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Wilford Woodruff left Kirtland on May 31, 1837 to preach the gospel in the Fox Islands off the coast of Maine. Between May 1837 and October 1838 he proselyted in Ohio, New York, Canada, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. He then gathered a group of converts from the Fox Islands and left Maine October 4, 1838 to join the Saints in Missouri but, due to the harsh winter and the forced migration out of Missouri, they did not reunite with the main body of the Church until April of 1839 after wintering in Rochester, Illinois.

This list is the individuals he interacted with during his mission to the Eastern United States between May 1837 and December 1838.

Daniel Ames
abt. 1814-1852
1 mention
Host, Maine Mission
Ebenezer Ames
abt. 1775-bef. 1850
15 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Hezekiah Ames
1790-1858
7 mentions
Maine Mission
Justus Ames
14 Oct 1789 - 5 Jun 1861
61 mentions
Maine Mission
Lucy Frye Ames
1825-aft. 1869
1 mention
Maine Mission
Rufus Ames
abt. 1820-1896
1 mention
Maine Mission
Valentine Ames
abt. 1814-1865
13 mentions
Maine Mission
James Andrews
1769-1846
1 mention
Maine Mission
Ebenezer Arey
14 Oct 1769 - 17 Jan 1854
3 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Host, Maine Mission
Thomas Arey
abt. 1779- aft. 1839
3 mentions
Maine Mission
Thomas Arey, d. 1891
abt. 1803-1891
8 mentions
Maine Mission
James Babbidge
6 Apr 1798 - 14 Oct 1862
5 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Perez Babbidge
16 Apr 1802 - 11 Oct 1874
1 mention
Maine Mission
Robert Bailey
abt. 1781-aft. 1837
1 mention
Maine Mission
Joseph T. Ball
21 Feb 1804 - 20 Sep 1861
52 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Host, Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
1 mention
Host, Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
Justis W. Bickford
1 Oct 1816 - 14 Jun 1899
1 mention
Maine Mission
George Boothby
11 Apr 1784 - 30 Jul 1866
4 mentions
Family, Maine Mission
Charles Brown
abt. 1805-1839
37 mentions
Family, Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
Jabez Brown
1795-bef. 1871
1 mention
Maine Mission
John Brown, Maine
abt. 1802-1877
2 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Host, Maine Mission
Mary Arey Brown Babbitt
4 Jan 1806 - 26 Mar 1875
14 mentions
Family, Maine Mission
2 mentions
Maine Mission
Ezekiel Burgess (Jr.)
3 Mar 1797 - 4 Jan 1841
1 mention
Maine Mission
13 mentions
Maine Mission
Joshua Calderwood
5 Dec 1795 - 12 Feb 1881
2 mentions
Maine Mission
Luther Calderwood
25 Jun 1802 - 11 Feb 1865
2 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Jacob Carlton
abt. 1794-1868
3 mentions
Maine Mission
Arlond Carroll
1803- aft. 1861
1 mention
Maine Mission
Abiel Chandler Carter
1796–1856
2 mentions
Family, Maine Mission
Abigail Waterman Carver
abt. 1770-abt. 1840
6 mentions
Maine Mission
Abraham J. Carver
16 Mar 1803 - 21 Sep 1874
4 mentions
Maine Mission
Ebenezer Waterman Carver
1 Dec 1804 - 8 Jan 1896
37 mentions
Maine Mission
Israel Carver
9 Jan 1769 - 24 Mar 1856
2 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
John Carver
12 Apr 1793 - 3 Nov 1877
2 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Joseph Carver
1789- abt. 1866
4 mentions
Maine Mission
Samuel Carver
31 May 1801 - 6 Dec 1889
2 mentions
Maine Mission
John White Chickering
19 Mar 1808 - 9 Dec 1888
1 mention
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
John Colby
24 Nov 1809 - 19 Sep 1867
1 mention
Maine Mission
David Connor
31 Mar 1781 - 11 Oct 1847
1 mention
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
Anthony Coombs (Jr.)
