15 Families at the Time Final Dispensation Began around 1820

When the light burst forth in the sacred grove near Palmyra, New York, our 15 ancestral families were living their lives in their regions of America, England, and Germany. 

For convenience, we use a single name to label each of the 15 extended families represented by specific married family surnames of first converts in three periods of Church History as follows.

Early Period (~1830-1840):        

Gifford         Curtis        Durfee       Chapman       Hawkins

Mid Period (~1840-1850):          

Cox               Miller       Carbine     Williams        Graham

Later Period (~1850-1880):        

Hepworth      Babbitt     Germer      Catmull         Chandler