Martha Patty (Newberry) Hyatt (1832 - 1917)

Born 20 Aug 1832 in Brownhelm Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Smith (De Freese) Hyatt — married 2 Jan 1854 in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1917 at age 85 in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States

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Biography

Martha Patty Newberry was born on August 20, 1832 in Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio, United States, the daughter of James Abram Newberry and Mary Smith.^[1]

In 1852 she immigrated from Ohio to the Utah Territory with the Robert Wimmer Company.^[2]

She married John Smith Hyatt in about 1854. They settled in Parowan, Iron County, Utah, where they had ten children.

1. John Joseph Hyatt was born on November 3, 1853.
2. Matilda Smith Hyatt was born on December 11, 1855.
3. Inez Adeline Hyatt was born on August 20, 1858.
4. Herbert Smith Hyatt was born on August 23, 1859.
5. Melissa Myra Hyatt was born on March 6, 1862.
6. James Ambrose Hyatt was born on October 23, 1863 .
7. Sally Ann Hyatt was born on November 23, 1865.
8. Hellen Aurelia Hyatt was born on December 1, 1867.
9. Clarissa Elizabeth Hyatt was born on February 26, 1870.
10. Minnie Eugenia Hyatt was born on August 25, 1872.

Martha Patty's husband practiced polygamy and married a second wife named Martha Jane Turner, who lived in Parowan with them until this second wife divorced him sometime before 1870.

Martha Patty passed away at an age of eighty-five on September 23, 1917 in Parowan. She is buried in the Parowan City Cemetery.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=LDSVitalMembership1830-1848&indiv=try&h=65846) Notes: Patty Newberry, birth date 20 Aug 1832, birth Place: Brownhelm, Lorain, Ohio, USA, parents James Newberry and Mary Smith.
2. ↑ "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-Z95G : 10 February 2018), Martha Patty Newberry, 15 Sep 1852; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/martha-patty-newberry-1832?lang=eng). The name listed as "Ma Newburry" on the hand-written roster. The Deseret News roster lists this individual as "N. Newberry." She traveled in the Wimmer company and married John Hyatt, who traveled in the 1852 Pratt company, upon arrival to Utah. Their first child was born in 1853. Her married name, as recorded in census records, was "Hyatt." She was most commonly known as Patty, rather than Martha.
3. ↑ "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGD-LM8 : 11 September 2015), Pattie Hyatt, 1917. Notes: Birth year estimated 1832, father James Newberry, mother Mary Smith.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11604067/_ : accessed 28 September 2020), memorial page for Pattie Newberry Hyatt (20 Aug 1832–23 Sep 1917), Find a Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #11604067, citing Parowan City Cemetery, Parowan, Iron County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Cracraft Proud (contributor 46600218) .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4J-8LB : 12 April 2016), Martha Newberry in household of Calvin C Pendleton, Pottawattamie county, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; citing family 244, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Notes: Sally (Newberry) Pendleton is her sister.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2W-MPB : 12 December 2017), Martha Hyatt in entry for Jno Hyatt, 1860. Note: This census record shows both wives (both named Martha) of John Smith Hyatt, as well as the children of both of his wives.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCT-89C : 12 April 2016), Martha Hiatt in household of John Hiatt, Utah, United States; citing p. 13, family 89, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,109.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSV-SFD : 15 July 2017), Patty Hyatt in entry for John Hyatt, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 21, sheet 358D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1336; FHL microfilm 1,255,336.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRK-MKJ : accessed 26 May 2019), Martha Hyatt in household of John S. Hyatt, Paragoonah, Parowan, Summit, Enoch Precincts Parowan town, Iron, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 99, sheet 11A, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,683.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5X3-8FX : accessed 26 May 2019), Patty Hyatt in household of John S Hyatt, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1603; FHL microfilm 1,375,616.