Martin Co.

Members of the Martin 

Handcart Company

From Florence, Nebraska,
to Salt Lake City, Utah, 
and Those Who Died Previously

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Legend:    Adults - Red

                    Youth -  Green

                    Children - Blue
                  Story - Purple
                 * - Story available

Acres, Joseph (24)and wife, from England died Sept 22, 1856
Acres, Ann Pugh (23),wife (married on ship), from England

Allen, Ann (73), b. England, d. June 27

Allen, Elizabeth (43), b. England, widow
Allen, Maria (24), b. England
Allen, James (20), b. England
Allen, George (15), b. England, piecer
Allen, Sarah (12), b. England

Allen, Mary (43), b. England, d. Oct. 6, 30 miles east of Ft. Laramie
Allen, Maria (21) daughter of Mary Allen
Allen, Eleanor (18), b. Ireland, daughter of Mary Allen

Anderson, Ann (47), b. England

Andrews, John J. (44)

Anglesea (or Anglesey), Martha (22), b. England

Archer, Joseph, d. Sept. 22 of diarrhea and dropsy

*Ashton, William Albert (33 or 34) father, b. England, enlisted in US Army at Ft. Laramie
Ashton, Sarah Ann Barlow (33), mother, b. England, d. Aug. 26 in childbirth at Cutler’s Park, Nebraska
Ashton, Betsy (11), b. England, died on plains
*Ashton, Sarah (10), b. England 

 Ashton, Mary (4), b. England

 Ashton, Elizabeth Ann (1 or 2), b.England, d. July 2, 1856, on ship docked in Boston
Ashton, Sarah Ann, daughter, born on Aug. 26, 1856, Cutler’s Park, Nebraska, d. Sept. 11, 1856.

Atherton, Ellen (or Hellen) Daniels (57), b. England

Bailey, John (49), and family, b. England, returned as rescuer to help last two companies
Bailey, Jane Allgood (45), wife, b. England
*Bailey, Langley (18), b. England

 Bailey, John (15), b. England
 Bailey, Thomas (11 or 12), b. England
 Bailey, David (5), b. England

Baker, George (27), b. England, d. June 1, 1856, and buried at sea.

Barlow, Ann Crompton (50), widow, b. England; Elizabeth Crompton Haydock of company is sister; Jane Nightingale of company is mother-in-law of Ann’s oldest son, Oswald, already in valley; No deaths in these 3 families headed by widows
Barlow, John (17), b. England, drove a wagon
Barlow, Jane (15), b. England, left at Ft. Bridger or nearby Ft. Supply to recuperate
*Barlow, Joseph Smith (7), b. England


Barnes, George (41), with wife and children, b. England, died on the plains near Devil’s Gate
 Barnes, Jane Howard (41), wife, b. England
 Barnes, Margaret (15), b. England
 Barnes, Betsy (or Elizabeth) (12), b. England
 Barnes, Esther (10), b. England
 Barnes, Deborah (8), b. England
 Barnes, William L. (5), b. England
 Barnes, Mary Jane, b. July 24 at Council Bluffs, Iowa

Bartholme, Bone (26), b. Italy

*Barton, William (47), with family, b. England, d. Sept. 30, 1856
 Barton, Francis (3 1/2), daughter, b. England

 Barton, Elizabeth (1 1/2), daughter, d. July 6, 1856

*Batchelor, Emma (20), b. England, started in Haven Company; traveled with Gourley family  

Bedwell, John
Bedwell, Sarah, wife

Beer, Benjamin J. (43 or 44), and wife, b. England
Beer, Margaret (or Mary Ann Livesey) (44)

Bennett, Harriet (51 or 53), b. England

Beswick, Ann (65)
Beswick, Joseph (33), son

Billingham, Eliza (18), died 7 July at Rock Island, Illinois; step-daughter of John Douglas of Company; Mother, Mary Douglas, also died, 18 July, Rock Island; Father, David Billingham, was rescuer

Binder, William L.S. (23 or 24), husband, b. England
Binder, Eliza (24), wife, b. England

Bird, Thomas P. (18), b. England, died

Bitten, John E. (26) with family, b. England, seaman
Bitten, Sarah S. Wintle (17), b. England, wife of John, had only been married 12 days upon departure
*Bitten, Jane (19), John’s sister, b. England, married rescuer, John Poole

Blackham, Martha (47 or 49), and family, b. England, 2 sons in Utah already, John came out with rescuers
 Blackham, Samuel (21), son, b. England
 Blackham, Sarah (15 or 16), daughter, b. England
 Blackham, Thomas (13 or 14), son, b. England

*Blair, David (43) with family, b. Scotland, died after Nov. 11

 Blair, Deborah (39), wife, b. England

 Blair, Deborah L. B. (7 or 8), b. England
Blair, Elizabeth (5), b. England
Blair, David (6 mos.), b. England, died (Diary of Patience Loader reports 4 total children)

Blakey, Richard (36), and family, died
Blakey, Caroline Garston (36), wife, b. England
Blakey, Caroline, Jr. (16)
Blakey, John Moroni (6 or 9), b. England
Blakey, Richard Jr. (8 mos. Or 2), b. England

*Bleak, James Godson (26), with family, b. England; left behind as dead, revived by friend in fulfillment of prophecy  

 Bleak, Elizabeth (27 or 28), wife, b. England

 Bleak, Richard Moore(6), b. England
Bleak, Thomas Nelson(4), b. England
Bleak, James Godson, Jr. (2), b. England
Bleak, Mary (11 months), b. England

*Bowen, Hannah Evans (39), b. Wales, mother, widow  
 Bowen, Ann (21), b. Wales, daughter (Hyrum and Joseph Giles, listed with Hunt Co., were sent back to travel with Hannah after their mother in Bunker Handcart Co. died in Sept.)

