Ship Brooklyn Saints

Date: 4 Feb 1846 to 31 Jul 1846
Location: [unknown]
Surname/tag: LDS

Contents 1 The ship Brooklyn Saints 2 Crew 3 Passengers 4 Resources

The ship Brooklyn Saints

A group of Latter Day Saints sailed from New York to California on the ship Brooklyn. It departed New York on 4 February 1846 and arrived in California on 31 July 1846.

Crew

A list of the captain and crew is found at Wikipedia.

	Crew of the ship Brooklyn		Age
Captain	Abel W. Richardson	b. Massachusetts	-
1st Mate	Joseph W. Richardson	b. New York	27
2nd Mate	James W. Norskell	b. Massachusetts	27
Carpenter	John Thomas	b. Wales	30
Seaman	Benjamin R. Austin	b. Rhode Island	20
Seaman	Curtis Child	b. Connecticut	21
Seaman	Daniel Clark	b. New York	31
Seaman	Thomas Clauson	b. Sweden	25
Seaman	Charles Johnson	b. Sweden	26
Seaman	William Mays	b. New York	31
Seaman	John Edward Miles	b. North Carolina	28
Seaman	James Nichols	b. Maryland	21
Seaman	Martin S. Penfield	b. Connecticut	20
Seaman	Albert Stewart	b. Michigan	23
Seaman	Lewis A. Wilmot	b. Rhode Island	20
Steward	William Smith	b. Long Island	26
Cook	Joseph Newbury	b. Connecticut	24
Cook	Nathan N. Collins	b. New York	37

Passengers

About 238 passengers were on board -- 70 men, 68 women, and 100 children.

You can see a list of passengers in Lorin K. Hansen's article Voyage of the Brooklyn:

