Latter-day Saint pioneer and convert ancestors on Glen’s and Pam’s lines. Some were in Kirtland, Missouri, and Nauvoo in the 1830s and 1840s. Some crossed the plains in families, and one came in a Welsh handcart company. Later came a mission to Australia, and a Hopkinson who joined the Church as an adult in 1930. This is a first version. It will grow as more records are read.
Glen: Hamblin · Rollins · HopkinsonPam: Cozzens · Robison · StakerNauvoo, 1839–1846Four date conflicts flaggedFirst version
From FamilySearch, and not finished. Everything about family members here comes from the Details, Life Sketch, and Ordinances tabs on the FamilySearch tree of Todd Hopkinson (KWH7-P9F), read in October 2026. Memories were not opened, and some ordinance tabs were not checked. Temple work done by proxy after someone died is not treated as something that person lived through. Where two dates disagree, both are shown.
Eras
The family, era by era
Family entries come from the tree. The shaded “Context” notes are general church history from the same years. They are background, not claims about any one ancestor. Generation counts on this page are Todd’s (for Glen or Pam, take off one generation), the same as the Augustine Bearse and Hannah Duston pages.
1830s – 1846
Missouri, Kirtland, and Nauvoo
James Henry Rollins was baptized 1 June 1832 at Independence, Missouri. He was in Caldwell County in 1838, married at Far West on 4 September 1838, and signed a redress petition on 13 January 1840.
Nathan Staker was baptized 11 June 1836. At Kirtland he signed the Kirtland Camp constitution on Tuesday, 13 March 1838. He served a mission in Canada, 1842–44.
Lewis Robison joined the Nauvoo Legion 1 March 1841. The tree has him at the Battle of Nauvoo on 12 September 1846, and his baptism three days later, 15 September 1846.
Isaiah Hamblin and Daphne Haynes received their endowments in Nauvoo on 2 February 1846. Nathan Staker and Jane Richmond received theirs on 6 February 1846. James Henry Rollins received his 30 December 1845 and was sealed in Nauvoo 3 February 1846.
ContextThe Saints gathered in Kirtland, Ohio, and in Missouri in the 1830s. Driven from Missouri in 1838–39, they built Nauvoo, Illinois, from 1839. Endowments were given in the Nauvoo Temple from December 1845 into February 1846, as the move west began. Many FamilySearch pages carry a generic “Residence 1839–1846 Nauvoo,” so that fact alone is not treated as proof of where someone lived.
1847 – 1856
The trail west
Daphne Haynes was ill as the family prepared to leave for Council Bluffs. She died there 5 April 1847, and her Life Sketch says she was buried along the trail in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, under a crude marker.
Lewis Robison arrived 2 October 1847. The tree gives the same date for his son Solon’s immigration. No pioneer company is named in the notes for either of them.
James Henry Rollins reached Utah 19 October 1848. Isaiah Hamblin’s immigration to Utah is 27 October 1850, and his Life Sketch says he married Lydia Emery “on the plains” in 1850.
Jane Richmond died of smallpox at Pigeon Grove, Iowa, 11 February 1852, before the family went west. That year Lydia Margarite Staker, age 7, crossed with the Henry W. Miller Company, leaving 8 July and reaching Salt Lake City 10 September 1852, 64 days. The tree places her father Nathan Staker in the Henry Miller company in 1852 as well.
John Cozzens of Wales was baptized 15 February 1856, came in a Welsh handcart company, and immigrated 2 October 1856. The tree does not record the company’s name.
ContextAfter leaving Nauvoo in 1846, many Saints waited in Iowa and along the Missouri River, near Council Bluffs, before going on. The first companies reached the Salt Lake Valley in July 1847. From 1856, many emigrants from Britain and Europe crossed the plains pulling handcarts. None of this says which company any one ancestor was in.
1850s – 1900s
Settling
Isaiah Hamblin was in Tooele 1850–51 and died at Santa Clara, Utah Territory, 7 October 1856. His son Wallace Hamblin was born at Santa Clara in 1862.
