K Powell <grannytoad@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I knew it wasn't that one, another Smith line I'm related to, they > went from MA to VT to Susquehannah PA to NY to OH &c. > > Baptist? 7th Day? The Hill bunch I'd mentioned came from MA through RI > generations then to Dutchess Co NY, then across the Hudson to Wallkill > ... before some moved up to Tioga/Chemung. The Smith line moved via > paddling his canoe & family up the Susquehanna to Tioga Co, NY, but > still not "the" polygamy Joe Smith. Definitely in the "for what its worth" category: Neither Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the founder and prophet, nor Joseph Smith (1832-1914), his son, were responsible for the doctrine of polygamy. That was introduced some 8 years after the death of Joseph Smith, Sr. In fact, Joseph Smith, Jr, preached against the doctrine of polygamy [p 568], stating that "it was wrong -- wrong in the sight of God, and against the teachings of the standard books of the church.". Mary Audentia (Smith) Anderson wrote in 1929: [p 75] Joseph Smith, Sr, founded the church in 1830, which was reorganized in 1852, and has been presided over by his descendants. "None of these are, or ever have been, identified with the church in the West which bears a similar name and to some of whose doctrines and practices, introduced after the death of the founder in 1844, they are unalterably and uncompromisingly opposed." See: "The Ancestry & Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale" by Audentia Smith Anderson; Independence, Mo.: Herald Pub. House, (1929) Best regards, Pam Sears