MORLEY, ISAAC (son of Thomas Morley, born March 26, 1758, Ansonia, Conn., and Edetha Morley, born Oct. 2, 1762, Montague, Mass.--they lived at Kirkland [sic], Ohio). He was born March 11, 1786, Montague, Mass. Came to Utah 1847.
Married Lucy Gunn June 20, 1812, Montague, who was born Jan. 24, 1786, and died Jan. 3, 1848, buried in grave No. 4, 13th row, camp of Israel, Omaha, Neb. Their children: Philena b. Oct. 2, 1813, m. Amos Cox; Lucy Diantha b. Oct. 4, 1815, m. Joseph Allen; Edetha Ann b. Jan. 25, 1818, m. Chauncy Whiting; Calista b. May 11, 1820; Cordelia b. Nov. 28, 1823, m. Walter Cox; Arathusa; Therissa B. b. July 18, 1826, m. Heber C. Kimball; Isaac b. May 2, 1829, m. Abiah Bradley.
Married Hannah Blaixley Finch 1844, Nauvoo temple (daughter of Daniel and Mary Finch of Waterbury and Woodbridge, Conn.). She was born March 19, 1811. Their children: Joseph Lamoni b. July 15, 1845, died; Simeon Thomas b. June 12, 1849, died; Mary Leonora b. March 26, 1852, m. Hans Christian Hansen. Family home Manti, Utah.
Married Leonora Snow (Leavitt) 1844, Nauvoo temple (sister of Lorenzo and Eliza R. Snow).
Ordained a patriarch by the Prophet Joseph Smith; first counselor to the first bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Was the first man to settle in Manti; plowed the first furrow; built the first house; made the first table in that new settlement. Died June 21, 1864, Fairview, Utah, buried in Manti.