Sealed Marriages Between 1839 and 1852
These links produce lists of the first Latter-day Saint marriages “sealed” or intended to last for eternity, not only until “death do part.” The majority of sealings were monogamous.
The first four lists are cumulative. The second three are divided by their historical context: during Joseph Smith’s lifetime; after his death but before the completion of the Nauvoo temple; during the few months the temple was operational; and during the migration to the West and the first few years of settlement.
- Sealings Before 1844: List of all time and eternity sealings before 7/1/1844.
- Sealings Before 1845: List of all time and eternity sealings before 12/10/1845.
- Sealings Before 1846: List of all time and eternity sealings before 3/1/1846.
- Sealings Between 1844-1845: List of all time and eternity sealings after 7/1/1844 but before 12/10/1845.
- Sealings Between 1845-1846: List of all time and eternity sealings after 12/10/1845 but before 3/1/1846.
- Sealings Between 1846-1852: List of all time and eternity sealings after 3/1/1846 but before 8/31/1852.
Plural Marriages Performed Between 1839 and 1852
These lists pertain only to plural marriages. For each participant, all types of marriages are included: civil and religious (temporal and eternal). The data is sorted by gender and time period, as described above.
It was not uncommon for couples to repeat their marriage rites. This was always the case when a civilly married couple was sealed for eternity. For example, Isaac Morley and Lucy Gunn were civilly married in 1812 and sealed in 1844. Two years later, their sealing was performed again within the newly completed temple. Thus, one of the lists below gives every known instance of any type of marriage event; the other, only the first instance of the sealing and prior unique civil marriages.
- Plural (Male) Marriages Before Dec 10, 1845: List of all men and their plural wives before Dec 10, 1845.
- Plural (Male) Marriages Before 1852: List of all men and their plural wives before 1852.
- Plural (Male) Marriages Before 1852 (No Duplicates): List of all men and their plural wives before 1852. All duplicate sealings and marriages to the same wife have been removed.
- Plural (Female) Marriages Before 1852: List of all women and their plural husbands before 1852.
- Plural (Female) Marriages Before 1852 (No Duplicates): List of all women and their plural husbands before 1852. All duplicate sealings and marriages to the same wife have been removed.