Bowers, Elizabeth (27), married 1 month after arrival

*Bradshaw, Elizabeth Simpson Haigh (48) with family, twice widowed   

 Haigh, Samuel (20), b. Enland 

 Haigh, Sarah Ann (19), b. England
Bradshaw, Robert Hall (11), b. England
Bradshaw, Isabella Jane (10), b. England
Bradshaw, Richard Paul (6), b. England

Brice, Richard (51 or 55), with family, b. England
Brice, Hannah (50 or 54), wife, b. England
Brice, John (11 or 12), b. England
Brice, Jane (9 or 10), b. England

Bridge, Alfred (19), b. 25 May 1837, England, d. Nov 12, engaged to Frances Burge

Britt, Sarah Upstone (66) b. England, d.31 May 1836, of flux, buried at sea; mother of Sarah Britt Wright of Martin Co.

Briggs, John (43), and family, b. England, d. Nov. 3, Devil’s Gate
Briggs, Ruth Butterworth (39), wife, b. England
Briggs, Eliza (19), b. England
Briggs, Thomas (13), b. England, d. Nov. 11
*Briggs, James (11), b. England   
 Briggs, Mary Hannah (7), b. England, d. Nov. 29
Briggs, Sarah Ann (4), b. England
Briggs, Rachael (3), b. England
Briggs, Emma (8 mos), b. England

Brooks, Nathan (58) with family, b. England
Brooks, Betty Smith(wife), (53), b. England
Brooks, Alice (niece),(21 or 22), b. England, daughter of Samuel Brooks and Sarah Ashley

Brown (Browne), Elizabeth (35)
Brown, Jane (25), sisters (Sister, Esther Brown, in Hunt Company)

Burge, Francis E. (31), died, engaged to Alfred Bridge

Burton, Eliza Cusworth (32) with family
Burton, Joseph Friend (6), b. England
Burton, Martha A. (4), b. England

Carter, Ellen Jackson (38), b. England, widow, sister-in-law of Luke Carter; daughter of Charles and Mary Jackson of Martin Co.
Carter, John (10), son, b. England

Carter, Luke (45), widower, b. England, d. in Nebraska

Chatelain, Peter Louis (31), b. 10 Aug 1824, Italy

*Clark, Margaretta Unwin (28), b. England, Clark Family had taken in Mary A. Biddle Farmer of Hunt Co. as a child; married rescuer, Anson Call   

*Clegg, Jonathan (40), with family, b. England
Clegg, Ellen Walmsley, (40) wife, b. England
Clegg, William (14), b. England
Clegg, Alice (9), b. England (erroneous report of death)
Clegg, Henry (3), b. England
Clegg, Margaret E. (6 mos.), b. England
Family Website: www.clegghistory.org

Clifton, Robert (50), with family, b. England, died
Clifton, Mary M. Blanchard (45) wife, b. England
Clifton, Rebecca (20), b. England; left company in western Missouri
Clifton, Sophia (12), b. England
Clifton, Ann (6), b. England

Cluff, Moses, returning missionary, brother to Harvey and Joseph Cluff of rescue party, married Rebecca Langman of Martin Co. and Ann Bond of Hodgett Co.

Collings, Richard (37), with family, b. England
Collings, Emma Lawrence (30), wife, b. England
Collings, Louisa (9), b. England
Collings, Fred James (6 or 7), b. England
Collings, David (4), b. England
Collings, George (2), b. England
Collings, Samuel, (4 mos.), b. England

*Cook (or Cooke), Jemima (28), b. England, married rescuer, John Toone

    
Crane, Ann (23), b. England

*Crossley, Mary Jarvis Smith (45) mother, b. England, (Husband already in Utah)


Smith, Mary Ann (23), daughter, b. England
 Smith, Joseph, (19), son, b. England, crippled
Crossley, Hannah (15), daughter, b. England
Crossley, Sarah (12 or 13), daughter, b. England
Crossley, Ephraim (5), son, b. England
Crossley, William (1), son of Mary Ann, (Mary Ann went back to England from Iowa City; William stayed with his grandmother)

Davis (or Davies), Edmund (32), b. England
Davies, Elizabeth Williams (30)

Dearns, Catherine

Dobson, Alice Pickup (48), mother, b. England
Dobson, Mary Ann (23), daughter, b. England
Dobson, Thomas (18), son, b. England
Dobson, Willard (17), son, b. England

Dodd, Thomas (36), with family, died at Red Buttes near Casper, Wyoming (between Oct. 19-28)
Dodd, Elizabeth Piercy (36 or 39), wife, b. England
Dodd, Alma (10), b. England
Dodd, Thomas (8), b. England
Dodd, Joseph Smith (6), b. England
Dodd, Elizabeth (3), b. England
Dodd, Brigham Young (3 mos. or 5 mos.), b. England

Douglas, John (39 or 40), with family, b. England
Douglas, Mary (35 or 36), wife, b. England, d. July 18 at Rock Island, Illinois (Mother of Eliza Billingham)
Douglas, William (14), b. England, died Nov. 14 or 19

Dowlass, John, and family

Durham, Thomas (27 or 28), b. England
Durham, Mary Morton (27), wife, b. England, wrote words to Hymn 14, “Sweet is the Peace the Gospel Brings”; sister, Eliza Morton, was traveling with the Durhams

Eccles, Thomas (37), with family, b. England
Eccles, Alice Hardman (34), wife, b. England
Eccles, Mary Ann (11), b. England
Eccles, Martha (8), b. England

Edmonds, Charles (56), b. England, d. Sept. 13, 1856

Edwards. William (30), b. England
Edwards, Harriet (16 or 17), wife, b. England

Edwards, William (50), b. England, died near Ft. Kearney, Nebraska

Elliot, Eliza (17 or 18)

Evans, Thomas (39), b. Cardiff, South Wales
Evans, Ann Johns (39), wife
Evans, Thomas, Jr. (10), son
Evans, Emma (8), daughter
Evans, Hyrum (6), son

*Foster, Sarah (25), b. England

*Franklin, Thomas J. (33), with family, b. England   

 Franklin, Jane (33 or 34), wife, b. England

 Franklin, Lydia (14), b. England

Franks, Sarah Ann (22), b. England, engaged to George Padley of Martin Co.