James Henry Rollins was in Salt Lake City’s 14th Ward, then a founder of San Bernardino, California, 1851–1857, then at Parowan in 1857. He became the first bishop of Minersville, Utah, in 1859.
Lewis Robison was a constable in Great Salt Lake City in 1848, and Commissary General, then Brigadier General, of the Nauvoo Legion by 1852. He served a mission to Green River from 8 April 1856 as counselor to Isaac Bulock (spelled so in the notes), and another in 1869.
Nathan Staker settled at Mount Pleasant, Utah, where he was president of the high priests. Orson Hyde ordained him a high priest on 15 July 1874.
Oscar Hamblin was at Tonaquint in 1860. John Cozzens was called to colonize Bear Lake, at Montpelier, Idaho, and at 67 helped settle the Big Horn Basin at Byron, Wyoming. His son Matthew’s obituary names the Byron LDS chapel and calls him an early pioneer of Star Valley.
ContextThrough the later 1800s, Church leaders called families to settle new places away from Salt Lake City, from southern Utah to California, Idaho, and Wyoming. The family entries above are the ones the tree records.
1894 – 1939
Missions, blessings, and a convert
On 6 September 1894, James Henry Rollins gave patriarchal blessings to his daughter Ida Minerva Rollins and her husband Wallace Hamblin.
Their son Edwin Rollins Hamblin served a mission to Australia in 1908, and was endowed in the Salt Lake Temple 29 October 1908.
Ernest Isadore Hopkinson, born at Clifford, Yorkshire, was baptized 6 April 1930, at 38, and endowed in the Salt Lake Temple 25 May 1932.
Vivian Hamblin was baptized in 1926 and endowed and sealed in the Salt Lake Temple 8 November 1939.
Before all of this: the Separatist church of the Pilgrims, with William Brewster (Pam’s line) as its Elder at Leiden, is on the Mayflower page. Jane Richmond’s parents were Quakers (see her entry).
People
By line
Short entries, key dates only. Each name links to its FamilySearch page.
Born at Falmouth, Massachusetts. Living at Minson, Geauga County, Ohio, in 1830, then Nauvoo, 1839–1846. A custom fact on his page gives an LDS baptism on 2 April 1845. Initiatory 1 January 1846, endowment in Nauvoo 2 February 1846. Utah 1850, Tooele 1850–51. Sealed to Lydia Emery in the Endowment House 11 June 1852. His occupation is recorded as gristmill operator and Mormon high priest. He died at Santa Clara 7 October 1856. His Life Sketch, by Ila V. Hamblin, mentions the War of 1812 and Wisconsin, but no conversion story.
Conflict · baptism The Ordinances tab shows a baptism done by proxy in 1925, after his death. The 2 April 1845 fact is kept as the life event, and the 1925 entry is not.
Wife of Isaiah Hamblin, and mother of Oscar and Jacob. Endowed in Nauvoo 2 February 1846. Her Life Sketch says she was ill as the family prepared to leave for Council Bluffs in 1847. She died at Council Bluffs 5 April 1847 and was buried along the trail in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, under a crude marker. She is the one relationship on this page checked with FamilySearch’s View Relationship.
Son of Isaiah and Daphne. The tree gives immigration dates of October 1849 and 12 September 1850. Married 18 February 1854 in Salt Lake City. At Tonaquint in 1860. His biography mentions Las Vegas and calls him a first white settler. Endowed and sealed in the Endowment House 23 May 1860. No Life Sketch.
Conflict · baptism A baptism event reads 8 May 1846 at Nauvoo. The Ordinances tab reads 8 May 1849. Both are shown.
Baptized 1 June 1832 at Independence, Missouri. Caldwell County in 1838, and married at Far West 4 September 1838. A redress petition, 13 January 1840. In the 1842 Nauvoo census. Endowed 30 December 1845 and sealed in Nauvoo 3 February 1846. Utah 19 October 1848, Salt Lake City 14th Ward. A founder of San Bernardino, California, 1851–1857, then Parowan in 1857. Storekeeper, and the first bishop of Minersville, Utah, in 1859. His page lists parts 2, 3, and 5 of an autobiography, not read for this page.
