Samuel White (1646 - aft. 1730)

Born 13 Mar 1646 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Unknown) White — married before 1669 in Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after Mar 1730 after age 83 in Rochester, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Samuel White, son of Resolved White, was born in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, 13 Mar 1646 and bapt. 15 Mar 1645 indicating the year was probably 1645/6. The mother of Samuel was Judith Vassal, wife of Resolved.^[1][2]

"Samuel White sen^r and his wife ware born in march about y^e 13 in y^e year 1646:taken from his owne Reccord with y^e births of his children."^[3]

Samuel married Rebecca ____, who was b. about 13 Mar 1646. Rebecca died at Rochester, Massachusetts, 25 June 1711 in her 65th year. ^[2] His wife was not Rebecca Lapham.^[2]

Samuel lived in Sandwich by 20 May 1667, on which date Maj. Josiah Winslow of Marshfield (half brother of Samuel's father) deeded land "for love and good will to my kinsman Samuel White now of Sandwich."^[2][4] 8 Jun 1671, while still in Sandwich, he and Rebecca, his wife, deeded land to Benjamin Church. They acknowledged this deed 8 June 1677.^[2][5]

He was listed as a proprietor of Rochester, Massachusetts, in 1679, on the freeman's list in 1684 and was selectman in 1690.^[6]

17 July 1697 Samuel White Senr of Rochester deeded 20 acres of upland in Rochester to his son Melatiah, also of Rochester.^[7]

He was brought before the court for not attending public worship, Sep 1720, March 1723/4, Dec 1729 and Mar 1729/30.^[2][8]

Samuel died between March 1729/30 (court rec.) and April 1731.^[9] There is no Plymouth County probate for Samuel.^[2]

Samuel and Rebecca's children were born in Sandwich and Rochester, but they were all recorded in Rochester.^[2] The names were recorded as Whit.:^[10]

1. John Whit b. 24 Aug 1669
2. Samuel Whit b. 22 July 1671
3. Elezabeth Whit b. 4 Mar 1673; n.f.r.
4. Malatiah Whit b. 14 Feb 1676
5. Judee Whit b. 30 April 1678 n.f.r.
6. Hesikiah Whit (twin) b. 5 April 1682.
7. Susanna Whit (twin) b. 5 April 1682
8. Penelabe Whit b. 12 Mar 1687
9. William Whit b. 6 June 1690. n.f.r.

Samuel White and Children

Sources

1. ↑ Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Volume I – Births. (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909) p. 410 lists only birth and father.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} 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 7, 11, 12
3. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest (editor). The Mayflower Descendant 12:97 (1910) link at hathitrust.org
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-GS75?cc=2106411&wc=MCBR-PWY%3A361612701%2C362501701 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1651-1681 vol 2-4 > image 582 of 677; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z7-GS4H?cc=2106411&wc=MCBR-PWY%3A361612701%2C362501701 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1651-1681 vol 2-4 > image 574 of 677; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
6. ↑ Leonard, Mary Hall,(editor) Mattapoisett and Old Rochester, Massachusetts : being a history of these towns and also in part of Marion and a portion of Wareham. (New York : The Grafton press, 1907) p. 37, 39, 55, 56, 74.
7. ↑ Deed records, 1664-1900 [Plymouth County, Massachusetts]. Deeds v. 15-17, 1720-1724. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-J8D2?cc=2106411&wc=MCB2-JNP%3A361612701%2C361626101 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1720-1724 vol 15-17 > image 630 & 631of 709; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
8. ↑ Mayflower Families Cites Plymouth County Court Records 2: 14, 48 102, 104
9. ↑ Mayflower Families gave no explanation or source for this date.
10. ↑ Vital records of Rochester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Mass: New England Historical Society, 1914) p. 303

See Also:

• White, Thomas. Ancestral Chronological Record of the William White Family (Republican Press Assoc., Concord, N.H., 1895) Page 25 shows birth and parents
• Shurtleff, Nathaniel, (editor). Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England; printed by order of the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by New Plymouth Colony. Vol. 7 Miscellaneous Records 1633-1689 (Vital records and burials; Treasury accounts, and Lists of freemen and others) (Boston: Press of William White, 1857) Page 19 print p.22 original. Text: Samuell, son of Resolved, b. 13 March 1646.

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