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Marriage License for Newel Knight and Lydia Goldthwaite, 25 November 1835

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Marriage License, for
Newel Knight

13 Sept. 1800–11 Jan. 1847. Miller, merchant. Born at Marlborough, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Knight Sr. and Polly Peck. Moved to Jericho (later Bainbridge), Chenango Co., New York, ca. 1809. Moved to Windsor (later in Colesville), Broome Co., New...

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and
Lydia Goldthwaite

9 June 1812–3 Apr. 1884. Boardinghouse operator, weaver, teacher. Born at Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. Daughter of Jesse G. Goldthwaite and Sally Burt. Married first Calvin Bailey, fall 1828, but deserted by him, 1832. Moved to home of Eleazer Freeman...

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, Geauga Co., OH, 25 Nov. 1835; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of
David D. Aiken

20 Sept. 1794–12 Dec. 1861. County clerk, associate judge, merchant. Born in New York. Baptized into Episcopalian church, 9 Aug. 1818, in New York. Married Laura Loomis. Moved to Brown, Stark Co., Ohio, by 1820; to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio; and to Chardon...

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; one page; Geauga Co., OH, Common Please Court Marriage Licenses, 1835–1836, CHL. Includes endorsement.

Historical Introduction

See historical introduction to Marriage License for John F. Boynton and Susan Lowell, 17 November 1835. JS’s journal and Geauga County, Ohio, marriage records agree that the marriage occurred on 24 November, not 25 November.
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JS, Journal, 24 Nov. 1835; Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, 1833–1841, 24 Nov. 1835, microfilm 873,464, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; see also Bradshaw, “Joseph Smith’s Performance of Marriages in Ohio,” 51n24.


Comprehensive Works Cited

JSP, J1 / Jessee, Dean C., Mark Ashurst-McGee, and Richard L. Jensen, eds. Journals, Volume 1: 1832–1839. Vol. 1 of the Journals series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2008.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Bradshaw, M. Scott. “Joseph Smith’s Performance of Marriages in Ohio.” BYU Studies 39, no. 4 (2000): 23–69.

Footnotes

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    JS, Journal, 24 Nov. 1835; Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, 1833–1841, 24 Nov. 1835, microfilm 873,464, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; see also Bradshaw, “Joseph Smith’s Performance of Marriages in Ohio,” 51n24.

    JSP, J1 / Jessee, Dean C., Mark Ashurst-McGee, and Richard L. Jensen, eds. Journals, Volume 1: 1832–1839. Vol. 1 of the Journals series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2008.

    U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

    Bradshaw, M. Scott. “Joseph Smith’s Performance of Marriages in Ohio.” BYU Studies 39, no. 4 (2000): 23–69.

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THE STATE OF OHIO,)
geauga county

Located in northeastern Ohio, south of Lake Erie. Rivers in area include Grand, Chagrin, and Cuyahoga. Settled mostly by New Englanders, beginning 1798. Formed from Trumbull Co., 1 Mar. 1806. Chardon established as county seat, 1808. Population in 1830 about...

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PERMISSION IS HEREBY GIVEN TO
Newell [Newel] Knight

13 Sept. 1800–11 Jan. 1847. Miller, merchant. Born at Marlborough, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Knight Sr. and Polly Peck. Moved to Jericho (later Bainbridge), Chenango Co., New York, ca. 1809. Moved to Windsor (later in Colesville), Broome Co., New...

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&
Lydia Goldthwaite

9 June 1812–3 Apr. 1884. Boardinghouse operator, weaver, teacher. Born at Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. Daughter of Jesse G. Goldthwaite and Sally Burt. Married first Calvin Bailey, fall 1828, but deserted by him, 1832. Moved to home of Eleazer Freeman...

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Of the County of
Geauga

Located in northeastern Ohio, south of Lake Erie. Rivers in area include Grand, Chagrin, and Cuyahoga. Settled mostly by New Englanders, beginning 1798. Formed from Trumbull Co., 1 Mar. 1806. Chardon established as county seat, 1808. Population in 1830 about...

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aforesaid, to be joined together in the bands of MATRIMONY; and any Minister of the Gospel, resident in the State of
Ohio

French explored and claimed area, 1669. British took possession following French and Indian War, 1763. Ceded to U.S., 1783. First permanent white settlement established, 1788. Northeastern portion maintained as part of Connecticut, 1786, and called Connecticut...

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aforesaid, who has a license from any of the Courts of Common Pleas within said
State

French explored and claimed area, 1669. British took possession following French and Indian War, 1763. Ceded to U.S., 1783. First permanent white settlement established, 1788. Northeastern portion maintained as part of Connecticut, 1786, and called Connecticut...

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, in conformity to the provisions of an act, entitled “An act to regulate Marriages”; or any Justice of the Peace in said
County

Located in northeastern Ohio, south of Lake Erie. Rivers in area include Grand, Chagrin, and Cuyahoga. Settled mostly by New Englanders, beginning 1798. Formed from Trumbull Co., 1 Mar. 1806. Chardon established as county seat, 1808. Population in 1830 about...

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, who has been duly commissioned and sworn, is hereby authorised to solemnize the marriage contract between the parties aforesaid.
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TEXT: To the left of this paragraph is an embossed seal with the following text proceeding around the outside in a clockwise direction: “COMMON PLEAS OF THE COUNTY OF GEAUGA”. The center of the seal is a sun peering over mountains or clouds with sheaves of bundled grain or grass below.


GIVEN from under my hand, and the seal of my office, at the town of
Chardon

Located eight miles south of Lake Erie and immediately east of Kirtland Township. Settled by 1812. Included village of Chardon. Population of township in 1820 about 430; in 1830 about 880; and in 1840 about 1,100. Two of JS’s sisters resided in township. ...

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, in said
County

Located in northeastern Ohio, south of Lake Erie. Rivers in area include Grand, Chagrin, and Cuyahoga. Settled mostly by New Englanders, beginning 1798. Formed from Trumbull Co., 1 Mar. 1806. Chardon established as county seat, 1808. Population in 1830 about...

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, the 25th. day of November Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five
D[avid] D. Aiken

20 Sept. 1794–12 Dec. 1861. County clerk, associate judge, merchant. Born in New York. Baptized into Episcopalian church, 9 Aug. 1818, in New York. Married Laura Loomis. Moved to Brown, Stark Co., Ohio, by 1820; to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio; and to Chardon...

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Marriage License for Newel Knight and Lydia Goldthwaite, 25 November 1835
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    TEXT: To the left of this paragraph is an embossed seal with the following text proceeding around the outside in a clockwise direction: “COMMON PLEAS OF THE COUNTY OF GEAUGA”. The center of the seal is a sun peering over mountains or clouds with sheaves of bundled grain or grass below.

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