- Presendia L. Huntington, Affidavit, May 1, 1869, Joseph F. Smith Affidavit Books, 1:7, 4:7.
- Presendia L. Huntington, Letter to her eldest granddaughter living in 1880, April 1, 1881.
- Malissa Lott dictation to Jenson, “First list of wives,” Document #1, Andrew Andrew Jenson Papers, MS 17956, Box 49, fd. 16.
- Jenson, “Plural Marriage,” 233.
- Zina Huntington Young, Journal, December 11, 1848.
- Bennett, The History of the Saints, 256, lists as one of Joseph’s wives “Mrs. B****,” Presendia married Norman Buell.
- Oliver Huntington, Journal, February 18, 1883.
- Wilford Woodruff, “Historian’s Private Journal,” (one volume, 1858-1878), undated statement written between a July 1, 1866 entry and a November 18, 1874 entry. Date is for 1840. See chart below.
- Wells, “A Venerable Woman: Presendia Lathrop Kimball,” 163.
- Nauvoo Temple proxy marriage to Joseph Smith, February 4, 1846. Brown, Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings,, 285.
- Orson F. Whitney, Life of Heber C. Kimball, 418–19.
Chart of evidences and the dates provided. Red=1840, Blue=1841:
Year | Source | Marriage date | comments |
1842 | Bennett, The History of the Saints, 256, lists as one of Joseph’s wives “Mrs. B****.” Presendia married Norman Buell. | No date | |
1846 | Nauvoo Temple proxy marriage to Joseph Smith, February 4, 1846. Brown, Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings,, 285. | No date | |
1848 | Zina Huntington Young, Journal, December 11, 1848. | On “Monday, Dec 11th, 1848,” Zina Huntington recorded in her journal: “This morning My sister Presendia moved. . .7 years ago to day since Presendia was sealed to Joseph Smith.” | Earliest of any dates |
1866 to 1874 | Wilford Woodruff, “Historian’s Private Journal.” | “December 11, 1840” | Source unknown |
1869 | Presendia L. Huntington, Affidavit, May 1, 1869, Joseph F. Smith Affidavit Books, 1:7, 4:7. | December 11, 1841 | Firsthand-participant |
1869 | Dimick Huntington Affidavit, Joseph F. Smith Affidavit Books, 1:19, 4:19 | December 11, 1841 | Firsthand-eyewitness |
1869 | Fanny Huntington Affidavit, Joseph F. Smith Affidavit Books, 1:21, 4:21 | “fall of the year 1841” | Firsthand-eyewitness |
1881 | Presendia L. Huntington, “Autobiographical Sketch,” 1881, MS 742, CHL. | “in 1841 I entered into the new & everlasting Covenant was sealed to Joseph Smith the Prophet & Seer” | Firsthand-participant |
1883 | Oliver Huntington, Journal, February 18, 1883. | No date | |
1883 | Wells, “A Venerable Woman: Presendia Lathrop Kimball,”Woman’s Exponent 11 (April 1, 1883): 163. | No date | |
1887 | Malissa Lott dictation to Jenson, “First list of wives,” Document #1, Andrew Andrew Jenson Papers, MS 17956, Box 49, fd. 16. | No date | |
1887 | Jenson, “Plural Marriage,” 233. | December 11, 1841 | First published date |
1888 | Orson F. Whitney, Life of Heber C. Kimball, 1888, 418–19. | No date |