- Abbreviations
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- Series Introduction
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- Key Dates in Ellen G. White's Life (1827-1859)
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- Ms 2, 1850
- Lt 18, 1850
- Ms 4, 1850
- Lt 4, 1850
- Lt 10, 1850
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- Unauthenticated
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- Published in PT
- Ms 5, 1850
- Ms 5a, 1850
- Lt 8, 1850
- Lt 12, 1850
- Ms 6, 1850
- Ms 7, 1850
- Ms 7a, 1850
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- Lt 14, 1850
- Ms 14, 1850
- Ms 15, 1850
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- Lt 28, 1850
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- Lt 30, 1850
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- Lt 9, 1856
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- Lt 10, 1856
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- Published in RH
- Published in YI
- Located Elsewhere
- Ms 2, 1856
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- Published in YI
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- Ms 1, 1856
- Lt 4, 1856
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- Ms 5, 1859
- Ms 6, 1859
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- Lt 1a, 1859
- Lt 13, 1859
- Lt 31, 1859
- Lt 18, 1859
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- Published in YI
- Published in YI
- Lt 2, 1859
- T5 Published
- Lt 28, 1859
- Lt 32, 1859
- Ms 4, 1859
- Lt 3, 1859
- Lt 4, 1859
- Lt 5, 1859
- Lt 9, 1859
- Lt 6, 1859
- Lt 8, 1859
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- Published in AY
- Published in AY
- Lt 7, 1859
- Ms 1, 1859
- Ms 1a, 1859
- Lt 20, 1859
- Lt 21, 1859
- Lt 10, 1859
- Lt 19, 1859
- Published in AY
- Lt 22, 1859
- Lt 30, 1859
- Lt 11, 1859
- Uncertain
- Lt 16, 1859
- Lt 17, 1859
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- Ms 3, 1859
- Lt 1, 1859
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- The James and Ellen White Family Tree
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- AMADON, George Washington (1832-1913) and Martha Dormer (1834-1937)
- ANDREWS, Edward (1798-1865) and Sarah L. (1803-1899)
- ANDREWS, John Nevins (1829-1883) and Angeline Spaulding (1824-1872)
- ANDREWS, William P. (1838-1878) and Martha (1842-1901)
- ARNOLD, David (1805-1889) and Lucretia K. (c. 1812-after 1889)
- ASHLEY, Melora Atwood (née CRAPO) (1820-1904) and Josiah Leonard (1819-1845)
- AUSTIN, Horatio Nelson (1818-1889) and Caroline R. (1821-1915)
- BACHELLER, John Warren (1839-1917) and Arvilla M. (1837-1911)
- BACHELLER, Roxanna. See CORNELL, James and Roxanna.
- BAKER, Joseph (c. 1801-after 1873) and Mary (c. 1796-1876)
- BALLOU, James Madison (1816-1888) and Hulda Amelia (1820-1903)
- BANGS, Elizabeth N. (1827-1891) and Reuben M. (1820-1893)
- BARNES, Robert (1815-1859) and Hannah L. (c. 1824-1856)
- BARR, Eli L. (c. 1813-1864)
- BARTON, Harriet Augusta (née STOWELL) (1833-after 1913) and Major (1822-after 1900)
- BATES, Joseph (1792-1872) and Prudence M. (1793-1870)
- BEAN, Lewis (1823-1888) and Sophia R. (1823-1911)
- BELDEN, Albert (1800-1893) and Hannah (c. 1800-1886)
- BELDEN, Stephen T. (1829-1906) and (first wife) Sarah B. (c. 1823-1868) and (second wife) Charlotte (c. 1830-1897?) and (third wife) Melvina (Lavina) (c. 1831-1928)
- BELOW, Elsie Philomela (1811-1889) and (first husband) John Gregg (? -1839) and (second husband) John C. Below (c. 1786-1855)
- BENEDICT, Diantha. See WILKINSON, Diantha.
- BENEDICT, Joseph Perry (1805-1865) and Millie (1810-1882)
- BINGHAM, Hiram (1804-1874) and Mary (c. 1809-1882)
- BONFOEY, Clarissa M. (c. 1821-1856)
- BOURDEAU, Augustin Cornelius (1834-1916) and (first wife) Charlotte (c. 1836-1883) and (second wife) Martha (1842-1901)
- BOURDEAU, Daniel T. (1835-1905) and Marion Elizabeth (1842-1929)
- BOVEE, Louisa C. (née LEWIS) (1836-1876) and Seymour C. (1830-1913)
- BOWLES, John C. (c. 1802-1853) and Phebe (c. 1808-after 1850)
- BOYER, Elijah (1821-1903) and Mary (1823-1898)
- BRACKETT, Ezra (1805-1889) and Mary D. (1807-1882)
- BRACKETT, Louisa (née FOSS) (1824-1861) and Benjamin (1821-after 1880)
- BRAZEE (BRISSEE), Cornelius (c. 1808-1890) and Emily C. (c. 1821-1889)
- BRIGHAM, William Henry (c. 1819-1866) and Polly A. (c. 1831-after 1866)
- BUCK, Harry G. (1822-1902) and Jane Eliza (1823-1918)
- BUCKLAND, Curtis P. (1804-1891) and Eliza (1806-1889)
- BURTON, Samuel G. (c. 1805-after 1880) and Lydia A. (c. 1818-after 1880)
- BURWELL, Anna Lucretia. See KING, Anna Lucretia.
