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Question: What did the husband of Zina D. Huntington know about her sealing to Joseph Smith for eternity?: Difference between revisions
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===Zina became pregnant after her legal marriage to Henry B. Jacobs then had no other children with him until after Joseph Smith’s death=== | ===Zina became pregnant after her legal marriage to Henry B. Jacobs then had no other children with him until after Joseph Smith’s death=== | ||
Hales notes that "The fact that Zina immediately became pregnant after her legal marriage to Henry B. Jacobs (prior to her sealing to Joseph), but then had no other children with him until well after Joseph Smith’s death could support the tentative hypothesis that Henry served as a “front husband” during that period." <ref> | Hales notes that "The fact that Zina immediately became pregnant after her legal marriage to Henry B. Jacobs (prior to her sealing to Joseph), but then had no other children with him until well after Joseph Smith’s death could support the tentative hypothesis that Henry served as a “front husband” during that period." <ref>Brian and Laura Hales, "Zina Diantha Huntington," josephsmithspolygamy.org {{link|url=http://josephsmithspolygamy.org/history-2/plural-wives-overview/zina-diantha-huntington/}}</ref> | ||
There are many stories and accusations related to the marriage of Zina and Henry, and her sealing to Joseph. For details regarding each of these allegations, see Brian and Laura Hales, "Zina Diantha Huntington," josephsmithspolygamy.org {{link|url=http://josephsmithspolygamy.org/history-2/plural-wives-overview/zina-diantha-huntington/}}. | There are many stories and accusations related to the marriage of Zina and Henry, and her sealing to Joseph. For details regarding each of these allegations, see Brian and Laura Hales, "Zina Diantha Huntington," josephsmithspolygamy.org {{link|url=http://josephsmithspolygamy.org/history-2/plural-wives-overview/zina-diantha-huntington/}}. | ||
Revision as of 16:53, 14 November 2014
Question: What did the husband of Zina D. Huntington know about her sealing to Joseph Smith for eternity?
Zina married Henry Jacobs in 1840, and was sealed to Joseph Smith for eternity in 1841
Zina married Henry Jacobs in 1840, and was sealed to Joseph Smith for eternity in 1841,
Be it remembered that on this first day of May A.D. eighteen sixty nine before me Elias Smith Probate Judge for Said County personally appeared, Zina Diantha Huntington ^Young^ who was by me Sworn in due form of law, and upon her oath Saith, that on the twenty-Seventh day of October A.D. 1841, at the City of Nauvoo, County of Hancock, State of Illinois, She was married or Sealed to Joseph Smith, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, by Dimick B. Huntington, a High Priest in Said Church, according to the laws of the same; regulating marriage; In the presence of Fanny Maria Huntington. [1]
Zina became pregnant after her legal marriage to Henry B. Jacobs then had no other children with him until after Joseph Smith’s death
Hales notes that "The fact that Zina immediately became pregnant after her legal marriage to Henry B. Jacobs (prior to her sealing to Joseph), but then had no other children with him until well after Joseph Smith’s death could support the tentative hypothesis that Henry served as a “front husband” during that period." [2]
There are many stories and accusations related to the marriage of Zina and Henry, and her sealing to Joseph. For details regarding each of these allegations, see Brian and Laura Hales, "Zina Diantha Huntington," josephsmithspolygamy.org off-site.
See also: Allen Wyatt, "Zina and Her Men: An Examination of the Changing Marital State of Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs Smith Young," FAIR Conference, 2006.
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