ppendix C – Alleged Children of Joseph Smith
| Mother | Child | Discussion |
| Julia Clapp |
Julia Murdock Smith (’31) |
Rumor circa 1842 spread by those who suspected Julia was not Emma’s daughter. Father was John Murdock. |
| Fanny Alger |
Orrison Smith (‘34) |
Tradition disproved by genetic testing (Ycs) |
| Hannah Dubois | Mary Jane Smith (’33) Peter Aker Smith (’35) |
Speculative tradition. First two children fathered by a John F. Smith, suggesting source of rumor |
| Clarissa Reed |
Mosiah Lyman Hancock (’34) | Tradition based on letter referring to “our Mosiah”, disproved by genetic testing (Ycs) |
| John Reed Hancock (’41) |
Disproved by genetic testing (Ycs) (Perego e-mail to Stout of 5/14/2016) |
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| Marietta Carter | Sarah Elizabeth Holmes (’38) | Assertion made to Ugo Perego, possibly based on Sarah’s closeness to the Smith family |
| Presendia Huntington | Oliver Norman Buell (’40) |
Anti-Mormon exposé by Mary Etta Coray [Henderson Jones Smith]. Oliver disproved by genetic testing. John conceived 60 miles from Nauvoo, making it unlikely Joseph was involved. |
| John Hiram Buell (’43) |
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| Lucinda Pendleton | Don Alonzo Smith (’40) |
Family tradition disproved by genetic testing (Perego e-mail to Hales of 12/6/2011) |
| Zina Huntington | Zebulon Williams Jacobs (’42) | Speculation by William Hall disproved by genetic testing |
| Mary Rollins Lightner | George Algernon Lightner (’42) | Speculation. Mary Rollins suggested three children may have been fathered by Joseph, but never said her children were Joseph’s |
| Florentine Mattheas Lightner (’43) | ||
| Eliza Snow | miscarriage (’42) | Nov ‘42 journal mentions death and vile wretch |
| Nancy Marinda Johnson | Orson Washington Hyde (’43) | Speculation by Fawn Brodie, 43 week pregnancy needed for unlikely conception window to work. |
| Frank Henry Hyde (’46) |
Speculation by Fawn Brodie though birth date 18 months after Joseph died |
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| Sylvia Sessions |
Josephine Rosetta Lyon (’44) | Speculation based on mother’s dying testimony. Disproved by autosomal DNA tests, presented 6/11/2016 to the Mormon History Association |
| Margaret Creighton | Josephine Henry (’44) |
Assertion by Larry R. King, circa 2008. Per Hales, mother pregnant upon arrival at Nauvoo |
| Esther Dutcher | Joseph Albert Smith (’44) |
Speculation. Legal husband was Albert Smith, no relation to Joseph Smith. |
| Mary Ann Frost | Moroni Llewellyn Pratt (’44) | Speculation by Fawn Brodie, disproved by genetic testing, Parley Pratt is father |
| Olive Grey Frost | Child (’45) | Rumor based on statement by ‘Aunt Lizzie,’ reportedly born after Olive’s death |
| Lucy Walker |
Rachel Kimball (’46) |
Speculation based on Rachel’s death record, giving either wrong birthday or wrong age |
| Lulu Vermillion | Carolyn Delight |
Assertion made to Ugo Perego. May be Carolyn Delight Allen (’38), born to Lucy Morley [Allen] |
Bolded mothers believed to have been Joseph’s covenant wives
Bolded children denotes DNA analysis conducted by Ugo Perego
Italicized childred died without producing children