Unlike other members of the Smith family who had at times favored the claims of James J. Strang or William Smith, Emma and her children continued to live in Nauvoo as unaffiliated Latter Day Saints. 182. He also made arrangements with my son Alva Hale, to go to Palmyra, and move his (Smith's) furniture &c. to this place. Wilford C. Wood later purchased a portion of this property and suggested it was the site where the Melchizedek Priesthood had been restored, presumably influenced by the 1874 atlas, see Historic Site Files, CHL. Mudge,American Camp-Meeting Hymn Book,11. There was no means of earning money in the valley except by hunting or making shingles.122 Wood was more plentiful than wild game and most of the settlers focused on it as their main commodity. The earlier Hale log home still stood on Isaacs property where the Stowell work party likely stayed. Collection of the LDS. Robert C. Ritchie,Captain Kidd and the War Against the Pirates(Cambridge, Mass. Two days after the babys birth, Colonel Pickerings good friend Alexander Hamilton was killed in his famous duel with Aaron Burr. . Tryal Morse continued to live in a rude log cabin in the woods as her husband had local family, and Phebes husband worked in the sawmill across the river with some of the Hales. And the office of thy calling shall be for a comfort unto my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., thy husband, in his afflictions. (D&C 25:3, 5.) Blackman,History of Susquehanna County,103. Although Nathaniel Lewis enlisted for two separate terms during the French and Indian war, he enlisted again in 1775 as talk of revolution moved through Connecticuts churches and taverns, and he served in the Continental Navy under Lieutenant David Welch when it was first formed until his enlistment expired on November 10, 1775.72 Since the navy was initially made of up merchantmen, Lewis may have been working in the shipping trade when he enlisted, or he may have presented his earlier navy experience at enlistment. The Hale and Wallace wedding was likely a quiet affair because they did not mention race in the legally required public notice for the marriage on May 24, 1789. When the log home was dropped from the tax assessment, Isaac Hale continued to be taxed for a $30 frame home until his death. As a child, Emma developed a deep sense of religious conviction and devotion to God. Paul,History of Wells,33, 37, notes one of the Lewis sons became an acceptable local preacher before he mentions the conversion of John and Levi Lewis in 1789. Doing so, he apparently jumped to conclusions about a temple site because of the Joseph Smith names. Joseph SmithIII, Last Testimony of Sister Emma, Saints Herald, vol.26, no.19 (Oct.1, 1879),289. His substantial frame home was among the first elegant homes in the valley and the location where the Quakers held their worship meetings. Archaeologists, personal communications to author, July and August 2014. MarkL. Staker, A Comfort unto My Servant, Joseph: Emma Hale Smith (18041879), in RichardE. TurleyJr. and BrittanyA. Chapman,eds., Women of Faith in the Latter Days, Volume One, 17751820 (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011), 34362. 91. 295. 18 (October 27, 1821): 141. Harris informed me afterwards, that he followed Smith's directions, and could not find the Plates, and was still dissatisfied. [11] Emma first met her future husband, Joseph Smith, in 1825. Matt Kirk and Corey McQuinn, Hartgen and Associates, Inc. Along with what Comfort perceived as religious decline, economic decline settled in their valley contributing to an exodus of many of the valleys second generation. Their conversion date was presented as approximated and if this information is correct it would put their conversion a half year earlier, Stanley and Betty Claxton Coryell,Skinner Family History(N.p. Porter, Larry C. A Study of the Origins of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, 18161831. PhD diss., Brigham Young University, 1971. Life on the Hale farm remained difficult and isolated during the early years of settlement. Pickering negotiated the treaty of Canandaigua in 1794, and he served as the United States expert on Indian relations until he became Washingtons Secretary of State, a position Pickering held until disagreements with John Adams led to his dismissal on May 12, 1800. He had been hired by Josiah Stowell, of South Bainbridge, New York, to dig for Spanish treasure. 