17 Feb 1781 - 22 Jun 1846
6 mentions
Maine Mission
Benjamin Coombs
27 Jun 1789 - 10 Jun 1851
18 mentions
Maine Mission
Desire Harding Coombs
30 Jan 1805 - 16 Nov 1895
4 mentions
Maine Mission
Elizabeth Allen Coombs
12 May 1782 - 19 Dec 1848
2 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
Jesse Coombs, b. 1805
20 Jan 1805 - 22 Mar 1876
7 mentions
Maine Mission
Moses Cooper
1787-abt.1874
3 mentions
Maine Mission
3 mentions
Maine Mission
Israel Cox
30 Oct 1803 - 2 Jan 1890
1 mention
Maine Mission
Benjamin Crabtree
abt. 1786-1869
3 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Host, Maine Mission
David Crocket
30 Dec 1806 - 12 Apr 1876
1 mention
Maine Mission
Isaac Crockett
aft. 1790-bef. 1851
14 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
James Crockett
27 Apr 1777 - 14 Jun 1851
2 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
3 mentions
Maine Mission
2 mentions
Maine Mission
William Stuart Douglass
12 Dec 1799 - 16 Jun 1882
54 mentions
Maine Mission
Levi Dyer
26 Sep 1804 - 26 Jan 1886
4 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Host, Maine Mission
Melana Ames Dyer
22 Jul 1816 - 8 Jul 1901
9 mentions
Maine Mission
Nathaniel Dyer
abt. 1781-abt. 1848
7 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
John Eldridge
bef. 1820-1850
4 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
2 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Zachariah Foss
about 1760–1839
1 mention
Family, Maine Mission
Thomas Fry
abt. 1813–1874
1 mention
Maine Mission
David Gibson
abt. 1800-abt. 1878
1 mention
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
Susanna Glover
29 Jan 1795 - 8 Jan 1853
2 mentions
Maine Mission
Elizabeth G. Luce Grant Page
1 Jan 1808 - 25 Apr 1898
9 mentions
Maine Mission
Levi Gray
abt. 1808-1873
1 mention
Maine Mission
1 mention
Host, Maine Mission
2 mentions
Maine Mission
Robert Harsen
1807-1891
2 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
Whitten Hillman
abt. 1807-1869
2 mentions
Maine Mission
Isaac Hodsdon
18 Dec 1781 - 24 Mar 1864
2 mentions
Maine Mission
Milton Holmes
16 Jan 1811 - 30 Apr 1881
218 mentions
Maine Mission
Sarah Norton Hopkins
22 Aug 1789 - 11 Feb 1851
1 mention
Host, Maine Mission
Watson Y. Hopkins
abt. 1800-1885
1 mention
Maine Mission
William Hopkins
22 Mar 1798 - 26 Mar 1866
3 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
Benjamin Kent
17 Jun 1798 - 9 Feb 1882
16 mentions
Maine Mission
John Kent
4 Sep 1786 - 4 Mar 1874
16 mentions
Maine Mission
2 mentions
Maine Mission
John Kimball
19 Jan 1805 - 7 Feb 1865
1 mention
Host, Maine Mission
Mark L. Kimball
25 Nov 1808 - 29 Jan 1879
1 mention
Maine Mission
Benjamin Knowlton
abt. 1818-1896
5 mentions
Maine Mission
Jeremiah Knowlton
25 Feb 1787 - 2 Feb 1851
1 mention
Maine Mission
Sarah Elinor Brown Woodruff Lamb
22 Aug 1827 - 25 Dec 1914
7 mentions
Family, Maine Mission
Lewis Leadbetter
17 Apr 1803 - 19 Feb 1890
3 mentions
Maine Mission
Abijah Luce
abt. 1765- aft. 1846
3 mentions
Maine Mission
Daniel Grant Luce
12 Oct 1814 - 1 Nov 1897
2 mentions
Maine Mission
Ephraim Luce
30 Sep 1799 - 2 Mar 1880
35 mentions
Maine Mission
3 mentions
Maine Mission
James F. C. Luce
18 Sep 1834 - 23 Jul 1841
1 mention
Maine Mission
John Grant Luce
20 Sep 1817 - 28 Mar 1881
12 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
Malatiah Luce
1772-abt. 1849
28 mentions
Maine Mission
Rebecca Spear Luce
8 Apr 1820 - 10 Feb 1906
1 mention
Maine Mission
Ruth Grant Luce
13 Oct 1775 - 13 Jun 1860
8 mentions
Maine Mission
Samuel W. Luce
10 Oct 1832 - 23 Jul 1841
1 mention
Maine Mission
Stephen Luce
10 Jul 1801 - 28 Apr 1872
25 mentions
Maine Mission
Lydia Maria Macomber Luce Markham
17 Aug 1798 - 30 Jun 1873
13 mentions
Maine Mission
Mary Wheeler Luce Wickens
31 Aug 1801 - 26 Oct 1879
3 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
David McMullin
6 Jul 1783 - 30 Nov 1855
3 mentions
Maine Mission
Henry McMullin
10 Jan 1815 - 2 May 1885
3 mentions
Maine Mission
Willard Glover McMullin
21 Feb 1823 - 17 Oct 1884
