List of Original Colesville
Branch Members, 1830 - 1831
Original Colesville Branch Members and Potential Members of The Church of Jesus Christ , 1830-31,
First Organized Branch of the Restored Church of Jesus Christ Compiled by Professor Larry C. Porter,
Brigham Young University, 2007
Members of the Colesville Branch living within the Broome and Chenango County areas:
Badger, Anna
Badger, Ortentia (daughter of Anna Badger)
Carter, Clark (son of Jared and Lydia Ames Carter)
Carter, Jared (son of Gideon and Johanna Sims Carter)
Carter, Lydia Ames (wife of Jared Carter)
Carter, Orlando (son of Jared and Lydia Ames Carter)
Coburn, Emily (daughter of Amariah and Rose Linda Lyon Coburn)
Culver, Aaron
Culver, Esther Peck (wife of Aaron Culver)
DeMille, Anna Knight (wife of Freeborn DeMille and daughter of Joseph and Polly Peck Knight)
DeMille, Freeborn (husband of Anna Knight DeMille and son of Garrett and Magdelen Eighmay/Emigh DeMille
DeMille, Lora Ann (daughter of Freeborn and Anna Knight DeMille)
DeMille, Lora Ann (daughter of Freeborn and Anna Knight DeMille)
DeMille, Oliver (son of Freeborn and Anna Knight DeMille)
DeMille, Orpha (daughter of Freeborn and Anna Knight DeMille)
Hall, Levi
Hine, Clarissa Lorinda (daughter of William Riley and Clarissa Stewart Hine)
Hine, Clarissa Stewart (wife of William Riley Hine)
Hine, Irena (daughter of William Riley and Clarissa Stewart Hine)
Hine, Lucy Almira (daughter of William Riley and Clarissa Stewart Hine)
Hine, Mehitable E. (daughter of William Riley and Clarissa Stewart Hine)
Hine, William Riley
Knight, Bethany (daughter of Nahum and Thankful Knight)
Knight, Eliza (daughter of Nahum and Thankful Knight)
Knight, Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Sr. and Polly Peck Knight)
Knight, John (son of Nahuym and Thankful Knight)
Knight, Joseph (son of Nahum and Thankful Knight)
Knight, Joseph Jr. (son of Joseph Sr. and Polly Peck Knight)
Knight, Joseph Sr. (son of Benjamin and Sarrah Knight)
Knight, Nahum (son of Joseph Sr. and Polly Peck Knight)
Knight, Newel (son of Joseph Sr. and Polly Peck Knight)
Knight, Newel (son of Nahum and Thankful Knight)
Knight, Polly (daughter of Joseph Sr. and Polly Peck Knight)
Knight, Polly Peck (wife of Joseph Knight Sr.)
Knight, Sally (daughter of Nahum and Thankful Knight)
Knight, Sally Coburn (wife of Newel Knight and daughter of Amariah and Rose Linda Lyon Coburn)
Knight, Thankful (wife of Nahum Knight)
Knight, William (son of Nahum and Thankful Knight)
Morse, John (reported to have been a Broome County convert, died before exodus)
Peck, Anna Mariah (daughter of Ezekiel and Electra Buck Peck)
Peck, Charity (daughter of Ezekiel and Electa Buck Peck)
Peck, Electa (Lecta) Buck (wife of Ezekiel Peck)
Peck, Elizabeth (Betsy) (daughter of Hezekiah and Martha (Patty) Long Peck)
Peck, Evaline (daughter of Ezekiel and Electa Buck Peck)
Peck, Ezekiel (husband of Electa Buck Peck and son of Joseph and Elizabeth Read Peck)
Peck, Hannah (daughter of Ezekiel and Electa Buck Peck)
Peck, Henrietta (daughter of Benjamin (deceased) and Phoebe Crosby Peck)
Peck, Hezekiah (husband of Martha (Patty) Long Peck and son of Joseph and Elizabeth Read Peck)
Peck, Hezekiah (son of Benjamin Peck (deceased) and Phoebe Crosby Peck)
Peck, Joseph (son of Ezekiel and Electa Buck Peck)
Peck, Mahina P. (daughter of Hezekiah and Martha (Patty) Long Peck)
Peck, Mark (son of Hezekiah and Martha (Patty) Long Peck)
Peck, Martha (Patty) Long (wife of Hezekiah Peck)
Peck, Mary (daughter of Hezekiah and Martha (Patty) Long Peck)
Peck, Matthew (sone of Hezekiah and Martha (Patty) Long Peck)
Peck, Phoebe Crosby (widow of Benjamin Peck, married 2nd Joseph Knight Sr. after Polly died)
Peck, Reed (son of Hezekiah and Martha (Patty) Long Peck)
Peck, Samantha (daughter of Benjamin (deceased) and Phoeby Crosby Peck)
Peck, Sarah (daughter of Benjamin (deceased) and Phoeby Crosby Peck)
Peck, Washington (son of Hezekiah and Martha (Patty) Long Peck)
Rogers, Anna Slade [Ann Cleveland] ([2nd married Henry Alanson Cleveland] widow of Henry Rogers
and daughter of Aaron Slade Jr. and Mary (Molly) Knight Peck)
Rogers, Hortensia/Hortense (daughter of Henry Rogers (deceased) and widow Anna Slade Rogers)
Rogers, (a daughter left behind? Still in research)
Slade, Aaron* [III?] Jr. (son of Aaron [II - Jr.] Sr. and Mary (Molly) Knight Slade)
[or - Slade, Aaron [II] Jr. (son of Aaron Sr. and Sarah [Hannah] Crouch) who turned back at Buffalo.]