1. Isaac Addison (abt.1810-) (36)
2. Addison, Eliza (33)
3. Addison, (dau)
4. Aldrich, Silas (43) (died on voyage)
5. Aldrich, Prudence Clark (43)
6. Aldrich, Nancy Laura (17)
7. Aldrich, Jasper
8. William Atherton (1814-1888), born in England, pressman at the Oakland Transcript.
9. Emily (Glossop) Atherton (1820-1866), born in England, d. California
10. Julius Augustus Caesar Austin (1810-1903), carpenter, b. Connecticut, d. Utah
11. Octavia Ann (Lane) Austin (1814-1863), b. Connecticut, d. Utah
12. Louise Maria Austin (1838-1927), b. Connecticut, m. Cheney, d. Utah
13. Edwin Nelson Austin (1840-1920)), b. Connecticut, D. Utah
14. Newton Francis Austin (1843-1922), b. Connecticut, d. Montana
15. Brannan, Samuel (27)
16. Brannan, Anna Elizabeth Corwin (24)
17. Brannan, Samuel L. (2 mo.)
18. Buckland, Hannah Daggett (43)
19. Buckland, Alondas de Lafayette (20)
20. Buckland, James Daggett (18)
21. Bullen, Newel [37]
22. Bullen, Clarissa Judkins Atkinson [35]
23. Bullen, Francis Andrew [8]
24. Bullen, Hershel [6]
25. Bullen, Cincinnatus [3]
26. Burr, Nathan (58)
27. Burr, Cloe Clark (50)
28. Burr, Amasa [34]
29. Burr, Charles Clark (29) (son of Nathan and Cloe)
30. Burr, Sarah Sloat (24)
31. Burr, Charles W. (1) (died on voyage)
32. Burr, John Atlantic (born on voyage)
33. Cade, Jonathan [64]
34. Cade, Susannah [58]
35. Clark, Sophia P. [22]
36. Coombs (Combs), Abraham [41]
37. Coombs (Combs), Olive Curtis [26]
38. Coombs, Katherine [12]
39. Coombs, Marion Charles [5]
40. Coombs, Helen [3]
41. Corwin, Francis M. [42] (Samuel Brannon's mother-in-law)
42. Eagar, Lucy Buell [42]
43. Eagar, John [23]
44. Eagar, Mary [18]
45. Eagar, Thomas [16]
46. Eagar, Arabella [13]
47. Eagar, William [10]
48. Ensign, Elias (died on voyage)
49. Ensign, Jerusha [56]
50. Ensign, Eliza (died on voyage)
51. Ensign, John Warren [18]
52. Evans, William [34]
53. Evans, Hannah Benner [34]
54. Evans, Amanda [12]
55. Evans, Jonathan Benner [8]
56. Evans, Parley Pratt [6]
57. Evans, William H. [4]
58. Fisher, Joseph R. [24] (brother of Mary Ann)
59. Fisher, Mary Ann [23] (sister of Joseph R.)
60. Fowler, Jerusha H. [27]
61. Fowler, Thomas [8]
62. Fowler, George [6]
63. Fowler, John [4]
64. Fowler, (child) (died on voyage)
65. Glover, William [33]
66. Glover, Jane Cowan [29]
67. Glover, Jane [8]
68. Glover, Katherine [4]
69. Glover, Joseph Smith [1]
70. Goodwin, Isaac R. [35]
71. Goodwin, Laura Hotchkiss [33] (died on voyage)
72. Goodwin, Emerette [13]
73. Goodwin, Isaac H. [11]
74. Goodwin, Lewis H. [9]
75. Goodwin, Edwin Abia [6]
76. Goodwin, Nancy Ellen [4]
77. Goodwin, Lucinda Ludelia [3]
78. Goodwin, Albert Story [1]
79. Griffith, Jonathan [32]
80. Griffith, Sarah [32]
81. Griffith, Jackson
82. Griffith, Marshal
83. Hamilton, Mary [56] (mother of Mary Sparks)
84. Haskell, Ashbel Green [48] (family went overland)
85. Hayes, Jacob [52]
86. Hicks, Joseph [36]
87. Horner, John Miers [25]
88. Horner, Elizabeth Imlay [20] (not LDS)
89. Hyatt, Elisha [30]
90. Hyatt, Matilda [35]
91. Hyatt, John [16]
92. Ira (Irea), Cyrus [22]
93. Jones, Isabella [38]
94. Joyce, John [24]
95. Joyce, Caroline Augusta Perkins [21]
96. Joyce, Augusta [1]
97. Kemble, Edward C. [19] (not LDS)
98. Kittleman, John [50]
99. Kittleman, Sarah [38]
100. Kittleman, Thomas [27]
101. Kittleman, George
102. Kittleman, William [39] (son of John and Sarah)
103. Kittleman, Eliza Hindman [34]
104. Kittleman, Elizabeth [14]
105. Kittleman, Mary Ann
106. Kittleman, George
107. Kittleman, James
108. Kittleman, Sarah [4 mo.] (twin)
109. Kittleman, Hannah [4 mo.] (twin)
110. Knowles, Richard [58]
111. Knowles, Sarah Rostirn [54]
112. Ladd (alias Johnson), Samuel [27]
113. Lane, Emaline Amanda [21] (youngest sister of Octavia Austin)
114. Leigh, Isaac [27]
115. Leigh, Achsah [24]
116. Light, James [36]
117. Light, Mary J. [26]
118. Light, James M.
119. Lovett, Angeline M. [19]
120. McCue, Patrick [55]
121. McGue, Esther [45]
122. McCue, James B. [15]
123. McCue, Solomon B. [6]
124. McCue, Amos W. [3]
125. McCue, William K. [1]
126. Marshall, Earl [47]
127. Marshall, Leticia Dorsey [47]
128. Stivers, Simeon [20] (adopted)
