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The line below is currently for the progenitor of the United State branch of this family line.
The immigrant, William White, came to the new world in 1620. on the Mayflower.
The English branch is not presently included.
The first five generations are recorded in the Silver Book. Generations Six. This line is now accepted and certified with the Massachusetts General Society of Mayflower Descendants.
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Generation One:
WILLIAM WHITE- b. prob. England; m. bef. 1615 SUSANNA NEE UNKNOWN WHITE at prob. at Holland, Netherlands; d. 21 February 1621 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA (Plymouth Colony).
Note on Susanna Nee Unknown White- b. prob. England; d. bet. 18 December 1654 and 2 July 1675. She married(2) Edward Winslow 12 May 1621.They had a child who died young, Edward, John, Josiah, and Elizabeth. (Mayflower, White, p,5)
Their Children:
1. Resolved b. prob. ca. 1615 in Holland or England; m(1) . 5 November 1640 Judith Vassall at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m(2) Abigail Nee Unknown Lord White; d. abt 1694 at Salem, Essex, MA
2. Peregrine b. 30 November 1620 on the Mayflower moored in Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, MA;
Governor Bradford notes "Mr. William White and Susanna his wife and one son called Resolved, and one born a-shipboard called Peregrine, and two servants named William Holbeck and Edward Thompson." (Mayflower, White, p. 1). A later entry in 1651, Bradford mentions "Mr. White and his two servants died soon after their landing." (Mayflower, White, p. 1).
"William and Susanna White left England with son Resolved. At Cape Cod, on November 11, 1620 according to the old calendar, William was one of the forty-one signers of the Mayflower Compact. Two to three weeks later son Peregrine was born, the first English birth in Plymouth Colony, Susanna was widowed in February. She became the first colony bride in May marrying Edward Winslow, a Mayflower passenger who had lost his wife a few weeks before. At least five children were born to Susanna and Edward Winslow." (Mayflower, White, p. 1)
A read of the Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (Vol. 13: William White) Third Edition, helps to give a summary of the different hypotheses on William White and Susanna's progenitors. There are several assumptions but currently no documented connections.
The Winslow family removed to Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, then called Green Harbor, about 1638.
Generation Two:
PEREGRINE WHITE- b. bef. 30 November 1620 on the Mayflower moored in Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, MA; m. bef. 6 March 1648 SARAH BASSETT; d. 20 July 1704 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, aged 83 years.
Their Children:
1. DANIEL b. 1649 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA
2. Jonathan b. 4 June 1658 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. Esther Nickerson; d. abt. 22 February 1737
3. Peregrine b. abt 1660 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; d. 20 November 1727 at Boston, Suffolk, MA, aged 67 years
4. Sarah b. October 1663 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. Thomas Young
5. Silvanus b. bef 1667 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. Deborah Church; d. bef 29 June 1688 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA, aged 21 years
6. Mercy b. 1670 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 3 February 1697 William Sherman; d. 12 June 1739 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, aged 69 years.
Peregrine's cradle is on exhibit at Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth, MA. Peregrine first served in the military at 16 years. He served as a lieutenant and captain. He was a farmer and represented Marshfield at the General Court. At the age of 78, he officially joined the Marshfield Church.
