baptized 1 Jun 1838
baptized 1 Jun
1839
Fae Hepworth Winsor, 10/10/13 (email to
Scott)
John
and Eliza Cox. Just wondering on the baptism date of 1839. I
found where Daniel Browett baptized John. But Daniel was baptized by
Wilford Woodruff in 1840. Daniel was a minister in the United Brethren
and John was friends with Daniel and Robert Harris. 1st question: Was
John baptized into the United Brethren in 1839? Of course I don't
have that source. Church records have 1839. And since that is the temple
work date does it really matter? According to Robert Harris' journal they
came to America together. 2nd question: The pension records for
Eliza to get John's pension said they were married in 1836 by a
parson in the Church of England. Could this be where it was
interpreted as him being a parson? John's and Eliza's marriage license
both have an X for the signing of their name. Could John read even
tho he couldn't write? Also in the pension records she said she had 12
children. I have birth records for Elizabeth chr in Apperley,
Gloucestershire, England on 14 May 1837 where John was a laborer and Ann chr on
10 Nov 1839. She was born 13 Oct 1839 in Apperley where John was still a
laborer. Deerhurst, England film # 099128 and #425393. I think these films
might be on the internet now. My mom said she remembered the people talking in
Springdale about the baby that was buried at sea coming to
America. How much more do you want? I have been thinking about this family
for a long time and I have a lot of questions. Feel free to disagree I
really want to hash this over.
They came to America in 1841 on the ship Echo. They were registered as John, 35, Elizabeth, 33 and Ann, This could also be wrong. Daniel came on the same ship.
They came to America in 1841 on the ship Echo. They were registered as John, 35, Elizabeth, 33 and Ann, This could also be wrong. Daniel came on the same ship.
More Notes and
Commentary by Fae Hepworth Winsor, 10/28/13
On an old family group sheet John is listed as the next child
and on FSFT also, born in abt 1840 in Nauvoo.
I have wondered about him a bit but since he died on the same day as
John Sr. I have ruled him out in this spot.
The next child is Ann E. or Ann Eliza. From Cindis list and on the old family group
sheet she is a twin to Mary Ann born on 14 February 1842. Died young. Mary Ann married Richard Mills in May of
1866. And died in child birth on 1
November 1878. The baby died on the 15th
of the same month.
They were born in Nauvoo.
Then Anna Mariah or Ann Mariah born 28 April 1844 in Nauvoo
and died at Winters Quarter 28 August 1847.
Winter Quarters cemetery grave #211.
Now the fun begins.
Sarah born in 1848 in Nauvoo?
They weren't in Nauvoo in 1848 so I have her born in 1846 in
Pottawatomie Co. Iowa. Census 1850 for
Pottawatomie. She was 4 years old.
John goes with the Mormon Battalion in 1846 and is gone for
the better part of 2 years arriving back in Salt Lake in October 1848 after
having spent part of the past year in California at Sutter's Fort. Don't know when he went back for Eliza. Nor when they came west. But I think when Brigham Young ordered the
saints left in Kanesville to come west in 1852.
I have the ward record for John & Eliza in South Weber
Ward # 27921 pg 5 line #'s 34,35,36 that says Jane born 14 November 1846 at
Winter Quarters Nebraska. So much for
the theory of Sarah being born in 1846.
I also have from the same record Eliza Jane born 14 November 1850 but no
place given. Pg 8 line 48. I am thinking
Jane and Eliza Jane may be the same person.
Eliza Jane married Richard Mills in1865 and a baby was born and died in
1866. Also Eliza Jane passed away at
child birth and he married her sister Mary Ann.
There is quite a space between these last children and the
next being Margaret Ellen and Martha Marinda born 29 March 1855 in Grantsville
and Tooele respectively. Margaret put on her Temple Index Bureau that she was
born in Grantsville. I have not found
any record of them being in Grantsville or Tooele. Or even in Weber, Utah. Nothing in the ward records of even the
family. Margaret is buried in Elba,
Idaho and Martha in Vernal, Utah. I have
pictures of headstone for them.
Comfort Ann is next being born on 14 July 1857 in Weber,
Utah. She married Levi Cyrus Kendall and
they are both buried in Vernal.
Jennett Adelia born on 19 April 1860 in Weber, Utah. Married Thomas Davis and is buried in
Colorado.
John born in 1865. He
is on the 1870 census for Oxford, Cache, Utah as being 5 years old. He is not on the 1880 census. Oxford was in
Utah at this time it is now in Idaho.
