Hatch of Cornwall and Devonshire
The Hatch Motto
Brave by Valor and by arms;
safer with hope than with arms.
The Hatch Motto
Brave by Valor and by arms;
safer with hope than with arms.
Hatch Family Crest
Ancestors--the journey begins
Captain Jeremiah Hatch--my great great great grandfather
As Captain Tisdale gave the command to march forward, a young, dark haired boy raised a fife to his lips, playing as volleys of gun powder went off all around him. Never flinching, the young man continued to play to the beat of a drum, encouraging his fellow soldiers to victory.
We can only assume the bravery of a young, orphaned boy who willingly joined the troops of the Revolutionary War at the age of 15. Too small to carry a musket (it is reported he was 4 ft 10in), Jeremiah Hatch, joined the drum and bugle corps as a piper in April 1781 victoriously serving until the end of the war in 1783 (Hatchfamilyhx 2007). How did such a small, young boy come to be fighting in a war?
Jeremiah, born the seventh child to Nathan and Achsah Parmalee Hatch, started his life in Oblong, New York. Ten short years later, Jeremiah's father died of smallpox while serving in the American Revolution of 1776. Widowed and left with seven children to raise, his mother bound Jeremiah to a miller in hopes he would find a better life. After five years of hard service under a cruel master, Jeremiah escaped to war when he met a recruiting officer (Hackworth 2007).
At the conclusion of the war, assigned a militia company in his home town, he was made an honorary Captain. For the remainder of his life he was known as Captain Jeremiah. Awarded 1200 acres of land in Vermont by the military, Captain Jeremiah moved and began his life as a prosperous farmer. Marrying Elizabeth Haight (a neighbor from New York) in 1789, they set up home in Ferrisburgh, Vermont along with Elizabeth's mother (Heslop 1996).
The newlyweds wanted a large family but lost their first nine babies (some stories say it was 12) before praying for a child that would live. Like Sariah of old, Elizabeth promised that if they were blessed, the child would dedicate himself to the Lord. Her prayers were answered and Captain Jeremiah became a father of three sons and one daughter. Raised as Quakers, the children all grew, married, and purchased property from their father to build farms close by. In 1839, Hezekiah, Captain Jeremiah's oldest son accepted the gospel of Jesus Christ and encouraged his father to listen to the missionaries. One year later, Captain Jeremiah, at the age of 73, joined the church. His wife, Elizabeth, crippled for 13 years, came using crutches but after entering the waters of baptism, never needed them again. Two years later, Captain Jeremiah sold his property and moved with his children and grandchildren to Nauvoo.
With the money from his property, Jeremiah's sons built a beautiful red brick home for the Patriarch of their family, less than one mile from the Nauvoo temple site. For the next few years, Captain Jeremiah and Elizabeth grew and prospered in the church. One week before Jeremiah and Elizabeth were driven from their home by mobs, they both received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple, January 21, 1846 (Church pg 162).
Robbed of all their belongings, they were forced to rely upon friends to help them get to Winter Quarters. Suffering but still strong in the gospel, Jeremiah and Elizabeth were sealed for all eternity in a location near by. Just three days later, his beloved Elizabeth succumbed to starvation and exposure.
Captain Jeremiah did not live to see his son and grandsons serve multiple missions for the church nor to see them settle new communities. His wife's promise to the Lord had been fulfilled. Too frail to travel to Zion, Captain Jeremiah fell ill and died at the age of 84, while at the home of his son Josephus in Pleasant Grove, Iowa. The young orphan boy from New York left behind a legacy that exists still today.
Works Cited
Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers (v1) www.ancestry.com 10/17/2007James, Daryl. James History. www.members.cox.net/jameshistory/e_haight. 10/07/2007
Heslop, MaryOwen. Jeremiah Hatch: The Life and Times of an Extraordinary Man, BYU Print Services Alpine (1996) 9-11McHarry, Hugh.
Revolutionary War Vet who joined Church. The Church News Nov 13, 1982 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, pg 162
As Captain Tisdale gave the command to march forward, a young, dark haired boy raised a fife to his lips, playing as volleys of gun powder went off all around him. Never flinching, the young man continued to play to the beat of a drum, encouraging his fellow soldiers to victory.
We can only assume the bravery of a young, orphaned boy who willingly joined the troops of the Revolutionary War at the age of 15. Too small to carry a musket (it is reported he was 4 ft 10in), Jeremiah Hatch, joined the drum and bugle corps as a piper in April 1781 victoriously serving until the end of the war in 1783 (Hatchfamilyhx 2007). How did such a small, young boy come to be fighting in a war?
