History of Sarah Rogers Crockett

Born- June 4, 1811     Manthrope, Grantham, England              

Died- October 30, 1896         Kaysville, Davis, Utah

Parents- Richard Rogers & Elizabeth Newcomb

Pioneer: 1868 Handcart

Spouse: Edward Hall Crockett

Married: about 1832, Lincolnshire, England

Death Sp: January 9, 1892, Kaysville, Davis, Utah

Children:

Sarah Ambrozine, 1833

James C., 1835

Edwin William, 1836

Zilla, 1839

John, 1841

Elizabeth, 1844

Naomi, 1847

Luther, 1848

Alma Loren, 1850

Heber Lorenzo, 1854

Sarah Rogers married Edward Hall Crockett about 1832, they had ten children. When the gospel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was preached to them they readily accepted it, and came to America, sailing on the ship “John Bright,” in 1868.

The family was staying in a hotel in New York when a fire broke out, and they were forced to wade through cold water to escape the fire. Sarah was not very well and arthritis set in, and she became unable to walk. This made it necessary for her to ride on a handcart coming across the Plains, and she was in great pain.

The family settled in Kaysville, Utah, and Sarah had to remain in a wheelchair for thirty-five to forty years. She became a very fine reader, and could read aloud to Edward while knitting stockings, without ever looking down at her knitting.

Edward died in 1892 and Sarah died four years later, in 1896, also in Kaysville, Utah.