- BURWELL, Anthony Lee (c. 1806-1873) and Achsah (1810-1886)
- BUTLER, Ezra Pitt (1796-1875) and Sarah (1799-1866)
- BUTLER, George Ide (1834-1918) and (first wife) Lentha Ames (1826-1901) and (second wife) Elizabeth Jane (1845-1927)
- BYINGTON, John (1798-1887) and (first wife) Mary Priscilla (c. 1803-1830) and (second wife) Catherine (1803-1885)
- BYINGTON, John Fletcher (1832-1872) and Martha Louisa (née SMITH) (1834-1920)
- BYINGTON, Martha. See AMADON, George Washington and Martha Dormer.
- CARMAN, John Frost (1827-1923) and Maria Louisa (1829-1916)
- CARPENTER, Caroline. See WEED, Caroline and Eber.
- CASE, Hiram S. (1814-1882) and Rebecca Ann (1816-1887)
- CHAMBERLAIN, Mary Ann (née BILL) (1819-1900) and Ezra L'Hommedieu (1798-1855)
- CHAPEL, Levi R. (1816-1901) and Jane Eliza (1818-1903)
- CHAPIN, Roderick R. (c. 1816-before 1880) and Desdemona (1812-after 1891)
- CHASE, Lewis (1814-1896) and Almira (1816-1881)
- CHASE, Mary S. (née WHITE) (1810-1889) and Daniel (1798-after 1873)
- CLAFLIN, Nancy J. (née HILDRETH) (1814-1899) and (first husband) John Post (?-1841) and (second husband) Andrew Claflin (1814-1877)
- CLARKE, Joseph (c. 1818-after 1901) and Sarah (c. 1827-1898)
- COLLINS, Deborah L. (1839-1852)
- COLLINS, Gilbert N. (1836-1905) and Arline F. (1847-1927)
- COLLINS, Philip (c. 1809-1859) and Nancy (c. 1809-1882)
- CORNELL, James (1832-1897) and Roxanna (1837-1895)
- CORNELL, Merritt E. (1827-1893) and Angeline M. A. (1828-1901)
- CORNELL, Myron J. (1829-1920) and Cornelia A. (1836-1922)
- COTTRELL, John Harvey (1817-1881) and Maryette (1816-1879)
- COTTRELL, Roswell Fenner (1814-1892) and Catherine M. (1818-1899)
- CRAIG, Stephen B. (1819-1904) and (first wife) Miranda B. (c. 1821-1863) and (second wife) Marilla S. (1833-1905)
- CRAMER, Christopher G. (1809-1873) and (first wife) (unknown) and (second wife) Mary (?-died before 1850) and (third wife) Jane Electa (1828-1892)
- CRAMER, James I. (1832-1914) and Sarah A. (1833-1915)
- CRANSON, Samuel T. (1822-1855) and Mary Jane (c. 1825-1860); (daughter) Lucretia (1847-1879)
- CRAWFORD, Marion Concordia (née STOWELL) (1829-1913) and (first husband) Delos Lagrange Truesdail (1829-1892) and (second husband) Franklin A. Crawford (1827-1902)
- CURTIS, Robert G. (c. 1812-after 1880) and Mercy A. (1818-1907)
- CUSHMAN, Horace (1796-1870) and Mary (c. 1797-1874)
- CZECHOWSKI, Michael Belina (1818-1876) and (first wife) Marie Virginie (c. 1821-1870) and (second wife) Wilhenmina (née SCHIRMER) (?-?)
- DAVIS, Charles (1815-1884) and Harriet (1818-after 1884)
- DAY, John C. (c. 1811-after 1880) and Phebe (c. 1821-after 1880)
- DAY, John S. (1830-1894) and Ruth D. (1831-1892)
- DICKINSON, Preston (1807-1868) and Celesta B. (1806-1869)
- DODGE, Abram A. (1817-1892) and Caroline Elizabeth (1830-1915)
- DREW, Hiram (c. 1810-after 1880) and Martha (c. 1814-1880)
- EDSON, Hiram (1806-1882) and (first wife) Effa (1810-1839) and (second wife) Esther Marier (1816-1893)
- EVANS, D. T. (c. 1826-after 1910) and (first wife) Lucinda (c. 1823-1871) and (second wife) Lucia (c. 1826-1881) and (third wife) Caroline (c. 1835-after 1920)
- EVERTS, Elon (c. 1807-1858) and Maria (c. 1810-1856)
- FARNSWORTH, John P. (1834-1918) and (first wife) Frances Jennette (c. 1834-1868) and (second wife) Laura L. (c. 1846-1870) and (third wife) Amelia M. (1843-1930)
- FERGUSON, Justus (c. 1831-1878) and Lucretia (c. 1833-after 1880)
- FINCH, Truman P. (1822-1890) and Mary Sophrona (1824-1913)
- FISHER, John (c. 1789-after 1859)
- FLANDERS, Samuel W. (c. 1822-1888) and Elizabeth M. (c. 1826-after 1888)
- FOLSOM, Paul (c. 1818-?) and Margaret (c. 1820-?)
- FOSS, Louisa. See BRACKETT, Louisa.
- FOSS, Mary Plummer (née HARMON) (1821-1912) and Samuel Hoyt (1817-1888)
- FOY, John Quincy (1843-1924) and Mary (1863-1949)
- FRASER, Jane (“Jenny”). See ROGERS, Jane and Sanford.
