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Porter, Walton, Ashdown & Wheelock Families
Fifth Generation

 

16. Sanford Porter, son of Nathan Porter and Susannah West, was born on 7 Mar 1790 in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, died on 9 Feb 1873 in Porterville, Morgan, Utah at age 82, and was buried on 11 Feb 1873 in Porterville, Morgan, Utah. Sanford married Nancy Warriner on 1 Jan 1812 in Vershire, Orange, VT.

 

Marriage Notes: They were sealed by A.M. Lyman at 6:35 pm. at the Nauvoo temple. The witnesses were Willard Richards and Isaac Morley.

 

Children from this marriage were:

i. Chauncy Warriner Porter

ii. Malinda Porter

iii. Sarah Porter

iv. John President Porter

v. Nathan Tanner Porter

vi. Reuben Porter

vii. Sanford Porter Jr

viii. Nancy Areta Porter

ix. Hyrum Porter

x. Joseph Porter

xi. Justin Theadore Porter

xii. Lucinda Porter

8 xiii. Lyman Wight Porter

 

Sanford next married Phebe Jane Simpson on 5 Sep 1854 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.

 

Marriage Notes: Sealed in the office of President Brigham Young. Tradition says that Nancy Warriner Porter was good friends with Phebe Simpson. When Phebe’s husband left the Mormon Church and went to California (died two years later), Nancy asked Sanford to marry her good friend.

 

17. Nancy Warriner, daughter of Reuben Warriner and Sarah Colton, was born on 29 Jul 1790 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont, died on 2 May 1864 in Porterville, Morgan, Utah at age 73, and was buried on 4 May 1864 in Porterville, Morgan, Utah. 

 

General Notes: Written by Nancy M. Porter, "She (Grandmother Nancy) reared her children in kindness and love. She was amiable to all and very patient through the trials of life." She cared for the sick and was often the midwife when new babies came to the families in the settlements and she lent help and provision for those in need wherever she found them.

 She was described as having large dark eyes, long dark hair.

 

18. James Emmet, son of Silas Emmett and Elizabeth Trowbridge, was born on 22 Feb 1803 in Boone County, KY and died on 28 Dec 1852 in Cottonwood, Shasta, CA at age 49. James married Phebe Jane Simpson on 13 Apr 1823 in Boone County, KY.

 

Children from this marriage were:

i. Moses Simpson Emmet

ii. Mary Jane Emmet

iii. Elizabeth Emmet

iv. Lucinda Emmet

v. James Jr. Emmet

vi. John S. Emmet

vii. Jane Emmet

viii. Malinda Emmet

ix. Marinda Emmet

x. Joseph Emmet

9 xi. Sarah Catherine Emmet

 

19. Phebe Jane Simpson, daughter of Moses S. Simpson and Delphi (Delphey) Florence, was born on 10 Aug 1805 in Caswell co., NC, died on 14 Nov 1883 in Eden, Ogden Valley, Utah at age 78, and was buried in Huntsville, Weber, UT. Another name for Phebe was Emmet. Phebe married Sanford Porter1 on 5 Sep 1854 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Phebe next married James Emmet on 13 Apr 1823 in Boone County, KY.

 

20. Richard Ashdown, son of James Ashdown and Mary Briant, was born on 2 Dec 1813 in Waldron, Sussex, Eng and died on 26 Sep 1902 in Bountiful, Davis, UT at age 88. Richard married Ann Burgess on 10 Nov 1841 in Waldron, Sussex, Eng. The marriage ended in divorce.

 

General Notes: Occupation: Farm Laborer

 

Children from this marriage were:

10 i. William Ashdown

ii. Harriet Ashdown

iii. Richard Ashdown

iv. Fanny Ashdown

v. Maryann Ashdown

vi. Martha Ashdown

vii. Benjamin James Ashdown

 

21. Ann Burgess, daughter of William Samuel Burgess and Fanny Round, was born on 25 Aug 1821 in Waldron, Sussex, Eng and died on 3 Jul 1898 in Bountiful, Davis, UT at age 76. 

 

22. William Spencer, son of Thomas Spencer and Jane Jardine, was born about Aug 1788 in Fillongley, Wrwck, Eng and died on 27 Jan 1867 in Fillongley, Wrwck, Eng about age 78.