Born at Santa Clara. Endowed and sealed in the St. George Temple 14 December 1881. Patriarchal blessing 6 September 1894 from James Henry Rollins. Ordained a Seventy.
Daughter of James Henry Rollins, who gave her a patriarchal blessing 6 September 1894. Her page lists parts 1 and 2 of an autobiography, not read for this page.
Born at Freystrop, Wales. He joined the Church just before his 23rd birthday, and was baptized 15 February 1856. He came in a Welsh handcart company, and immigrated 2 October 1856. The company’s name is not recorded. Endowed in the Endowment House 10 October 1867. He was called to colonize Bear Lake, at Montpelier, Idaho, and at 67 helped settle the Big Horn Basin at Byron, Wyoming.
Born at Nauvoo 10 April 1843. Immigration 2 October 1847, at four. Baptized April 1851. Endowed in the Endowment House 17 January 1863, and sealed to Lydia 10 October 1865.
Nauvoo Legion 1 March 1841. At the Battle of Nauvoo 12 September 1846, and baptized 15 September 1846. Arrived 2 October 1847. Constable in Great Salt Lake City, 1848. Endowed 6 March 1851. Commissary General, then Brigadier General, of the Nauvoo Legion (1852). A mission to Green River from 8 April 1856, as counselor to Isaac Bulock, and another mission in 1869.
The tree has him in the Legion five years before the baptism date it records. This page leaves that as recorded and does not explain it.
Born at Springfield, Illinois. At seven she crossed with the Henry W. Miller Company, leaving 8 July 1852 and reaching Salt Lake City 10 September 1852, 64 days. Baptized 1853. Endowed 24 February 1865.
Baptized 11 June 1836. At Kirtland he signed the Kirtland Camp constitution, Tuesday, 13 March 1838. Missionary in Canada, 1842–44. High priest 13 April 1845. Endowed in Nauvoo 6 February 1846. At Pigeon Grove, Iowa, 1846–1852, then a pioneer of 1852 in the Henry Miller company. At Mount Pleasant, Utah, he was president of the high priests, and Orson Hyde ordained him a high priest 15 July 1874.
Born at Pickering, Ontario. Endowed in Nauvoo 6 February 1846. She died of smallpox at Pigeon Grove, Iowa, 11 February 1852, before the trek. Her page carries a 1903 Improvement Era quote on the gathering. It is not reproduced here until it can be copied exactly.
Earlier faith Her parents, David Richmond (LLQ3-H8R) and Mercy Hay (KWJP-QR5), Todd’s 4th great-grandparents, were Quakers.
Fay Alvern Cozzens (KWCG-R75), Todd’s grandfather, has no church facts on his Details page.
Limits
What this first version does not cover
Memories (stories, photos, and documents) were not opened. A captcha stopped the session at Jacob Hamblin’s page. The Rollins autobiographies and Jane Richmond’s quote are named, not read.
The Dorothy Marie Beall line (KWCG-R7P) on Pam’s side was not researched for this page.
Pioneer companies are often missing. Only the Henry W. Miller Company of 1852 is named. John Cozzens’s Welsh handcart company is unnamed, and no company is recorded for Isaiah, Oscar, Lewis, Solon, or James Henry Rollins.
Four dates conflict: Isaiah Hamblin’s baptism (1845 fact, 1925 proxy), Oscar Hamblin’s baptism (1846 or 1849), Edwin Rollins Hamblin’s baptism (1895 or 1896), and Mary Ann Corbridge’s emigration (1847 or 1849). Some ordinance tabs were not checked.
Relationships come mostly from parent links on the tree. Only Daphne Haynes was confirmed with View Relationship.
Earlier Separatist and Puritan church life is not repeated here. Brewster, Leiden, and the Pilgrim church are on the Mayflower page.