- 1795: Born on February 8 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Conn to Ichabod and Mary
Mitchell Stoddard.
1806: Moved with his father's family from Connecticut to Bastard Township, Leeds
County, Ontario, then known as Upper Canada
1806-1837: Yearly Assesment Rolls of Bastard Township
1818: census Bastard Twp, Leeds, Ont: unmarried age 16-60
In Bastard Twp Lyman Stoddard (called Dr. Stoddard) applied for front half of
Lot 10 in the 2nd Concession of Bastard in lieu of the drowned land and
damages sustained by him from the Rideau Canal as recommended by the
Arbitrators. (Wallace Hansen research 1965)
1819: He married Ruth Wright about 1819. Marriage record has not been found.
1819: Assessment Roll of Bastard Twp: Liman Stoddard; conc 6 lot 2
1820: Assessment Roll: conc 6 lot 2
1820: Daughter Harriet Maria born in Johnstown Dist
1823: Son Judson Lyman Stoddard born in Bastard Township
1825: Daughter Mary Jane born
1826 - 1840: Land Records in Bastard Twp, Leeds, Ont.
1828: Daughter Esther born near this time
1834: Daughter Elizabeth Ruth born
1834: Alvin Nichols, was born Aug 19, 1819 in Upper Canada, the son of Sheldon
Nichols and Susannah Chipman. He was baptized in Canada in October, 1834, by
LYMAN STODDARD. Alvin later lived in Brigham City, Utah. (LDS Biographical
Encyclopidia p 430)
1836: Daughter May Jane born
1837: "Messenger and Advocate" Jan 1837, Oliver Cowdery ed, pg 446;
"Conference was opened by prayer by the President. By revelation of God and
vote of the church, John Landers, Arnold Stevens, and Lyman Stoddard were
ordained to the office of Elders."
1838: Daughter Harriet Maria md to Solomon Nelson Conley
1838: Land and Tax Records of Kirtland Saints 1830-1839; page 162
Lyman Stoddard and A Judd
Bought land 19 Jun 1838
Lot 1-018, 17 acres for $1,200.00
Sources include Land & Tax records, Family Group sheets, Temple Index Bureau,
Book of Deeds for Ohio Geauga Co 1830-1840 on micrfilm, 1850 census
Pottawattamie Co, Names appearing in James Smith's "Nauvoo Social History
Project: Master Indfex: BYU, Lyman Platt's "Nauvoo...Early Mormon ....",
Nauvoo Temple Endowments
Members of the Kirtland, Ohio Branch: no date page 68 977.133/K1 K2p 1983
Lyman Stoddard, b 8 Feb 1796 at Woodbury, Litchfield, Conn (Navoo Temple
Register 8 Feb 1795)
father: Ichabod Stoddard, mother Mary Mitchel,
spouse: Ruth Wright, b 13 Oct 1805 at Arlington, Arlington, VA (NTR b 13 Oct
1804 Burlington, Bennington, VT) father, Benjamin Wright, mother Mary
Ingersoll [NTR = Nauvoo Temple Endowment records]
1838: Arza Erastus Hinckley, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company B, was
baptized in 1838 by Lyman Stoddard, In Illinois, en route to Missouri. (LDS
Biographical Encyclopecia p 746)
1839: Land and Tax Records of Kirtand Saints 1830-1839: page 162
Lyman Stoddard and A Judd
Taxed on Lot 1-017, 17 acres, $105.00
1840"s: Lyman Stoddard , Land and Records of Nauvoo - Nauvoo Lot 52 on the corner
of Hubbard and Partidge Streets.
1841: Performed numerous baptisms for the dead in Nauvoo, including his paternal
grandparents, Abijah and Eunice Stoddard, his parents, Ichabod and Mary
Stoddard, one brother, and also his maternal grandparents, Nathan and Mary
Mitchell, and one sister.
1841: Oct 7 - Called by the First Presidency in Nauvoo to go on a mission to
Wisonsin with E H Groves.
"History of the Church" Vol 4 Ch 25 p 429; Elder Lyman Stoddard, to go with
Elisha H. Groves to Wisconsin.
1842: Tax List of Nauvoo shows Lyman Stoddard has a home in Block 53 of Nauvoo
1842: Daughter Aurelia Jane born
1842: Lyman Stoddard went on a mission from Nauvoo to Wisconsin and baptized
Jacob Hamblin, March 3, 1842. (Jacob named his 4th son Lyman Stoddard
Hamblin.) Lyman also performed baptisms in Michigan. "Jacob Hamblin,
Peacemaker" pages ...
1842: Jun; Elder Lyman Stoddard in Iowa County baptized Carey [Corey] Call b 24
Mar 1810 Union County Ohio "Seventies Ordained Before 1850 - Nauvoo Visitors
Center"
1842: Spring - LDS census taken by the Lesser Priesthood: 1st Ward
Stoddard, Lyman with Ruth, Judson, Mary, Esther Ann, Ruth E (under 8),
Aurilia Jane (under 8)
1843: Numerous Baptisms for the Dead performed by Lyman Stoddard and also his
wife, Ruth
1843: September 1 - at a conference in Buffalo, New York, Lyman and his son
Judson were called to go to Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, to labor as
missionaries. (JH)
1844: April 15; Vol 6 page 337, 340 List published of Elders and appointment: to
Maryland - Jacob Hamblin and Lyman Stoddard
1844: 9 May; William Myers married to Zerva Parrish at Nauvoo by Lyman Stoddard
"Marriages in Nauvoo" page 44
1844: Nov 1, 2, 3 - presided over conference in Livonia, Michigan. Three
sessions held each day. Lyman was the only high priest among all the
branches representing all of north eastern Michigan.
