Mary Ann Jones was born in Tennessee, the oldest child of eleven born to her parents Richard Jones and Margaret Jenkins. Her family heard the message of the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and were baptized. The family migrated through several states and towns with the Saints, settling for a time in and around Nauvoo in Hancock County, Illinois. In 1832, Mary Ann married Fields B. Jacaway who was also a new member of the Church. They married in Clay County, Missouri where Fields later took his own life. Mary Ann and Fields became the parents of five children. Three died in infancy. After the death of her first husband, Mary Ann is said to have married James Bates in New Orleans, Louisana. At the time New Orleans was a port of arrival for new converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. Mary Ann is said to have been running a boarding house when she met James Bates. Mary Ann and James became the parents of a son, who is the direct ancestor. He was born in 1848 and was named Nephi James Bates. Shortly after Nephi’s birth, the story goes that James left New Orleans for St. Louis to find work. Mary Ann tells the story that she received a letter stating that James had died in a cholera epidemic and had been buried in a common grave with many others. In 1850, Mary Ann Jones Jacaway Bates married an English convert named Thomas Davies. They made the trek across the plains to Utah together. Mary Ann and Thomas became the parents of three children. In 1900, Mary Ann Jones Jacaway Bates Davies traveled by wagon to Canada with her son Thomas Davies. That is where she died and was buried in 1905.
The migration of Mary Ann Jones Jacaway Bates Davies
Tennessee to Illinois to Missouri to Louisiana to Utah to Canada
Emily Jane Gale was born to Charles Gale and Amanda Jane Cloward in Payson, Utah County, Utah. She was the oldest of twelve children born to her parents. In 1892 she married Isaac Albert Hancock. We do not know if they had children. Emily was the sister of direct ancestor William Thomas Gale who married Hulda Priscilla Hjorth. Their son Floyd Calvin Gale is our direct ancestor.
Direct ancestor Margaret Jenkins Jones was born in Tennessee to John Jenkins and Ann Stevens. She was the oldest of eight children born to her parents. In about 1816 she married Richard Jones. To them were born eleven children. The oldest, Mary Ann Jones Jacaway Bates Davies is our direct ancestor. Our ancestral line comes through the son of Mary Ann Jones and James Bates, who is Nephi James Bates. When Margaret was an adult, she was remembered in her father’s Will. She received five shillings. As was the custom at the time, most of the assets were Willed to the male heirs.
Margaret and her family her the message of the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and were converted and baptized. Their migrations took them to the city of Nauvoo, Illinois where records show that Margaret’s husband Richard bought and sold property. The family settled in Upper Alton, Illinois which was at the time a busy early Mormon settlement where many were outfitted for their trek west. While some of the children of Margaret and Richard Jones finished the migration to Utah, some stayed behind in the area of Upper Alton where they settled. Direct ancestor Mary Ann Jones Jacaway Bates Davies was among those who made the trek to Utah. Margaret lived with her daughter Hannah Bush Jones Denham at the time of her death which was just a few months after the census of 1870. She died as a result of a house fire and was buried in the local cemetery with her husband. Direct ancestor Nephi James Bates 1848-1921 was Margaret’s grandson.
The migration of Margaret Jenkins Jones
Tennessee to Illinois
John Francis Maddison was born in England to Maria Susannah Merrick and John Maddison. He was the oldest of four children born to these parents. John’s parents were not married but lived together during the time when their children were born. John was the oldest brother of ancestor Flora Louisa Maddison Long Maiben. He heard the message of the Gospel from the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints in his native England and was baptized along with his mother Maria Merrick. His sister Flora followed later.
John emigrated with his mother, sister and brother to America and where they settled in Utah. Youngest daughter of Maria Merrick and John Maddison died at a young age and was buried in England. In 1860 John married Emily Eliza Hemming. They did not have any children. John also took a plural wife named Emma Dell. John and Emma became the parents of six children. John settled in the town of Providence, Utah where he lived and died. He was a faithful member of his Church until his death and gave freely of his time, money and talents. He is buried in the Providence City Cemetery.