- FRISBIE, Elihu (1785-1859) and Esther (c. 1784-1858)
- FRISBIE, Joseph Birchard (1816-1882) and Delphia Jane (1830-1908)
- GEROULD, Lyman (1819-1887) and Sophia (1826-1897)
- GLOVER, Charles Smith (1814-1898) and (first wife) Jane (1815-1873) and (second wife) Clarissa E. (1826-1905)
- GODSMARK, Richard (1822-1905) and Huldah Jane (c. 1818-1899)
- GORHAM, Elizabeth (c. 1813-after 1873) and Henry M. (?-after 1850)
- GORSLINE, Richard (c. 1806-1864)
- GRAHAM, Andrew (c. 1836-after 1883) and (first wife) Abigail (c. 1840-1862) and (second wife) Sophronia (c. 1838-1871) and (third wife) Amelia A. (c. 1850-1883)
- GRAHAM, Bruce (1833-1919) and (first wife) Lavina (c. 1835-1870) and (second wife) Caroline V. (1849-1928)
- GRAHAM, William Henry (1831-1925) and Mary A. (1834-1908)
- GRANT, Harrison (1821-1901) and Chloe S. (1821-1904)
- GRANT, Walter (1814-after 1880) and (first wife) Nancy E. (1821-1877) and (second wife) Jane (c. 1832-after 1880)
- GREGORY, John (c. 1826-?) and Esther C. (c. 1829-1862)
- GURNEY, Heman Stetson (1818-1896) and Ann Eliza (1831-1921)
- HADDEN, Lewis (1819-1893) and Mary E. (c. 1824-after 1893)
- HARDY, William J. (1823-1888) and Eliza (1820-1890)
- HARMON, John B. (1815-1883) and (first wife) Dorcas N. (?-c. 1842) and (second wife) Abigail (c. 1824-c. 1850) and (third wife) Lucy J. (1829-1911)
- HARMON, Robert (1786-1866) and Eunice (c. 1787-c. 1863)
- HARMON, Sarah B. See BELDEN, Stephen T. and Sarah B.
- HARRIS, William (c. 1803-1873) and Lydia (c. 1808-after 1873)
- HART, Josiah Rice (1817-1858) and Orvilla (1810-1861)
- HASKELL, Lewis (1801-1882) and Salina (c. 1803-1891)
- HASKELL, Stephen Nelson (1833-1922) and (first wife) Mary E. (1812-1894) and (second wife) Hetty (1857-1919)
- HASTINGS, Emma A. (1841-1865)
- HASTINGS, Harriet Arabella (c. 1834-1854)
- HASTINGS, Leonard (1803-1883) and (first wife) Elvira (c. 1808-1850) and (second wife) Martha (c. 1819-1888)
- HASTINGS, Sarah Amelia (c. 1839-before 1918)
- HEWETT, Oren (c. 1805-1855)
- HEWITT, David (1805-1878) and Olive (1809-1876)
- HILLIARD, Aaron Henderson (c. 1820-1875) and Lydia Ann (c. 1819-1883)
- HILLIARD, Henry (1815-1892) and (first wife) Pheba (c. 1818-c. 1855) and (second wife) Lucinda C. (c. 1828-1887)
- HOLLAND, Robert (c. 1834-1876) and Elizabeth (c. 1837-after 1880)
- HOLLIS, Nelson A. (1806-1885) and Polly (c. 1815-after 1885)
- HOLT, George W. (1812-1877) and Elizabeth (c. 1815-after 1880)
- HOWARD, Daniel (1818-1898) and (first wife) Clarissa (1819-1865) and (second wife) Elvira (c. 1831-1896)
- HOWELL, John (c. 1820-1861) and Lucinda S. (later BURDICK) (c. 1828-after 1908)
- HOWLAND, Stockbridge (1801-1883) and Louisa M. (1806-1897)
- HOWLETT, John (1796-1892) and Caroline (c. 1811-1861)
- HUNGERFORD, Sealey (Seley) P. (1811-1868) and (first wife) Mary Ann (1816-1857) and (second wife) Cynthia (1822-1875)
- HUTCHINS, Alfred S. (1823-1894) and (first wife) Esther M. (1834-1860) and (second wife) Abigail (“Abbie”) D. (1836-1902)
- INMAN, Eldad (c. 1814-after 1880) and (first wife) Catharine (1813-1864) and (second wife) Rebecca (1819-after 1880)
- IRVING, Agnes. See IRVING, William and Catherine.
- IRVING, William (c. 1813-1859) and Catherine (c. 1818-?) and (daughter) Agnes (c. 1842-1891)
- JONES, Charles (1822-1904) and (first wife) Sarah A. (c. 1824-1882) and (second wife) Jane Cordelia (1831-1910)
- JONES, Leander M. (1824-1902) and (first wife) Harriet (c. 1818-1869) and (second wife) Caroline M. (c. 1843-?)