He traveled with Elder Wm Burton throughout the branches, regulating their
affiars and preaching the gospel.
1845: January 24, 25, 26 - Conference held in Oakland, Oakland County, Michigan,
four miles north of Rochester. Lyman Stoddard was the presiding high priest
and the speaker (Malachi Ch 3) He represented the Lyvonia Branch
1845, Apr 19 Patriarchal Blessing under the hands of John Smith, Patriarch, in
Nauvoo. It indicates that his lineage was Ephriam (Patriarchal Blessings
Vol 9 page 95.)
1845: 10 Jun; Jacob M Truman baptized by Lyman Stoddard "Seventies Ordained
Before 1850 - Nauvoo Visitors' Center"
1845: 18 Dec; Endowment in the Nauvoo Temple . Listed as a High Priest
1845: Dec 29 - Vermillion Fort, Wisconsin Churches - a letter to Lyman Stoddard
and Isaac Fuller (Brigham Young "Name File" Church Historian's Office in Salt
Lake City)
1845: Son Enoch Mahonri born December 22
1846: 4 Feb; Lyman Stoddard and Ruth Wright sealed by Brigham Young at 12:15
night in Nauvoo Temple. Witnesses were A M Lyman and N K Whitney
1847: April 4; received a recommendation and certificate of authority to preach
on the Pottawattamie lands in Iowa.
1847: May 11 - presided over a conference at Macedonia, helping to select a
president, councilors, etc.
1847: December 25 - conference held in the tabernacle at Millers Hollow, Iowa.
Lyman was sustained as a member of the High Council, Blockhouse Brancy, nine
miles up river. At the close of 1847 there were 1,000 members in
Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Orson Hyde of the quorum of the twelve was in
this area. There were 1900 in the Salt Lake Valley and 5000 in Winter
Quarters, Nebraska.
1848: Winter Quarters Temple Records: No 5492 Book A slg. Page 765
38.. A 499
Stoddard - Lyman born 8 Feb 1795 Woodbury, Litchfield, Conn. living .
(see Lyman Stoddard file for copy)
1848: Named as a High Priest, resident in Pottawattame, received into that quorum
2 Jan 1848 at the Tabernacle, Blockhouse Branch.
1848: April 6 - Conference held in Pottawattamie County, now called Kanesville.
Lyman still a member of the High Council.
1848: April 7 - Committee of five chosen to "select locations for the poor, see
that cabins were erected and field enclosed for the poor in several
branches". Lyman was on this committee.
1848: April 8 - Lyman assigned by Orson Hyde to visit the branches of
Pottawattamie County.
1848: 27 Apr; Maria Truman sealed to Lyman Stoddard. Witnesses were Ruth
Stoddard and George Wardle
1848: 17 May; Mary Mecham (dead) sealed to Lyman Stoddard. Ruth Stoddard acted
as proxy for Mary Mecham. Witnesses were L H Boundy and J P Barnard
1848: 11 Jul; Abigail Brandon sealed to Lyman Stoddard. Witnesses were Ruth
Stoddard and J P Barnard. (There is no record found to the present to
indicate that Lyman lived with or supported any of these polygamous wives.)
1848: October 6 - Conference held at Mosquito Creek, Pottawattamie
1848: October 7 - High Council again approved, including Lyman. He was also
sustained as a traveling missionary on the Pottawattamie lands.
1849: 6 Oct; Asa Calkin ordained High Priest in Pottawattamie County, Iowa by
Lyman Stoddard
1849: March 5; son Alavan Moriancum born
1849: April 7 - Conference held in Pottawattamie lands. Lyman and two others
received reports from all the branches. He was again approved as a traveling
elder.
1849: April 8 - Lyman again sustained on the High Council
1849: October 7 - Again sustained at conference as a High Councilor and a
traveling elder. He spoke at the conference about the use of timber in the
area.
1849: November 24 - The High Council met with Orson Hyde concerning dances for
the holiday season. Six men were assigned to preside over them - Lyman was on
this assignment.
1850: 6 Apr; Barnum Blake Messenger ordained a High Priest in Kanesville, Iowa by
Lyman Stoddard, G. Colson and Joseph Allred "High Priest of Nauvoo and Salt
Lake" Nauvoo Visitors Center
1850 census Dist 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa;
Lyman Stoddard, age 55, m, LDS Clergyman, b CONN
Ruth, f, age 46, b VT
Elizabeth, f, age 16, b UC
Orilla, f, age 8, b ILL
Enoch, m, age 5, b ILL
Alavan, m, age 2, b Iowa
1851: April 28 - a letter from the High Council at Kanesville, Iowa, commending
Lyman as a faithful servant among the Saints for the last three years - now
in very poor health for the past three months - desires to go to the Salt
Lake Valley. James C Snow assigned to take Lyman's place in the High Counci
as a traveling agent among the Saints. (signed by Evan M. Green)
1851: Jun 29 - his daughter Esther Ann Hamblin died
1851: October 23 - rebaptized
1851: Dec 29 - "To be adopted to Pres. B. Young" (GS film 183374 page 795,
Millcreek Ward
Lyman Stoddard and wife Ruth Wright and childre
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