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JOHN MARRIOTTJohn Marriott, son of John Marriott and Frances Warren Marriott was born March 6, 1817, in Rhode, Northampton, England. On May 7, 1841, at age twenty-four, he was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In March 1842, he was married to Susannah Holds by Lorenzo Snow. He assisted in building up the branch of the Church in England while preparing to journey to America. In January 1843, John and his wife arrived in Liverpool, England, along with 312 Saints under the leadership of Lorenzo Snow. They boarded the ship Swanton where his wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter who died. They set sail for America on January 16. After a voyage and land journey of nearly three months, they arrived in Nauvoo, Illinois, on April 12, 1843. The Prophet Joseph Smith assigned them two acres of land. John was also assigned as one of the bodyguards to the Prophet. He also spent the summer working on the Nauvoo Temple. He was ordained a seventy by President Joseph Young and was a member of the Sixteenth Quorum of Seventy. After the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Marriotts remained in Nauvoo and their first son, Lorenzo, was born in October 1844. In 1846, they left with the first Saints and went to Council Bluffs, Iowa, then to Garden Grove, and from there to Larryville. Here he procured an outfit and was ready to bring his family west. He would have been with the first company of pioneers, but by the counsel of Orson Hyde, he gave his outfit to someone else and remained to raise grain and help the poor who were arriving from Nauvoo. He was a builder of wagons, and in that work, his help was sorely needed. In 1851, he and his wife and son started for Utah in a wagon provided by Orson Hyde in the Livingston Kinkead Company. Their son, who was not quite eight, drove a wagon with the family supplies. After their arrival in Salt Lake City, they moved to Kaysville, and then farther to the northwest of Ogden. He built the first house in the settlement, which was one room with a dirt roof. The town was later named Marriott in his honor. John delighted in giving socials and invited the whole community. At the proper age of sixteen, his girls were allowed to participate in dancing, and he taught them to promenade and to dance the quadrille. He showed them his artistic dancing by using a broom stick as a partner. John Marriott was bishop of the Marriott Ward and served in that capacity for eight years. He died at his home on June 10, 1899. Other wives of John Marriott were Elizabeth Stewart, Trezer Southwick, and Margaret Burton. ELIZABETH STEWART MARRIOTT BIRTH DATE: 12 Apr 1829
Colmsworth. Bedfordshire, England CHILDREN: When Elizabeth was five years old, her mother died. When she was ten years old, she left home to be a nurse for a wealthy family. In this home, she taught herself to read and how to cook. Her father died in 1845 and testified to her the LDS Church was true. She joined the LDS Church in 1848. When she was nineteen years old, she worked to buy a ticket so she could sail to America. On the day they were to sail, she was fifteen shillings short of her fare. She sold her black silk dress and good shawl for enough to board the ship. She and her brother sailed on the ship, "James Pennel," and landed in New Orleans on October 22, 1849. Her brother and his wife went on to Zion. She was working to earn her way west when she had an accident with a kerosene lamp which exploded. She was badly burned. Her sweetheart ran in and saved her life, but he died eighteen days later from inhaling the fumes. After she recovered, she decided to cross the plains with the Moses Clawson Wagon Company. She was fortunate enough to get passage to cross the plains if she would do the cooking for a man who had an invalid wife and his family. Her burns were not completely well for three years. She arrived in Salt Lake City on September 15, 1853. Elizabeth went to Kaysville where her brother had located. She met John Marriott and they were married in February of 1854. She was one of four wives. They moved to Marriott (part of Ogden by 12th Street). She and John became the parents of ten children. John's first wife, Susan, died and left six other children that Elizabeth raised along with her own. She was a very strong woman who believed in living a life of truth. She helped her husband form Marriott, Utah in 1855. She was called to be the Primary President of the first Primary organization in the community and remained in this position until she was seventy-five years old. She had also been serving as a counselor in the Relief Society at the same time she was in the Primary. She resigned from that position when she was eighty years old. She also worked in both the Salt Lake and Logan temples for about twenty years. She was a remarkable woman who would do anything for the Lord and her fellow man. MARGARET BURTON MARRIOTT BIRTHDATE: 4 Apr 1839
Bradford, Yorkshire, England CHILDREN: Margaret Burton was born in England in 1839. In 1855 she sailed on the ship "Samuel Curling" with her mother and six of her brothers and sisters. They joined the Milo Andrus Company traveling under the Perpetual Emigration Fund, and arrived in Utah in Sep 1855. They traveled on to Kaysville to stay with a brother who had emigrated earlier. Their first winter in Kaysville was a hard one, with very little to eat. They had no bread for six weeks, and had to dig green sego roots to supplement their meager diet. They also killed an old cow, that was so weak it could not stand up. Margaret married John Marriott as a plural wife in 1857 and moved to Marriott, Weber, Utah. She was the mother of eight children. Margaret was always busy with community and Church activities. She taught in Relief Society, was a midwife, visited the sick, and laid out the dead. She died in Ogden, Weber, Utah in 1918. SUSANNAH HOUGHTON FOWKES MARRIOTT BIRTHDATE: 31 Jul1821
Bohnhurst, Bedfordshire, England CHILDREN: Susannah Houghton Fowkes was born in England in 1821. She married John Marriott in England in 1842. They left England on the ship "Swanton" in January 1843. Susannah's first baby was born the day before the ship sailed, but died within hours. On board ship, the Saints were divided into two groups, with the priesthood over them to see that prayers were said, meetings held, and to aid in the comfort and cleanliness of each person. They arrived in Nauvoo in April. John and Christopher Layton built a 10 by 12 foot room where they both lived until another house could be built. The floor was dirt, but Susannah wove a rug and placed straw under it. Here they lived until they were forced out of Nauvoo. They arrived in Utah in September 1851. Two Mormon companies traveled with an Oregon-bound company, and John was one of the teamsters. At first they lived in Kaysville, then in 1854 John was called to settle in Weber County by the Ogden and Weber Rivers, or the Ogden Bottoms, as it was called. Susannah died in 1858 and John died in 1899, both in Marriott, Weber, Utah. TERESA SOUTHWI CK MARRIOTT BIRTHDATE: 8 May 1840
Dudley, Worehester, England CHILDREN: Teresa's family had accepted the gospel and were baptized in England before they came to America. They sailed on the ship. “Ashland,” in February 1849, At age nine, just two and one half weeks after arriving at St. Louis, her father died from cholera. When she was fourteen she joined her older sister and others to cross the plains. Her sister became ill and wished to return to St. Louis. On the way back, the sister died. Teresa was left alone in St. Louis with no one. She worked out an agreement with Bishop Whorley who agreed to take her with his family if she would help his wife with the work while crossing the plains. She did so willingly, She had two pairs of shoes when she began the trek and wore one pair out. She saved the other pair for use in the Salt Lake Valley. She arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on September 3 1855. Teresa became a polygamous wife to John Marriott on November 5, 1855. They were the parents of eight children. She spun flax into warp for making jeans for her family. She supplied her own lye and made soap for her family. She helped the other wives of her husband to raise their children. Teresa was loved and respected by all who knew her. She was very compassionate and unselfish. It was her goal to be of service to her fellow men.
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