• Abednego and his wife and daughter (Bathsheba and Mary Jane) arrived in New York on 6 July 1866 via the ship The Arkwright. PEF ledgers misspells his name as "Abechrego." Company records indicate "A. Wilkinson" purchased  3 1/2 adult rations of food, indicating his family made the overland journey with him.

Daniel Thompson Company (1866)

• Age at Departure: 29
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1880 Idaho Census.
• “Captain Daniel Thompson, memorandum book 1, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868.
• Eastern Idaho Death Records Database.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Account 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 370.