Jeremiah, born the seventh child to Nathan and Achsah Parmalee Hatch, started his life in Oblong, New York. Ten short years later, Jeremiah's father died of smallpox while serving in the American Revolution of 1776. Widowed and left with seven children to raise, his mother bound Jeremiah to a miller in hopes he would find a better life. After five years of hard service under a cruel master, Jeremiah escaped to war when he met a recruiting officer (Hackworth 2007).
At the conclusion of the war, assigned a militia company in his home town, he was made an honorary Captain. For the remainder of his life he was known as Captain Jeremiah. Awarded 1200 acres of land in Vermont by the military, Captain Jeremiah moved and began his life as a prosperous farmer. Marrying Elizabeth Haight (a neighbor from New York) in 1789, they set up home in Ferrisburgh, Vermont along with Elizabeth's mother (Heslop 1996).
The newlyweds wanted a large family but lost their first nine babies (some stories say it was 12) before praying for a child that would live. Like Sariah of old, Elizabeth promised that if they were blessed, the child would dedicate himself to the Lord. Her prayers were answered and Captain Jeremiah became a father of three sons and one daughter. Raised as Quakers, the children all grew, married, and purchased property from their father to build farms close by. In 1839, Hezekiah, Captain Jeremiah's oldest son accepted the gospel of Jesus Christ and encouraged his father to listen to the missionaries. One year later, Captain Jeremiah, at the age of 73, joined the church. His wife, Elizabeth, crippled for 13 years, came using crutches but after entering the waters of baptism, never needed them again. Two years later, Captain Jeremiah sold his property and moved with his children and grandchildren to Nauvoo.
With the money from his property, Jeremiah's sons built a beautiful red brick home for the Patriarch of their family, less than one mile from the Nauvoo temple site. For the next few years, Captain Jeremiah and Elizabeth grew and prospered in the church. One week before Jeremiah and Elizabeth were driven from their home by mobs, they both received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple, January 21, 1846 (Church pg 162).
Robbed of all their belongings, they were forced to rely upon friends to help them get to Winter Quarters. Suffering but still strong in the gospel, Jeremiah and Elizabeth were sealed for all eternity in a location near by. Just three days later, his beloved Elizabeth succumbed to starvation and exposure.
Captain Jeremiah did not live to see his son and grandsons serve multiple missions for the church nor to see them settle new communities. His wife's promise to the Lord had been fulfilled. Too frail to travel to Zion, Captain Jeremiah fell ill and died at the age of 84, while at the home of his son Josephus in Pleasant Grove, Iowa. The young orphan boy from New York left behind a legacy that exists still today.
Works Cited
Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers (v1) www.ancestry.com 10/17/2007James, Daryl. James History. www.members.cox.net/jameshistory/e_haight. 10/07/2007
Heslop, MaryOwen. Jeremiah Hatch: The Life and Times of an Extraordinary Man, BYU Print Services Alpine (1996) 9-11McHarry, Hugh.
Revolutionary War Vet who joined Church. The Church News Nov 13, 1982 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, pg 162
My great great grandfather--Hezekiah Hatch
Even before the missionaries came to Vermont, Hezekiah, a practicing Quaker, believed in the hereafter and in doing family research. After encouraging all of his family, including his parents and brothers to join the church, he sold his property and moved to Nauvoo.
According to the journals of his son, Lorenzo Hill Hatch, his father had researched the Hatch family back 200 years and kept the records in a trunk. Also in the trunk were the IOU notes he kept on several prominate business men in Nauvoo including Dr. Robert Foster (the doctor who helped to murder Joseph Smith). Records show that Hezekiah had come down with a fever and Dr. Foster had been called in to treat him. Dr. Foster prescribed a white powder, opened the trunk to find some paper and took items from the trunk. After leaving the home, Hezekiah suddenly died (allegedly from the powder that was given him) and the "note", some money and other documents were missing from the trunk. Hezekiah died three months after receiving his Patriarchal Blessing and on the day of his planned wedding (his first wife had died). He was buried in the Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds on July 3, 1843.
Works Cited
Jeremiah Hatch: the Life and Times of an Extrordinary Man
Lorenzo Hill Journals
According to the journals of his son, Lorenzo Hill Hatch, his father had researched the Hatch family back 200 years and kept the records in a trunk. Also in the trunk were the IOU notes he kept on several prominate business men in Nauvoo including Dr. Robert Foster (the doctor who helped to murder Joseph Smith). Records show that Hezekiah had come down with a fever and Dr. Foster had been called in to treat him. Dr. Foster prescribed a white powder, opened the trunk to find some paper and took items from the trunk. After leaving the home, Hezekiah suddenly died (allegedly from the powder that was given him) and the "note", some money and other documents were missing from the trunk. Hezekiah died three months after receiving his Patriarchal Blessing and on the day of his planned wedding (his first wife had died). He was buried in the Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds on July 3, 1843.