- JONES, Orrin B. (1825-1883) and Elizabeth (c. 1830-after 1883)
- JONES, Victor (“Victory”) V. (c. 1826-?) and (first wife) Elizabeth L. (1833-1908) and (second wife) Emily (fl. 1863)
- KELLOGG, Albert (1836-1913) and Lucina (1840-1916)
- KELLOGG, John Preston (1807-1881) and (first wife) Mary Ann (1811-1841) and (second wife) Ann Janette (1824-1893)
- KELLOGG, Smith Moses (1834-1927) and Maria Susan (c. 1837-1911)
- KELSEY, Eunice Rebecca (1820-1906) and Asa Post H. (1818-1857)
- KING, Anna Lucretia (née BURWELL) (1844-1931) and James Henry (1842-1922)
- LAMSON, David Henry (1835-1897) and Elizabeth Louise (1838-1926)
- LAMSON, Joseph Bradley (c. 1829-1870) and Drusilla (c. 1831-1919)
- LANDON, Warren E. (1824-1913) and (first wife) Mary F. (1824-1883) and (second wife) Adeline E. (1828-after 1900)
- LANE, James (1807-1880) and Sarah (1810-1905)
- LAY, George Talbot (1822-1901) and (first wife) Mary Exene (1825-1862) and (second wife) Elizabeth L. (1833-1908)
- LAY, Horatio S. (1828-1900) and Julia M. (1831-1893)
- LEIGHTON, George (1812-1902) and (first wife) Rocksilda (c. 1812-1867) and (second wife) Emily (1822-after 1900)
- LILLIS, Henry (c. 1807-after 1860) and Eliza (c. 1811-after 1860)
- LINDSAY, John M. (c. 1807-1895) and Eliza A. (1816-1890)
- LOBDELL, Edward (1817-1883)
- LOCKWOOD, Ransom G. (1824-1897) and (first wife) Mary (?-1851) and (second wife) Aurora (1827-1902)
- LOTHROP, Howard (c. 1805-after 1880) and Olive (c. 1807-after 1880)
- LOUGHBOROUGH, John Norton (1832-1924) and (first wife) Mary J. (1832-1867) and (second wife) Maggie A. (c. 1840-1875) and (third wife) Anna Mariah (1840-1907)
- LOVELAND, Reuben (1807-c. 1898) and Belinda (1812-1906)
- LUNT, Noah Norton (1821-1902) and (first wife) Rebecca E. (c. 1828-1851) and (second wife) Sarah H. (1833-1868) and (third wife) Frances (1830-after 1910)
- LYON, Henry (1796-1872) and Deborah (1796-1874)
- MARTIN, John (1820-1889) and Clara M. (c. 1829-1880)
- MASTEN, Luman V. (c. 1829-1854)
- MC CANN, Harriet (née Harmon) (1813-1876) and Samuel (c. 1812-c. 1874)
- MC PHERSON, Samuel A. (c. 1823-1898) and (first wife) Polly M. (c. 1824-1863) and (second wife) Sarah (c. 1842-after 1898)
- MEAD, Stephen Newell (1820-1888) and Sarah Phelps (1833-1920)
- MEAD, Thomas B. (1827-1861) and Mary Jane (1834-1890)
- MILES, Alonzo (c. 1818-after 1870) and Martha (c. 1825-after 1870)
- NARAMORE, John (c. 1820-c. 1897) and Eliza A. C. (1830-1914)
- NICHOLS, Henry Otis (1828-1917) and (first wife) Harriet (1836-1880) and (second wife) Harriet L. (1853-1917)
- NICHOLS, Otis (1798-1876) and (first wife) Sally Orne (1803-1824) and (second wife) Mary (c. 1800-1868)
- ORTON, Alva (1845-1917) and Valerie E. (1843-after 1900)
- ORTON, Jonathan T. (c. 1811-1866) and Caroline (c. 1813-1873)
- PALMER, Dan R. (1817-1897) and Abigail (1823-1902)
- PEABODY, William (1791-1866) and Hannah (1787-1876)
- PEARSALL, Alfred B. (1823-1895) and Adaline (1823-1906)
- PECKHAM, Job B. (1823-1859) and Sophronia (1825-1887)
- PHILLIPS, Daniel C. (c. 1813-1882) and (first wife) Amanda (c. 1812-1859) and (second wife) Mary (c. 1843-1884)
- PIERCE, Henry Harlow (1833-1901) and Esther Ann (1837-1908)
- PIERCE, Stephen (1804-1883) and Almira (1806-1875)
- POOLE, Ezra A. (c. 1807-1894) and Sally Marilla (1819-after 1900)
- PRESTON, Almira (Elmira) (née Barnes) (1811-1888) and (second husband) John S. (c. 1804-1879)
- PRESTON, Chandler Bristol (1806-1891) and Eliza Ann (1810-1883)
- PRIOR, Edward (c. 1815-?) and Georgianna (c. 1820-1850s)
- RALPH, Richard (1812-1897) and (first wife) Minerva (c. 1815-1854) and (second wife) Sarah F. (1832-1920)
- RATELLE, Marguerite (née Dion) (1829-1923) and Joseph (1820-after 1900)
- RHODES, Samuel W. (c. 1810-1883) and (first wife) Betsey E. (?-1867) and (second wife) Sophronia L. (1825-1887)
- ROGERS, Jane (née FRASER) (1821-1896) and Sanford (1830-1917)
- ROOT, Ephraim Henry (1828-1906) and Hezzy (1832-1913)
- ROSS, Alexander (1810-1888) and (first wife) Caroline (c. 1810-1866) and (second wife) Melissa S. (1832-1915)
- ROSS, Manley T. (1824-1911) and Susanna (1825-1906)
- RUMERY, Sylsbre R. (1820-1884) and (first wife) Nancy M. (?-before 1848) and (second wife) Betsey Jane (1826-1916)
- RUSSELL, Charles P. (c. 1810-1879) and Eunice (c. 1810-after 1880)
- RUSSELL, Lester (1814-1898) and (first wife) Ordelia (c. 1820-before 1860) and (second wife) Paulina P. (1819-1898)
- SAXBY, William L. (1827-1876) and Euphemia H. (1826-1902)
- SCOTT, Mary A. (1820-1904) and David W. (1818-after 1904)
- SEELEY (SEELY), David Ross (1811-1901) and (first wife) Laura (c. 1822-1860) and (second wife) Ellen Amelia (1830-1907)
- SHARP, William D. (1830-1910) and Sarah F. (c. 1831-1910)
- SMITH, Cyrenius (1804-1874) and Louisa (1806-1881)
- SMITH, Stephen (1806-1889) and Matilda (1809-1891)
- SMITH, Uriah (1832-1903) and Harriet Newall (1831-1911)
- SMITH, William (c. 1808-after 1872) and Laura (1810-1872)
- SPERRY, Charles W. (c. 1820-1861) and Rachel Ann (c. 1831-1863)
- STEVENS, Angeline S. See ANDREWS, John Nevins and Angeline.
