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Boston Mormons and Missionaries, N to Z 1831-1860 EARLY BOSTON MORMONS AND MISSIONARIES, N TO Z 1831-1860 Alphabetical List of People Affiliated with the Boston Branch (Surnames N to Z) Women are alphabetized below by their maiden names; their married names are included in parentheses. Smithite means follower of Joseph Smith and member of the LDS Church before his murder in June 1844. Brighamite refers to the large majority of Mormons who followed Brigham Young (at least initially) as Joseph Smith’s successor after August 1844. Strangites were those few who followed James J. Strang as Smith’s successor. Lack of notation below means that person was a Brighamite only. I have created a separate listing of early Mormons who lived in nearby Essex County (including small branches in Salem, Lynn, Danvers, Gloucester, Newbury, etc.) If they also had known affiliation with the Boston Branch as well (such as Augusta Adams Cobb), they are cross-listed here as well. Emily Turner Newton (Baston Monroe) ............................................................................. 5 A. Nickerson ........................................................................................................................ 8 Freeman S. Nickerson ......................................................................................................... 9 Newell Nurse ..................................................................................................................... 20 Oliver Olney ...................................................................................................................... 20 Noah Packard ..................................................................................................................... 22 John E. Page ...................................................................................................................... 23 Brother William & Sister Page .......................................................................................... 24 Joseph F. Palmer ................................................................................................................ 25 Tamson Parshley (Egan) .................................................................................................... 25 William Bartlett Peabody .................................................................................................. 27 Mary Jane Pearson (Light) ................................................................................................ 28 Sister Perry ........................................................................................................................ 28 George F. Phelps ............................................................................................................... 29 Jacob Cutter Phelps Sr. ...................................................................................................... 29 William Wines (W. W.) Phelps ......................................................................................... 33 Frederick Phester/Phister ................................................................................................... 37 Elizabeth Pope Phillips (Crombie) .................................................................................... 37 James Madison Pierce ....................................................................................................... 38 Dorothy “Dolly” Elizabeth Plummer (Bissell) .................................................................. 38 Joshua Henshaw Pollard .................................................................................................... 40 Abigail Poor (Holmes) ...................................................................................................... 41 Mrs. Ann Porter (Foster) ................................................................................................... 42 Cynthia Porter (Weston Young) ........................................................................................ 46 Alice Potts (White) ............................................................................................................ 46 Frances Potts (Michie) ....................................................................................................... 46 Orson Pratt ......................................................................................................................... 47 Parley P. Pratt .................................................................................................................... 47 Eliza Jane Prescott (Cram) ................................................................................................ 48 John Pribble or Preble ....................................................................................................... 49 Alonzo Hazeltine Raleigh .................................................................................................. 49 Catherine Ramsdell (Parrott Lewis Harney Greenleaf) ..................................................... 50 Rhoda Richards ................................................................................................................. 64 Willard Richards (Missionary) .......................................................................................... 64 Nancy Richardson ............................................................................................................. 65 Abigail Seekel Ricketson (Maginn) .................................................................................. 67 Alexander Robbins Jr. ....................................................................................................... 69 Lewis Robbins ................................................................................................................... 71 James Robinson ................................................................................................................. 77 Mary Ann Robinson (Dudley) ........................................................................................... 78 Zeriah Norwood Roby (Stoddard) ..................................................................................... 78 Albert P. Rockwood .......................................................................................................... 79 Ellen Rockwood ................................................................................................................ 80 David Rogers ..................................................................................................................... 80 Counselor Rowan .............................................................................................................. 81 Henry Rowe ....................................................................................................................... 81 Margaret E. Rowe .............................................................................................................. 86 Capt. Joseph Russell .......................................................................................................... 87 William Walker Rust ......................................................................................................... 87 Matilda Sabin (Spalding Davison) .................................................................................... 88 Jane Sackett (Hardy) .......................................................................................................... 89 William Sanborn ................................................................................................................ 94 Edward Sayers ................................................................................................................... 97 Franklin Knox Shed ......................................................................................................... 102 Brother & Sister Wesley (and Rebecca?) Siddle ............................................................. 104 William H. Skimmings Sr. .............................................................................................. 104 Frances Mary Smith (Robbins) ....................................................................................... 107 Joseph Smith .................................................................................................................... 109 Samuel Harrison Smith (Missionary) .............................................................................. 110 William Smith ................................................................................................................. 110 Brother [John?] Snider .................................................................................................... 111 Bernard Snow .................................................................................................................. 111 Erastus Snow ................................................................................................................... 112 Willard Trowbridge Snow ............................................................................................... 112 Zerubbabel Snow ............................................................................................................. 114 Henry Larkin Southworth ................................................................................................ 115 Calista Rebecca Spear (Conant) ...................................................................................... 120 Catharine Jones Spear (Wilson) .....................................................................................
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