Descendants of Hendrick Willemsz
Tabitha HENDRICKS
1830 - 1924 (93 years)-
Name Tabitha HENDRICKS Birth 30 Sep 1830 West Fork of Drakes Creek, Simpson, Kentucky 
[1, 2] Gender Female Death 6 Mar 1924 Rexburg, Madison, Idaho [3] Burial 8 Mar 1924 Rexburg, Madison, ID Person ID I4005 HHDHA Last Modified 10 Apr 2010
Father Samuel HENDRICKS, b. 18 Apr 1791, Little Buffalo Creek, Rockingham, North Carolina d. 18 Apr 1856, , Claiborne, Louisiana (Age 65 years) Mother Rebecca DORRIS, b. 22 Feb 1794, Mt. Savage, Allegeny, Maryland d. 17 Dec 1835, Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky (Age 41 years) Marriage 4 Oct 1813 Sumner Co., TN [4] Family ID F402 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Thomas Edwin RICKS, b. 21 Jul 1828, Donaldson Creek, Rigg, Kentucky, USA d. 28 Sep 1901, Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, USA (Age 73 years) Marriage 18 Aug 1852 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Children 1. Sarah Catherine RICKS, b. 4 Jun 1853, Centerville, Davis, UT d. 9 Sep 1920, Hamer, Jefferson, ID (Age 67 years)2. Thomas Edwin RICKS, Jr., b. 3 Dec 1855, Centerville, Davis, Utah, USA d. 29 Dec 1919, Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, USA (Age 64 years)3. Heber George RICKS, b. 27 Apr 1860, Logan, Cache, UT d. 29 May 1907, Deans, , NV (Age 47 years)4. Mary Elizabeth RICKS, b. 19 Aug 1861, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA d. 10 Mar 1907 (Age 45 years)5. William RICKS, b. 25 Sep 1863, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA d. 1 Jan 1940, Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, USA (Age 76 years)6. James RICKS, b. 20 Dec 1867, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA d. 28 Jul 1945, , , California, USA (Age 77 years)7. Samuel H. RICKS, b. 20 Feb 1870, Logan, Cache, UT d. 11 Dec 1933, Rexburg, Madison, ID (Age 63 years)8. Thomas Edwin RICKS JR., b. 3 Dec 1855, CENTERVILLE, DAVIS, UT d. 29 Dec 1919, REXBURG, MADISON, ID (Age 64 years)9. Joseph Hendricks RICKS, b. 23 Jan 1857, Farmington, Davis, UT d. 1 Nov 1915, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT (Age 58 years)10. Hyrum RICKS, b. 24 Jul 1858, Farmington, Davis, UT d. 13 Aug 1924, Rexburg, Madison, Idaho (Age 66 years)11. Brigham RICKS, b. 27 Apr 1860, Logan, Cache, UT d. 19 May 1940, Rexburg, Madison, ID (Age 80 years)12. Mary Elizabeth RICKS, b. 19 Aug 1861, Logan, Cache, UT d. 10 Mar 1907, Rexburg, Madison, Idaho (Age 45 years)13. Alice RICKS, b. 23 May 1865, Logan, Cache, UT d. 20 Aug 1876, Logan, Cache, UT (Age 11 years)14. James RICKS, b. 20 Dec 1867, Logan, Cache, UT d. 28 Jul 1945, Rexburg, Madison, Idaho (Age 77 years)15. George RICKS, b. 2 Jan 1876, Logan, Cache, UT d. 25 Jan 1967, Rexburg, Madison, Idaho (Age 91 years)Family ID F339 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Oct 2018
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Sources - [S13] Allen, Marguerite Hendricks, Henry Hendricks Genealogy, (Henry Hendricks Family Organization, Third Ed. 1995), Fourth Generation, pp. 53-54., JSMB US/CAN Book 929.273 H384a.
- [S12] Leavitt, DelLynn W., Probabilities, Possibilities, Commonalities and Plain Common Sense., ((Recently out of print)), Fourth Generation, pp. 53-54.
Samuel Hendricks lived on the West Branch of Drakes Creek in Simpson Co., Kentucky with his father Abraham Hendricks very near to the Tennessee boarder. - [S13] Allen, Marguerite Hendricks, Henry Hendricks Genealogy, (Henry Hendricks Family Organization, Third Ed. 1995), Fourth Generation, pp. 53-54., JSMB US/CAN Book 929.273 H384a.