5 mentions
Maine Mission
2 mentions
Maine Mission
William Merchant
abt. 1805-bef. 1883
6 mentions
Maine Mission
Edward Milliken
5 Nov 1802 - 15 Feb 1887
8 mentions
Maine Mission
Jabez Myrick
15 Apr 1811 - 20 Dec 1872
2 mentions
Maine Mission
Gideon J. Newton
28 Jul 1787 - 17 Feb 1859
45 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
Priam Pease
abt. 1797-aft. 1859
7 mentions
Maine Mission
3 mentions
Maine Mission
Napoleon Perry
3 Jun 1815 - 1 Aug 1873
1 mention
Maine Mission
Paul Perry
29 Apr 1785 - 29 Jan 1873
2 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
Elizabeth Hudson Pierce
25 Jun 1771 - 6 Feb 1850
1 mention
Maine Mission
Josiah Pierce
21 Dec 1792 - 15 Aug 1867
2 mentions
Maine Mission
Thomas Pierce
3 Jul 1771 - 14 Apr 1851
1 mention
Maine Mission
Henry H. Plumer
abt. 1810-1842
1 mention
Host, Maine Mission
Huse Richards
4 May 1800 - 22 Jan 1859
2 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Timothy Carter Rolfe
abt. 1817-1884
1 mention
Family, Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
John Shanon Sayward
11 Dec 1806 - 30 Aug 1875
2 mentions
Maine Mission
John M. Sellers
24 May 1788 - 3 Sep 1860
6 mentions
Maine Mission
Daniel Sewall
4 Nov 1808 - 21 Apr 1866
1 mention
Maine Mission
Henry Sherman
23 Oct 1788 - 30 Apr 1864
2 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
William Simonton, b. 1793
1 May 1793 - 22 Dec 1855
3 mentions
Maine Mission
David Smith
1785-1874
3 mentions
Maine Mission
John Smith (Jr.)
10 Aug 1775 - 11 Oct 1863
9 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Joseph Ingraham Spaulding
21 Oct 1802 - 5 Feb 1871
2 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Archibald Gamble Coombs Spear
25 Apr 1805 - 12 Feb 1889
2 mentions
Maine Mission
Cyrus Starrett
21 Feb 1802 - 31 Dec 1879
31 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Phebe Philbrook Starrett
16 Jul 1813 - 23 Mar 1885
1 mention
Maine Mission
1 mention
Host, Maine Mission
Mary Cooper Stimson Carver
6 Oct 1801 - 19 Jan 1866
8 mentions
Maine Mission
Abagail Farnham Stone
abt. 1808-bef. 1880
6 mentions
Maine Mission
Benjamin Stone (Jr.)
1797-aft. 1879
2 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
David Stone
22 Jun 1814 - 1 Jul 1888
2 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Nehemiah Stone
1793-bef. 1881
1 mention
Maine Mission
Sarah Hilton Stone
1773-aft. 1845
1 mention
Maine Mission
Joseph Henry Sylvester
26 Jan 1838 - 20 Jan 1915
1 mention
Maine Mission
Joseph W. Sylvester
30 May 1815 - 27 May 1862
5 mentions
Maine Mission
Martha A. Burgess Sylvester
5 Aug 1818 - 25 Jun 1908
4 mentions
Maine Mission
Polly Wentworth Tapley
31 Jan 1797 - 18 May 1871
1 mention
Maine Mission
Thomas Tapley
15 Mar 1794 - 20 Dec 1889
8 mentions
Maine Mission
Clara Newel Thomas
1833–1838
7 mentions
Maine Mission
James Thomas
abt. 1803-bef. 1854
4 mentions
Maine Mission
Nathaniel Thomas
abt. 1803-1844
73 mentions
Maine Mission
Susanna Luce Thomas
1 Jan 1808 - 9 Oct 1886
10 mentions
Maine Mission
3 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
4 mentions
Maine Mission
James Madison Tibbetts
abt. 1814-abt. 1864
2 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
7 mentions
Maine Mission
David Sevey Turner
1836- aft. 1910
1 mention
Maine Mission
John Turner
13 Mar 1810 - 12 Jan 1887
4 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
Coburn Tyler
10 Feb 1792 - 7 Dec 1873
3 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Simeon Tyler
19 Jan 1753 - 21 Sep 1840
1 mention
Maine Mission
Nathaniel Gookin Upham
6 Jan 1801 - 11 Dec 1869
1 mention
Maine Mission
1 mention
Maine Mission
Hannah Dixon Coombs Whitley
3 Jul 1808 - 20 Apr 1889
3 mentions
Maine Mission
11 mentions
Maine Mission
William H. Wilson
25 Jan 1807 - 25 Nov 1867
14 mentions
Maine Mission
David Woodman
1794-1880
1 mention
Maine Mission
Nathaniel Wooster
abt. 1763-1839
3 mentions
Maine Mission
Rebecca Willard Turner Workman
18 Jul 1834 - 4 Sep 1885
1 mention
Maine Mission
William C. Wright
abt. 1814-1893
1 mention
Maine Mission