Furner, Robert (30), b. England
Furner, William, Jr. (20), b. England

Gibbons, Jane (25 or 26), b. England

Giles, Aaron B. (15), from Poland

Gourley, Paul (42 or 43), with family, b. Scotland, two sons working as teamsters in Hodgett Co.
 Gourley, Ellison Japp (24), (2nd) wife
 Gourley, Nicholas (11), daughter of Paul, b. Scotland
 Gourley, Jenette (8), daughter of Paul, b. Scotland
 Gourley, George (5), son of Paul, b. Scotland
 Gourley, Paul (2), son of Paul and Ellison
 Gourley, Margaret Glass (9 mos.), daughter of Paul and Ellison, died Aug. 14 at West Scotie on the Middle Fork of the Coon River
 Gourley, Baby, born near Ft. Laramie, delivered by Emma Batchelor, died

Green, Charles (26), with family
 Green, Ann (22), wife
 Green, George (4 months), son

*Green, Elizabeth (23), b. England, traveled with Mary Harper (died), married her nephew after arrival (Sister of Charles Green)


Greening, Mary Ann (27)

Gregory, Ann (63), d. Sept. 18 on Platte, Nebraska
 Gregory, Mary (59)

*Griffiths, John (45), with family, b. England, died in Salt Lake the day after family arrived
 Griffiths, Mary Elizabeth (30), wife
*Griffiths, Margaret A. (16), b. England  

   Griffiths, John (11), b. England, died on plains

 Griffiths, Jane E. (8), b. England
 Griffiths, Herbert R. (5), b. England, died on plains

 Family Website: www.clegghistory.org

Grundy, Sarah (41), may have been related to Charles Edmonds

Haigh, Samuel (20), brother, b. England
 Haigh, Sarah Ann (18 or 19), sister, b. England, carried 16 people across N. Platte River (With widowed mother, Elizabeth Bradshaw, and three younger half-siblings)

Halford, John (57)
 Halford, Mary (or Sarah) (53), wife

Hall, Charles (21), with family
 Hall, Elizabeth (or Sarah) Cade (24), wife, b. England
 Hall, infant son, b. June 29, Boston

Hansen, George (14), b. England
 Hansen, John (45), b. England, George’s uncle

Harper, Mary Theach (64), b. England, died Nov. 5 in Martin's Cove (with Elizabeth Green)

Harrison, Samuel

Harrison, William (40) with family, b. England
 Harrison, Hannah Ellis (38), wife, b. England
 Harrison, Aaron (18), b. England; enlisted with Army at Fort Laramie
 Harrison, George (14), b. England, left behind with Indian family who nursed him back to health from malaria. They called him “White Skeleton.” Came to Utah next season with Johnston’s army
*Harrison, Mary Ann (12), b. England    

   Harrison, Alice (10), b. England

 Harrison, Olivia (6), b. England
 Harrison, Hannah, Jr. (2), b. England
 Harrison, Sarah Ellen (5 months), b. England

Hartle, John (70), b. England, with family, died in October 1856
 Hartle, Lydia Kniveton (71), b. England, died Sept. 17, 1856
 Hartle, Mary (36), daughter, b. England, died Sept. 27, 1856

Hartle, William (40), b. England, son of John and Lydia Hartle, left the company near Ft. Laramie
 Hartle, Elizabeth Williams (43), b. England, died crossing plains
 Hartle, John (12), b. England
 Hartle, Samuel (6), b. England
 Hartle, William (3), b. England
 Hartle, Ephraim, (7 weeks) died Oct. 6, 1856, 27 miles west of Scottsbluff, age 5 months

Hartley, Eliza (or Elizabeth) Gill (39), and family
 Hartley, Mathilda Jane (21 or 17), b. England
 Hartley, Sarah Wells (19), b. England
 Hartley, Samuel (13)
 Hartley, Josephine (10), b. England
 Hartley, Farewell Harrison (7), b. England

Haslam, Esther Howarth (50), mother
 Haslam, Joseph (18), son

Hawkey, Hannah (33), widow, with family, b. England
 Hawkey, James (14), b. England, died
 Hawkey, Margaret (4), b. England
 Hawkey, Hannah, Jr. (3), b. England

Haydock, Elizabeth Crompton (45 or 55), mother, b. England (sister of Ann Crompton Barlow)
 Haydock, Mary (21), daughter

Henshall, David (41)

Herring, Mary (35)
 Herring, Geroge (16), son

Hicks, Annie (19), b. England

Higgs, Lydia (39 or 45), b. England

Hill, Mary (48)

Hill, William (48), father
 Hill, William, Jr. (9), son

Hiott, John (33)

Holt, Robert (42), with family, b. England
 Holt, Ellen Walker (44), wife, b. England

 Holt, Margaret (23 or 24), b. England

 Holt, James (21 or 22), b. England

 Holt, Daniel (15 or 16), b. England

 Holt, Alice (13), b. England

 Holt, Joseph (3 or 11), b. England

 Holt, Martha (5), b. England

Hooker, Lydia E. (20), with Jones family, engaged to Samuel S. Jones

*Horrocks, Mary (19), sister to Elizabeth Horrocks Jackson and traveling with the Jackson family    

Housley, Harriet Agnes Cook (43 or 44), mother, b. England
 Housley, George (19), son, b. England

Howard, William (10),

Hulst (or Hurst), Sarah (49)

Hunter, George (19), died

*Hunter, James (23) (See John Watkins story);      
 Later married Jane Brown of Martin Company
 Hunter, John (18)