John is buried in Oxford, Idaho. His tombstone has on it “Grandfather John
Cox” nothing else. I found in Vernal, Utah the cemetery record for Eliza and
copied it in 2006. It doesn't have a death or burial date on it. But from the pension records I think she died
in 1890. But the cemetery record said
she died in Oxford, Idaho which seems unlikely because of the distance in those
years and buried in Utah. But in going back to find the record again this cemetery
wasn't used until 1896. Explain that to
me.
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John Cox was born 8 Aug 1810, in
Deerhurst, Gloucester, England, the second of nine children born to William Cox
(1777-20 Mar 1828) and Elizabeth Turner (1780-28 Feb 1848). Eliza Roberts was born Jun 1816, in
Deerhurst, Gloucester, England, the 16th of 18 children born to
Samuel Roberts (3 Sep 1775-27 Feb 1859) and Mary Margrate (7 Apr 1774-3 Dec
1840). Eliza’s older brother, Levi
Roberts (10 May 1810-22 Jan 1894), six years older than Eliza, also joined the
Church. A brother, Robert Roberts (26
Feb 1815, the same day Levi was christened), one year older than Eliza, was
apparently baptized in 1840. I have no
indication that others in the family joined the Church, but their proxy work
appears to have been done.
John and Eliza were married 1 Mar
1836, in Deerhurst, Gloucester, England, when he was 25 and she was 19. At the time of their marriage, John was
serving as a parson in the Church of England.
Two years later, 1 Jun 1838, she, at least, was baptized, at the age of
22. He apparently was baptized 1 Jun
1839 in England (not in the LG Temple as indicated on my PAF), at the age of
28. Since June 1 is the date of their
two baptisms, one year apart (according to my PAF), I suppose there is a
possibility, they were actually baptized at the same time. This needs to be verified.
My PAF has conflicting information
on the births of their children. They
apparently had 20 children, the oldest, Elizabeth, born 4 May 1837, which would
have been before their baptism, but the record says she was born in
Nauvoo. Ann, born 10 Nov 1838, and John
born about 1839, shown being born in Deerhurst, England, may have died young,
as perhaps was the case with at least another four children.
At any rate, they migrated to
America and by February, 1842, were residing in Nauvoo. He was ordained in 1845. In 1846, they fled Nauvoo for the west. He served in the Mormon Battalion as a
Private in Company E, enlisting 16 July 1846, at Council Bluffs, IA, at the age
of 35. Eliza’s older brother, Levi
Roberts, also enlisted in the Mormon Battalion.
They marched to For Leavenworth,
where John designated four dollars to be sent to his family in Council Bluffs
(Journal History, 21 August 1846). John
and Levi proceeded with the Battalion until they were discharged 16 July 1847,
at Ciudad de los Angeles.
John remained in California after
his discharge. On 1 May 1848 he donated
twenty dollars toward the purchase of two brass cannons from John A. Sutter for
the Church (Journal History, 1 May 1848).
Eliza claimed that he delayed his return to his family. She swore she was “disabled by reason of
hysteric fits” caused by an unfounded rumor of her husband’s death (Pension
File). When John did return for Eliza,
he was appointed a captain of ten in Titus Billings’ company in 1848 (Journal
History, 8 June 1848).
After Eliza and John arrived in
Utah, they settled in Weber County, where on 24 July 1854, he gave the
benediction at an evening meeting (Deseret News, 3 August 1854). They remained in Weber until 1867. During his years there, he served as a high
priest, a counselor, and a teacher (Esshom, Pioneers).
He subsequently moved and became a
farmer and teacher in Oxford, Cache County, Utah. Altogether, they had twenty children, the
first being Elizabeth Cox, whom my PAF says was born 4 May 1837, in Nauvoo, IL,
which is obviously incorrect. Records
need to be cleared up.
My great-great grandmother, and the
wife of Squire Hepworth, was their 14th child, Margaret Ellen Cox,
born 29 Mar 1855, either in Granstville, Tooele, UT, or Weber, Weber, UT.
I have a photocopy photo of John Cox
as listed in Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah—1847. He was an early settler at Oxford,
Idaho. He died 1 Apr 1878 at Oxford, at
the age of 67. A USMB marker has been
placed on his gravesite in Oxford, Bingham County, Idaho.
John and Eliza were endowed and
sealed to each other 20 Dec 1867, when he as 57 and she was 51. He lived another 10 years and died in Oxford,
ID, 1 Apr 1878, at the age of 67. She
lived those 10 years, plus another 12 years as a widow, dying in Oxford, ID, in
1890, at the age of 74. She was sealed to
her parents by proxy 21 Aug 1969 in Salt Lake Temple. He was sealed to his parents by proxy 7 Nov
1969.
Children
of John and Eliza
Margarent
Ellen Cox meets and marries Squire Hepworth
What I have of their story is shared
within the context of the Hepworth Family to follow.
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