129. Meader, Moses A. [42]
130. Meader, Sarah D. Blod [40]
131. Meader, Angeline [13]
132. Moses, Ambrose Todd [51]
133. Moses, Lydia Ensign [46]
134. Moses, Norman S. [15]
135. Moses, Phoebe Maria [14]
136. Moses, Ann Frances [12]
137. Moses, Clarissa Cordelia [7]
138. Mowry (Morey), Barton [47]
139. Mowry (Morey), Ruth [47]
140. Mowry, Origin [21]
141. Mowry, Rhenaldo [18]
142. Murray, Mary [36]
143. Narimore, Mercy M. [45 ?]
144. Narimore, Edwin
145. Nichols, Joseph [31]
146. Nichols, Jerusha [27]
147. Nichols, Enos [2]
148. Nichols, Joseph [2 mo.] (died on voyage)
149. Nutting, Lucy Jane [20]
150. Pell, Elijah Ward [40]
151. Pell, Seba [45]
152. Pell, Geraldine
153. Pell, Hettie
154. Petch (Petz), Robert [50]
155. Petch (Petz), Mary [42]
156. Petch, Salina [11]
157. Petch, Richard [6]
158. Phillips, John [33]
159. Poole, Mary Crammer [57]
160. Poole, Elizabeth Francis [24]
161. Poole, Peter John [23]
162. Read (Reed), Christiana Gregory [45]
163. Read (Reed), Hannah T. [24] (was Mrs. Alexander Jamison)
164. Jamison, John Read [4]
165. Read (Reed), John H. [17]
166. Read (Reed), Christiana Rachel [15]
167. Robbins, Charles [31] (brother to Isaac and John)
168. Robbins, Isaac [41]
169. Robbins, Ann Shinn Burtis [35]
170. Robbins, Joseph Reeves [12]
171. Robbins, Wesley [5]
172. Robbins, Margaret [2]
173. Robbins, John Rogers [36]
174. Robbins, Phoebe Ann Wright [34]
175. Robbins, Charles Burtis [11] (child of first marriage, to Mary Shinn Harper Burtis)
176. Robbins, George Edward [6] (died on voyage)
177. Robbins, John Franklin [1] (died on voyage)
178. Robbins, Georgiana Pacific (born on voyage)
179. Rollins (Rowland), Henry [55] (father of Jane Tomkins)
180. Rollins (Rowland), Isaac [17] (C refers to this son as Isaac, H as Thomas)
181. Savage, Susan Eliza [20]
182. Scott, James [34]
183. Sirrine, George Warren [27] (brother of John)
184. Sirrine, John [34] (went for health, not LDS)
185. Sirrine, Nancy Smith [26] (not LDS)
186. Sirrine, George [1]
187. Skinner, Horace Austin [28]
188. Skinner, Laura Ann Farnsworth [26]
189. Skinner, James Horace [4]
190. Smith, Orrin [40]
191. Smith, Amy Ann Dodd Hopkins [35]
192. (Smith), H. M. [14]
193. Hopkins, Ellen M. [10]
194. Smith, Amelia A. [9]
195. Hopkins, Emily M. [7]
196. Smith, Francis [3]
197. Smith, Orrin Hopkins [6 mo.] (died in Hawaii)
198. Smith, Robert [33]
199. Smith, Catherine Clark [28]
200. Smith, Daniel [2]
201. Smith, Hyrum Joseph [1]
202. Snow, Zelnora S. [22]
203. Sparks, Quartus S. [25]
204. Sparks, Mary Hamilton [24]
205. Sparks, Quartus Jr. [8 mo.]
206. Stark, Daniel [25]
207. Stark, Ann [24]
208. Stark, John Daniel [4 mo.]
209. Bird, Elizabeth Wallace [1 mo.] (father went overland)
210. Still, George [65]
211. Still, Mary [41]
212. Still, Sarah
213. Still, Laura
214. Still, Julia
215. Stout, William [30]
216. Stout, Mary Ann [18?]
217. Stout, (Malone?)
218. Stringfellow, Jesse A. [22]
219. Tomkins, Thomas [29]
220. Tomkins, Jane Rollins [26]
221. Tomkins, Amanda [4]
222. Tomkins, Jane Elizabeth [3]
223. Warner, Caroline E. [34] (husband went overland)
224. Warner, Myron
225. Warner, Sarah [6]
226. Warner, Henry J. [2]
227. Winner, George K. [39]
228. Winner, Mary Ann [37]
229. Winner, Elizabeth [17] (twin)
230. Winner, Mary Ann [17] (twin)
231. Winner, Louise [15]
232. Winner, Emmajean D. [7]
233. Winner, Moroni [3]
234. Winner, Israel [1]
235. Winner, Sarah [4 mo.] (died on voyage)

Additional passengers (not LDS) :

1. Ward, Frank
2. von Pfister, Edward
3. Black cook
4. Black steward

Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_the_Brooklyn_Saints
• Hawaii Passenger List
• https://templehill.org/the-brooklyn-voyage-saints-of-service-and-sacrifice
• https://californiapioneer.com/historic-events/ship-brooklyn/
• https://rsc.byu.edu/california-saints/saga-brooklyn-1845-46
• https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Ship_Brooklyn
• https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=92760
• https://www.maritimeheritage.org/passengers/br073146.htm
• https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1326/

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