Joseph White (abt. 1689 - bef. 1750)

Born about 1689 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Beatrix (Houghton) White — married 31 Aug 1711 in Boxford, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Sarah (Gardner) White — married 23 Nov 1738 in Salem, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 20 Dec 1750 before about age 61 in Sutton, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Joseph White, son of Josiah and Remember (Read) White,^[1] was born in Salem or Salem Village (now Danvers), Massachusetts. It is unknown when he was born but estimating from his marriage in 1711, perhaps about 1690 or earlier based on the fact that his parents were married before 1680.^[2] He was named in his fathers 1710 will, at which point the family lived in Boxford, Massachusetts.^[1][3]

Joseph White married, at Boxford, 31 Aug 1711, Beatrix Holton/Houghton, who was still living 12 Jan 1725/6 "near Sutton."^[1][4][5]

Joseph, then of Sutton, married a second time, in Salem, 23 Nov 1738,^[6][7] Sarah Gardner, who was living 20 Dec 1750.^[1]

29 July 1720 Joseph White of Salem, joiner and his wife, Beatrix sold land at Salem and at Boxford, the deed was also signed by mark by Remember White^[1][8] The same couple of Hutchinson's Farm, near Sutton, sold land in Hutchinson's Farm on 12 Jan 1725/6.^[1][9]

Joseph died between 12 Jul 1750 and 20 Dec 1750. On the first date Joseph White of Sutton, joiner, deeded land in Sutton to Josiah White Jr., joiner and Joseph White Jr.^[1][10] 20 Dec 1750 Sarah White, widow, and eldest son Jonathan consented to allow sons Joseph and Josiah Jr to administer Joseph's estate. His inventory was taken on 27 December 1750 in Sutton.^[11] A division took place on the estate of Joseph White of Sutton, yeoman, on 27 July 1753. Josiah White of Sutton was to pay his siblings Jonathan, Joseph, John, Mary, Abigail (wife of Jonathan Church) and Sarah (wife of Ebenezer Bacon.^[1][12]

Children^[1]

1. Jonathan White
2. Joseph White
3. Josiah White Jr.
4. John White; declared non compos mentis 27 Aug 1750.^[13]
5. Abigail White b. c. 1718 (based on her age at death.
6. Sarah White;
7. Mary White, living 27 July 1753, at the settlement of her father's estate

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Wakefield, Robert S. (editor). Sherman, Ruth Wilder and Sherman, Robert Moody (original compilers). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Thirteen Family of William White. Third Edition. (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006) pp. 14, 42-43.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Essex > Deeds 1673-1681 vol 4-5 > image 678 of 711; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Vol 5:101
3. ↑ Essex County, Massachusetts, probate records and indexes 1638-1916. Old Series : Probate records, vols. 309-310, Book 9-10, 1705-1713. image 342 of 508 (Will of Josiah White)
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (30 October 2019), Essex > Boxford > Births, marriages, deaths 1685-1844 vol 1 > image 191 of 257; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
5. ↑ Vital records of Boxford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, (Topsfield, Mass. : Topsfield Historical Society, 1905)Vol. 2:214.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Essex > Salem > Marriages 1695-1815 vol 4 > image 29 of 191; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
7. ↑ Essex Institute, Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, (Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1924) Vol. 4:461.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZZ-18C3?cc=2106411&wc=MCBG-8ZQ%3A361613201%2C361899401 : 22 May 2014), Essex > Deeds 1720-1723 vol 38-39 p. 79 > image 88 of 605; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Worcester > Deeds 1737-1739 vol 10 > image 65 of 309; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Worcester > Deeds 1747-1752 vol 29-30 > image 83 of 649; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
11. ↑ "Probate records v. 3 1748-1751, 1793-1837, 1865-1898" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YY-F38Q-W : 1 April 2024), Film# 007704428, Worcester, Massachusetts, image 231, Vol 3, Page 440-441.
12. ↑ Worcester Co. Probate Records #64354, (Estate of Joseph white).
13. ↑ Worcester Co. Probate Records #64331 (guardianship of John White, non-compos.)

See also:

• Bowman, George Ernest, "Memoranda Relating to Josiah³ White and Some of his Descendants," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 8(1906):167-8. (Archive.org)