Being compiled by Scott Hepworth, 3
Aug 1949, son of Joseph Leland Hepworth (19 first convert ancestors) & Anna
Mae Graham (13 first convert ancestors) – subject to ongoing research and edit
Contents
Why Do This?
The Greatest Purpose
What’s in a Name?
“Run of the Mill” – Famous and
Infamous – All Are Alike Unto God
Where We Start and How We Procede
Who Really Cares?
Patience and Perseverence
Tasks at Hand
1820 Ancestors in pedigree chart order from top to bottom
List of 32 First Converts in order of baptism
Geographic Distribution – starting with those closest to Palmyra
Spring 1820 Family Introductions – starting with those
baptized first
How We Connect Chronologically in This Dispensation
1820-1839, Early Church History: 5 Families and 11 First Converts
Family of Alpheus and Anna Nash Gifford
Family of Enos and Ruth Franklin Curtis
Family of Edmund and Magdalena (Lana) Pickle Durfee
Family of Alpheus and Anna Nash Gifford
Family of Enos and Ruth Franklin Curtis
Family of Edmund and Magdalena (Lana) Pickle Durfee
Family of Welcome Susan Amelia Risley Chapman
Family of Josiah Wilson and Pernecia Jane Lee Adair Hawkins
Family of Josiah Wilson and Pernecia Jane Lee Adair Hawkins
1840-1850, Nauvoo Period and Exodus: 5 Families of 10 First Converts
Family of John and
Eliza Roberts Cox
Family of Daniel Arnold and
Clarissa Pond Miller
Family of Edmund Zebulon and
Adelia Rider Carbine
Family of James, Hannah Tucker
Reed, Christianna Gregory Graham
Family of William and Margaret Pettigreen Hope Williams
1850-1860, After Saints in the
West: 5 Families of 11 First Converts
Family of Joseph and Mary Hurst Hepworth
Family of Henry William and
Elizabeth Tyler Babbitt
Family of Johann Martien Jochim
and Maria Catharina Faasch Germer
Families of John Bradley, Susan Arbon Catmull,
Thomas, Mary Chandler
Griffin/Wilson
Families (Lorraine’s ancestry)
General, National, World History
Index of Contributors
Appendices, Bibliography, Index, etc.
Vision of this Project, this
Ongoing Work
Next steps:
1.
Share with
family, then contributors, emailed Word file and Google Drive. Sent 11/6/13.
2.
Continue
to research, fact-check, edit and add more posted stories and photos from
FSFT.
3.
Zero in on
a particular family, e.g., Williams, and with the help of a direct descendant
collaborator, develop their story.
4.
Develop all
family stories, expanding family summaries (pp. 14-22), using sequence (pp.
22-28), adding other children and spouses, per FSFT, adding from Ancestry.com, integrating
story line content from life stories (pp. 35-363), adding as more are posted.
5.
Handle increasing volume as certain families and time periods, 1820-1830, 1830-1840, 1840-1850,
1850-1900, expand
ahead of others, perpetually editing, separating volumes for families of first converts in:
1.
Leland’s
ancestry, 7 families, 4 early, 1 mid, 2 later, _____pp.
2.
Anna
Mae’s ancestry, 8 families, 5 mid, 3 later, _____pp.
3.
Lorraine’s
ancestry, 7 families, recent, _____pp.
6.
Add facts
re: growth of Church, RKM and I
from HCK & AG, our Nauvoo photos, stories from new Library, experiences of
families converted in each of three periods, early (4), mid 6), and later (5).
7.
Three
concurrent themes: (1) working for a
living, (2) laboring for Zion, and (3) making choices to grow up to the Lord.