Slade, Benjamin* (son of Aaron [II - Jr. NOT] Sr. (deceased) and Mary (Molly) Knight Slade)
Slade, Clark [Marion]* (son of Aaron [Jr.] Sr. (deceased) and Mary (Molly) Knight Slade)
Slade, Edwin (son of Benjamin and Roxanna (Roxy) Rogers Slade)
Slade, George Washington (son of Aaron [II - Jr.] Sr. ([NOT] deceased) and Mary (Molly) Knight Slade)
Slade, Mary (Molly) Knight (widow of Aaron Slade [Jr. NOT] Sr. - Sister of Joseph Knight Sr.)
Slade, Orzo D. (son of Benjamin and Roxanna (Roxy) Rogers Slade)
Slade, Roxanna (Roxy) (wife of Benjamin Slade)
Smith, Hyrum (selected period, October 1830 - March 1831)
Smith, Jerusha Barden (wife of Hyrum Smith, during their selected period)
Smith, Lovina (daughter of Hyrum and Jerusha Barden Smith)
Smith, Mary (daughter of Hyrum and Jerusha Barden Smith)
Stowell, Josiah Sr. (son of Israel and Mary Butler Stowell)
Stringham, Esther Knight (wife of William Stringham and daughter of Joseph Sr. and
Polly Peck Knight)
Stringham, Harlow (son of William and Esther Knight Stringham)
Stringham, Harriet (daughter of William and Esther Knight Stringham)
Stringham, Julia Ann (daughter of William and Esther Knight Stringham)
Stringham, William
Willis, Ira Jones
[62 members identified for sure]
Other Members or Potential Members of Colesville Branch:
The Elmer Harris family, living in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, were not geographically close to the
center of the Colesville Branch, which was located on the Joseph Knight farm in Broome County, New
York. However, some family members were baptized by Hyrum Smith and Newel Knight of the Colesville
New York Branch and may have had an affiliation with that branch:
Harris, Elmer (son of Nathan and Rhoda Lapham Harris and brother of Martin Harris). Martin had given
his brother Elmer a copy of the Book of Mormon.
Harris, Fannie Melvina (daughter of Elmer and Parna Chapell Harris)
Harris, Joseph Mormon (son of Elmer and Parna Chapell Harris)
Harris, Parna Chapell (wife of Elmer Harris)
Slade, Eliza (wife of Phillip Slade)
Slade, Phillip (Phillip and Eliza resided in Chenango Township, Broome County. They were disposing
of property in the Village of Binghampton, Broome County, New York on March 2, 1831, but apparently
were not part of the exodus of the branch. Their membership status is unknown.
Unamed shoemaker from Greene, Chenango County, is said to have joined the new church, however, like
John Morse, he reportedly died before the exodus to Ohio.
Wilkins, Nancy Coburn (wife of Preston T. Wilkins and sister of Sally and Emily Coburn, she showed
an initial interest in the church. Her husband, Preston, forbade any continued association with the
church.)
Willis, Eleazer (father of Ira J. Willis, may have had an early affiliation. He is a member by the
Nauvoo period.)
