Rollins, Mary Elizabeth (Female)



[Mormon Manuscripts to 1846. Andrus, Hyrum. 1977 Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46 Temple Index Bureau Revelations of Joseph Smith. Cook, Lyndon. 1981 Page: 120 Family Group Sheet-Father Guide to Mormon Diaries & Autobiographies. Bitton, Davis Mormons and Their Neighbors. Wiggins, Marvin They Answered the Call: A History of Minersville, Utah Page: A165 Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, 1926 Volume: 17  Page: 193-205; 250-260 The Life and Testimony of Mary E. Lightner. Lundwall, N.B.]

Birth: Rollins, Mary Elizabeth (Female) Date: April 9, 1818 Place: Lima, Livingston, NY, USA
Parents: Rollins, Mary Elizabeth (Female) Father: Rollins, John Porter
[Mormon Manuscripts to 1846. Andrus, Hyrum. 1977]

Mother: Van Benthuysen, Keziah Keturah
[Temple Index Bureau Guide to Mormon Diaries & Autobiographies. Bitton, Davis]

Death: Rollins, Mary Elizabeth (Female) Date: December 17, 1917
[Mormon Manuscripts to 1846. Andrus, Hyrum. 1977 Family Group Sheet-Father]

Alternate Date: 1913
Marriage Information: Rollins, Mary Elizabeth (Female) Spouse: Lightner, Adam Date: August 11, 1835 Alternate Date: August 11, 1836
Marriage Number 2 Rollins, Mary Elizabeth (Female) Spouse: Joseph Smith
Church Ordinance Data: Rollins, Mary Elizabeth (Female) Baptism
[Guide to Mormon Diaries & Autobiographies Bitton, Davis Mormon Manuscripts to 1846. Andrus, Hyrum. 1977 Family Group Sheet-Father]

Date: October 1830 Place: Kirtland, Geauga, OH, USA
Temple Ordinance Data: Rollins, Mary Elizabeth (Female) Endowment
[Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46 Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46]

Date: January 17, 1846 Temple: Nauvoo, Hancock, IL, USA
 Sealed to Parents
[Family Group Sheet-Father]

Date: October 18, 1894 Temple: St. George, Washington, UT, USA
 Sealed to Spouse
[Revelations of Joseph Smith. Cook, Lyndon. 1981 Page: 120]

Date: January 17, 1846 Temple: Nauvoo, Hancock, IL, USA
Comments: Rollins, Mary Elizabeth (Female)Mary's mother was converted in 1830 at Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio.  Marywas sealed to eternal life in 1831.  She was sealed to Joseph Smith as a plural wife.
[Mormon Manuscripts to 1846. Andrus, Hyrum. 1977]

Comments: #21. Taken from Mary Elizabeth Rollins' Journal--Retrospective, 1818-63.   Born at Lima, Livingston, New York, 1818.  Death of father.  Moved to Kirtland, 1828.  Lived in house belonging to her uncle, Algernon Sidney Gilbert.  Visit of Mormon Missionaries.  Baptized, October 1830.  Borrowed the only copy of Book of Mormon in Kirtland from Isaac Morley.  Apparently the first person there to read it.  To Independence, Missouri, fall 1831.  Mobbings.  Helped Peter Whitmer, a tailor, make Lieutenant-Governor Boggs's "fine ruffled bosom shirts, also to assist his wife in sewing."  Rescued some sheets of Book of Commandments at time print shop destroyed.  School teacher, 1834-35.  Married Adam Lightner of Liberty, 1835.  Husband persuaded her to open store in Far West.  Moved to Milford to open branch store, 1837.  Governor Boggs ordered that Lightners be allowed to leave Far West, 1838.  At Lexington.  Moved to Louisville, Kentucky.   Made shirts.  Stopped at St. Louis before moving to Nauvoo area.
Settled at Farmington, Iowa.  Husband set up furniture shop.  Mary gave painting lessons.  Moved to Nauvoo.  Joseph Smith prophesied they would suffer disaster if they ever left the Church.
[Guide to Mormon Diaries & Autobiographies. Bitton, Davis]


Lightner, Adam (Male)
[Family Group Sheet-Self RLDS Name Authority Card Catalog]

Birth: Lightner, Adam (Male) Date: April 14, 1810 Place: Liberty, Clay, MO, USA
Parents: Lightner, Adam (Male) Father: Lightner, Adam
[Family Group Sheet-Self]

Mother: Trout, Mary
[Family Group Sheet-Self]

Death: Lightner, Adam (Male) Date: August 19, 1885 Place: Minersville, Beaver, UT, USA
[Family Group Sheet-Self]

Marriage Information: Lightner, Adam (Male) Spouse: Rollins, Mary Elizabeth
[Family Group Sheet-Self]

Date: August 11, 1835
[Family Group Sheet-Self]

Place: Liberty, Clay, MO, USA
Children: Lightner, Adam (Male)
[Family Group Sheet-Self Children's-Data: Child-Number: 1 Lightner, Miles Henry Birth-Date: June 18, 1836/37 Birth-Place: Far West, Caldwell, MO, USA]

Name: Birthdate: Place:
1. Lightner, Miles Henry  Far West, Caldwell, MO, USA
2. Lightner, Caroline Keziah October 18, 1840 Half Breed Tract, Caldwell, MO, USA
3. Lightner, George Algerman March 23, 1842 Nauvoo, Hancock, IL, USA
4. Lightner, Florentine M. March 23, 1844 Pontoosuc, Hancock, IL, USA
5. Lightner, John Horace G. February 19, 1847 Galena, Jo Daviess, IL, USA
6. Lightner, Elizabeth April 3, 1849 Hudson, St. Croix, WI, USA
7. Lightner, Mary Rollins April 9, 1851 Willow Creek, Waushara, WI, USA
8. Lightner, Abernon Sidney W. March 17, 1857 Washington, MN, USA
9. Lightner, Adam  Chicago, Cook, IL, USA
Temple Ordinance Data: Lightner, Adam (Male) Baptism
[Family Group Sheet-Self]

Date: April 14, 1891
 Endowment
[Family Group Sheet-Self]
Date: April 15, 1891

Polyandry (pol·y·an·dry) n. 1. The condition or practice of having more than one husband at one time.


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