This ancestor is a bit elusive. We do know that her name is Catharine. Some records show her as Catherine Cater Williams and others as Catherine Williams Cater. Her connections are further confused by the fact that reliable records show her as the only daughter of John Hignall and Mary Green. Thus, we are left to wonder about it all. Nevertheless, Catharine married William Adam Maiben in 1814 in Brighton, England. They became the parents of twelve children including direct ancestor Henry Maiben. We are fortunate to have this portrait of Catharine. She and her husband William are buried together in Brighton, England
Thomas James Barker was born in England to William Barker and Elizabeth Sanders. He was the sixth of ten children born to his parents. Nothing has been recorded about his childhood that we have found. In 1825, direct ancestor Thomas married Elizabeth Thompson. They became the parents of twelve children including their eighth child John Thompson Barker who is our direct ancestor. John married Jane Pickett.
Thomas was a farmer but also possessed other skills. His daughter records that when farming was slow he made baskets and the steps on which people knelt in their churches. When his wife and children heard the message of the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints they were baptized. Thomas’ wife Elizabeth had been a religious woman all of her life and had raised her children to attend church as well. Thomas was at first hostile towards his family’s new religion. But, over time he studied and learned and was eventually baptized. Once converted, he was a faithful member for the rest of his life. Several of Thomas’ children made the voyage to America before he did. In fact, when direct ancestor John Thompson Barker arrived in America and made the trek to Utah and then Idaho, he worked and saved until he was able to send enough money for all of his remaining family to make the voyage. Once in America, the family settled in The Bear Lake Valley on the Idaho side in the town of St. Charles. Thomas and Elizabeth Barker are buried together in the St. Charles City Cemetery, St. Charles, Idaho.
The migration of Thomas James Barker
England to Utah to Idaho
Thomas Winterbottom was born in England to Samuel Winterbottom and Hannah Lees. We do not know if he had siblings. Nothing is known about his childhood. In 1861 he married ancestor Elizabeth Sant. Over the next nine years they became the parents of six children. The youngest, Hannah Elizabeth Winterbottom was born one month after her father’s death. She is our direct ancestor. Hannah married Justin Pugmire.
Thomas and his wife lived on a boat along with their children. What a challenge it must have been to keep the children safe. He was a waterman which means he drove the boats up and down the river hauling freight. When Thomas, Elizabeth and her family heard the message of the Restored Gospel from missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints they were baptized. All made plans to emigrate to America with others from their area who had also joined the Church. However, in 1870, at the young age of twenty-eight, Thomas fell from the boat, was caught and drowned. Elizabeth Sant Winterbottom was left to care for her children alone.
Elizabeth’s parents and some siblings made the voyage to America. It was some years before Elizabeth, the widow, was able to save the money to make the voyage with her children. Portraits of Elizabeth, her children, her parents and siblings were taken later in their lives. There is no likeness of Thomas Winterbottom that we have found. This painting may help us to remember him. He is our direct ancestor.
The migration of Thomas Winterbottom
England
This is a photograph of the family of Nephi James Bates 1848-1921 and children by his first wife Sarah Sprague Bates. The photograph was taken in Monroe, Sevier County, Utah in about 1905. It was the site of the family homestead and family farm. On the far left is direct ancestor Nephi James Bates 1875-1958 with his wife Flora Louise Maiben Bates and five of their children. It is interesting to note that everyone dressed in their Sunday best for the Photograph. The elder Nephi is standing on a box.
Mary Lucinda Pancake was born in Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio to William Pancake (Junior) and Maria Wilmot Gallagher. She was the second child of four born to her parents. Mary Lucinda and both sisters lived to adulthood while a younger brother Oliver died as a young child. Mary’s family lived in the same vicinity as the rest of their extended family, including their paternal grandparents William and Mary Crawford Pancake and her father’s brother Samuel Pancake and his family. It is through Samuel Pancake that our ancestral line descends.
In 1865, after serving for a year, Mary’s father William returned home from the Civil War. Within weeks he was dead from an illness he contracted while in service. At the same time, within only two months of each other, Mary’s two cousins, Emma and Pauline Pancake died as well. They were just five and six years of age.
In 1867, Mary’s grandfather William Pancake died. He left a Will. In the will he instructed that some property be sold and the proceeds be shared. His son Samuel was the executor. Mary Lucinda was remembered by her grandfather in his Will. In 1879, Mary Lucinda Pancake married Francis Walter Mead in East Palestine, Ohio. There was a marriage announcement in The Valley Echo which told of the marriage. At some point in time, Mary and her husband Francis moved to Kentucky where they lived out their lives. They had one son named Carl. He was born in 1880. Carl married and had a son named Kenneth. We do not know if Mary Lucinda Pancake Mead has posterity to the present day. We have been unsuccessful finding any descendants.
This grave stone is in East Palestine, Ohio.