Jackson, Aaron (31 or 32), and family, b. England, died Oct. 20, 1856 after crossing N. Platte River
 Jackson, Elizabeth Horrocks (29), wife, b. England
 Jackson, Martha Ann (7), b. England
 Jackson, Mary Elizabeth (4), b. England
 Jackson, Aaron, Jr., (2), b. England

Jackson, Ann Grimshaw (50)
 Jackson, Elizabeth (23)
 Jackson, Martha (21)
 Jackson, Joseph (16), d. Dec. 6, shortly after arrival
 Jackson, Samuel (12)
 Jackson, Nephi (10)

Jackson, Charles (60), and family, b. England, died
 Jackson, Mary Loxam (62), wife, b. England, died
 Jackson, William (21 or 22), b. England

Jackson, Robert (46), b. England, brother
 Jackson, William (43), b. England, brother, traveling with sister, Maria Jackson Normington, and family

Jackson, James (47)

Jackson, June (or Jane) (75) (Samuel’s mother), died on Oct.5, 1856
 Jackson, Samuel (39), with family, husband
 Jackson, Alice (41), wife
 Jackson, Lydia C. (15), daughter

Jaques, Ann (42)
 Jaques, Caroline (16), daughter

Jaques, (or Jacques), John (29), and family, b. England, kept diary
 Jaques, Zilpah Loader (24), wife, b. England, father’s family also in Martin Company
 Jaques, Flora Loader (1), b. England, d. Nov. 22 or 23
 Jaques, Alpha Loader, born on Aug. 27, 1856, at Cutler’s Park, Nebraska

Jarvis, Sam, and family. His wife is listed as the head of the family on several lists; may have been brother to Mary Crossley of Martin Company
 Jarvis, Amelia (36) wife, of England
 Jarvis, Charles (12), son
 Jarvis, James (8), son
 Jarvis, Frederick (5), son
 Jarvis, Edwin or Edwin Samuel (2), son

Johansen (or Larsen), Maren Kjirstine (7), b. Denmark, orphaned near Kansas City in1855, traveling with John and Mary Ennion, listed with Hunt Company.

Johnson (or Johnston), Ann (18 or 32)
 Johnson (or Johnston), Elizabeth (50), b. England

Jones, William (73), and family, died, possible father-in-law to Sarah Jones

Jones, Sarah Ann Bradshaw Till (55), mother, b. England
 Jones, Samuel S. (19), b. England, engaged to Lydia Hooker of Martin Co.
 Jones, Albert (16), b. England

Jones, William Mason (24), b. England, possible relative of Sarah Jones

Jupp, Mary (35 or 36), b. England

Keetch, William (45)

Kemer, Richard (70)

Kewley, James (53 or 54), and family, b. England
 Kewley, Ann Karran (45, 41 or 54), wife, b. England
 Kewley, Margaret (16), b. England
 Kewley, Robert (11), b. England
 Kewley, Thomas (3), b. England, d. Cleveland, Ohio, July 5

Kimp (Kemp), Henry (25)

Kirkman, Robert Lomax (34), and family, b. England, died on plains, Nov. 11  
 Kirkman, Mary Lawson (33), wife, b. England
 Kirkman, Robert (10), b. England
 Kirkman, John (8), b. England
 Kirkman, Joseph, (6), b. England
 Kirkman, Hiram (4), b. England
 Kirkman, James (2), b. England
 Kirkman, Peter, born on July 9, 1856, in Iowa City, Iowa, died on plains in father’s arms, Nov. 11

Lattman, Hans Heinrick (50), and family
 Lattman, Elizabeth F. (46), wife, b. Switzerland
 Lattman, Barbara (17), b. Switzerland
 Lattman, Elizabeth (15), b. Switzerland
 Lattman, Pauline (14), b. Switzerland
 Lattman, Gerold (8), b. Switzerland

Lawery, John (31), b. Scotland, died on trek

Lawley, George (55), b. England, d. Oct. 6, 1856

*Leah, James (57), husband, b. England, d. Oct. 14-31
Leah, Sarah M. Berry (56 or 57), wife, b. England, d. Oct. 4

Ledden, Richard, and family
 Ledden, Elizabeth (16)
 Ledden, Esther (14)

Leishman, John (49), b. Scotland, and family
 Leishman, Jean (or Jane)Allen (53), b. Scotland, wife
 Leishman, John (24), b. Scotland
 Leishman, Robert (20), b. Scotland

Lister, John Henry (16), b. England, married Sarah Rogerson of Company

Lloyd, Ann (36), b. Wales
 Lloyd, Jane (7), b. Wales

Lloyd, John (39), b. Wales

Loader, James (56), and family, b. England, died on plains Sept. 25 or 27, 1856, N. side of Platte River
 Loader, Amy Britwell (54), wife, b. England
 Loader, Patience (29), b. England
 Loader, Tamar (22), daughter, b. England
 Loader, Mariah (19), b. England
 Loader, Jane (15), b. England
 Loader, Sarah (12), b. England
 Loader, Robert (10), b. England

Lord, Charles (or James?) (39) and family, b. England
 Lord, Mary Hentwistle (36), b. England

Loynd, James, Sr. (51), b. England, with family
 Loynd, Elizabeth Thompson (46), b. England, wife
 Loynd, John (19), b. England
 Loynd, James (18), b. England
 Loynd, Thomas (16), b. England
 Loynd, Joseph Smith (13), b. England
 Loynd, Richard (10), b. England

Marchant, Caroline Annie (15), b. Australia, with Sermon family, married rescuer Thomas H. Wilson

Marshall, Mariann (34) and daughter
 Marshall, Emily (9)

Martin, Edward, Captain of Company (38), b. England
 Martin, Eliza Salmon (24)
 Martin, George, b. 12 Aug. 1856, Iowa City, Iowa