* There is some confussion here concerning this Aaron Slade Jr. as there were three Aaron Slade
generations. Aaron Slade Sr. married Sarah [Hannah] Crouch, their son Aaron Slade Jr. (1773-1854)
Married Marry [Molly] Knight, their son Aaron Slade would have been Aaron Slade (1807-__) the III
if the Sr. and Jr. labels had been kept track of. In the family history it records that Aaron Slade
II, the husband of Mary [Molly] Knight, did travel west towards "The Ohio" with the family as far as
Buffalo, N.Y. when he left Molly with four of their nine children who continued west with Benjamin
(1801-1891), Ann Slade Rogers (1803-1872), Clark Marion Slade (1805-1842), and George Washington
Slade (1816-1911).
Thence the rest of the family remained in New York including Aaron Slade II or Jr. (the husband who
did not continue). It does not state that any of the other children had even come with them (Martin
Slade 1799-unk., Alfred Slade 1801-1872, Aaron Slade III 1807-unk., William Slade 1809-unk., Newell
Slade (1815-1852)). Each of those children, if still living in 1831, would have been old enough to
make up their own minds as to whether stay in New York or even have had joined the church.
Martin Slade has already married to Jane _____ in about 1823 and they had had three children before
1830, Abigail Slade (1825-?), Lyman Slade (1827-1909) who did in New York, and Sally Slade (1829-?).
Alfred Slade had also married Eliza Ann Rogers and had children at least one of the nine, a son,
Henry R. Slade (1828-1894) before 1830. Aaron Slade III (or jr. of Aaron Slade II (Jr.)) (1807-unk.)
did also marry but little is known as to when, but he must have stayed in New York as well. Also
William Slade (1810-unk.) who married a Phebe J ______, and had one known daughter Fanny Slade would
have also stayed in New York. And Newell Slade (1815-1852) who Married Marinda Rogers in about 1825,
also stayed in New York and was buried there. That is the other five children, Martin, Alfred, Aaron
III, William and Newell; all males who may not have even been members of the church.
The question is who was the Aaron Slade Jr. who was a baptised member of the church? Was it the
Aaron Slade Jr. (II), who was the son of Aaron Slade Sr. (I) and Sarah [Hannan] Crouch or was it Aaron
Slade (III) (1807-unk.) the son of Aaron Slade Jr. and Mary (Molly) Knight? The BYU listing would
suggest that it was Aaron Slade III, though they name him as Aaron Slade Jr.. But it was Mary/Molly's
husband Aaron Slade Jr. who started west with the family and turned back at Buffalo New York according
to family history and not the son Aaron Slade III. Family history does not record that any of the
other children had made it to Buffalo and turned back.
The BYU record about seems to mix apples with oranges as they may the Aaron Slade, father of Benjamin
and Clark as being deceased, which he was not at the time of 1831 when he according to family history
turned back at Buffalo. The BYU record also confuses the ancestry of Anna Rogers, who is the same
as Ann Slade the daughter of Aaron Slade Jr. and Mary (Molly) Knight NOT Peck. It is this Ann Slade
nee Rogers who married 2nd to Henry Alanson Cleveland according to that family's genealogy. So they
cannot even keep that straight. So it well may be that the member Aaron Slade was Aaron Slade II or
Jr. the son of Aaron Slade Sr. and Sarah [Hannah] Crouch, which Aaron Slade Jr. as husband of Mary
(Molly) Knight (the sister of Joseph Knight Sr. who did marry Mary (Molly) Peck). And it would have
therefore meant that Mary (Molly) Knight's husband who turned back at Buffalo was a member of the
church who did not want to risk or feared the danger of the ferry transports of winter.
Conclusion: BYU study has some mistakes in it. Anna Slade who married Henry Rogers is the same who
was Ann Slade nee Rogers who married Henry Alanson Cleveland. She was the daughter of Aaron Slade Jr.
and Mary (Molly) Knight, who was the sister of Joseph Knight Sr. of church history. Anna/Ann Slade
[Rogers] Cleveland was the sister of Benjamin Slade, Clarke Slade, and George Washington Slade who
as Ann Slade after her first husband's decease did travel with her mother Mary [Molly] Knight west
with the Saints.
* Note: Hortense Rogers married Elliot Hartwell and their first daughter Geneve Hartwell was born in
Iowa, on 20 July 1849. So other than early in the Cleveland - Slade [Roger] marriage, Hortense was
with her own husband Elliot Hartwell and their children.
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