95. Nathaniel Lewiss later military service in the navy may reflect experience gained through his father. Joseph Lewis recalled his childhood home where he lived with his father, Nathaniel Lewis, as our home and residence,Joseph and Hiel Lewis, Mormon History. Born on July10, 1804, in Willingsborough (later Harmony), Pennsylvania, Emma Hale was the seventh of nine children of Isaac and Elizabeth Lewis Hale. With increase of families the means of communication increased. isaac hale father of emma smith. A Congregational minister traveled through the region in 1789 and appointed Daniel Buck as the local pastor. Acquainted with Smith during 1825+ because "the moneydiggers" working for Josiah Stowell lodged on his farm. When I think back to the time when My Fathers family cold [could] all meet to gether under our Fatherand hear the sound of our Father and Mothers voyses their admonitions counsils and reproffs and now see whare we are all placed five Brothers in five different stats my eyes ove[r] flow with tears, a family that was brought up to gether til we ware men grown and ^now^ so wonderfully scatered (my desire and prer to God is that if we never meet on earth we may meet in heven.)293. Joseph and Emma in a home nearby while he translated most of the Book of Mormon with Oliver Cowdery serving as scribe. On being told that there was no such word in common usage, the elder said,I dont care, it was applicable.203. The Hale farm began with Isaac Hale. McCune, George Moody, ed. Done a Methodist was because he convinced Mrs. David Syrett, ed.,The Siege and Capture of Havana, 1762(London: Navy Records Society, 1970), xiii. Susquehanna County Deeds, History, 18381856, volume F-1 [1 May 18448 August 1844], History, circa June 1839circa On April 6, 1830, Joseph and five other men established the Church of Christ. Emma and Joseph met when he boarded at her fathers inn while working in the area. 166. 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Adding to the Quary speculation, Morgan Miles, a sailor arrested and taken to London to be tried for piracy, announced his captain, a man named Stratton, had buried a cache of silver at the mouth of the Susquehanna River before returning to England.66 These stories spread and were embellished with each new telling until there was a general perception that most pirates buried treasure, a perception that worked its way into fictional narratives largely unchallenged for centuries despite the lack of evidence. Nancy Mess, Historical Scraps from Susquehanna, unpublished manuscript in the authors possession and on file at the Lanesboro Town Hall, Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania. Winter approached, and one long-time resident, fifty-five-year-oldJosiah Stowell had a wagon full of men from the vicinity of Palmyra, New York, he was bringing to work in Harmony Township before they could no longer dig the frozen ground. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Isaac Hale (1763-1839) FamilySearch Both families were financially well placed and both played a significant role in community life. 266. The twenty-three-year-old Tim married twenty-three-year-old Lurena Cole, on December 29, 1804.156, Just as Isaac Hale and Nathaniel Lewis finished building the large Pickering mansion, Lurena Cole Pickering and her husband Tim, along with Lurenas mother (Nathaniel Lewiss mother-in-law), moved into it.157 Lurena delivered a son, Charles Pickering, November 10, 1805. 126. Robert S. Hansen, Tioga County, Pennsylvania Extension Director, personal communication to author, March 16, 2010. James Deetz,In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life(New York: Anchor Books, 1996), 17172. While there was not a single Elect Lady among the Methodists who could prophesy and reveal the will of God, many of the women among the Shouting Methodists found themselves in the woods seeking inspiration as they reminded the young they should be retiring to the grove for a solitary walk, or private devotion.185 They saw themselves as saints in the tradition of early Christianity, and their hymns encouraged them to pray, asking to see the power of God manifested.186 To reinforce this effort, they sang Ye saints, who love the Lords dear name, Who love to worship at his feet . In one of these reports, he boasted of raising in a single season as much as 750 bushels of oats, 450 bushels of corn, and 2,560 pounds of pork, along with smaller amounts of other items. After a meeting on August 8, a congregation of the church voted that the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles should lead the church. 26. The 1828 assessment on the land included a detailed description of its use and, when combined with information from a 1937 aerial photograph and a careful walk of the property to discover stone fence remnants or land use details, gives a picture of how the Hales organized their land. 118. For many years there were no denominations save Presbyterians [Congregationalists].170, This early religious awakening in the valley did not last long because of what became known as the Buck difficulty in 1799. The remains of the homes foundation suggest Isaac and Elizabeth Hales frame home was 14 x 34 feet with a rear addition 12 x 24 feet. 58. Francis Asbury, Journal July 11, 1807, cited in Peck,Early Methodism,154. He was defrocked shortly afterward. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Joseph Smiths death on June27, 1844, created tremendous upheaval for Emma. Horses, cows, and oxen were taxed, but mules, sheep, goats, and pigs were not. Among them was a man named Josiah Stow, a deacon in Daniel Bucks congregation, where Josiah Stowell would later also serve as a deacon. These artifacts were in the upper layer of the topsoil and Isaac Hale likely knew of an earlier Native American presence on his property.96, Near Ouaquaga village where Daniel Buck and Isaac Hale first lived, the new settlers developed an intense interest in buried wealth. Hamilton divided her land into affordable lots and sold them to new settlers which increased the population of the valley. Surviving writing examples suggest Emma was a skilled writer, something her parents and older siblings could not have provided her. George Q. Cannon described Isaac Hale and his family as bitter opponents of Joseph Smith and his work, George Q. Cannon,The Life of Joseph Smith,The Prophet(Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1888), 93. She initiated contact with her family. The Saints Herald(April 9, 1935): 465. Charles Pickering became Americas leading polygenist, a scientist who believed that different races had been created separatelyeventually publishing his book Races of Man and Their Geographical Distribution.158. While the missing tax records allow the second Hale home could have been built any time before October 2, 1812, it is not likely it was built too many years before that date. Grow, Thou Art an Elect Lady: D&C 24, 25, 26,27, Matthew McBride and James Goldberg,eds., Revelations in Context: The Stories behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016), 3339. They also dressed, grained, and tanned deer hides for their neighbors. Shortly before this, Joseph had initiated the Anointed Quoruma prayer circle of important church members that included Emma. Even the elite where Isaac lived as a boy put resources into discovering precious metal. 77. 208. Providence knows bestHe sends to you whatever He wants you to have, and youve got to take it and make the best of it.174. . 268. 287. There were also other features in the home that could have impressed Lucy. His eventual father-in-law, Nathaniel Lewis, also lived in the area and was drawn into one of these searches. I told him as God has convinced him it is his duty to pray in secret, he ought to pray for a heart to pray. The minister then went on to partially defend his inability to pray as directed by telling Colbert about the Shaking Quakers, or Shakers, a religious group Colbert had not heard about, who had an old woman among them calld the Elect Lady, who fortold her own death. While she accurately predicted the time of her death, the minister was convinced the devil had come to take her. Wells Town Clerk, Land Records, A: 23. She is called an "elect lady" in Doctrine and Covenants 25. Upham (Life of Timothy Pickering, 11819) places the date of Timothy Pickering III (Tim Pickerings) death to May 14, 1808. Emma Hale, the sister of Elizabeth Wasson, was born in the town of Harmony, Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1804. . Blackman (History of Susquehanna County,88) believed John Hilborn did not arrive in the valley until 1791 to serve as an agent for Henry Drinker, who arrived shortly afterward. 210. : M. J. Cantwell, 1882), 34. In 1807 Francis Asbury, the first Bishop of the American Methodists, planned a trip through the Susquehanna Valley to follow up on recent conversions by ordaining local preachers, organizing congregations, and leading a large revival. Isaac Hale was not a Methodist during his residence in Vermont and appears to have been involved in treasure digging in Harmony, Pennsylvania. 255. A little over a month after Isaac Hale arranged to purchase his land, a change in county government gave the Hale family a larger political voice. Isaac Hale (1763-1839) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree Blackman,History of Susquehanna County,103. Room in the Taylor (later Munson) Tavern (with original paneling) where Francis, Asbury likely slept. Events of the 1838 Mormon War soon escalated, resulting in Joseph's surrender and imprisonment by Missouri officials. There was not time for courting between Hales return to Vermont and his marriage, and so during the six years he was away, he must have courted through correspondence. Timothy Pickering Jr., Drawings and Instructions for a House in the Country, The Timothy Pickering Papers, 17451820, 45:4955, Massachusetts Historical Society. While the Hale property changed owners, Pennsylvania sold 9,000 acres of remaining land in the valley to Colonel Timothy Pickering Jr., a Harvard graduate, intellectual, military officer, and politician. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Thy soul has been afflicted because of the wickedness of men in seeking the destruction of thy companion, and thy whole soul has been drawn out in prayer for his deliverance; rejoice, for the Lord thy God has heard thy supplication. Thou hast grieved for the hardness of the hearts of thy fathers house, and thou hast longed for their salvation. The only child of theirs to be baptized after the controversy began was Isaac and Elizabeths daughter Emma, who was baptized by Buck not long after her birth in 1804, just before Methodism arrived in the valley.173, The slave Sylvia Dubois attended the same congregation where Emma was baptized and described it as the Calvinistic faith . His appearance at this time, was that of a careless young man -- not very well educated, and very saucy and insolent to his father. Augustus B. Easton, ed.,History