9 July 2011 update
Haws Barrett Family
My Haws,Whitcomb, and Barrett Family History
1600s To 1912
From Ireland to Massachusetts, Virginia & Illinois
And on to UtahArizonaMexico
Includes Barrett, Bidlack, Campbell, Clements, Haws & Whitcomb
[Mostly same as Haws & BarrettChurch History from 1800s.]
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“The exodus would ever be more trial than trail.”
“Come, calm or strife, turmoil or peace, life or death, in the name of Israel’s God
we mean to conquer or die trying.”
Pres. Brigham Young, as quoted by, Richard E Bennett, “Winter Quarters,” Ensign
SARAH ANN, ELIZA, ABIGAIL, SUZANNE,
What did you leave when you left your home land?
When you followed a husband, who followed his God?
Would you have come, if you had known the path your feet would trod?
Eliza, you didn't believe like your husband Sam, That God had provided a promise land.
So why did you come o'er the ocean and then, Pull that handcart thru' icy rivers and snow?
Even after he died and was left on the trail; why did you stay and embrace his beliefs
After all that? It's amazing to me.
Sarah Ann, pampered and spoiled as a child, You of all people, I would have expected to stay
In Philadelphia, where your charmed life, Had to do with ponies, and satin cushions and no strife.
Hiding, because of your "delicate condition", You listened to the truth,
And traded it all, For nail keg and goods boxes, loaded in wagons.
Women of courage, with faith in every step,
When I hear their stories, such a pattern they set,
In them, I see my way more clearly, I may get there, yet.
These stories have hardships and trials and death
But when told by those who the journey trod,
They were led and protected by the Hand of GOD.
Too many stories, I must tell some more.
Lydia and her husband left persecution in Maine, To come to Utah and try to settle again.
Elizabeth and her husband died back in Maine, neighbors dug their graves, crooked so their souls they could not claim.
Hannah in Missouri, was safe, but wait, Their neighbors were exiled, they couldn't stay.
Phoebe left some children in England, grown, to go, With their father to Utah to build a new home.
Ann, from Mars Hill, her husband dead, Watched her children pull the handcart, all of them lived.
Mary Ann, too, walked with the handcarts, when only six years old;
Now, to Mexico with her husband’s young wives she must go.
Lucy from Kentucky to Arizona much later, by train, With so many nearly grown daughters to wed.
Alice, came to Arizona and married, so young, To a man who wouldn't see his children grown.
Martha and Mary, like their mother, twins.... Left her buried in Mexico, came back alone.
Mabel dragging her children across the state, To be with her husband as work would dictate.
SARAH ANN, ELIZA, ABIGAIL, SUZANNE,
How did you feel when you left your home land?
When you followed a husband, who followed his God?
Would you have come if you had known the path your feet would trod?
Yes! You would come if you had know, the path your feet would trod!
In honor of my pioneer grandmothers: Suzanne de la TourLamoreaux was a Huguenot who left France 1685 so that her children could be raised in religious freedom. Abigail Losey Lamoreaux was exiled to Canada when her family fought for the British in the Revolutionary War and then moved to Kirtland after Parley P. Pratt converted her and her husband in Canada in 1836. Eliza Chapman Gadd left England in the 1840's after her husband and older children joined the church. They pushed a handcart in the Willie Company. Her husband and two children died on the trail. She was baptized one month after reaching the SaltLake valley. Sarah Ann Pedrick Asay was raised well to do, was disowned for joining the church in the pioneer trek in the 1850's. She had to hide to hear the missionaries because genteel ladies did not go out in public when they were expecting.
