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1847–1868

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Birth Date
January 1823
Death Date
8 May 1852
Gender
Female
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Martha Royle

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  • Initially the Kay family traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Brigham Young Company in 1848.  The Kay family included John Moburn, his wife Ellen Cockcroft and his children Sarah, Maria, and Ellen.  Maria died en route. 

    In Jacob Peart’s diary, he mentions that Susan Roberts Miller and Martha Royle were John Kay’s “women.”  It is possible that they were his wives.

Brigham Young Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 25

Traveled with

  • Ellen Kay (Age: 34)
  • John Moburn Kay (Age: 30)
  • Sarah Kay (Age: 10)
  • Maria Kay (Age: 8)
  • Elizabeth Kay (Age: 6)
  • Ellen Kay (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census, Salt Lake County.
  • First 100, report, 1848 June.
  • Jacob Peart diary, 1847-1872, 33.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 8 May 1852, 1.
  • Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register.