsy Mead in 1818 in York, Livingston, New York. Betsy was born on 6 Feb 1802 in Chester, Washington, New York; died on 8 Oct 1881 in Hyrum, Cache, Utah; was buried in Hyrum, Cache, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1 Jun 1792
• Alternate birth: 1 Jun 1794, Chester, Washington, New York

Notes:

Baptized into the LDS, along with her husband and some of their children, 16 Apr 1833 in Villanova, New York. [Our Crandall and Beckstead Ancestors]

The baptisms were performed by Amasa M. Lyman and William F. Cahoon. [David Crandall]

In 1842, her sister Martha McBride became one of the plural wives of Joseph Smith.

Margaret married David Crandall about 1810. David (son of Pardon Crandall and Susannah Wells) was born in 1789 in Hebron, Washington, New York; died on 12 Mar 1861 in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sally Davis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Almira Parsons. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 6 Jun 1803, Chester, Washington, New York

Family/Spouse: Mary A. Anderson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Wikipedia:

Martha McBride Knight Smith Kimball (March 17, 1805 – November 20, 1901) was a founding member of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which was organized on her birthday in 1842. She was married to early Latter Day Saint leader Vinson Knight, by whom she had seven children. In 1842 she was sealed as a plural wife to Joseph Smith, Jr. In January 1846, she was married polygamously to Heber C. Kimball, by whom she had one child, a son, who was born at Winter Quarters and died there as an infant. She later emigrated to Utah Territory, where she resided in various locations across the territory until her death at age 96. She was a witness to, and in some instances a key participant in, some of the pivotal events in early Latter Day Saint history.

Martha McBride Knight at the Remembering the Wives of Joseph Smith site.

From the Ogden Standard Examiner, November 21, 1901:

Death Of Pioneer Woman -- Was The Wife Of The Prophet Joseph Smith -- She Was Well Known and Esteemed in Weber County -- Identified With The Early History Of The Church.

Kimball, of Hooper, died yesterday, received word that Mrs. Martha Smith Kimball, of Hooper, died yesterday morning at 5 o'clock, of old age. She was one of the most notable women in Utah, having taken a very active part in the early history of the Mormon Church.

She was born in Chester, Washington County, New York, March 17, 1805 and was married to Vinson Knight, July 26, 1826. Mr. Knight was for a time presiding bishop of the church and was one of two men chosen by the church to purchase the townsite of Nauvoo and in Hancock County.

They were baptized into the church in 1834, Mrs. Knight became a member of the Relief Society of the Church which was organized in Nauvoo.

Mr. Knight died July 31, 1842, at Nauvoo and in August 1942, she was sealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith in the Nauvoo Temple.

She came to Utah in 1850, settling in Ogden, where she made her home for a number of years. She went to Hooper in 1869, where she has lived most of the time since, although visiting often with relatives in other parts of Utah.

After the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith, she was married to Heber C. Kimball and by him had one child who died in infancy.

She was the mother of six other children by her first husband, Mr. Knight, and three of them survive her, all of them being between 70 and 80 years of age. They are Mrs. Almira Hanscom, who resides near Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Adeline Belnap, Living at Hooper, this county, and James Knight, who resides at Circleville, Piute County.

She had a great many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Pictures of the old lady grouped with four of her direct descendants are to be found in the homes of most of her Ogden relatives.

The physical strength and endurance of Mrs. Knight was well-nigh marvelous. For nearly twenty years she had not used spectacles. Her needlework was a model of fineness amongst all her acquaintances for the past fifty years. She was a great reader, particularly of the daily papers, reading every word of telegraphic news, and during the Spanish-American War she was regarded as one of the best posted persons in Weber County on the military operations of the contending forces.

Two or three years ago at a birthday reunion of the family held in her honor, Mrs. Knight was called on for a speech and prefaced one of considerable length with a recital of the tremendous changes which had taken place in her lifetime, mentioning the steam engine, the modern printing press and the telegraph. To illustrate this latter she described with what slowness news traveled when she was a young woman of 40, and wound up her recital of how on that very day the entire country was able to watch every detail of a little affair at Carson City when Corbett was knocked out by Fitzsimmons.

The Belnap family of Ogden are relatives. The funeral services will take place in the Hooper meeting house at 12 o'clock and the remains will be interred by the side of her mother, Mrs. Abigail McBride. The mother was sealed to Joseph Smith Sr., at Nauvoo.

Martha married Vinson Knight on 26 Jul 1826 in Cattaraugus, New York. Vinson was born on 14 Mar 1804 in Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 31 Jul 1842 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1842. Joseph was born on 23 Dec 1805 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont; died on 27 Jun 1844 in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Heber Chase Kimball in Jan 1846. Heber was born on 14 Jun 1801 in Sheldon, Franklin, Vermont; died on 22 Jun 1868 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]