• Robert and his sister (Prudence) and children (Robert, William and Mary) sailed to America in 1866 on the ship John Bright.

  Birth date confirmed by Henefer Ward records at the time of Robert's re-baptism (7 October 1866?)

William Henry Chipman Company (1866)

• Age at Departure: 37
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1900 United States Federal Census
• Henefer Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
• "Passenger List: of Cap. W. Chipman's Train," Deseret News, 26 September 1866, 5.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 317.
• "Robert Jones Funeral," Inter-Mountain Republican, 1 May 1906, 8.
• William H. Chipman notebook, 1866.