Descendants of Hendrick Willemsz
Family: John WATTIS / Sarah HENDRICKS (F427)
m. 21 Feb 1848
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Male
John WATTIS
Birth 20 Dec 1826 , , England 
Death 26 Jun 1854 , , Missouri, USA Burial Marriage 21 Feb 1848 [1] , , Utah [1] Father Mother
Female
Sarah HENDRICKS
Birth 25 Oct 1829 West Fork of Drakes Creek, Simpson, Kentucky Death 27 Dec 1906 Burial Other Spouse Peyton Richardson LUNSFORD | F420 Marriage 4 Jul 1860 Webster Parrish, La Father Samuel HENDRICKS | F402 Group Sheet Mother Rebecca DORRIS | F402 Group Sheet
Male
John Allen WATTIS
Birth 22 Jan 1849 , , Missouri Death 30 Aug 1885 Cotton Valley, Webster, Louisiana Burial Spouse Kate POPE | F1164 Marriage Abt 1874 , Webster, Louisiana
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Sources - [S13] Allen, Marguerite Hendricks, Henry Hendricks Genealogy, (Henry Hendricks Family Organization, Third Ed. 1995), Fourth Generation, p. 53, JSMB US/CAN Book 929.273 H384a.
After Sarah's mother died, her father, heartbroken, moved his family to Louisiana. Sarah and two of her sisters, Elizabeth and Tabitha, were taken to Illinois to go to school. While there, they joined the Mormons and made the long arduous trek to Salt Lake City. (See notes for Elizabeth D1103009).
On the trek to Salt Lake City, Sarah met John WATTIS, an Englishman, who, with his brother Edward, was also making the pilgrimage; this group arrived 5 Oct 1847 according to the history of her sister, Tabitha (D110311). While living in Salt Lake, thinking she was wanted for a plural wife and not believing in polygamy, she packed her possessions one midnight and slipped away with John Wattis, being married in Utah, 21 Feb 1848, then journeying on to Missouri. There she bore one son and two daughters. She lost one of her daughters in 1851 and in 1854 her husband John passed away.
- [S13] Allen, Marguerite Hendricks, Henry Hendricks Genealogy, (Henry Hendricks Family Organization, Third Ed. 1995), Fourth Generation, p. 53, JSMB US/CAN Book 929.273 H384a.