" On 3 June 1652 William Bassett, Sr of Duxburrow gave his son--in-law Lt. Peregrine White 40 acres of upland." (Mayflower, White, p. 8)
"Bradford's account in 1651 said Peregrine White had two children. Therefore there must be an unknown second child." (Mayflower, White, p. 9)
"On 23 Oct. 1643 Peregrine White of Marshfield sold to Mannasses Kempton of Plymouth land at Eel River given to him the previous year by his stepfather Edward Winslow." (Mayflower, White, p. 9)
"At the 6 March 1648-9 court Peregrine White and Sara his wife, both of Marshfield were presented for fornication before marriage." (Mayflower, White, p. 9)
"Lt. Peregrine White was proposed as a Freeman 5 June 1651 On the same day he was elected surveyor of highways for Marshfiled. He was admitted as a Freeman 3 June 1652. On 2 Oct. 1658 he was chosen to the council of war. On 3 June 1662 he was chosen Deputy of Marshfield." (Mayflower, White, p. 9)
"On 16 June 1656 William Bassett, Sr of Duxburrow, now living at Bridgewater, gave his lands in Scituate to his two sons Peregrine White and Nathaniel Bassett." (Mayflower, White, p. 9)
"On 3 Oct 1665 Lt. Peregrine White was granted 200 acres in respect that he was the first of the English that was born in these parts." (Mayflower, White, p. 9)
"On 4 March 1673/4 Lt. Peregrine White was granted 100 acres at Titicut." (Mayflower, White, p. 9)
"On 19 Aug. 1674 Peregrine White of Marshfield deeded son Daniel White of Marshfield, in consideration of his intended marriage, his dwelling, barn, outhouses and lands in Marshfield fro the day of his decease except if he died before his wife Sarah, 'she may enjoy the new end of his dwelling' and Daniel was to pay his sisters Sarah and Mercy White £20 each when they became 18 or married." (Mayflower, White, p. 9)
"On 22 May 1696 Capt. Peregrine White, 'the first born Child of New England born November 1620' was admitted into the Marshfield Church in the 78th year of his age." (Mayflower, White, p. 9)
The Last Will and Testament of Peregrine White
Owned and on display at Pilgrim Hall Plymouth, MA
The fourteenth day of July Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and four.
I Peregrine White of Marshfield in ye County of Plimouth in New England Being aged and under many Weaknesses and Bodily Infirmities But of Sound disposing mind and memory praises be Rendered to Almighty God therefore yet in dayly Expectation of my Great Change Do herefore hereby make and Declare this my last Will and Testament hereby Revoking and making null any former Will or Wils by me heretofore made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament and no other--
Imprimis I Humbly Commit my Soul to Almighty God that Gave it and my Body to decent Buriall and it Shall Please him to take me hence And Touching my Worldy Estate which it hath pleased the Lord to Bless me with my Will and meaning is that ye same Shall be imployed and disposed as followeth that is to say after my just debts and funerall expenses are payd and discharged by my Executors hereafter named and same shall be Imployed as herein is expressed Item I Give and Bequeath to Sarah my welbeloved Wife all my Goods and Chattels not otherways disposed of by this my Will the same to be for her Support and Comfort for and during ye term of her naturall Life. Item I having already by Deed under my hand and Seal Dated the 19th day of August 1674 Given and Confirmed to my Eldest Son Daniel White my Tenement or Homestead with other my land and Rights of Land in ye Township of Marshfield with ye Exceptions and Reservations therein mentioned--All which lands and premisses I hereby futher Confirm unto him according to ye true meaning of ye said Deed And I do hereby further Give and Bequeath to my said Son Daniell my Great table and fourms my Joynworke Bedstead and Cupboard Also I give unto my said son Daniel ye one moiety or half of my lands and Rights of land in ye Township of Middleborough Always provided that in Consideration thereof he the said Daniel Keep for the use of my said wife both Sumer and Winter one Cow during ye life of my said wife Item I having enjoyned ye said Daniel to pay unto my Daughters Sarah and Mercy each of them ye sum of Ten pounds as in ye above Recited Deed is mentioned. It is my will tha twhat is behind and unpaid by him be duly paid to them out of his Estate according to ye meaning of ye said Deed. Item I Give and Bequeath the other moiety or half my land and Rights of land in ye Township of Middleborough to my two sons Jonathan and Peregrine to be equally parted betweene them I further Give to my said son Jonathan my Rapier and to his Eldest son I Give my Gun. Item It is my will that all my said Goods and Chattels that shall be remaining at my wife her decease be Equally parted between my four children namely Jonathan Peregrine Sarah and Mercy And further it is my will that Sarah my wife enjoy that part of ye Dwelling house that I now live in and enjoy And I hereby Give her the one third of ye Rents and profits of ye land contayned in ye above Recited Deed to hold to her during ye term of her Naturall life. And lastly I hereby nominate and Appoint my said Wife and my said Eldest Son Daniel joynt Executors of this my last Will and Testament And do Request my Good friends and Neighbors Samuel Sprague Senior and John Dogget to be overseers thereof and be helpfull in ye advising of my wife to such methods as may conduce to her comfortable subsistance while she lives In Testimony whereof and in confirmation of ye promisses I ye said Peregrine White have hereunto set my hand and seal on ye Day and year above Written. Item before sealing I Give to Each of my sd Daughters one painted chair and a cushion.