William married Mary Glover.

 

Children from this marriage were:

i. John Spencer

ii. Charles Spencer

iii. Hannah Spencer

iv. William Spencer

v. Thomas Spencer

vi. Joseph Spencer

vii. Arthur Spencer

viii. Alfred Spencer

11 ix. Jane Spencer

x. George Spencer

 

23. Mary Glover, daughter of William Glover and Hannah Sutton, was born on 23 Apr 1804 in Fillongley, Wrwck, Eng and died on 21 Feb 1894 in Birmingham, Eng at age 89. 

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24. Arthur Walton, son of Simeon Walton and Margaret Hannaford, was born on 10 Jun 1802 in Paris, Oxford, Maine and died on 9 May 1878 in Richmond, Cache, Utah at age 75.

Company: Harry Walton/Garden Grove Company (1851) Arthur married Martha Madora Walton on 6 Dec 1821 in Mexico, Oxford, Maine.

 

Children from this marriage were:

12 i. William Harrison "Harry" Walton

ii. Margaret Walton

iii. Dana Walton

iv. Andrew Jackson Walton

 

25. Martha Madora Walton, daughter of Reuben Walton Jr. and Ruth Peabody, was born on 3 Nov 1798 in Newbury, M, New Hamphire, died Spring 1853 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah at age 55, and was buried in Logan, , Utah. 

 

26. George Washington Taylor, son of John Taylor and Comfort Burleigh, was born in Mar 1795 in Gilmanton, Belknap., NH and died on 21 Feb 1870 in , Penobscot, Maine at age 74. George married Abigail Bacon on 18 Sep 1817 in Byron, Oxford, Me.

 

Children from this marriage were:

i. Comfort Taylor

13 ii. Frances Newell Taylor

iii. Adeline Lottie Taylor

iv. Marcus Coburn Taylor

v. Ossian F Taylor

vi. John L Taylor

vii. Alonzo Taylor

 

 

27. Abigail Bacon, daughter of James Bacon and Tabitha Sawtelle, was born in Jun 1802 in Sidney, Knnbc, Me and died on 5 Sep 1874 in , Penobscot, Maine at age 72. 

 

28. Cyrus Hubbard Wheelock, son of Asa Wheelock and Lucy Hubbard, was born on 28 Feb 1813 in Henderson Township, Jefferson, NY and died on 11 Oct 1894 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Ut at age 81. Cyrus married Olive Parrish about 1833 in Brownville, Jefferson, NY.

 

Children from this marriage were:

i. Asa Nathan Wheelock

ii. Brittanicus Wheelock

14 iii. Henry Alphonzo Wheelock

 

29. Olive Parrish, daughter of Nathan Parrish and Rebecca Rhodes, was born on 16 Jul 1812 in Brownville, Jefferson, NY and died on 25 Jan 1902 in Cokeville, Lincoln, Wy at age 89. 

 

30. William Parks, son of Elijah Parks and Anna Beaumont, was born on 21 Mar 1781 in , Bethlehem, New London, CT and died on 12 Feb 1856 in Louisiana, Pike, Mo at age 74. William married Millesant London on 20 Aug 1837 in Kirtland, OH.

 

General Notes: William's occupation was that of a Mason and he was one of the signers of the "Missouri Redress Petition" He was a High Priest and was selected as one of the High Priest to go on missions to various congressional districts in the U.S. He was unable to cross the plains with the Saints because of illness. He went to live with his son William Orr Parks in Louisiana, Pike, Missouri and there died.

 

Children from this marriage were:

i. Susan Annie Parks

ii. Moroni Parks

15 iii. Naomi Sarah Parks

iv. Sarah Elizabeth Parks

v. Mary Millesant Parks

 

 

31. Millesant London, daughter of Isaiah London and Sarah Champion, was born on 29 Dec 1805 in , , Luzern Co., PA and died on 21 Jun 1871 in Bountiful, Davis, UT at age 65.

 

General Notes: Millesant was one of the signers of the "Missouri Redress Petition." She was a widow when she married William Parks, also a widower, at Kirtland, Ohio by Brigham Young.

 

Source Citations

1. Sanford Porter, Journal of Sanford Porter.

2. Bailey, Bailey Family Website.

 

 

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