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Neriah and Rebecca moved from Simpson County, Kentucky, to Macoupin County, Illinois, where according to son William, “they made a new home and were prosperous for about nine years.” In the winter of 1846-47, wrote William, “My uncle David Lewis came to my father’s house and preached the gospel to my parents. My father accepted the same, and few weeks later sold out and moved to Nauvoo, where the family stopped with my father’s and mother’s people for about two weeks. We then started for the great unknown west, traveling through Iowa to the Missouri River.” There, according to another son, Benjamin, “My father stopped and worked in several places till the spring of 1851, when we started across the plains for the valley of the Great Salt Lake. We were about six months on the plains, and arrived in Salt Lake City in October 1851, in Captain James Cummings’ company. The family lived in Salt Lake about two years, then removed to Centerville, Davis County, and finally to Richmond, Cache County. William Hendricks Lewis served as President of the Benson Stake; Benjamin Marion Lewis was from 1861 to 1901 Bishop of the First Ward in Logan, Cache County, Utah [see their biographies in Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol 1].
After the death of his first wife Rebecca, Neriah lived in Herriman, Utah for
several years before remarrying.
NAUVOO RECORDS
Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 28 pp 86-93
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Neriah and Rebecca moved from Simpson County, Kentucky, to Macoupin County, Illinois, where according to son William, “they made a new home and were prosperous for about nine years.” In the winter of 1846-47, wrote William, “My uncle David Lewis came to my father’s house and preached the gospel to my parents. My father accepted the same, and few weeks later sold out and moved to Nauvoo, where the family stopped with my father’s and mother’s people for about two weeks. We then started for the great unknown west, traveling through Iowa to the Missouri River.” There, according to another son, Benjamin, “My father stopped and worked in several places till the spring of 1851, when we started across the plains for the valley of the Great Salt Lake. We were about six months on the plains, and arrived in Salt Lake City in October 1851, in Captain James Cummings’ company. The family lived in Salt Lake about two years, then removed to Centerville, Davis County, and finally to Richmond, Cache County. William Hendricks Lewis served as President of the Benson Stake; Benjamin Marion Lewis was from 1861 to 1901 Bishop of the First Ward in Logan, Cache County, Utah [see their biographies in Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol 1].
After the death of his first wife Rebecca, Neriah lived in Herriman, Utah for
several years before remarrying.
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Descendants of Hendrick Willemsz
1816 - 1890 (74 years)
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