Signed sealed and Declared
In ye Presence of
Saml Sprague
Thomas Dogget
Mary Joyce
her mark
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The mark of Peregrine White
White Cradle on display at Pilgrim Hall Plymouth, MA
Generation Three:
DANIEL WHITE- b. abt. 1649 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 16 August 1674 HANNAH HUNT at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; d. 6 May 1724 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, aged 75 years.
Hannah Hunt note- There is no probate and lands records to help identifying her progenitor.
Their Children:
1. John b. 26 April 1675 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 18 February 1700 Susanna Sherman at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA
2. Joseph b. 1 March 1678 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 21 December 1710 Elizabeth Dwelley at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. bef. 27 May 1764 at Lebanon, Connecticut
3. Thomas b. 8 May 1680 at Marshfield, Plymouth, M; d. 31 May 1762 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, aged 82 years
4. CORNELIUS b. 28 March 1682 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA
5. Benjamin b. 12 October 1684 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 2 December 1714 Faith Oakman at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; d. 12 May 1724 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, aged 39 years
6. Eleazer b. 8 November 1686 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 29 September 1712 Mary Doggett at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; d. bef. 14 Aprl 1737 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, aged 50 years.
7. Ebenezer b. 3 August 1691 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 9 March 1712 Hannah Doggett at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; d. 18 May 1733 at Hebron, Conneticut, aged 41 years.
"The will of Daniel White of Marshfiled,, yeoman, dated 25 May 1721 proved 28 May 1724, names wife Hannah; sons John and Joseph; five youngest sons Thomas, Cornelius, Benjamin, Eleazer and Ebenezer.
In 1726 or 1727 son Thomas White of Marshfield petitioned for compensation for grievous wounds received during the war with the French. The compensation was granted. Thomas stated he was in the expedition against Port Royal in 1710 and in 1711 he was on a sloop when he was wounded during an engagement with a French Privateer. In 762 Benjamin White of Hanover petitioned for taking care of his uncle Thomas White of Marshfiled who was wounded during Queen Ann'e War and died at Benjamin's house." (Mayflower, White, p. 15)
The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 20, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower descendants, 1918, pp. 62-63
Find a Grave- Daniel White- Cedar Grove Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth, MA
HERE LYES THE
INTERRED BODY
OF MR DANIEL
WHITE WHO DE
PARTED THIS LIFE
MAY Ye 6th 1724
AGED 75 YEARS
Generation Four:
CORNELIUS WHITE- b. 28 March 1682 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 22 May 1706 HANNAH RANDALL at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 21 January 1755 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA, aged 76 years.
Their Children:
1. Lemuel b. 24 March 1707 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 3 February 1731 Anna Scott at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA
2. Cornelius b. 9 March 1708 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 22 February 1738 Sarah Ford at Kingston, Plymouth, MA; d. 9 January 1796 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, aged 87 years.
3. Paul b. 1 November 1711 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 24 February 1737 Elizabeth Curtis at Hanover, Plymouth, MA; d. 27 August 1775, aged 63 years
4. Joanna b. 5 December, 1713 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 16 January 1735 Nathaniel Phillips at Duxbury, Plymouth, MA; d. 3 February 1798 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, aged 84 years.
5. Daniel b. 4 May 1716 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. Abigail Turner; d. 27 December 1785 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, aged 69 years.
6. Gideon b. 19 July 1717 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 23 February 1744 Joanna Howland at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 6 March 1779 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 61 years.