The last verse honorsLydia Young Crockett, Elizabeth Brockett Crockett, Hannah Whitcomb Haws, Phoebe Colburn Barrett, Ann Jewell Rowley, and Mary Ann Gadd Rowley, Lucy Susan Stinson Pedrick, Alice Arminda Hendricks Asay, Martha Haws Rowley, Mabel Asay Lamoreaux, and Martha Barrett Haws.Pioneer Sesquicentennial Project - akrc March 1997
akrc mar/june 1997 wp\songhst
1600s
Date PlaceEvent & Source
1674 IrelandWilliam Campbell is born [2nd great grand father of Gilbreth Haws.]
Later marries Sarah. Dies 1754 in Virginia
My Records
1676 IrelandSarah is born[2nd great grand mother of Gilbreth Haws.]
Later marries William Campbell
My Records
1700s
1702 IrelandJacob Clements is born [great grand father of Gilbreth Haws.]
Later marries Mary Campbell, dies 1759
My Records
1706IrelandMary Campbell is born to William & SarahCampbell
[great grand mother of Gilbreth Haws.]
Later marries Jacob Clements
My Records
1725 Herefordshire Eng John Barrett (I) is born to ?
Married ?? before 1750?
My Records
1740/4 abt WalesBenjaminHawsis born.
Later marries Rebecca Clements
Pedigree Sheet
1742/46 Augusta, VaRebecca Clements is born to Jacob & Mary Campbell Clements
Later marries BenjaminHaws, dies 1822
[grand mother of Gilbreth Haws.]
My Records
1750 Herefordshire Eng John Barrett (II) is born to John Barrett & ?
Married ?? before 1775?
My Records
1750 Broad Oak, Hongaren,William Matthews is born to ?
Herefordshire Eng Married before 1780?
Haws Family History Timeline3/24/2010 update printed 13 January 2019 akrc1 of 20
Date Place Event
My Records
1750 Broad Oak, Hongaren,Susan Bennett is born to ?
Herefordshire Eng Married William Matthews before 1780?
My Records
1754 Oct 5 Augusta, Virginia William Campbell will is proved
Later marries Sarah. Dies 1754 in Virginia
My Records
1759 Sept 1 Augusta, Virginia Jacob Clements will is proved
My Records
1766Rowan or Burke Co, NCJacob Haws is born to Benjamin & Rebecca Clements Haws, child.
Later marries Hannah Neal, dies in 1813 Oct 9.
Family Group record& My Pedigree Chart
1768of Burke Co, NC Hannah Neal is born to William & Mary Polly Clinton Neal or Neil,
? child.Later marries Jacob Haws.& died in 1855
Family Group recordMy Pedigree Chart
1769 Dec 1 Windham, Windham, Conn Olive Bidlock is born to Jonathan & Hannah Cutler Bidlack
[grand mother of William Wallace Haws.]
Later marries Oliver Whitcomb, dies in 1819.
Family Group recordMy Pedigree Chart
1772 Mar 3 Wistminister, Mass Oliver Whitcomb is born to Oliver & Dorcas Dickinson Whitcombe
[grand father of William Wallace Haws.]
Later marries 2)Olive Bidlock, dies in 1797 Sept 1, in NY.
Family Group recordMy Pedigree Chart
1775 Hangrain Parrish, T,H Eng John Barrett(III) is born to John Barrett & ?
Later marries Susan Matthews before 1800 in Hereford
My Records
1775 Prob EnglandJohn (Edward) Hulbert is born
Later marries Phoebe or Ann Hulbert
My Records
1775 Prob EnglandPhoebe or Ann Hulbertis born
Later marries John (Edward) Hulbert
My Records
1780 about Herefordshire, EngSusan (Susanna) Matthews is born to William & Susan Bennett
Matthews Later marries John Barrett
My Records
1788 Jan 17Burke Co, NCBenjamin Haws is born to Jacob & Hannah Neal Haws, 1stchild.
Later marries Letta Hargrove & Polly Whitcomb, dies in 18.
Family Group record
1789 JulBurke Co, NCWilliam Haws is born to Jacob & Hannah Neal Haws, 2ndchild.
Later marries Isabel Womach, dies in 1840.
Family Group record
1791 abtBurke Co, NCArchibald Haws is born to Jacob & Hannah Neal Haws, 3rd child.
Family Group record
1793 abtBurke Co, NCClinton Haws is born to Jacob & Hannah Neal Haws, 4th child.
Family Group record
1795 Mar 13Kentucky Rebecca Haws is born to Jacob & Hannah Neal Haws, 5th child.
Later marries Jeremiah Hartgrave.
