William McMillan THOMPSON b 8 Mar 1821 in Limavady, Londonderry, Ireland. Married 20 Apr 1842 in Lanark, Glasgow, Scotland to Sarah BELL b. 9 Apr 1809 in Down County, Ireland, daughter of John and Sarah BELL. Thier children were: William M. b. 17 Mar 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL md. Sallie B. CRUTCHER Robert B. b. 31 Jan 1847 in Iowa md. Martha BRISTO Sarah I. b. 20 Jul 1849 in Deseret, Utah md. Thomas K. WILLSON John B. b. 30 May 1851 in Deseret, Utah md. Mary Emily GIST Hyrum B. b. 21 May 1853 d. 26 Jul 1856 in Salt Lake City, UT Joseph S. b. 6 Oct 1855 in Salt Lake City, Utah md. Mary Zoe PARDO. William MCMILLEN was born in Ireland and migrated to Glasgow, Scotland where he joined the LDS church in 1841. He met his wife who was also a member of the church. Church records there state they left for America. They left in 1843 on the bark Yorkshire and sailed into the Port of New Orleans 1843 and took a steamboat up river to Nauvoo. There he met a one Mercy Rachel (Fielding) THOMPSON widow of Robert Blashell THOMPSON and was sealed into the lineage of that family taking the name William McMillan THOMPSON. His patriarchial blessing states this even though he never met Robert B. THOMPSON. I assume he was to take care of Mercy and her child Mary Jane. There are no sealings in the Nauvoo Temple records to support this adoption or a probable plural marriage to William. There is very little information on William in the Nauvoo church or court records. Only a few mention's in the Millenial Star or Times and Seasons Newspapers which lists him as a clerk. William and his family left Nauvoo and went west in 1848 in the Heber C. Kimball Company of which he was a clerk. I beleive Mercy left in 1847 to Utah. William was a seventy and most of the time a clerk within his office. William took two other wives namely Ann GREEN and Emma PRICE. In 1860 he and Brigham Young had words and because of this William left the church around that time period. All of his first family went with him but his plural wives chose to stay. He bought land in Leavenworth Co., KS and lived his life out there dying in 1896. I have found no record of his excommunication. None of his family went back to the LDS church and how ironic that I met my husband in 1984 who was LDS and joined the Mormon Church in that same year. My grandfather talked about his grandfather being a Mormon so it was very satisfying to research this family. Should there be any descendants anywhere of William's marriage to his plural wives Ann GREEN and Emma PRICE I would be glad to correspond with them. Any information would be appreciated. Donna Merrill dmerrill@fastlane.net