of the Saint Croix Valley(Chicago: H. C. Cooper Jr. & Co., 1909), 2:1115; Commonwealth vs. Jason Treadwell, Susquehanna County Court of Oyer and Terminer, August 1824, Susquehanna County Courthouse, Montrose, Pennsylvania; Staker and Jensen, David Hales Store Ledger: New Details about Joseph and Emma Smith, the Hale Family, and the Book of Mormon; Byron Hale, Reuben Hales Obituary, March 21, 1887; John Travis to Jesse and Isaac W. Hale Deed, April 30, 1827, Susquehanna County Deed Books, 6:255. There is no extant record of Emma ever seeing her parents again. Numerous contemporary sources suggest a large group of treasure diggers stayed on the Isaac and Elizabeth Hale property in 1825 and perhaps as early as 1824. Seehttp://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=brendablack&id=I1806, accessed November 5, 2014, for possible details on Ward family history. 6 Moved to Wells, Albany Co., New York (later in Rutland Co., Vermont), ca. 313. Aaronic Priesthood Restoration Monument Site Improvements: Hale Precontact Site and McKune Barn Site, Rensselaer, New York: Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc, May 2012. Chiddingstone | Kent Archaeological Society Hale gave me a cordial reception, and in the afternoon I preached in a little log school-house to a small but earnest congregation. Peck must have used the log home on the Hale property for some of his sermons. As soon as Emma learned of her fathers death, she wrote her Hale family from her own mansion in Nauvoo and invited them to participate in the refined aspects of her life, even if they chose not to become Mormons. Although the novel came out in 1823, the land, houses, and people Cooper described in his 1790s village also reflected life in early Willingborough. 119. The early settlers grandchildren recalled years later how their families brought with them many of those old Connecticut notions and prejudices, which shaped their daily activities such as avoiding beginning to plow or plant on a Friday (considered an unlucky day) or making sure the moon was in the right quarter to begin planting to guarantee a good crop. Photograph by Mark L. Staker. Emma delivered a baby son who died soon after birth on June15, 1828, when she nearly died herself. Welds group found poor families in the valley with empty pantries and few who could spare them even a little food.114 Many of the earliest settlements in the region started their existence with place names such as Hardscrabble and Starvationnames that were only changed in the nineteenth century as circumstances changed. After the Hale family built their own mansion during the time of the Comfort conversions, the two families had a great deal in common. 2 Farmer, hunter, innkeeper. It was Potters congregation during Isaacs childhood that Jonathan Edwards had tried to call to repentance when he preached his famous sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. The sermon had not taken then, and the congregation had not adopted Edwards conservative stance when Joseph and Antha were married, but the Reverend Potter still had gone too far when he married a black man and a white woman. MacKay, et al. In 1860, Emma affiliated with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (later renamed Community of Christ). TheCommentarybecame one of the principal Methodist theological resources, and Peck indicated he had read it and believed Clarkes arguments supporting a Trinitarian view (Peck,Early Methodism,395).Peck also indicates John Comfort had access to C. Giles book,Dagon of Calvinism; or, the Young Hammerer,which may have been borrowed or owned (Peck,Early Methodism,257). See the comments of Methodist James Hamilton, Esq., in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, Letter, April 11, 1818, Thomas Hamilton Papers (17891830), Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Elwin G. Davis, Lewises Who Served Their Country,Lewisiana: The Lewis Letter, 8(8) 1898: 117; Milton Cemetery Records, The Hale Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut, November 1416, 1934. 7. Blackman, who wrote forty years after Wilkinson noted the earliest homes had no windows and used oiled brown paper to let in light, and also concluded that many of the earliest log homes in the valley were poorly lighted. Blackman,History of Susquehanna County,469. They made nose pendants, ear plugs, gorgets, and crucifixes from European silver to adorn themselves and learned to work other metals. The original tax booklet as prepared by Comfort and Hale included columns for different rates of land (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and unimproved) and a column each for houses, mills, horses, oxen, cows, and occupation. King, A Comparative Midden Analysis of a Household and Inn in St Marys City, Maryland,Historical Archaeology22, no. By the time Hale entered their office, potential clients in the region knew of troubles with Susquehanna property deeds. When he arrived, Colonel Pickering wrote to his son Henry that Nathaniel Lewis, who has been much used to sick persons, and whose experience enables him to judge better than I, thinks your brother not likely to survive three days longer.160 Tim Pickering mentally prepared to die in good nineteenth-century fashion with a serenity of mind, flowing from a sincere and constant endeavor to preserve aconscience void of offence toward God and toward man!161 Lewis was right and his brother-in-law died three days later on May 14, 1807.162 Isaac Hale helped bury him on the brow of a hill between the mountain and Starucca [Creek]. On the day of his burial, Colonel Pickering wrote of his son, I intimated to Hail and Lewis my wish that flat stones might be set up at his grave. Emma Hale, the youngest daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis, was born July 10th, 1804 in Harmony, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. 