7. BENJAMIN b. 4 February 1721 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA;
"Cornelius and Hannah White were both buried in the Marshfield Centre Cemetery." (Descendant, p. 61)
"Cornelius White made his will 16 April 1754, and named in it: his wife Hannah; his brother John White; his six sons; his daughter Joanna, wife of Nathaniel Phillips; his grandson Cornelius White." (Descendant, p. 61)
"Widow Hannah (Randall) White made her will 10 September, 1767, and named in it: her six sons; her daughter Joanna, wife of Nathaniel Phillips; and one daughter of each of her children. The granddaughters mentioned were: Lucy (White) Young, daughter of Lemuel White and wife of Ezekiel Young; Alice White, daughter of Cornelius; Hannah White, daughter of Pail; Joanna (Phillips) Turner, daughter of Joanna (White) Phillips and wife of Thomas Turner; Abigail White, daughter of Daniel; Hannah White, daughter of Gideon; Hannah White, daughter of Benjamin." (Descendant, p. 62)
He lived at White's Ferry, Scituate, MA
The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 20, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower descendants, 1918
Find a Grave- Cornelius White- Cedar Grove Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth, MA
"The Hatch estate, improved as a farm, and on which was a family burial ground, is said to have been sold in 1743 to Cornelius White, then of Marshfield, and a descendant of Peregrine White, the first make child born in Plymouth Colony- and it has since been in the possession of, and is yet improved by his descendants." (Hanover, p. 24)
"Hanover's first selectman James Hatch was buried on his homestead farm on the west side of Center St., late the farm of Albert White. Dwelley reported that Cornelius White purchased the Hatch homestead in the early nineteenth century and requested that the town of Hanover take possession of the burial ground, but no action was taken and the ground was eventually ploughed. It's specific location is no longer known. It is unclear if any additional burials took place in this cemetery." https://plymouthcolony.net/hanover/cemeteries.html
Generation Five:
BENJAMIN WHITE- b. 4 February 1720 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 3 April 1743 HANNAH DECROW at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; d. 10 February 1786 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA, aged 65 years.
Their Children:
1. Peninniah b. 24 March 1744 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA; d. 8 September 1763, aged 19 years.
2. Robert b. 3 May 1747 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA; m. 25 April 1771 Mary Crooker at Hanover, Plymouth, MA; d. 1836 at Thompson, Conneticut, aged 88 years.
3. Hannah b. bef. 7 September 1754 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA; m. 19 December 1776 Daniel Crocker at Hanover, Plymouth, MA.
4. BENJAMIN b. bef. 7 September 1754 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA
5. Cornelius b. 9 July 1755 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA; m. 21 May 1787 Sarah Lindsay Hill at Hanover, Plymouth, MA; d. 30 March 1841 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA, aged 85 years.
"It is said that Benjamin fell in love with Miss Hannah Decrow, who was a young lady of powerful build and great beauty, but who was not considered good enough for the son of an opulent shipbuilder and ferryman. This young Ben appears to have been a favorite with his father, and was threatened with banishment if he persisted in his attentions to Miss Decrow. The young man married her, and it is said that, true to his word, his father banished him to Hanover. This was about 1743, when Mt. White, Sr., purchased of Jeremiah and Walter Hatch many hundred acres of heavy timber land on what is now Center street, the old habitation being on the spot now owned by Frank Fish. Mr. White, St. gave him this valuable tract of territory, started hi in housekeeping in great style for those days, and gave him also a horse, two cows, a yoke of oxen, and a gundalow, which he kept at North river bridge. Mrs. White was resolute, God-fearing woman, and, in opposition to her more worldly companion, she was bound to have her children baptized in the true faith, as we find by the church records of Rev. Benjamin Bass, dated September 7 1754., ' "were baptized four children of Benjamin White (his wife owning the covenant), Penniah, Robert, Hannah, and Benjamin (the father's name) who was not considered in the baptism of the children." (Ancestral, p. 126)
There is a reference that Benjamin lived in his father's home. The actual documentation for this information is not noted.