Family Group record
1796Kentucky Polly Haws is born to Jacob & Hannah Neal Haws, 6th child.
Dies in 1806.
Family Group record
1796 Oct 30 Horton, G, Eng William Colburn is born to John & Sarah Colburn
later married Elizabeth Hulbert died in 1830
1798 Jul 23Kentucky John Haws is born to Jacob & Hannah Neal Haws, 7th child.
Later marries Martha Masters, dies in 1852.
Family Group record
1800s
1800 Mar 18 Marshfield, G Eng Elizabeth Hulbert is born to John E & Phoebe or --- Hulbert
later marries William Colburn dies 1882
My Records
1800 May 30 Hangrin Par, T, H, Eng William Barrett is born to John & Susanna Matthews Barrett
My Records
1801 Nov 10Logan Co, Kentucky Gilbreth Haws is born to Jacob & Hannah Neal Haws, 8th child.
Later marries Hannah Whitcomb, dies in 1877.
“A Sketch of The Life of William Wallace Haws,” CHLunt
1802 Nov 22Kentucky Lucretia Haws is born to Jacob & Hannah Neal Haws, 9th child.
Later marries Richard Sessions, dies in 1876.
Family Group record
1803 or 4Kentucky James Haws is born to Jacob & Hannah Neal Haws, 10th child.
Dies in 1803 or 4.
Family Group record
1805 May 6Kentucky Alney Haws is born to Jacob & Hannah Neal Haws, 11th child.
Later marries Letta Sessions, dies in 1879.
Family Group record
1806 Apr 17 Cazanovia, Madison, NY Hannah Whitcomb is born to Oliver & Olive Bidlock Whitcomb.
Later marries Gilbreth Haws, dies in 1880.
“A Sketch of The Life of William Wallace Haws,” CH Lunt
1807 Sept 6Kentucky Alfred Haws is born to Jacob & Hannah Neal Haws, 12th child.
Later marries Milley Linder, dies in ?.
Family Group record
1809 Jan 6Kentucky James Carlton Haws is born to Jacob & Hannah Neal Haws,
He is the 13th child.
Later marries Fanny Chapman, dies in ?.
Family Group record
1813 Apr 9Kentucky Eliza Haws is born to Jacob & Hannah Neal Haws, 14th child.
Later marries Adam Warren, dies in 1908.
Family Group record
1813 Oct 9 KentuckyJacob Haws dies.
Family Group record
1822 June 21Wayne, IllGilbreth Haws is married to Hannah Whitcomb
Family Group record
1824 Jan 7 Green, Wayne, IllGilbreth & Hannah Whitcomb Haws 1st child, Caroline Haws, is
born. Later marries Walter Barney, dies in 1853.
Membership of the Church … of LDS, 1830-1848, Black
1824 Aug 8 Mansfield, Eng Phoebe Colburn is born to William & Elizabeth Hulbert Colburn.
My records
Hortin, Glo, EngPhoebe Colburn was born in Hortin, Gloucestershire, England,
August 8, 1824
The History of Martha Barrett Haws (1859-1916).
1826 Oct 31 Green, Wayne, IllGilbreth & Hannah Whitcomb Haws 2nd child, Matilda Haws, is
born. She dies in 1849.
Membership of the Church … of LDS, 1830-1848, Black
1828 Oct 20 Green, Wayne, IllGilbreth & Hannah Whitcomb Haws 3rd child, Lucinda Haws, is
born. Later marries Shedarach Holdway; dies in 1917.
Membership of the Church … of LDS, 1830-1848, Black
1830s
1830 Mar 29 Green, Wayne, IllGilbreth & Hannah Whitcomb Haws 4th child, Eliza Haws, is born.
Later marries George Pickup; dies in 1855.
Membership of the Church … of LDS, 1830-1848, Black
1831 Dec 8 Green, Wayne, IllGilbreth & Hannah Whitcomb Haws 5th child, Frances Marion Haws,
is born. Later marries Sarah Ann Jones; dies 1914.