241. He in turn hired Isaac Hale the following summer of 1793 to make sure the road on this last segment was properly constructed from Colesville south through the eastern edge of Willingborough Township.109 The segment of road Hale supervised construction on became the Harmony Turnpike as it passed along the eastern edge of Oquago Mountain.110 But the side roads remained barely passable for years afterward. The Hales helped Emma and Joseph obtain a house and a small farm. Isaac Hale mentioned his log house in trial testimony recorded verbatim by two of the three judges presiding at the trial of Jason Treadwell. Wed hardly get over one frolic when wed begin to fix for another.154 Settlers held a big frolic on Wednesday, July 4, where they enjoyed dancing and eating as they worked together while honoring Isaac Hale and the other men in the valley who had served in the Revolutionary War. This was the home the Lewis family briefly occupied. Archaeologists have noted, it was common in the 18th century to dispose of household refuse near where it was generated. He reminisced in his letter to his brothers and sisters of their childhood with their faithful parents. George Peck recalled, during the years he was a circuit rider preaching in the Hale home, how his own fourteen-year-old sister developed a similar missionary enthusiasm. 21. . He was taxed that year as a single man, while he courted thirteen-year-old Mary (Polly) McKune who lived next door.250 In preparation for marriage, Jesse began building his own house on the southeastern edge of his fathers farm between his parents home and that of the McKunes (on what became the Joseph and Emma Smith property). After they had arrived at Palmyra N.Y., Emma wrote to me enquiring whether she could take her property, consisting of clothing, furniture, cows, &c. I replied that her property was safe, and at her disposal. Wilkinson,Annals of Binghamton,105; First Presbyterian Church Records, Hallstead, Pennsylvania. Blackman,History of Susquehanna County,92. Tak Berkategori . Isaac claims, "Smith stated to me he had given up what he called 'glass-looking,' and that he expected and was willing to work hard for a living." (Isaac Hale, father of Emma Hale Smith, History of the Church, Vol.1. Elder Lewis is [in] good health for and old man. On May 27, 1823, James Westfall died.257 Although after his death James was initially still assessed a tax for his 394 acres, which his sons Levi and Daniel Westfall paid on December 17, 1824, he was removed from the tax lists and David Hale was taxed for his 394 acres. Upham,Life of Timothy Pickering, 4:119. But her father would not suffer us to be married at his house, Joseph noted. 114. Isaac Hale, and perhaps his family, likely attended these meetings during the early settlement period. Caleb Carmalt & wife to Isaac Hale, July 31, 1833, Deeds, Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Early map makers of the region acknowledged their lack of information about the area by writing Endless Mountains across a large section of unmapped land without trying to include details they did not know.33The name stuck and is still used for the region today. He quickly found himself alone in the darkness surrounded by the cries of howling, ravening wolves, and greedy bears, in these regions of barreness. In that isolated country, Colbert found the occasional smoky cabin tucked back from the river hidden in the woods. [18] The revelation also says that Emma would "be ordained under [Joseph's] hand to expound scriptures, and to exhort the church", and authorizes Emma to "make a selection of sacred Hymns" for the church. See extended online version of Staker and Jensen, David Hales Store Ledger.. Joseph Smith first arrived in the area of Harmony, Pennsylvania, in 1825. . Emma Hale Smith's Parents: Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis Hale Emma's Siblings: Jesse Hale, David Hale, Alva Hale, Phebe Elizabeth Root, Elizabeth Watson, Judge Isaac Ward Hale, Tryael Morse and Reuben R Hale Year of Marriage to President Joseph Smith: 1827 Mother of: Alvin Smith; Louisa Smith; Thaddeus Smith; Joseph Smith III; Colbert met with a Presbyterian minister as he traveled, perhaps Daniel Buck, and after a deep conversation he noted of the minister, he believes it is his duty to pray in secret, but says he has not heart to itthis is his complaint.
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