Massey (or Maisey), Daniel (38) d. Nov. 1856, and family
 Massey, Rebecca Simmons (34), wife
 Massey, Silas (6)
 Massey, George (4), feet amputated after journey
 Massey, Rebecca (1 1/2)

Mathis, John (or Johannes) (24), b. Switzerland

Mattinson, Robert (52), and family, b. England, d. Oct. 15, 1856 near Deer Creek
 Mattinson, Ann Shaw (44), wife
 Mattinson, Robert Jr. (20), b. England
 Mattinson, John (15 or 16), b. England
 Mattinson, George (12), b. England
 Mattinson, Elizabeth Ann (3), b. England

Mayne (or Maine), John (24), b. England, d. Oct. 5

Mayo (or Mayoh), Peter (40 or 50), and family, b. England
 Mayo, Ann Howarth (40 or 41), wife, b. England
 Mayo, Mary Elizabeth (8 or 9), b. England
 Mayo, Noah (1 or 6), b. England

McBride, Robert (52), and family, b. Scotland, d. Oct. 20, 1856, after last N. Platte River crossing
 McBride, Margaret Howard (41), wife
 McBride, Jeanetta Ann (16), b. England
 McBride, Heber Robert (13), b. England
 McBride, Ether Enos (8), b. Scotland
 McBride, Peter Howard (6), b. Scotland
 McBride, Margaret Alice (3), b. England

McMurrin, Joseph (33), husband, b. Scotland, cooper, fitted iron tires for handcart wheels, had wagon for tools, joined with Hunt Co. after loss of stock
 McMurrin, Margaret Leaing (30), wife, b. Scotland; mother, Elizabeth Leaing, in Hunt Co.
 McMurrin, Margaret (10), daughter, b. Scotland
 McMurrin, Mary (7), daughter, b. Scotland
 McMurrin, Jennette (1), daughter, b. Scotland

McMurrin, Margaret Irvine (62), b. Ireland, mother of Joseph McMurrin
 McMurrin, Isabella (17), b. Scotland, daughter (was previously indentured in Massachusetts, mother and brother, Joseph, paid her indenture and picked her up on way)
 Mee, Charlotte (20), b. England, sister
 Mee, Betsy (14), b. England, sister

Meldrum, George, from Scotland
 Meldrum, Jane B. Barclay, wife
 Meldrum, James Lowe (2), from Scotland

Editorial note on this quote from Louisa Mellor:


A hurrah! burst from the camp as three messengers came riding in - Brother Cyrus Whelback, Joseph A Young and E. Hawks.


The three express riders who found the Martin Company stranded at Bessemer Bend, N. Platte River, on October 28 were Joseph A. Young, Abel Garr, and Dan W. Jones. (See their bios, along with Cyrus Wheelock's and Ephraim Hanks' in book Tell My Story, Too.)

*Mellor, James (37), and family, b. England
 Mellor, Mary Ann Payne (36 or 37), wife, b. England
*Mellor, Louisa (15), b. England - - - - -  - - - ->

  Mellor, Charlotte Elizabeth (15), b. England

 Mellor, Mary Ann (10), b. England
 Mellor, James Jr. (7), b. England
 Mellor, William Charles (5), b. England
 Mellor, Emma Marintha (2), twin, b. England
 Mellor, Clara Althera (2), twin, b. England (Conjoined twins, Eliza and Elizabeth, born and died in May 1856, in Liverpool, England, as company boarded ship)

Middleton, William (39 or 40), and family, b. England, drove provision wagon
 Middleton, Amy Parsons (43 or 48), wife, mother of Ann Parsons Webster of Martin Co.
 Middleton, John (15), son

 Family Website: www.webster-family.org

Mitchell, Mary (35), and son
 Mitchell, James (4)

Moores (or Mores), Elizabeth (26), mother
 Moores, Sarah Jane (2), d. 3 July 1856, Buffalo, NY

Morley, Sarah A. Wood (29), b. England

Morton, Eliza (20), with sister and brother-in-law, Thomas and Mary Morton Durham

Moss, Joseph (49), and family, b. England
 Moss, Mary Brabin (44 or 45), wife, b. England
 Moss, Edward (20 or 21), b. England
 Moss, Peter John (18), b. England
 Moss, Joseph, Jr. (15), b. England
 Moss, James (12), b. England
 Moss, Alice (10), b. England
 Moss, Hiram (or Hyram) Ralph (7 or 8), b. England

Munn, Edward Fredrick (22), b. England, did not continue to Valley in 1856, stayed near Platte Bridge

Murdoch, Mary (73), b. Scotland, d. Oct. 3, 1856, traveling with James Steele family (“Wee Granny”)

Nightingale, Jane Archer (57), and family, b. England
 Nightingale, Sarah Ann (29 or 31), b. England
 Nightingale, Jemima (21), b. England
 Nightingale, Joseph (16), b. England
 (See Ann Barlow family)

*Normington, Thomas (37 or 38), and family, b.England, d. Nov. 1856
*Normington, Maria Jackson (36), wife, b. England        

 Normington, Lavina (10), b. England
 Normington, Mary Ellen (8), b. England
 Normington, Hannah (6), b. England
 Normington, Ephraim Robert (4), b. England, died.
 Normington, Daniel (1), b. England, d. Aug. 12
 Normington, baby boy, born and died in August
 (Maria’s two brothers also with family)

Oldham, John (33), and family, b. England
 Oldham, Sarah Hodgkison (23), wife, b. England
 Oldham, Jane Eliza (or Elizabeth) (4), b. England
 Oldham, Louis William (6 mos.), b. England

Ollerton, John (56), and family, b. England, d. Nov. 12, 1856
 Ollerton, Alice Dandy (53), wife, b. England, d. Nov. 20, 1856
 Ollerton, Alice (19), b. England, d. abt. Dec. 2, 1856
 Ollerton, Jane Ann (15), b. England
 Ollerton, Sarah (5), b. England 

