Scholarly history

The Brigham Young Family

Larry C. Porter follows John and Abigail (Nabby) Howe Young’s household and its religious changes.

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Useful for Brigham’s immediate family and historical context. It is not a proof chain for every earlier Young or Howe generation.

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1801–1877

Brigham Young

Brigham connects Zina Presendia’s documented family to the Young and Howe research.

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1763–1839

John Young

John is part of the documented household in which Brigham Young grew up.

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1765–1815

Abigail Howe

Abigail, also called Nabby, connects the Young household to the Howe family research.

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