Works Cited
Jeremiah Hatch: the Life and Times of an Extrordinary Man
Lorenzo Hill Journals
Hezekiah's Blessing
Hezekiah Hatch Patriarchal Blessing
GIVEN BY HYRUM SMITH 9 MARCH 1843; NAUVOO, ILLINOIS
Brother Hezekiah: I lay my hands upon your head in the name of Jesus of Nazareth to bless you and place upon your head by order of the Priesthood the blessings that are your rights according to the faith of your fathers which cometh by faith in these last days and obedience to the requisitions of the everlasting covenant. Therefore you have a right also unto the Priesthood and to be continued in your posterity. You have a right also unto an inheritance the same to be received in due time. You have a right to the fulness of the everlasting covenant in due time. But it is written thou shalt not covet; nevertheless the day of men, together with your days and all flesh, is mine saith God, and every hair is numbered and not one shall fall to the ground without my notice; and thus are all things present before me. Thou are Abraham’s seed and have the right to be numbered with and enter into the blessings and promises obtained by your fathers; nevertheless, there is tribulations that await you. Yet there are blessings which you shall realize and the time shall come when the afflictions of the past shall suffice and you shall enter into the blessings of the promised possessions where in you have a right to an inheritance with your fathers and shall receive the fullness of the Holy Priesthood; and shall commit it to the keeping of your generation to generation and also that your name may be written in the acts and Chronicles of your brethren. And you shall be blessed in future with the anointing and with days and years that shall cede honor upon the heads of your posterity. All to be obtained by strict obedience otherwise there remaineth a scourge, together with the seal in the forehead which shall exalt you in Mount Zion with the Hundred and forty and four thousand. These blessings I seal upon your head according to the tenor there of even so. Amen.
Jeremiah Hatch--my great grandfather
Captain Jeremiah Hatch raised his family in Ferrisburgh, Addision, Vermont. One of his sons, Hezekiah, married and moved to the township of Bristol, Addison county. He returned to Ferrisburgh area where his father sold him some property to build a home. Hezekiah's second son, Jeremiah (born in 1823), accepted the gospel in 1839 and introduced his Quaker family to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is his life in Census format.
The first US Federal Census, after his birth, is the 1830 US Federal Census done in Bristol, Addison, Vermont. Jeremiah is seven-years-old, living with his parents. the 1840 US federal Census, finds young Jeremiah, a new convert to the church. Everyone joins the church except his uncle, Jeremiah Jr. Called on a mission to Michigan, Jeremiah will leave the area in two years.
After returning from his mission, Jeremiah marries a close friend and neightbor, Louisa Poole Alexander. They leave for Nauvoo with the rest of his family. He helps build a home for his grandfather and works on the Nauvoo Temple. Mobs chase he and his family from Nauvoo and they leave for Utah with the David Evans Company. He is a young married man of 27 years.
The 1850 US Federal Census places Jeremiah and his wife in the Great Salt Lake Valley. Shortly after this census, Brigham asks Jeremiah to help settle various areas of Utah including the San Pete County area. He and his family move several times in the next 10 years as the prophet directs them.
In 1860, Jeremiah and his family are still in San Pete county.
The family then moves to Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory to be closer to Jeremiah's brother, because Louisa's health is declining. At the young age of 41, Jeremiah's wife Louisa dies, leaving him with nine children. The 1870 US Federal Census lists Jeremiah (not his children) as living with his brother Alva in Smithfield. But reading the census you see a note explaining that Jeremiah is on a mission in Vermont. His children were given to different friends and family to care for during this time.
He returned from his mission and several years later is called once again to serve a mission in Mexico. His two older sons were also called to serve with him. While Jeremiah prepared his family again for his leave, Brigham Young contacted him to change where he was needed to serve. The oldest son went on to Mexico to begin his mission and Jeremiah and his children went to settle the Ashley Valley in Uintah County. There are many books written about this time in Jeremiah's life. During this time, Jeremiah honors the directive from the prophet to take multiple wives.
One of his wives, Henrietta Augustine Clark, is my great grandmother. They raised their families in the Ashley Valley area and in Moab, where the prophet sent Jeremiah to also help settle . After Moab, the families moved back to the Ashley Valley where Jeremiah resided until his death in 1903 at the age of 70--a true Utah pioneer.
The first US Federal Census, after his birth, is the 1830 US Federal Census done in Bristol, Addison, Vermont. Jeremiah is seven-years-old, living with his parents. the 1840 US federal Census, finds young Jeremiah, a new convert to the church. Everyone joins the church except his uncle, Jeremiah Jr. Called on a mission to Michigan, Jeremiah will leave the area in two years.