Openshaw, William, Jr. (57), husband, b. England
 Openshaw, Ann Walmsley Greenhalgh (50), wife, b. England
 Openshaw, Samuel (22), b. England
 Openshaw, Levi (19), b. England
 *Openshaw, Mary C. (17), b. England
 Openshaw, Eleanor (14), b. England
 Openshaw, Mary Ann (10), b. England
 Openshaw, Eliza Booth (19) daughter-in-law, d. 18 Oct, (married to Roger Openshaw who emigrated to Utah earlier; brother, Eli Openshaw, also in Utah)

Ord, Thomas (29), husband, b. England
 Ord, Eleanor Grand (26), wife, b. England

Orme, Amy Kirby (52), b. England, mother
 Orme, Sarah Ann (30), b. England
 Orme, Samuel Washington (24), b. Ohio**
 Orme, Rebecca (18), b. England
 **(Family had come to U.S. before and gone back)

Padley, George W. (20), b. England, died at Martin’s Cove, was engaged to Sarah Ann Franks

Palmer, Richard (4), d. July 1 of measles, Boston; family did not continue on with Martin Co.

Parker, Esther Rushton (38), widow, and family
(Husband, William Parker, died in Feb. 1856)
 Parker, Caroline (36), spinster, daughter of William Parker and first wife, Mary
 Parker, Ellen (8)
 Parker, Priscilla (5)

Parkinson, John (37 or 38), and family, b. England, died on plains
 Parkinson, Ellen Smalley (37), b. England, died on plains
 Parkinson, Samuel (18), b. England, turned back, came to Salt Lake Valley later
 Parkinson, Joseph (16), b. England, died on plains
 Parkinson, Elizabeth Jane (10 or 11), b. England
 Parkinson, Margaret (8 or 9), b. England
 Parkinson, John (7), b. England
 Parkinson, Ellen (5), b. England
 Parkinson, Mary (3), b. England, died on July 25
 Parkinson, Esther (2), b. England, died on plains
 Parkinson, William (infant), b. England, died on July 20, 1856

Parks, Elizabeth H. (26)

Patching, Susannah (47)

Paxman, William Reed Horizon, son of William and Ann Rushen Paxman, born on Horizon June 12, parents stayed in Philadelphia and came to Salt Lake later; became 1 of 3 sets of grandparents of Marjorie Pay Hinckley on the Horizon

Pears, Eliza (19), mother, b. England
 Pears, Baby Girl, daughter, born and died on May 31, 1856, buried at sea

Pears, John Burton (58), and family, died 21 Oct
 Pears, Rosanna Whitehead (55), wife;( Jane Whitehead May of Hunt Co. may be sister)
 Pears, Margaret (25), b. England
 Pears, Eliza (19), b. England

Peel, John (41 or 58), and family, b. England, d. Nov. 12
 Peel, Hannah Rhoades (41), wife, b. England
 Peel, Naomi Annie (8), b. England
 Peel, Marintha Althera (5), b. England

Peyton, Nathaniel (58), and family
 Peyton, Margaret (37), wife
 Peyton, Eliza (12 weeks)

*Pierce, Robert (31) (View British Mission Record), crippled and on crutches, from England, occupation, "Pedlar", died shortly after September 12, 1856

Platt, Benjamin (23), husband, b. England
 Platt, Mary Graves (19), wife

Porrit, Margaret McCann (36), widow, b. Ireland,
 Porrit, Nathaniel (15), b. England
 Porrit, Rebecca (12), b. England
 Porrit, Jane (9), b. England, died 30 Nov., 1856
 Porrit, Thomas (7), b. England (Married Sarah E. Hampton of Martin Co.)

Pucell, Samuel (50 or 51), and family, b. England, d. Oct. 22, 1856.
 Pucell, Margaret Perren (53), wife, b. England, died on Oct. 27, 1856
 Pucell, Ann (25), b. England
 Pucell, Margaret Agusta, Jr. (14), b. England
 Pucell, Ellen (9 or 10), b. England

Pucell, William (25), son of Samuel and Margaret, above, and family, b. England
 Pucell, Eliza Schofield (25), wife, b. England
 Pucell, Robert (1 yr.), b. England

Purson, John (70), b. England

Quinn, Mary Ann, Jr. (22), b. St. Helier, Jersey, British Isles, and sisters,
(traveled first with parents and siblings with Willie Company to Florence, then joined Martin Company;
 rest of family continued in 1860)
 Quinn, Harriet (19), b. St. Helier, Jersey, British Isles
 Quinn, Elizabeth (17), b. St. Helier, Jersey, British Isles

Ramsden, Samuel (45), and family, b. England
 Ramsden, Esther (43), wife, b. England
 Ramsden,Samuel C. (12), b. England

Read, Samuel George (48 or 49), and family, b. England, stayed behind to look for lost son, Walter; never went to Utah; later divorced
*Read, Elizabeth Georgina Quilley (50), wife, b. England      

 Read, Alicia Quilley (15), b. England
 Read, Samuel Milford (14), b. England, stayed behind with father
 Read, Thisbe Quilley (11), b. England, married rescuer, Ephraim Hanks
 Read, Walter Pyramus (7), b. England, became lost, recovered in 1861, and returned to Utah

Riley, Mary Ann Malley (39), and son, b. England
 Riley, Thomas Caton (12), b. England

Robinson, Frederic C. (29), husband, b. England
 Robinson, Elizabeth Gambles (17), wife, b. England

Robinson, Solomon (23) brother b. England, d. Nov 5
 Robinson, Elizabeth (20), sister, b. England

Robinson, George ( ), husband, b. England, and family, left the company in Iowa, died there in 1857
 Robinson, Margaret (52),wife, continued to Valley
 Robinson, Dorothy (28), b. England
 Robinson, Elizabeth (18), married rescuer, Gibson Condie
 Robinson, George Jr. (13), b. England, left company in Iowa, died there in 1909

Rodwell, John (55), and wife, b. England
 Rodwell, Sarah (59), wife, b. England

Rogerson, Mary Harrison Ferron (53), and family, b. England (husband refused to emigrate with family)
 Rogerson, James (26), b. England, crippled, turned back at Iowa Hill
 Rogerson, Bridget (23), b. England
 Rogerson, William, (22), b. England
 Rogerson, Josiah (15), b. England
*Rogerson, Sarah Ann (13), b. England, married John Henry Lister of Martin Co.    