The migration of John Francis Maddison
England to Utah
This is one of many keepsake photographs on this site of Flora Louisa Maddison Long Maiben. It is believed that this portrait was taken of her while she was in her thirties. Another entry on this site tells her story and includes a portrait of Flora as a young girl while another entry shows Flora as an older woman.
Herbert Sant was the son of Isaac Sant and the grandson of Abel Sant and Ellen Smith. His grandfather was brought from England to Australia on a convict ship for the crime of having a file in his lunchbox. Such were the questionable crimes that allowed England to have labor for the new colony. Herbert’s grandfather was forced to leave behind a wife and twelve children whom he would never see again. In 1852, Herbert’s grandparents married in Australia and had one known son, Isaac.
To appreciate this man, Isaac Sant, one must read the summary about his father Abel Sant. Isaac was born in New South Wales in 1852 to Abel Sant and Ellen Smith. His father was brought to Australia on a convict ship from England. His crime was having a file in his lunchbox. At the time, England obtained its labor for the new colony by such deception. Abel sailed for Australia, leaving behind a wife and twelve children. His sentence called for him to work for three years but remain in the colony for an extra four years. He could not raise the money for his return passage. Abel didn’t see his wife in England or his children again in life.
Isaac was the child of Abel’s marriage to Ellen Smith, also a convict, if that is a fair word. Her crimes were also foolishness. We believe that Isaac was the only child of Abel and Ellen. Isaac married at an unknown time and became the father of a son named Herbert whose photograph is also on this site.
This is an excerpt from a much larger article about ancestor Anthony Sadowski. Our personal files contain it in its entirety. This ancestral line of Thomas Watrous intercepts the line which includes the Vansant Family. Anthony, sometimes written as Antoni, married Mary Bird. Their daughter Sophia married William Darling. Their son Robert Darling married Mary Catharine Parsons. Their son Thomas Darling married Didema, sometimes known as Demie, Butler. Their daughter Catharine, married Samuel Crawford Pancake. Their daughter Edith Glendora married Henry Reynolds Watrous. Their son Everest Elliott Watrous married Mary Maria Jenkins. Their son Everest Raymond Watrous married Mildred Bates. Three additional generations extend to the present day. They are the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of Everest Raymond Watrous.
This is one of the ancestral lines of Thomas Watrous and thus his children and grandchildren. Beginning with the oldest ancestor mentioned in this summary, we descend as follows:
- Harman Gerretszen Van Sandt, son of Gerret Stoffelse Van Sandt. Harman married Elizabeth Brauwers
- Cathrina, daughter of Harman and Elizabeth Van Sandt married Daniel Severns
- Elizabeth, daughter of Cathrina and Daniel Severns married Thomas Butler
- Didema, also known as Demie, daughter of Elizabeth and Thomas Butler married Thomas Darling
- Catharine, daughter of Didema and Thomas Darling married Samuel Crawford Pancake
- Edith Glendora, daughter of Catharine and Samuel Pancake married Henry Reynolds Watrous
- Everest Elliott, son of Edith Glendora and Henry Reynolds Watrous married Mary Maria Jenkins
- Everest Raymond, son of Mary and Everest Elliott Watrous married Mildred Bates
Three additional generations are living in this ancestral line to the present day
John Ulrich Giesy was born in Ohio to William Giesy and his wife Annie. At the age of two he is found with his parents in Kansas and at some point, he came to Utah with his parents. His father set up an insurance business and John became a physician. They listed their office spaces next to each other in a downtown Salt Lake City office building. In an unknown year, John married Juliet Galena Conwell. Galena was the daughter of Carrie Virginia Pancake and Albert Conwell. She was born in Utah County where her parents were living in the late 1800s. Her father was a miner who died of consumption at a young age.
John was a successful Salt Lake City physician and also a writer of science fiction. Many of his stories and books have been published. John and Galena did not have any children. He died in the hospital and was buried in the Samuel Crawford Pancake family plot in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah. His wife Galena is buried next to him. Also buried in the plot are Galena’s father Albert Conwell, her aunts Demie Pancake Whiteley and Juliet Pancake Guthrie, her cousin Boyd Guthrie, her uncle Ralph Guthrie, her grandfather Samuel Pancake and her nephew Martin Watrous.
The migration of John Ulrich Giesy
Ohio to Kansas to Utah