Henry Rollins, son of Austin and Betsey Wells Rollins, was born in August, 1790 at Kirkby Green, Lincolnshire, England. He married Ann Wetherogg, born December 1, 1799 to Thomas and Ann Wetherogg of Hingle, Lincolnshire. They were the parents of five sons and four daughters, Nancy, Austin, Alice, Jane, Henry, Betsy, John, Isaac and Steuben. The Rollins family having heard and accepted Mormonism emigrated to the United States. They were living in Burns, Steuben county, New York when Steuben and Isaac were born. There is no further mention in the Rollins history of what became of the older children.

Learning of the death of the Prophet, Joseph Smith, in Nauvoo, Illinois, the family decided to go west with other Latter-day Saint converts and establish a new home. Because of the condition of Ann's health it was thought best for her to go overland with Steuben, while Henry should take Isaac, Jane and her husband, Thomas Tompkins, also their two small daughters, Amanda and Jane E., and go via the water route around the Horn on the Brooklyn to the west coast. Henry, and this part of the family, made their home in Yerba Buena for a time then joined the little Mormon colony in San Bernardino. Two more years passed before he was able to afford an outfit for the journey to Utah where the Church had been established. Because of financial difficulties, it was not until 1851 that Ann and Steuben were reunited with other members of the family. Salt Lake City was their home for a time, then they moved north to Centerville, Davis county where they secured a farm. On June 18, 1864 Henry married as plural wife, Sophia Bray at the Endowment House on Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. No children were born of this marriage. Both Henry and Ann preceded her in death several years. Henry died at the age of 75, June 9, 1865 and was interred in the Salt Lake City cemetery.
—Alice Rollins Ford

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