 Rogerson, John Edward (9), b. England

Routledge, Jessamine Elizabeth (22), b. England; or Hunt Co.

Ryle (or Royle), Sarah Moss (64 or 67), b. England

Scott, Mary (63), b. England, died Aug. 18, 1856 near camp at Wishmabotna on the Turkey River

Sculthorpe, George John (47), b. England

Seddon, Richard (40), b. England, father
 Seddon, Elizabeth (17), b. England
 Seddon, Esther (12), b. England

Sermon, Joseph Simon (54), died, probably in Martin's Cove
*Sermon, Elizabeth Whitear (37), wife, b. England    
 Sermon, John Lloyd (10), b. England
 Sermon, Henry (8), b. England
 Sermon, Robert (6), b. England
 Sermon, Marion Elizabeth (3), b. England

Severn, William Thomas (19), and wife, b. England
 Severn, Mary Astle (19), b. England, married on ship Horizon on May 29, 1856

Shorten, John Bussey (20), b. England, stayed at Devil’s Gate

Shorton, James (14)

Southwell, John William (23), b. England

Speakman, Hannah (18 or 19), b. England

Squires, Henry Augustus (31), and family, b. England
 Squires, Sarah Minnie Catlin (30), wife, b. England
 Squires, Sarah Augusta (8), b. England
 Squires, Mary Emily (7), b. England
 Squires, Catherine Harriet (5), b. England
 Squires, Clara Annie (3), b. England
 Squires, Rosetta Agnes (1 yr.), b. England
 Squires, Echo Levinia, b. Nov. 26, Echo Canyon, Utah

Steele, James (29), with family, b. Scotland, d. Nov. 10 near Bitter Creek
 Steele, Elizabeth Wylie (28 or 29), wife, b. Scotland
 Steele, James Ephraim (3), b. England
 Steele, William George (1), b. England

 (Mary Murdoch with this family, also Mary Ann Wylie, Elizabeth’s mother)

Stimpson, William (35), b. England, and family
 Stimpson, Rebecca Lubbock (31), wife, died in childbirth, Nov. 9, near Independence Rock
 Stimpson, Frederick (4)
 Stimpson, William B. (17 mos.), son, d. Oct 19, N. Platte River near present day Casper, Wyoming
 Stimpson, baby boy, born and died Nov. 9, near Independence Rock soon after leaving Martin’s Cove

Stinson, Samuel, with family

Stone, Jonathan (or John W.) (53), died at Last Crossing of the Platte on Oct. 19, 1856

Stone, James (32), with family, b. England; tent captain of 20 (Jesse Taylor account), son of Jonathan
 Stone, Mary Milnes (34), wife, b. England
 Stone, Hannah Rachel (7 or 10), b. England
 Stone, Sarah Elizabeth (7), b. England
 Stone, John O. (or John Charles) (4 or 5), b. England
 Stone, Erastus J. (or James Erastus or James D.) (3), b. England

Tann, Catherine (16)

Tasker, Andrew (52), b. England

Taylor, Elizabeth Hinton (53), and family, b. England; daughter, Sarah (18) was in the Hodgett Company
 Taylor, Elizabeth (16), daughter

Taylor, James (39), b. England, died Oct. 13, brother-in-law to widow, Elizabeth Taylor

Taylor, Joseph (44), husband, d. Oct. 8 one mile before Ft. Laramie, during the first snow; daughter and husband, William and Mary Upton in company
 Taylor, Harriet Sidwell (49), wife, d. Nov. 10, 1856

Taylor, Joseph
 Taylor, Elizabeth (or Eliza) (44), wife

Taylor, Mary Soar (31), widow, with family, b. England; married John Harvey Moore of Hodgett Co.
 Taylor, William Henry (12), b. England
 Taylor, Jesse Soar (10), b. England (Taylor school in Payson, Utah, named for him)

Thomas, James, married Ann at Ft. Laramie, joined army and stayed
 Thomas, Ann Jane (14), b. Wales

Thompson, John (30), and family, b. England
 Thompson, Mary (29), wife, b. England
 Thompson, Mary Jane (9), b. England

*Thompson (or Thomson), Moses (24), b. Scotland, died on the Sweetwater near Devil’s Gate

Thorn (or Thorne), James (56) died, probably in Martin's Cove

Thornton, Hannah (29), and family, b. England
 Thornton, Wardeman (8 or 9), b. England
 Thornton, Amanda (5), b. England
 Thornton, Sarah Ann (3), b. England

*Toone, John (43), b. England, sub-captain; (son, Charles Jabez Toone, later married Sarah A. Squires, also of Martin Co.)(Note: The link is to a 110mb PDF document. This will take some time to download.)

Turner, Robert (30)

 Turner, William

Twelves, Charles (37), and family, b. England
 Twelves, Ann Elizabeth Henrietta Gunn (36), wife, b. England
 Twelves, Charles Samuel (13), b. England, d. Nov.
 Twelves, John Robert (11), b. England
 Twelves, Ann Elizabeth Henrietta (7), b. England
 Twelves, Orson (4 or 6), b. England
 Twelves, Brigham (2 or 3), b. England, d. Aug. 11
 Twelves, Mary Jane, born on June 27, 1856

Tyler, Daniel (40), made an aide to Captain Martin at Florence

Upton, William (22), husband, b. England, buried with his mother-in-law, Harriet Taylor, probably at Martin’s Cove
 *Upton, Mary Taylor (20), wife, daughter of Joseph and Harriet Taylor, married rescuer, W. B. Simmons
 History provided by Keith Johnson, son of Cleo Jones Johnson, 2010
 Upton, Baby; Johnson & Rasmussen indicate that Mary “lost a baby along the way.”