This is the original home which John Jenkins (1846-1930) built in Pleasant Green, Utah. He came to Utah from Wales with his family who were converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. The name of the town was later changed to Magna. Over time the home changed as additions were made and the trees grew up around it. This photograph was taken well before 1900 and had been torn in half at some point in time. By the time it was demolished in 2007, it looked nothing like this photograph. Many additions had been made to it and it had been covered with siding. It sat in the middle of many acres of ground with a canal running through the property to its side. In this photograph we recognize John Jenkins in the middle, with his wife Rozella in the black hat and three of his children, including a daughter we believe is Mary Maria Jenkins, our direct ancestor who married Everest Elliott Watrous.
The original chimney is still visible on the roof of the original house. Additions changed the way the original house looked. In its place, as of 2009, is a large office building. Below is a view from the inside of the house.
Huldah Priscilla Hjorth was born to Danish parents as the seventh child of eight. Her parents were August Adrainus Hjorth and Huldah Content Terry. She lived in many different places in Utah including Fairview and Indianola. In 1910 she married William Thomas Gale. They became the parents of five children. Four grew to adulthood and one was killed in a tragic accident. Priscilla, as she was known, was in an elevator with all of her children in a downtown Salt Lake City office building. Somehow, her little four-year-old daughter Maxine became trapped between the elevator and the wall and was crushed. It was a very difficult and heartbreaking loss for Priscilla and for her family. She was widowed at a young age and so worked at many jobs. When her children were grown, she spent some years in the Boston Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints taking care of the mission home. At that time, the missionaries lived at the home rather than out in the community.
In 1954, she married Alma Cannon Lambert, an old acquaintance whose wife had recently died. They lived in St. George, Washington County, Utah. After Alma’s death she married Claud Cannon and continued to live in St. George. She was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints who had been taught by her parents who were converts to the Church from Denmark. She gave freely of her time and talents in many endeavors and was loved by all who knew her.
“The Quaker Lovers” by Homer Pyle
Henry Reynolds was born in Delaware in 1786 to James England Reynolds and Hannah Webster. He was the oldest of eleven children born to his parents. By 1803 he was living in Pennsylvania where he settled near New Castle and built a grist mill. In 1809 he married Sarah Painter. They became the parents of eleven children. Their daughter Mary June Reynolds is our direct ancestor. She married Jerome Timothy Watrous. Their son Henry Reynolds Watrous was named for his grandfather Henry. Henry Reynolds Watrous is our direct ancestor.
In 1836, Henry and Sarah were in Hancock County, Illinois where he built another grist mill on his farm near Crooked Creek. It was the first grist mill run by water in the northern end of the county. He sold the mill in 1841 and bought land in LaHarpe, Illinois and went back to farming. Henry’s wife Sarah died in 1846. Henry alternated living with his children until his death in 1851. He was raised as a Quaker but did not remain one. He affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Henry and his wife Sarah along with all other members of their families who had died in the county prior to 1900 were buried in a family graveyard on the Joesph T. Painter family farm. Joseph was the brother of ancestor Sarah Painter Reynolds, Henry’s wife. In 1900, all of the family members who had been buried in the Painter Graveyard were disinterred and moved to the Terre Haute City Cemetery in nearby Henderson County. At that time, a large Watrous-Reynolds stone was placed to mark the burial place of Jerome Timothy Watrous and his wife Mary June Reynolds and her parents Henry Reynolds and Sarah Painter.
The migration of Henry Reynolds
Delaware to Pennsylvania to Illinois
This is a photograph of Grace McVey and Sherman Adams. Grace McVey was born in Illinois to Ophelia Pancake and William Franklin McVey. She was the oldest child of six born to her parents. She migrated with her family from Illinois to Utah and then to California. Sometime before 1896, she married Ulysses Sherman Adams and they became the parents of one son named Leslie. Leslie married Madeline but nothing else is known about them. Therefore, we do not know if Grace has posterity to the present day.
The migration of Grace McVey Adams
Illinois to Utah to California
Elizabeth Thompson was the oldest child of four born to her parents John Thompson and Ann Odell. In 1825 she married Thomas Barker and together they became the parents of twelve children. The first five of six died as infants. Biographical sketches by Elizabeth’s children and grandchildren describe her as a kind and faithful woman. She taught her children and attended the Baptist Church before hearing the message of the Restored Gospel from the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. She was baptized in 1856. Elizabeth’s husband Thomas was antagonistic about the Church in the beginning, although he eventually heard the message and was baptized along with all of their children. In fact, Elizabeth’s youngest daughter recalls how she had to conceal the missionary tracts from her father to bring them into the house for her mother to read. Elizabeth was a resourceful woman. She was a skilled lace maker. She sold her creations to help support her family. When she was settled in her Idaho home, she often commented that the moon shown brighter in Idaho. She had previously tried to work on her lace in the darkness, after her children were asleep. Several of her children made the voyage to America and across the plains to Utah and Idaho before she did. Her son, John Thompson Barker, who is our direct ancestor, worked and saved money to bring the remaining members of is family to America. Elizabeth and Thomas settled in the Bear Lake Valley and are buried together in the St. Charles City Cemetery in St. Charles Idaho.
The migration of Elizabeth Thompson Barker
England to Idaho