- STEVENS, Cyprian (1795-1858) and Almira T. (c. 1803-1873)
- STEVENS, Harriet Newall. See SMITH, Uriah and Harriet Newall.
- STONE, Albert (1803-c. 1893) and (first wife) Lurena (1803-1868) and (second wife) Ayer (c. 1805-after 1880)
- STOWELL, Harriet Augusta. See BARTON, Harriet Augusta.
- STOWELL, Lewis Barnard (1793-1886) and Laura B. (1805-1868)
- STOWELL, Lewis Oswald (1828-1918) and Mary Melissa (1839-1899)
- STOWELL, Marion Concordia. See CRAWFORD, Marion Concordia (Stowell).
- STREET, Sherman A. (c. 1827-1888) and Sarah Jane (1834-1915)
- TAYLOR, Charles O. (1817-1905) and (first wife) Matilda W. (c. 1824-1880) and (second wife) Mary Jane (1838-1913)
- TEMPLE, Elizabeth (c. 1808-1884) and (first husband) James L. (c. 1814-before 1862) and (second husband) Ransom HICKS (1802-1872)
- TENNEY, Elizabeth (née White) (1818-1885) and Thomas Boynton (1800-1875)
- THOMPSON, Jesse (1795-1858) and Nabby Maria (1805-1866)
- TOWLE, John R. (1812-after 1885) and Mary M. (1818-after 1885)
- TREADWELL, William (1831-1904) and Lurana Lucretia (1834-1917)
- TUBBS, Ira B. (1800-1882) and (first wife) Hannah (c. 1800-1872) and (second wife) Amelia L. (c. 1808-1892)
- WAGGONER, Joseph Harvey (1820-1889) and Maryetta (1823-1908)
- WEED, Caroline (née Carpenter) (1838-1909) and Eber (1841-1913)
- WHEELER, Frederick (1811-1910) and Lydia (1814-1886)
- WHIPPLE, John G. (1817-1902) and Sarah B. (1822-1905)
- WHITE, Anna (c. 1829-1854)
- WHITE, Henry Nichols (1847-1863)
- WHITE, James Edson (1849-1928) and (first wife) Emma L. (1848-1917) and (second wife) Rebecca (1884-1953)
- WHITE, James Springer (1821-1881) and Ellen Gould (1827-1915)
- WHITE, John (1785-1871) and Betsey (1788-1871)
- WHITE, John Whitney (1812-1886) and Anna Catherine (1818-after 1885)
- WHITE, Nathaniel (1831-1853)
- WHITE, William Clarence (1854-1937) and (first wife) Mary (née Kelsey) (1857-1890) and (second wife) Ethel May (née Lacey) (later Currow) (1873-1969)
- WILCOX, Henry H. (1819-1911) and (first wife) Diadama (c. 1825-1892) and (second wife) Eliza Anna (c. 1822-1896) and (third wife) Mary A. (1859-?)
- WILCOX, John Y. (1834-1910) and (first wife) Mary S. (c. 1823-1877) and (second wife) Annie K. (1845-after 1900)
- WILKINSON, Diantha (née Benedict) (1833-1907) and James M. (1837-1908)
- WOODRUFF, Azmon (1802-1889) and (first wife) Elizabeth Norton Hart (1796-1851) and (second wife) Harriet Newell Cole (1823-1870) and (third wife) Elizabeth Barber Pierce (later DeGarmo) (1801-1891)
- Appendix A: Unauthenticated Visions Attributed to Ellen G. White
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- The American Religious Background That Influenced Adventists
- Methodism's Rise in America
- The “Christian Connection”
- James White and the Christian Connection
- Ellen White's Methodist Environment
- Experiences With the Pearson Family
- The Experience of Samuel Brown and Other Millerite Adventists in Portland
- Religious Enthusiasm in Ellen G. White's Experience After Being Called to Prophetic Ministry
- Ellen White's Interaction With Fanatics During 1845 and 1846
- Spiritualizers
- Extreme Literalization
- Extreme Sanctification
- Animal Magnetism
- Other Fanatical Views
- Religious Enthusiasm Not Connected to Fanaticism
- The Mackin Experiences
- Summary
- Bibliography of Works Cited
- List of Correspondents
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Ellen G. White Letters and Manuscripts (1845-1859)
December 20, 1845, Portland, Maine1EGWLM 85.1
Letter to Identity: Enoch Jacobs was editor of the Day-Star, a Millerite paper published in Cincinnati, Ohio. After the October 1844 disappointment, Jacobs's paper became an important publishing venue for those who continued to believe in the relevance of the 1844 experience. Early in 1846 he became sympathetic to the Shaker view of a spiritual second coming of Christ, and by the summer of 1846 he embraced Shakerism. His publication of this letter was just before his theological shift. See: SDAE, s.v. “Enoch Jacobs,” “Day-Star”; EGWEnc, s.v. “Enoch Jacobs.”
