List of Joseph Smith's wives

Joseph Smith (1805–1844), founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, taught and practiced polygamy during his ministry, marrying multiple women throughout his lifetime.

The first publication of a list of women alleged to be Smith's plural wives was in 1887, by Andrew Jenson, an assistant LDS Church historian.

... [Joseph encouraged her to pray] 'that the grave would kindly receive me that I might find rest on the bosom of my dear [recently deceased] mother ... Why Should I be chosen from among thy daughters, Father I am only a child in years and experience.'

... [The marriage] was not a love matter—at least on my part it was not, but simply the giving up of myself as a sacrifice to establish that grand and glorious principle that God had revealed to the world.

['] This promise was so great that I willingly gave myself to purchase so glorious a reward.|After Joseph Smith's death, I was visited by some of his most intimate friends who knew of his request and explained to me this religion, counseling me to accept his wishes, for he now was gone and could do no more for himself.

Research by Ugo A. Perego, a geneticist and member of the LDS Church, has shown that a number of children of Smith's alleged polygamous relationships were not his genetic offspring.

The following table lists some of the children born to Smith's alleged polygamous wives as well as those ruled out by genetic testing:[76][77][78]