Venner, Richard (70), b. England, d. Sept. 30, 1856

Walker, William T. (43)

Walker, William James (28), husband
 Walker, Sarah Rebecca Ekins (24), wife

Walsh, William (30), and family, b. England, d. Nov. 1856 at Devil’s Gate
 *Walsh, Alice Fish (27 or 29 or 25), wife, b. England
 Walsh, Robert (4), b. England, d. Sept. 13, 1856
 Walsh, John (3), b. England
 Walsh, Sarah (6 mos), b. England

Walworth (or Wallwork), Thomas (27)
 Walworth, William (6), son

Ward, William, husband
 Ward, Jane Rogers, wife
 Ward, David (about 3)

Wardell (or Wardle), Hannah (35), with Jemima Cook

Wardle, Isaac John (20), b. England; married Mary Ashton of Martin Co.

*Watkins, John (22), and family, b. England      
 Watkins, Margaret Ackhurst (24), wife, b. England
 Watkins, Elizabeth (4), b. England
 Watkins, John T. (1 1/2), b. England

Watts, Charles O. (18)

*Waugh, George P. (67), b. England, d. Nov 29, Counselor to Capt. Martin, in charge of invalids

Webster, Francis (25), and family, b. England
 Webster, Ann Elizabeth Parsons (24), wife, b. England, mother and step-father are Middletons
 Webster, Amy Elizabeth, born Sept. 27 in Nebraska

 Family Website: www.webster-family.org

Welch, Brother, d. Sept. 13

White, Elias (25), and family
 White, Elizabeth (23)

 White, George Washington

 White, Alice Ellenor (infant)

White, Eliza (18)
 White, Maria Christmas (55), b. England

Whittaker, Robert (64)

 Whittaker, William, died Oct. 30, 1856, buried at Willow Springs, Wyoming

Whittaker, Robert (19), b. England

Wignall, Sarah Parkinson (49), and family, b. England
 Wignall, Mary Ann (26), b. England
 Wignall, Sarah J. (16 or 25), b. England

*Wignall, William (33), and family, b. England      
 Wignall, Grace Slater (33 or 35), wife, b. England
 Wignall, Joseph Smith (11), b. England
 Wignall, Mary (8 or 9), b. England
 Wignall, James (7), b. England
 Wignall, Jane (4 or 5), b. England
 Wignall, Grace (2), b. England
 Wignall, William H. (3 mos.), b. England

Wilkinson, Charles (40), husband, b. England, drove wagon with family (Came in 1855 to America, stayed in New York until 1856, caught up to Martin Company, delivering wagonload of books for Pres. Richards)
 Wilkinson, Sarah Hughes (40), wife, b. Wales, died 6 weeks after reaching Valley
 Wilkinson, Joseph Thomas, (9), son
 Wilkinson, Sarah Jane (6), daughter, died, Iowa City
 Wilkinson, Mary (4), daughter, died, Iowa City

Williamson, Ann (48), mother, b. England (Father, James, came to Utah in 1854)
 Williamson, Ellen (23), b. England
 Williamson, Ann (19), b. England
 Williamson, Mary (17), b. England
 Williamson, William (14), b. England
 Williamson, John (11), b. England
 Williamson, Betsy (3), b. England

Williamson, Sarah (20)

Wilson, James (26), and family, b. England
 Wilson, Elizabeth Ollerton (24), wife, (parents and siblings in company; also with Rogersons)
 Wilson, Nancy Horizon, born May 27, 1856, on the ship Horizon, d. June 19, 1856, and buried at sea

Wilson, Elizabeth Ramsey Small, left Martin Co. to travel with Babbit’s wagons, captured by Indians, presumed dead; had left a letter to a cousin, found by the Willie Co., who also re-buried her baby; husband, Thomas Henry Wilson, was with rescuers 
 Wilson, Baby, (6 mos.), b. England, killed on Aug. 25, 1856, by Indians, 9 miles west of Prairie Creek, Nebraska

Winn, Jane Broughton (58), mother, widow, died in Wyoming; Son, Dennis George Winn was rescuer
 Winn, Mary Agnes (12), daughter

Wood, John Birch (51), b. England

Wood, Peter (72), b. Ireland, died (?)
 Wood, Mary Nicholson (59), b. Ireland

Woodcock, Charles (52), b. England, d. Sept. 20, 1856 on the plains (See Jesse Taylor account)
 Woodcock, Joseph (29), husband, b. England
 Woodcock, Jane (34 or 37), b. England, wife

Woodcock, John (20)

Woodhead, John (19 or 20), b. England

Wright, Elizabeth Adamson (58 or 59), widow, and daughter, b. England, widow
 Wright, Elizabeth (22 or 32), b. England

Wright, Rachel Watts (46), mother, b. England
 Wright, Charles (13), b. England

Wright, John (48), b. England, d. Aug. 12, 1856, of ague and fever, buried at South Skunk River

Wright, Thomas

Wright, Sarah Ann Britt (30) and children, b. England, mother, Sarah Upstone Britt or Alcock, died on ship; husband left family previously, did not come
 Wright, James Brigham (11), b. England
 Wright, Thomas Britt (5), b. England
 Wright, Emma Mariah (3), daughter, b. England

Wrigley, Ann (60), traveled with Platt family

Wylie, Mary Ann George (66), mother of Elizabeth Steele of Martin Co.