Elizabeth was eight when her mother died. We know little of Elizabeth's
childhood, but one can imagine it was was not too pleasant with a father being
left to support and care for a large family. Elizabeth's two oldest sisters
were married and away from their father's home. She went with her father to
Louisiana and in 1843 returned to Illinois with her sisters to live with the
Neriah Lewis family. The winter of 1843-44 was a hard one: the snow was deep,
and this family suffered a great deal. During the cold winter weather their
mother's sister, Aunt Drusilla Dorris Hendricks (D1110-S1) and David Lewis came
to see the family. They told them of their joining the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints and explained its teachings to them. The family were all
interested and accepted the gospel plan as told to them. They were soon on
their way to Nauvoo, Illinois in the summer of 1844 to join the Latter-day
Saints. They arrived there shortly after the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, the
Prophet, and his brother, Hyrum. They found the Saints in great sorrow and
unrest over the death of these two great leaders. While they were in Nauvoo
they visited the temple, and also went to Carthage to see the jail where the
Prophet was murdered. Elizabeth was 17 and her sisters Sarah 15, and Tabitha
14. They were old enough to grasp the meaning of the Gospel plan and were
faithful to its teachings.
Owing to conditions at Nauvoo the Saints were all preparing for the exodus to
the Rocky Mountains. The Lewis family remained there only a short time. They
awaited their turn to be ferried over the Mississippi River where the men were
working day and night to get the people to the other side. After crossing the
river they went to Mount Pisgah where they were organized into companies of
tens and fifties. Here it seems that the girls were separated. Tabitha was
placed in the company of Bishop Miller, Second Bishop of the church, with the
rest of the Lewis family; Elizabeth and Sarah were placed with others. After
arriving at Winter Quarters, Nebraska, Elizabeth was baptized in Januray 1845.
She lived at Winter Quarters for two years. Recorded in Brigham Young's
History is the following: "9 of Jan. 1847 went to the Octagon Winter Quarters
and married Elizabeth Hendricks to Isaac Grundy and then went for a walk." In
the same year, 1847, Elizabeth, Isaac, and her sister Sarah, left for Utah,
arriving in Salt Lake City 5 Oct 1847 in Jedediah Morgan Grant's Company. This
was the last company to come that year and consisted of 150 people. The
following year on 24 Sep 1848 the rest of the family arrived in Salt Lake City.
This must have been a happy reunion for the four sisters, Rebecca, Elizabeth,
Sarah, and Tabitha.
In 1849 the Grundy's were called to go to California to help colonize San
Bernardino. They remained there until 1858 when the colonists were called back
to Utah by Brigham Young because of the coming of Johnston's Army. Arriving in
Parowan, Utah, President Young sent word for the Grundy's to stay there for the
winter and as soon as the weather would permit, for Isaac to go into the
surrounding country and prospect for lead ore. This would be used to make
bullets to fight off the invaders. President Young told the men who were
prospecting to locate a settlement near by, where they could live with their
families. A little valley to the southwest of the ore deposit which they had
discovered proved to be the place they wanted for their town. The families
were moved to the valley and the name of Grundyville given to the town. This
name was used for some time and then Elizabeth suggested it be called
Minersville, because it was settled by and for the miners. It has so remained
ever since.
Pioneering and hardships continued for years and now the Grundys had a home and
farm. Elizabeth was a practical nurse and midwife attending the sick not only
in Minersville but in all the surrounding communities. She was truly an angel
of mercy on many occasions. Elizabeth's eyes began to to bother her and this
continued for some time. She feared she would go blind completely. About
1870 another call came from President Brigham Young for Isaac to come to Salt
Lake City and work as a stone cutter and facer on the Temple. Isaac had
learned this trade as a young man in Wisconsin, so he immediately arranged his
affairs and, taking his family, started out on a long journey. Arriving in
Salt Lake Elizabeth was taken to a doctor for treatment of her eyes. The
doctor being very busy and help scarce, she began to help him in his office.
The doctor, noting how efficient she was with the patients, asked her if she
would help him all the time and in this way pay her own bill. She was very
happy to do this and after her eyes were better, he approached her one day and
asked if she would like to study under him as he felt she would make a great
doctor. She accepted this proposition and after some months the doctor sent
her on to Denver to study. Here she became on oculist and returned to practice
general medicine in Salt Lake City. Her place of business was on 1st South
street between East and West Temple streets.
The Grundy's eventually returned to Minersville where Elizabeth practiced in
Beaver County and many of the other surrounding communities, going as far as
Loa, Wayne County to care for the sick. Her entire life was one of sacrifice
and service for others. Elizabeth was a stately woman, very proud and of a
cultural nature. This she instilled into her posterity. - [S6] Research Notes. Beverly Hathaway and Mary Hart, Sumenr Co., TN., Marriage Records, 1787-1828, FHL Film # 467,485, p. 57.
Samuel Hendricks and Rebecca Dorris, 4 October 1813 by William Summers.
Page 9. of notes.
- [S13] Allen, Marguerite Hendricks, Henry Hendricks Genealogy, (Henry Hendricks Family Organization, Third Ed. 1995), Fourth Generation, pp. 53-54., JSMB US/CAN Book 929.273 H384a.