| Missionary, Zion's Camp, senior president of
the Seventy, member of James Strang, David Whitmer, James Brewster churches. |
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January 10, 1797 in Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire |
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| Died |
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1886 in California |
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1873 in El Monte, Los Angeles Co., California |
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Origins, 535. |
| Father |
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Andrew H. Aldrich (b. 1767 in Johnston, Providence Co., Rhode
Island; d. July
26, 1836) |
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| Mother |
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Annis Sweetland (b. 1775; d. 1838 in Illinois) |
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| Baptized |
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[April–May] 1832 among 15, including Amasa
Lyman and Orson Johnson, baptized
by L.
E. Johnson and Orson
Pratt in the Bath, New Hampshire area. |
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¶ Orson
Pratt (h1) |
| High priest |
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July 4, 1832 ordained an elder by Orson Pratt at a conference in Bath,
New Hampshire. |
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¶ Orson
Pratt (h1) ; Orson Pratt journals, 12. |
Starts for Kirtland
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October 26, 1832 begins journey
west from Bath with Orson Pratt, Lyman
E. Johnson, and William Snow. |
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¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
Spafford, N.Y. branch
Conference |
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November 8, 1832 arrive
in Spafford, New
York, attend conference, and after a week starts for Ohio with Lyman. |
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¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
| West Virginia, Kentucky |
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December 28, 1832–February 24, 1833 mission to [West] Virginia
and Kentucky with Luke
S. Johnson and Seymour Brunson. |
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¶ Luke
S. Johnson (h) |
| Zion's Camp |
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May–July 1834 member, Zion's Camp. |
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Zion's Camp |
| Mission |
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August 7, 1834 called on a mission with Willard Snow by Missouri
high council. |
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Minutes of August
7, 1834 |
| Clay County |
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September 10, 1834 substitutes for Solomon Hancock at high council meeting,
Clay County, Missouri. |
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Minutes of September 10, 1834 |
| Seventy |
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February 28, 1835 ordination blessing as a seventy (office
not specifically mentioned). |
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| Get ready, get set … |
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May 2, 1835 the seven presidents of the Seventy are instructed to hold
themselves "in
readiness to go at the call of the Twelve, when the Lord opens the way." |
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¶ Minutes
of May 2, 1835 |
| New England |
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June 8, 1835 leaves Kirtland for New York, Vermont,
New Hampshire. Joined by Darwin Richardson in Freedom.
Darwin goes to see friends in Franconia,
New Hampshire (baptizes 1); Hazen Aldrich baptizes 3 in Enfield,
3 in Whitefield,
New Hampshire. 40+ meetings, 6 baptisms. |
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Hazen Aldrich (Kirtland) Dec. 12, 1835, MA 2,
no. 3 (Dec. 1835): 237–238. |
| Lower Canada |
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Early spring 1836 leaves for Vermont
(baptizes 7 in Underhill), 3 months Upper Canada (baptizes 11). |
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Hazen Aldrich (Ogdensburg, NY) Oct.
10, 1836, MA 3,
no. 23 (Nov. 1836): 414. |
| Washings and anointings of the Seventies |
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[April 4, 1837] … We again met together in the quorum
of the Seventies at the upper part of the Lords house at early candle
light to receive our anointing. The quorums of the Deacons, Teachers,
and Priest occupied one apartment the Elders another & the Seventies
the third. Each quorums met for the anointing. Three of the Presidents
met with the Seventies viz H Aldrich J. Young and Z Coltrin. |
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WWJ 1:129.
Original: Coultrin |
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President Coltrin opened the meeting by prayer & after conversing plainly
to those who were to be anointed they proceded to business. The presidency
consecrated the oil before God that it might be holy. The person to be
anointed then took a seat & the presidency then laid hands upon his head
& Consecrated him unto God & then anointed him in the name of the Lord
& pronounced such blessings upon his head as the testimony of Jesus shall
direct which is the spirit of prophecy. We had a glorious season indeed
in this solumn ordinance of the house of the Lord. There were fifteen annointed
in our quorum mostly by President Coltrin.. |
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Original: Coultrin |
| Released from Seventy |
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April 6, 1837 released as a president of the Seventy with others who
had been ordained high priests. Replaced by John
Gould. |
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¶ Minutes
of April 6, 1837 |
| Dissident |
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Fall 1837 joins Kirtland dissidents. |
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… the apostacy commenced in high places. One of the First Presidency,
several of the Twelve Apostles, High Council, Presidents of Seventies,
the witnesses of the Book of Mormon, Presidents of Far West, and a number
of others standing high in the Church were all carried away in this apostacy;
and they thought there was enough of them to establish a pure religion
that would become universal. |
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George A. Smith, Salt Lake
City Tabernacle, Jan. 10,
1858, JD 7:115. |
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This attempted organization was under the direction of Warren
Parrish,
… He undertook to organize
those elements into a church, and I was told by them that all the talented
men among the Elders were ready to join them. |
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They named, for instance, Lyman Johnson,
John F. Boynton (h), William E. McLellin
(h), Hazen Aldrich, Sylvester
Smith, Joseph Coe, Orson
Johnson, W. A. Cowdery,
M. F. Cowdery, and others, amounting to something like thirty, who bad
been prominent Elders in the Church. |
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Original: Boyington, McLellan |
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They were going to renounce the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith, and
take the "Mormon" doctrines to overthrow all the religions in
the world, and unite all the Christian churches in one general band, and
they to be its great leaders. |
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| Plan to rejoin the church |
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Fall 1838 preparing to move to Far West when violence erupts. |
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Origins, 535. |
| Joins James Strang's church |
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[1846] joins James J. Strang's Church of Jesus Christ. Other members
include Lucy Mack Smith and William Smith, Martin
Harris, William Marks,
John C. Bennett, William E. McLellin, Leonard
Rich, and John C. Gaylord. |
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Origins, 211. |
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1846–1847 missionary for Strang's Church of Jesus Christ. |
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Origins, 535. |
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December 16, 1846 excommunicated for incest by James J. Strang. |
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Origins, 535. |
| Joins David Whitmer's church |
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November 1847 baptized into David Whitmer's Church of Christ. |
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Origins, 535. |
| Joins James Brewster's church |
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June 26, 1848 baptized into James C. Brewster's Church of Christ. |
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Origins, 535. |
| President |
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June 26, 1848 James C. Brewster's Church of Christ is organized with
nine members who appoint Hazen Aldrich president. |
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James C. Brewster, 130, citing Olive Branch 1
(Nov. 1848): 82–83. |
| Publisher, The Olive Branch |
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August 1848–January 1852 publishes The
Olive Branch in Kirtland. |
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Divergent paths, 56. |
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June 23, 1849 presides over general assembly of the Church of Christ.
Announces members must believe and follow James Brewster's Writings
of Esdras and
revelations. |
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Divergent paths, 55; James C. Brewster, 131, citing Olive
Branch 2 (July 1849): 2–11. |
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September 29, 1849 becomes president of Brewster's Church of Christ.
James C. Brewster and Jackson Goodale as counselors. |
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Origins, 535. Divergent paths, 55. |
| Denounces Brewster's teachings |
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August 1851 announces James Brewster has misconstrued writings of Esdras. |
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James C. Brewster, 132, citing Olive Branch 4
(Aug. 1851): 13. |
| Resigns, moves to California |
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January 1853 resigns as president to join married daughter in California. |
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Origins, 535. |
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Families |
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| Wife |
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Betsy Manchester (md. Oct. 28, 1819) |
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