Sarah (Smith) Hutchings (1794 - 1863)

Born 26 Feb 1794 in Bernard, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Elias Hutchings Sr. — married 29 Dec 1816 in Avery, Huron County, Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 28 Sep 1863 at age 69 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA.

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Biography

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Sarah "Sally" Smith was born in 1794.^[1] Elias Hutchings was married to Sally Smith^[2] in the town of Avery, Huron, Ohio on 29 Dec 1816.

After the marriage of Elias and Sally, they settled about 15 miles south of Huron at Norwalk where their first four children were born: Hovey in 1817, Shepherd Pierce in 1818, Erwin in 1820 and Elias in 1821. In 1821 they moved to Chagrin in the county of Geauga, about 5 miles north of Kirtland, Ohio.

In 1830 Elias and Sally were taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ and on Nov. 17, 1830 were baptized by Priest Caleb Baldwin, and were confirmed by Elder John Murdock into the L.D.S. Church. He later was a member of Zions Camp.

He was chosen to be one of the First Quorum of Seventies ordained under the hands of the Prophet Joseph Smith with his two counselors, Sidney Rigdon and Oliver Cowdery on 28 Feb. 1835.

The summer of 1839 Elias moved his family from Naples, Illinois to Iowa Territory up the Des Moines River to a little town called Bonapart. The family was sick with fever and ague. Three of the little girls died with canker, the twins, age eight and Lovina, past nine.

He left Iowa the 10th of Nov., 1844 for Hancock County, Illinois. Here he died on Monday, 13 Jan. 1845 and was buried Tuesday, with other saints in the Nauvoo Cemetery. Family records say that he was taken ill about 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning, Jan. 12, with cold chills and vomiting and lost his speech, and died the following morning.

Sarah passed away in 1863. Buried: Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA

Research Notes

Surname Dispute: There is long-running confusion about her surname, whether it's Smith or Cox. It is believed, her mother was a Smith. Either Sarah or her mother married a Cox.

• Find A Grave lists the parents as John Cox and Amy Welby.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59886905
2. ↑ Hugh Hutchins of Old England : the history of the Hutchins families of the Old and New Worlds by Hutchins, Jack Randolph, 1927-; Hutchings, Richard Jasper. Enoch Hutchings of Kittery. 1984, on https://archive.org/details/hughhutchinsofol00hutc/page/570.