Road To America

Thomas and Sara Moulton joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) in 1841 in Northhampton England. In 1856, Sarah Moulton surprised Thomas by telling him she had been secretly stashing money in a fruit jar for fifteen years; she had enough money to pay costs for a move to America for the extended family.  Boarding the Ship the Thornton on May 3, of 1856, The Moulton family had been assigned to [...]