Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Relationships in the "Child-Stealing" case of Little James Wadsworth



Descendants of George Allen Wadsworth are related to many of the main characters involved in the kidnapping of Little James Wadsworth as shown below. In addition, these descendants are related to John and Charles Pulsipher since their sister, Eliza Jane Pulsipher, married Thomas Sirls Terry, and three of their daughters, Eliza Jane Terry, Sarah Mariah Terry and Josephine Rebecca Terry, married sons of George Allen Wadsworth and Elizabeth Broadbent Wadsworth. Both John and Charles were part of the Nauvoo Legion during the Utah War. These great grand uncles, John, Charles and William Pulsipher,  were also rescuers of the beleaguered 1856 handcart Saints including Annie Hicks [Free] and Uncle James Wadsworth’s family  of the Hunt Company.  Some descendants are also the great grand nieces and nephews of Brigham Young via his wife Emeline Free and of Daniel H Wells via Louisa and Hannah Free. Therefore they  are related to William Goodall Young, the Captain of George A Wadsworth’s wagon train, to Phineas Young and to Brigham Young’s sister [albeit only by marriage], Nancy Kent, who was also in the William G Young wagon train. There are more members in each family than shown below as revealed in the genealogy section of GAW.  Those with * belonged to the early Pilley, England Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ~ Mary Cotton’s death is the only entry for her in the early Pilley Branch Records. @ means the people were members of the Church but not members of the Pilley Branch in Yorkshire, England. And, as you can see, our relationship to Judge Eckels is by marriage only. Still it is intriguing to find ourselves on all sides of this most interesting historical event.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Thomas Hutchinson b 1744 md
                                                                                                                                                                                    Hannah Beal b 1742 of Hooton Pagnell
                                                                                                                                                                __________________I______________________________                              
                                                                                                                                                                I                                                                                                                       I
                                                                                                                                                                James Hutchinson b 1781 md         -brother and sister-                  Ann Hutchinson b 1774 md
                                                                                                                                                                Mary Waddington* b 1787 of Ardsley                                            Thomas Wilkinson b 1774
                    ________________________________________________________I_____________________                                                                                             I
                    I                                       I                                       I                                 I                                I                                          I                                                                                          I
Edward Hutchinson* 1830 md    Charlotte* 1813 md    George* 1828 md    William* 1823 md     Thomas@ 1818 md    Elizabeth Hutchinson* 1808 md    -1st cousins-               Hannah Wilkinson b 1800 md
Elizabeth Storer@ 1840                 Thomas Cotton            Hannah Tate             Ruth*                           Rachel@ Poulter       “UNCLE” JAMES WADSWORTH*     -brothers-       William Wadsworth b 1799
I                                                           I________________________________________________________________                                                                                         I                                                                                                                       I                                                           I                                                 I                                 I                                                                                                I
I                                                           Elizabeth Cotton@ 1841 md         Sarahann Cotton* 1835     Mary Cotton~ 1845                                                                            GEORGE ALLEN WADSWORTH* b 1827 md
I                                                           William Secrest Eckels son of                                                                                                                                                                        1st Alice Allen b 1817
I                                                           Judge Delana Eckels of Indiana                                                                                                                                                                                          I
I                                                           I                                                                                                                                                                                                                           “LITTLE” JAMES WADSWORTH b 1848
I                                                           I                                                                                                                                                                                                                           of Panaca, Nevada
I                                                           I                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
I                                                           I                                                                                                                                                                                                                           2nd  Elizabeth Broadbent b 1832
I                                                           I                                                                                                                                                                                                                           I
I                                                           I                                                                                                                                                                                                                           I
Larry M Hutchinson                         Robert Eckels                                                        -modern-day researchers-                                                                                              H LaRae Free V/B Kerr



Chart showing relationships among Hutchinsons, Wadsworths and Eckels.
Copyright 2012 LaRae Free Kerr

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