After returning from his mission, Jeremiah marries a close friend and neightbor, Louisa Poole Alexander. They leave for Nauvoo with the rest of his family. He helps build a home for his grandfather and works on the Nauvoo Temple. Mobs chase he and his family from Nauvoo and they leave for Utah with the David Evans Company. He is a young married man of 27 years.
The 1850 US Federal Census places Jeremiah and his wife in the Great Salt Lake Valley. Shortly after this census, Brigham asks Jeremiah to help settle various areas of Utah including the San Pete County area. He and his family move several times in the next 10 years as the prophet directs them.
In 1860, Jeremiah and his family are still in San Pete county.
The family then moves to Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory to be closer to Jeremiah's brother, because Louisa's health is declining. At the young age of 41, Jeremiah's wife Louisa dies, leaving him with nine children. The 1870 US Federal Census lists Jeremiah (not his children) as living with his brother Alva in Smithfield. But reading the census you see a note explaining that Jeremiah is on a mission in Vermont. His children were given to different friends and family to care for during this time.
He returned from his mission and several years later is called once again to serve a mission in Mexico. His two older sons were also called to serve with him. While Jeremiah prepared his family again for his leave, Brigham Young contacted him to change where he was needed to serve. The oldest son went on to Mexico to begin his mission and Jeremiah and his children went to settle the Ashley Valley in Uintah County. There are many books written about this time in Jeremiah's life. During this time, Jeremiah honors the directive from the prophet to take multiple wives.
One of his wives, Henrietta Augustine Clark, is my great grandmother. They raised their families in the Ashley Valley area and in Moab, where the prophet sent Jeremiah to also help settle . After Moab, the families moved back to the Ashley Valley where Jeremiah resided until his death in 1903 at the age of 70--a true Utah pioneer.
Clarence A. Hatch--my grandfather
My grandfather had white hair the entire time I knew him. He was a tall, slender man with stories that let you know he had lived on the edge of the era of pioneers and the new modern world. He went by the nickname "Whitie."
One of his stories, often re-told, related his experiences as a jockey. Known as a great horse handler and jockey, Clarence stood tall for his 13 years. An owner asked my grandfather to race his horse in an upcoming big race. Being unafraid of competing, my grandfather readily accepted.
The race track in Vernal in those days was surrounded by a fence of rough-cut wood slats--still with the bark on them. Fine unless you scraped up against it. Feeling a little uneasy because the other older jockey was known as an unfair rider, he saddled up and rode out to the beginning point.
The horses lined up and the gun fired! The horses exploded from the start line. Whitie kept his horse even with his competitors. Nose to nose the horses raced down the track. At the bend, Whitie took the inside of the track so that he could get the advantage and hopefully win the race. But the other older jockey had orders to win at all costs. He broadsided Whities horse and forced it into the fence. Whitie scraped along the fence line, eventually being yanked off his horse by the rough wood.
People ran out to Whitie and found a bloody mess. Most of Whitie's left side had been sand papered off his body. He lay on the ground unconscious. Needless to say, Grandpa still had scars from that race as he told the story. His sister Aunt Odile tells the rest of the story. Whitie, she explained, lay unconscious for many days. At times people would tell his Mother that he stank and that it was time to bury him because they couldn't see any signs of life in him. But Great Grandma Hatch would not let them take him away. She stayed by his bedside day and night. After 3 days he finally woke up. He lived to do many more races and his love of horses continued throughout his life.
One of his stories, often re-told, related his experiences as a jockey. Known as a great horse handler and jockey, Clarence stood tall for his 13 years. An owner asked my grandfather to race his horse in an upcoming big race. Being unafraid of competing, my grandfather readily accepted.
The race track in Vernal in those days was surrounded by a fence of rough-cut wood slats--still with the bark on them. Fine unless you scraped up against it. Feeling a little uneasy because the other older jockey was known as an unfair rider, he saddled up and rode out to the beginning point.
The horses lined up and the gun fired! The horses exploded from the start line. Whitie kept his horse even with his competitors. Nose to nose the horses raced down the track. At the bend, Whitie took the inside of the track so that he could get the advantage and hopefully win the race. But the other older jockey had orders to win at all costs. He broadsided Whities horse and forced it into the fence. Whitie scraped along the fence line, eventually being yanked off his horse by the rough wood.
People ran out to Whitie and found a bloody mess. Most of Whitie's left side had been sand papered off his body. He lay on the ground unconscious. Needless to say, Grandpa still had scars from that race as he told the story. His sister Aunt Odile tells the rest of the story. Whitie, she explained, lay unconscious for many days. At times people would tell his Mother that he stank and that it was time to bury him because they couldn't see any signs of life in him. But Great Grandma Hatch would not let them take him away. She stayed by his bedside day and night. After 3 days he finally woke up. He lived to do many more races and his love of horses continued throughout his life.