Membership of the Church … of LDS, 1830-1848, Black
1833 July 10 Green, Wayne, IllGilbreth & Hannah Whitcomb Haws 6th child, Amos Whitcomb
Haws, is born. Later marries Mary Bean; dies in 1888.
Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS, 1830-1848, Black
1835 Feb 18 Green, Wayne, IllGilbreth & Hannah Whitcomb Haws 7thof 14 children, William
Wallace Haws, born. 6 sisters, 7 brothers. Later marries Barbara B
Mills, Martha Barrett, Gertrudis _____; dies in 1895.
“A Sketch of The Life of William Wallace Haws,” C H Lunt
1837 Feb 15 Green, Wayne, IllGilbreth & Hannah Whitcomb Haws 8th child, Albert A. Haws, is
born. Later marries Nancy Haws, dies in 1912
Membership of the Church … of LDS, 1830-1848, Black
1837 JuneEnglandVICTORIA IS CROWNED QUEEN in England
1837 July 19Liverpool, Eng.Mormon Missionaries Arrive in England
1838 Oct 7 Green, Wayne, IllGilbreth & Hannah Whitcomb Haws 9th child, Calab William Haws,
is born. Later marries Eliza Snow; dies in 1871.
Membership of the Church … of LDS, 1830-1848, Black
THIS LDS FAMILY & CHURCH HISTORY IS COVERED IN My Haws & BarrettChurch History Time Line
1840s
1840 AboutGreen, Wayne, Ill Gilbreth & Hannah Whitcomb Haws first learn about the
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS
“A Sketch of The Life of William Wallace Haws,” C H Lunt
Son William Wallace Haws had been born 5 years before 18 Feb 1835, in Green Township, Wayne Co, Illinois. He was the 7th of 14 children, 6 girls & 8 boys. “Previous to this time they hadn’t affiliated with any church.”
“My father spent his childhood in Illinois, on a ranch. It was located about 20 miles from Xenia, Ill., in the northwestern part of Wayne Co. My grandparents had a herd of sheep, some cattle, and a farm. …some distance from Nauvoo, his family hadn’t suffered the brunt of the persecution. …leaving his friends, …brothers and sisters to join a most unpopular cause was a grave and difficult decision to make. But, he did wish to gather with Saints, so he began to make some preparations.
“However, they didn’t leave Wayne Co. until May 1847. They traveled in a northwest direction through Illinois, crossing the Mississippi River into Iowa, then went west past the first encampment of the pioneers at Garden Grove, which was about 150 miles from Nauvoo, and traveled on 100 miles to Mt Pisgah where they stayed for the winter.
“My father [William Wallace Haws] was 12. Their outfit consisted of one horse team, which Grandfather drove, and several ox teams, which Grandfather [Grandmother?] and the children managed. In the spring of 1848, they went to Council Bluffs, which was located on the east side of the Missouri River, then on to Winter Quarters. They crossed the Missouri River in Lorenzo Snow’s Company. At Winter Quarters they camped to make preparations to go west with the first company of the season.”
“…5 months later 23 Sept 1848 …arrived in SL Valley.”
“William Wallace Haws,” by Chloe Haws Lunt
Hannah Whitcomb Haws “…parents were pioneers to Illinois. Hannah’s parents died when she was a young child & she lived with a married sister until she was married.”
“Hannah married Gilbreth2 June 1822. She was 16 yrs old. He was 21 years old. They first learned about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about 1840. Previous to this time they hadn’t affiliated with any church.”
“Hannah Whitcomb Haws,” by Lillian Haws Scott, Feb 1995
1841 Jan 18 EnglandPhoebe Colburnmarried William Barrett on the 18, January 1841.
William's 1st wife died and he was left with 5 children. Because he was 21 years older than Phoebe, William seemed more like a father than a husband.
The History of Martha Barrett Haws (1859-1916).
1841 May 12 Green, Wayne, IllGilbreth & Hannah Whitcomb Haws 10th child, George Washington
Haws,is born. Later married Elizabeth Worsley; died in 1921
Membership of the Church … of LDS, 1830-1848, Black
1841 Monmouth, EngWilliam Barrett marries Phoebe Colburn.
My Records
1842 Mar 3 EnglandAnn Barrett, 1st child of William Barrett & Phoebe Colburn is born
Ann died in 1916
The History of Martha Barrett Haws (1859-1916).
