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Name transcribed from the Iowa Branches Members Index 1839 - 1859, Volumes I & II by Ronald G. Watt. Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991. Copyright by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Rebecca's mother died in 1835 leaving her father with a large family of small
children. He took the family to Louisiana in 1837, moving by team to Nashville
and then by steamboat to New Orleans; then up the Red River where they resided
several years near Minden. Rebecca, having married in January 1836, probably
did not go to Louisiana, but moved to Illinois with her husband, Neriah. In
1843 Neriah rode horseback from Illinois to Louisiana and induced his
father-in-law to send the three small girls to Illinois with him. During the
winter the family joined the Mormon church and in 1844 they moved to Nauvoo and
cast their lot with the Latter-Day Saints. They soon started for the west and
were present at Winter Quarters when the Mormon Batallion was called. A rude
flatboat was constructed to cross the Missouri River and they joined Bishop
George Miller's company for the West. After traveling a few hundred miles,
winter came on and some Ponca Indian chiefs invited the party to leave the
trail and winter with them. It was a cold, bleak winter and there was much
suffering. About 80 of the company died of scurvy. When winter broke, they
made their way back to Winter Quarters and farmed that season. They moved to
Iowa and then on to Platte Co., Missouri (near St. Joseph) where they remained
two years and earned sufficient to outfit them for the journey to Utah. They
joined Orson Pratt's Company in April 1851 with James Cummings as Captain and
arrived in Salt Lake CIty in October 1851. A home was purchased in the 15th
Ward, but in 1852 they moved to Centerville for a short time. After returning
to Salt Lake City, Rebecca died 1 Nov. 1854. She left four of her own children
and two orphan children of her brother, Allen.
- [S55] Internet Link - BYU Winter Quarters Project - http://winterquarters.byu.edu.
- [S13] Allen, Marguerite Hendricks, Henry Hendricks Genealogy, (Henry Hendricks Family Organization, Third Ed. 1995), Fourth Generation, p. 48., JSMB US/CAN Book 929.273 H384a.
REBECCA HENDRICKS, daughter of Samuel24 (Abraham12Henry1) and Rebecca Dorris) Hendricks, born 23 Dec. 1817, Simpson Co., Ky. She married 5 Jan. 1836 NERIAH LEWIS, son of Neriah and Mary (Moss) Lewis. He was born 29 Apr. 1816 in Simpson Co., Ky. Rebecca's mother died in Dec. 1835 leaving her father with a large family of small children. He took the family to Louisiana in 1837 moving by team to Nashville and then by steamboat to New Orleans; then up the Red River and resided several years near Minden. Rebecca, having married in Jan. 1836, probably did not go to Louisiana but moved to Illinois with her husband, Neriah. In 1843 Neriah Lewis rode horseback from Illinois to Louisiana and induced his father-in-law to send the three small girls to Illinois with him. During the winter the family joined the Mormon church and in 1844 they moved to Nauvoo and cast their lot with the Latter-day Saints. They soon started for the West and were present at Winter Quarters when the Mormon Batallion was called. A rude flat boat was constructed to cross the Missouri River and they joined Bishop George Miller's company for the West. After traveling a few hundred miles winter came on and some Ponca Indian Chiefs invited the party to leave the trail and winter with them. It was a cold bleak winter and there was much suffering. About 80 of the Company died of scurvy. When winter broke they made their way back to Winter Quarters and farmed that season. They moved to Iowa and then on to Platte Co., Mo. (near St. Joseph) where they remained two years and earned sufficient to outfit them for the journey to Utah. They joined Orson Pratt's Company in April 1851 with James Cummings as Captain and arrived in Salt Lake City in October 1851. A home was purchased in the 15th Ward but in 1852 they moved to Centerville for a short time. After returning to Salt Lake City, Rebecca died 1 Nov. 1854. She left four of her own children and two orphan children of her brother, Allen. Neriah lived in Herriman several years, and on 28 March 1857 he married Martha Catherine Youngblood and they were the parents of nine children. He died in Richmond, Ut., 22 July 1890. Rebecca and Neriah were the parents of four children, the first three born in Carlinville, Ill.
- [S13] Allen, Marguerite Hendricks, Henry Hendricks Genealogy, (Henry Hendricks Family Organization, Third Ed. 1995), Fifth Generation, pp. 66-67, JSMB US/CAN Book 929.273 H384a.
- [S12] Leavitt, DelLynn W., Probabilities, Possibilities, Commonalities and Plain Common Sense., ((Recently out of print)), Fifth Generation, pp. 66-67.
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), aFifth Generation p. 69., JSMB US/CAN Book 929.273 H384a.
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Samuel Hendricks and Rebecca Dorris, 4 October 1813 by William Summers.
Page 9. of notes.
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Descendants of Hendrick Willemsz
1817 - 1854 (36 years)
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