Enoch Jacobs.1
Transcribed from the Day-Star, vol. 9, nos. 7, 8, January 24, 1846, pp. 31, 32. See Ellen G. White, Early Writings, pp. 13-20.
First known published account by 18-year-old Ellen Harmon of her first vision2
James White, however, had included an abbreviated account of the vision five months earlier, in a letter to the editor of the Day-Star, where he wrote of “one Sister in Maine who has had a clear vision of the Advent people traveling to the City of God.” See: James White to “Bro. Jacobs,” Day-Star, Sept. 6, 1845, p. 17 (letter dated Aug. 19, 1845). The exact date of Ellen White's first vision is unknown. In her July 13, 1847, letter to Joseph Bates, Ellen White gave the date as December 1844. James White gave the same date in his comments about the vision in A Word to the “Little Flock,” published a few weeks earlier. In her autobiography Ellen White described the vision as being received while at the home of Elizabeth Haines in Portland, Maine. See: Ellen G. White, Lt 3, 1847 (July 13); James White, ed., A Word to the “Little Flock,” p. 22; Ellen G. White, Spiritual Gifts [vol. 2], p. 30.
As God has shown me in holy vision the travels of the Advent people to the Holy City, and the rich reward to be given those who wait the return of their Lord from the wedding,4
Although the important concept of “the return of their Lord from the wedding” is inserted here, it does not actually form part of the December 1844 vision, but is part of Ellen Harmon's introductory remarks to Enoch Jacobs, written one year later, reflecting theological insights gained after the December vision. The wedding imagery is first introduced about two months after the first vision, in the vision of February 1845. See notes under Lt 1, 1846 (Feb. 15). Cf. 2 Cor. 4:17, 18. The report of this vision contains many scriptural allusions, only a few of which are noted in the annotations. James White supplied more than 40 references in his reprint of the vision in A Word to the “Little Flock,” pp. 14-18. The expression “midnight cry” is an allusion to the warning cry “Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him,” given at midnight in the parable of the 10 virgins (Matt. 25:6). As it is used here it refers to the powerful proclamation during the late summer and autumn of 1844 announcing the second coming of Christ on October 22. Even though the predicted Advent failed to materialize, this first vision declares the Midnight Cry to be “a bright light.” No information is given at this stage regarding in what way the seemingly discredited Midnight Cry contained light from God. Two groups are portrayed here as rejected by God: (1) those who had initially accepted the Second Advent message (“Midnight Cry”) but later rejected it; (2) “all the wicked world,” composed of persons who had never professed a faith in the Second Advent. Although we are not told specifically why God “rejected” the members of the second group, the implication is that like the first group, it was because they had wickedly rejected the Advent message. Concerning members of the first group—those who at first accepted but later rejected the Midnight Cry—William Miller initially took a view similar to that of this vision. They “were crying for mercy a few days since … [but] are now scoffing and mocking us.” He then added the pointed question “Have not such individuals sinned against the Holy Ghost?” (see William Miller to I. E. Jones, in Advent Herald, Dec. 25, 1844, p. 154). For biblical examples of probation closing on certain classes and groups of people, see Francis D. Nichol, Ellen G. White and Her Critics, pp. 206-210. Much discussion has ensued through the years as to the extent and size of the second group—“all the wicked world which God had rejected.” Some have held that “the wicked world” refers to the entire population of the world (apart from the loyal Advent believers), since, presumably, in a general sense all humanity is “wicked” and sinful. While this is a reasonable interpretation of the phrase “all the wicked world” taken on its own, the context suggests (as argued above) that “the wicked world” refers to a much more circumscribed group, viz., that which had specifically rejected, maligned, and mocked the Advent proclamation. This would accord with Ellen White's own interpretation of the passage in 1883 when she was called upon to explain its omission in later printings of the vision: “Two classes are brought to view in the vision—those who declared the light which they had followed a delusion, and the wicked of the world who, having rejected the light, had been rejected of God. No reference is made to those who had not seen the light, and therefore were not guilty of its rejection” (Ms 4, 1883, quoted in Ellen G. White, Selected Messages, book 1, p. 64). An example of the second, more restricted, interpretation of “wicked world” can be seen in another passage from William Miller: “And the wicked world, who have scoffed at the idea of Christ's second coming … and laughed and ridiculed the servants of Christ … will be silent.” Apollos Hale and Joseph Turner likewise used “world” in a very specific manner when they wrote of “the world” that had “rejected the [Advent] truth” and “turned away their ears with loathing from its warnings and promises.” (See William Miller, Evidence From Scripture and History, p. 188; A. Hale and J. Turner, “Has Not the Savior Come as the Bridegroom?” Advent Mirror, January 1845, pp. 3, 4.) The bibliography of published comment and debate on “the wicked world” passage is extensive. For contrasting interpretations, see, e.g., Uriah Smith, The Visions of Mrs. E. G. White, pp. 