John Porter Rollins Jr. was born 28 April 1789 in Dublin, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States to John Porter Rollins (1762-1819) and Elizabeth Johnson (1771-1846) and died 24 January 1822 Lake Ontario, New York of shipwreck. He married Keziah Keturah van Benthuysen (1795-1877) 1815 in Lima, Livingston County, New York.
Biography
Autobiography of Mary Rollins
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARY E. LIGHTNER Mary Lightner, Autobiography Source: Mary Lightner, "Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner," Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, UG&HM 17 (1926), p.193-205, 250-260
I was born in the town of Lima, Livingston County, state of New York, April 9, 1818. My father, John D. Rollins, came from one of the New England States; I think it was Vermont. My mother, Keziah Keturah Van Benthuysen, was born in Albany, state of New York, May 16, 1796. She married my father in 1814 or 1815. Three children were the fruit of this marriage, James Henry, myself and sister Caroline, the youngest. When Caroline was six months old, my father was shipwrecked on Lake Ontario during a terrible storm. Only one person was saved out of all the passengers and crew.
Marriage and Family
- James Henry Rollins (1816-1899) - was one of those who assisted in the burial of the victims when a cholera epidemic swept thru Zion's Camp (1834). Also arrested and thrown into Liberty Jail in 1838 with Joseph Smith and others.
- Mary Elizabeth Rollins (1818-1913) One of the plural wives of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, Mary and her sister Caroline are credited with rescuing papers that were later published as part of the Doctrine and Covenants from anti-Mormon mobs in 1831 Missouri.
- Caroline Amelia Rollins (1820-1856) -
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| James Henry Rollins (1816-1899) | 27 May 1816 Lima, Livingston County, New York, United States | 7 February 1899 Lyman, Uinta County, Wyoming, United States | Eveline Crissy Walker (1823-1912) Hannah Alice Hulme (1834-1896) |
| Mary Elizabeth Rollins (1818-1913) | 9 April 1818 Lima, Livingston County, New York, United States | 17 December 1913 Minersville, Beaver County, Utah, United States | Adam Lightner (1810-1885) Joseph Smith (1805-1844) Brigham Young (1801-1877) |
| Caroline Amelia Rollins (1820-1856) | 1 May 1820 Lima, Livingston County, New York, United States | 15 April 1856 Farmington, Van Buren County, Iowa, United States | Nathaniel John Kerr (1820-1862) |
Siblings
References
- Mary Elizabeth Rollins at Find A Grave #14448295