Generation Six:
BENJAMIN WHITE-b. bef. 7 September 1754 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA; m. 12 December 1780 MARY CHAMBERLAIN at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 12 July 1839 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA, aged 84 years.
Their Children:
1. Lewis b. 7 August 1785 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA; d. 3 April 1813 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA, aged 27 years. Accidentally shot, April 3, 1813
2. CYRUS b. abt 7 August 1785 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA
3. Mary b. abt 15 October 1786 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA; m. 26 April 1812 Reuben Peterson
4. Sylvia b. abt 26 September 1790 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA; m. 4 May 1806, Ezekiel Stetson
5. Benjamin b. 1791 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA; d. 8 May 1793 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA, aged 2 years.
6. Benjamin b. 27 August 1795 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA; m. Mary Hall
Generation Seven:
CYRUS WHITE- b. abt 7 August 1785 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA; m. 10 August 1806 RUTH SPRAGUE KEEN at Pembroke, Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
1. Sylvia b. 2 March 1807 at Pembroke, Plymouth, MA; m. 4 July 1824 Leonard Green at Hanson, Plymouth, MA
2. Lydia b. 9 February 1809 at Pembroke, Plymouth, MA; d. 1827, aged 16 years.
3. Mary b. 24 August 1810 at Pembroke, Plymouth, MA; m. 9 October 1833 Algernon Josselyn at Hanson, Plymouth, MA
4. Cyrus b. 2 November 1811 at Pembroke, Plymouth, MA; m. 3 November 1833 Betsey H. Bonney at Hanson, Plymouth, MA
5. LEWIS b. 1813 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA
6. Deborah b. 1814 at Pembroke, Plymouth, MA; d. 6 April 1817 at Pembroke, Plymouth, MA, aged 3 years
7. Benjamin b. 16 December 1816 at Pembroke, Plymouth, MA; m. 10 October 1839 Dolly Josselyn at Hanson, Plymouth, MA;
"Cyrus White went to Ohio in 1817, since which time he has not been heard from. His widow d. in Hanson, June 27, 1881, aged 94 years." (Ancestral, p. 138)
Generation Eight:
LEWIS WHITE- b. 1813 at Pembroke, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 1834 CATHERINE CHANDLER; m(2). 19 September 1847 Anna Bell Thomas; m(3) Experience Fish; d. 27 January 1909 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA, aged 96 years.
M(1) Children:
1. LAURA ADELINE b. 27 May 1836 at Hanson, Plymouth, MA; m. 8 May 1856 IRA RUSSELL BAILEY at Hanson, Plymouth, MA; d. 27 February 1910 at Hanson, Plymouth, MA, aged 73 years.
2. Catherine L. b. 18 September 1838 at Hanson, Plymouth, MA; m. January 1859 Edwin B. Dwelley at Hanson, Plymouth, MA
3. Lucy T. b. August 1840; m. 1856 Samuel Rogers;
4. Algernon b. 13 January 1843 at Hanson, Plymouth, MA; m. 24 August 1864 Charlotte A. Smith
5. Sylvania G. b. June 1845; m. 23 December 1864 William O. Beals; d. 7 December 1898, aged 53 years
M(2) Children:
6. Julius E. b. 1849; m. 29 October 1876 Lottie J. Sears at Pembroke, Plymouth, MA
M(3) Children:
7. Nathan L. b. 1852; m. 2 October 1884 Alice Cobb
1879 Map of Hanson
L White is Lewis White based on 1880 Census of Hanson
Sources:
Ancestral Chronological Record of the William White Family, from 1607-8 to 1895 By Thomas White, Samuel White (Note all branches to Laura Adeline are recorded in this text)
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (Vol. 13: William White) Third Edition Edition by Robert M. Sherman (Author), Ruth W. Sherman (Author), Robert S. Wakefield (Editor), 2006; Refer to text for specific sources.
The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 20, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower descendants, 1918
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