29-31; W. W. Fletcher, The Reasons for My Faith, pp. 188, 205, 206; Francis D. Nichol, Ellen G. White and Her Critics, pp. 212-214; Rolf J. Poehler, “‘… and the Door Was Shut,’” pp. 109, 110, 127, 128; Herbert E. Douglass, Messenger of the Lord, pp. 557, 558. For surveys of the “shut door” debates of the time, see P. Gerard Damsteegt, Foundations of the Seventh-day Adventist Message and Mission, pp. 106-112; George R. Knight, Millennial Fever, pp. 236-242; Ingemar Lindén, 1844 and the Shut Door Problem, pp.19-23. See also introductory essay in this volume, “The ‘Shut Door’ and Ellen White's Visions,” and online bibliography by Gary Shearer, “The Shut Door Controversy,” at http://library.puc.edu/heritage/bib-ShutDoCon.html. In A Word to the “Little Flock” James White provides an early discussion of this prediction, contrasting it with Millerite thinking on “the voice of God.” Note that according to the sequence described in this vision, the “day and hour of Jesus’ coming” is announced after the close of probation and apparently only a short time before the Second Advent. When some subsequently alleged that Ellen White claimed to know the day and hour of Jesus’ coming, having been shown it in vision, she responded, “I have not the slightest knowledge as to the time spoken by the voice of God. I heard the hour proclaimed, but had no remembrance of that hour after I came out of vision.” See: James White, “The Voice of God,” in A Word to the “Little Flock,” pp. 4-8; Ellen G. White, Lt 38, 1888 (Aug. 11). See: EGWEnc, s.v. “144,000.” See: EGWEnc, s.v. “Seal of God.” Cf. Rev. 3:12; Rom. 16:16. That the saints would experience violent persecution just prior to the Second Coming, as portrayed here, was not featured in Millerite prophetic exposition, at least during the final years of the movement. “An idea is abroad that a great time of persecution and martyrdom is before the church,” wrote Josiah Litch in 1840, “but I cannot find it in the Bible.” Thus, for example, Litch held that the terrors of the seven last plagues would be poured out on the wicked after the Second Advent, when the saints had already been delivered, not before. Hale and Jacobs argued that the “time of trouble” predicted in Daniel 12:1 would not touch the saints, who would be delivered before it started. On the matter of the seven last plagues, major Millerite expositors such as Apollos Hale, Enoch Jacobs, and C. S. Minor agreed with Litch. William Miller had a different view, holding that six of the seven plagues were already past, being symbolic of the judgments of God on the Papacy going back to the Reformation. While he thought the seventh plague was still future, it did not presage any special persecution for the saints other than what they had always had to endure throughout the centuries. Thus on this point the vision given to Ellen Harmon constituted a major departure from mainstream Millerite thinking. This probably explains why, when this vision was included in the pamphlet A Word to the “Little Flock” 16 months later, James White felt it necessary to include a section offering biblical support for the position “that the seven last plagues were all in the future, and that they were all to be poured out before the first resurrection.” For White himself, this represented a reversal of his earlier Millerite position. See: L. [Josiah Litch], “The Battle of Armageddon (concluded),” Signs of the Times, Sept. 15, 1840, p. 95; Josiah Litch, Prophetic Expositions, p. 175; A. Hale, Herald of the Bridegroom! pp. 23, 29; E. Jacobs, “Seventh Seal,” Midnight Cry, Oct. 26, 1843, p. 82; C. S. M. [C. S. Minor], “His Coming,” Midnight Cry, Sept. 21, 1843, p. 36; William Miller, Evidence From Scripture and History, pp. 219-232; James White, “The Seven Last Plagues,” in James White, ed., A Word to the “Little Flock,” pp. 1-4. The imagery used here is taken from Revelation 3:9, in which religious opponents of the people of God (“synagogue of Satan”) are finally brought to humbly acknowledge that those they had bitterly opposed were “loved by God.” For further comment, see Lt 2, 1847 (Apr. 21), note 5. It is interesting to note the positive mention, already in this first vision, of the ancient Christian liturgical practices of foot washing and the “holy kiss.” It marks an early expression of the restorationist ideal which was to become central to Seventh-day Adventist theological development. Following New Testament admonitions to “salute one another with an holy kiss” (Rom. 16:16, etc.) this practice found its way into the worship services of the early church. “Having ended the prayers, we salute one another with a kiss,” Justin Martyr reported in the second century (First Apology I. 65). Gradually, however, the “holy kiss” became restricted to a few special ceremonial occasions, such as the consecration of bishops. A somewhat similar historical trajectory can be traced in connection with liturgical foot washing as instituted by Jesus (John 13). With the coming of the Reformation, most Reformers elected not to reinstate these practices; the exception was the Anabaptists, among whom the holy kiss and foot washing were revived. The situation in mid-nineteenth-century America remained largely the same, with only a minority of smaller churches, such as the Mennonites (of the Anabaptist tradition) and the Dunkards, maintaining these practices while the mainline Protestant churches rejected them. See: The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, s.v. “Kiss of Peace,” by Victor Schultze; Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, s.v. “Feet-Washing,” by G. A. Frank Knight; The Mennonite Encyclopedia, s.v. “Kiss,” by