1842 Aug 20Nauvoo Tax rolls filed this date listing:
**Look for Haws in Illinois
Nauvoo Tax Assessor, 1840 & 1842, p205; Film #007706, MFHC.
1842 NovIllinoisHannah Whitcomb Haws was baptized Nov 1842 by
Elder Jefferson Hunt
“Hannah Whitcomb Haws,” compiled by Lillian Haws Scott
“A Sketch of The Life of William Wallace Haws,” C H Lunt
1843 Feb 16Lucinda Haws daughter of Hannah & Gilbreth Haws was baptized.
“A Sketch of The Life of William Wallace Haws,” C H Lunt
1843 May 28 EnglandMatilda Barrett, 2nd child of William Barrett & Phoebe Colburn is
born. Matilda died in 28 Sept 1921
The History of Martha Barrett Haws (1859-1916).
1843 Aug 6 Green, Wayne, IllGilbreth & Hannah Whitcomb Haws 11th child, Emma Smith Haws, is
born. Later marries Lyman Carter; dies in 1917
Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS, 1830-1848, Black
1843 Feb 16Elizabeth Haws daughter of Hannah & Gilbreth Haws was baptized.
“A Sketch of The Life of William Wallace Haws,” C H Lunt
1843 NovIllinoisHannah Whitcomb Haws was baptized Nov 1842 by Elder Jefferson
Hunt“Gilbreth[Haws] was baptized Nov of the following year.”
Hannah & Gilbreth (Haws) lived on a ranch located “about 20 miles from Xenia, Illinois, in the northwestern part of Wayne Co. They had a herd of sheep, some cattle and a farm.”
“Hannah Whitcomb Haws,” compiled by Lillian Haws Scott
[Membership of LDS Church says Gilbreth was baptized Nov 1843]
1844 June 27Carthage, IllJoseph Smith & Hyrum Smith are martyred in the Carthage Jail
D&C 135
“Even after the murder of the Prophet Joseph Smith, when the Saints realized they must shortly leave Nauvoo, they increased their commitment to completing the temple. The attic of the unfinished temple was dedicated as a part of the structure where the endowment would be administered. …Brigham Young, Heber C Kimball, and others of the Twelve Apostles remained in the temple day and night, sleeping no more than about four hours a night.” “Almost 6,000 Latter-day Saints received their endowments before leaving Nauvoo.”
“Our Heritage, A brief History …Latter Day Saints”, p 60
1845 Wayne Co, IllGilbreth & Hannah Whitcomb Haws –“In 1845 …some elders
visited them & told them that the saints were being mobbed & driven from their homes, & advised the Haws family to go west with the saints. The Quorum of the Twelve had proposed to the governor of Illinois that the saints would leave the state next spring. To carry out this proposal the beautiful City Nauvoo was turned into a workshop; the sound of hammer and anvil could be hear early and late as they turned raw materials into wagons, harnesses and yokes for the oxen.
“As Hannah and her family lived in Wayne Co, Ill. Which is some distance from Nauvoo, their family hadn’t suffered the brunt of the persecution. To leave their friends to join a most unpopular cause was a very grave and difficult decision to make. They left Wayne Co in May 1847. With a small branch of the church organized in Wayne Co. they traveled in a northwest direction thru Ill., crossed the Mississippi River into Iowa, then went past the first encampment of the Pioneers at Garden Grove, which was about 150 miles from Nauvoo, then traveled on 100 miles to Mt Pisgah where they stayed for the winter.
“Hannah Whitcomb Haws,” by Lillian Haws Scott, Feb 1995
Same story is told in:
“A Sketch of The Life of William Wallace Haws,” C H Lunt
1845 Jun 9 EnglandGeorge Barrett, 3rd child of William Barrett & Phoebe Colburn is
born. George died in 1 Feb 1890 in Rhymney, Wales