James Reusser. For a recent discussion of the restoration motif in Seventh-day Adventist theology, see Hans K. LaRondelle, “The Remnant and the Three Angels’ Messages,” in Handbook of Seventh-day Adventist Theology, pp. 880-889. In subsequent printings, the apparent error of “hung” was corrected to “heavy.” See: Ellen G. Harmon, Ms 1, 1846 (Apr. 6); James White, ed., A Word to the “Little Flock,” p. 15. The description given in this section leaves no doubt that after the resurrection the saints ascend to heaven, where are “the City,” the tree of life, and the river of life. On this point, in interesting ways the account diverges from mainstream Millerism of the time. William Miller's conclusion, accepted almost universally in his movement, was that at Christ's coming both the “living and raised saints will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. Then the saints will be judged and presented to the Father without spot or wrinkle. … And while this is being done in the air, the earth will be cleansed by fire. … Then Christ and his people will come down from the heavens, or middle air, and live with his saints on the new earth in a new heaven, or dispensation, forever.” The idea that the saints ascend to heaven after the resurrection is not found in Millerite accounts. The saints are “in the air” or “middle air” awaiting the purification of the earth. The focus is on the earth to which the saints descend with the Holy City once the earth has been cleansed, to spend the millennium and beyond. The Millerite concept of an earthly millennium was retained in the writings of Joseph Bates as late as 1847. Prior to Christ's “second appearing,” he wrote in 1847, He receives “the Holy City, which is the capital of his kingdom, that he will bring with him and establish here, and it will ever be the capital of all his dominions under the whole heaven” (Second Advent Waymarks, p. 57). James White likewise maintained in 1846 that “Christ is coming to raise the dead saints and change those who are alive. Christ is coming to restore this earth to its primitive purity. He is coming to set up His everlasting kingdom and reign. Christ is to be king. The Land promised to Abraham and enlarged in Dan. 7: and Isaiah 65: is to be the territory, the spiritual seed of Abram, the subjects, etc.” (In a memory statement made 10 years later, in 1855, James White claimed that the Millerite preacher E. R. Pinney had taught “that the Kingdom of God would not be established on the earth till the close of the seventh millennium,” and that he, White, had “taught the same since 1845.” However, the above extract suggests that it was somewhat later that he took this view.) It would seem, then, that the vision of December 1844 contained hints of a heavenly millennium well before this theme was developed by Sabbatarian Adventists. See: “Synopsis of Mr. Miller's Views,” Midnight Cry, Nov. 22, 1842, p. [2]; Joseph Bates, Second Advent Waymarks and High Heaps, p. 57; James White to “Brother Collins,” Aug. 26, 1846; J. W. [James White], “A Test,” Review, Oct. 16, 1855, p. 61. For a comparison of Millerite with Seventh-day Adventist views on the millennium, see SDAE, s.v. “Millennium”; Alberto R. Timm, The Sanctuary and the Three Angels’ Messages, pp. 152, 153. Identity: Charles Fitch (1805-1844) was a prominent Holiness Millerite minister who died on October 14, 1844, less than two weeks before the anticipated date for the Second Coming. See: SDAE, s.v. “Charles Fitch”; EGWEnc, s.v. “Charles Fitch.” Identity: Levi Stockman (1812-1844) was a respected Methodist Millerite minister who lived in Maine. He helped Ellen Harmon understand the love of God during her conversion process. He contracted tuberculosis and died before the 1844 disappointment. In this vision Ellen White is taken to the future and meets these men after the second coming of Jesus and the resurrection. See: SDAE, s.v. “Levi Stockman”; EGWEnc, s.v. “Levi Stockman.” From this point forward, Ellen White continues with an account of her “new earth” vision that describes the descent of the New Jerusalem to the earth following the millennium and the restoration of the earth to its Edenic state. The “new earth” vision was probably given in late spring or early summer of 1845. In this and her previous Midnight Cry vision she emphasized the tangible aspects of heaven and the new earth. Ellen White vigorously opposed the spiritualizing view of some Millerites who said that they were now spiritually living in the New Jerusalem. See Ellen G. White, Spiritual Gifts [vol. 2], pp. 52-56. In his vision of the “holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven” John wrote, “I saw no temple therein” (Rev. 21:10, 22). Likewise, Ellen Harmon saw no temple in the Holy City in the earth made new. She did, however, see a temple on a mount “outside of the city,” although the main function of that temple is not revealed. Since sin and evil have now been eradicated forever, the temple cannot have the soteriological purpose it had served in heaven prior to the eradication of sin. Richard Davidson suggests that “at the consummation of salvation history, the heavenly sanctuary or temple apparently returns to its original doxological function.” See: Richard M. Davidson, “Sanctuary Typology,” in Symposium on Revelation, pp. 99-130.
N.B. This was not written for publication; but for the encouragement of all who may see it, and be encouraged by it.1EGWLM 93.1
Picture: Ellen (Harmon) White's earliest known letter, published in the Day-Star, January 24, 1846. Courtesy of the Center for Adventist Research.1EGWLM 94
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