William White[1] has been identified as the son of Sylvanus and Deborah White.[1][2]
His parents resided in Scituate,[1] the probable place of his birth. He was born say 1683, before 1684, implied by the fact that he served as a petit juryman 1 July 1705[3] at which point he would have been at least 21. George Ernest Bowman used this record to prove that this William White was not the same person as the William, son of Samuel White, b. 1690.[4]
Marriage
William married Elizabeth Cadman, who was living 6 Jan 1768, when William made his will.[5] Elizabeth White, wife of William, was named in the 1718 will of her father, George Cadman, and in the 1749 will of her mother, Hannah Cadman. Hannah named Elizabeth and her living children.[6]
Dartmouth
A blacksmith,[4] he served the town again on the petit jury in 1713,[7] as Constable in 1716, and as surveyor in 1719.[8]
Death and Will
William White, "Gentleman" of Dartmouth, died testate, before 3 Oct 1780, the date his will was proved. It was dated 6 January 1768. The will was abstracted by George Ernest Bowman, in "The Wills of William White of Dartmouth and his Son William," published in The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 22, Number 1, January 1920.[5] Bowman's article notes that the original will, found in the Bristol County Registry of Probate, included a bequest to son William White, while the version recorded in the Probate books omitted this bequest. The abstract includes:
&"Imprimis I Give and bequeath unto my Well beloved Son William White my Gun Which he hath now In his possession & Improvement"
To "my teen Well beloved Granchildren namely Israel Peleg William Silvenus Obed Ruth Sarah Hannah Mary & Unice all Children to my Son George White Deceased the Sum of one Spanish Silver mill'd Doller to be paid unto them by my Executors hereinafter Named and to be Equally Divided to & amongst them my sd ten Granchildren."
To "my Well beloved Daughter Sarah Brown my Bead that Standeth in the South east Corner of my Great Chamber together with all the furnature belonging to it"
To "my Well beloved Daughter Hannah Taber .... twelve Spanish Silver mill'd Dollers to be paid unto her .... Within one year after my Deceas"
To "my son Roger White all my Wareing apparel .... and my Gun which I now have in my house & also my Case of Reazers & my hone"
To "son Christopher White .... five Spanish silver mill'd Dollers"
To "my son Thomas White my silver Tankard"
To "my three Well beloved Sons namely Roger White Christopher White & Thomas White that note of hand which is now Due unto me from Henry Soule of Newport" dated 9 September 1765, with "all the principal & Intrest Due unto me upon sd note of hand In the old tenner . & to be Devided to & amongst them .... as followeth Roger is to have" 200 pounds "old tenner out of sd note and Christopher is to have" 200 pounds "old tenner .... And Thomas to have all the Rest .... of the sd old tenner money Which is Due unto me upon the sd note of hand both principal & Intrest It is to be understood If they my three sd sons Can Recover the Sd note or at Least the old tenner money Due upon the sd note then it shall be Divided to & amongst them as above set forth but if other Wise by any ways or means Means that note of hand Should fail and they .... Could not Recover or get the sd money thereon due that then the Gifts to them in this parragraf shall be null & void & not be paid or Discharged with any other part of my Estate"
"I give ... four Spanish Silver Mill'd Dollers to be Equally Divided amongst all my servi Granchildren that are Children to my Daughter Elizabeth Slowcum Deceased"
To "son Oliver White ... the bed & bedding And the Smithing tools he hath already In his possession"
To "Son Abner White my Gun Which he now hath in his Possession"
To "Grandaughter Phebe Smith .... Nine Spanish silver mill'd Dollers"
To "Daughter Susannah White all the Rest & Residue of my Estate ... She my Said Daughter providing procuring & Decently maintaining ... my ... wife In her aged week & Low Condition ... During the term of the Natural Life of my Said wife Elizabeth White her mother and with ye use & Improvement of the farm & houseing together with the profits thereof Whereon I now Live to maintain her sd mother with all sorts of nessasaries of Life Decently During the term of my sd Wifes Natural Life If my sd Daughter Lives So Long but if she my sd Daughter should not Live so Long as her mother then so much of that Estate which I have herein given her my said Daughter to Enable her to maintain her mother shall Return and pay all the Charges that shall a rise for Looking after my sd wife after the Death of my sd Daughter Susannah"
"I do hereby order my sd Daughter Susannah White to pay all my Just Debts funeral Charges And I do Likewise nominate my sd Daughter Susannah White & my well beloved Granson Peleg White Son to my son George White Deceased ... to be Joynt Executors.
The witnesses were William Gifford, Daniel Hathway and Restcome Sanford. William Gifford testified on 3 October 1780 that he, with Daniel Hathway and Restcome Sanford both deceased, witnessed the will.
Children named in his will
William White
George White
Sarah White b. c. 1709 (based on age at death)
Hannah White b. c. 1711 (based on age at death)
Roger White
Christopher White
Susanna White
Elizabeth White
Oliver White
Abner White b. Dartmouth 24 Apr 1725
Thomas White
Unsourced Items
George Ernest Bowman suggested that William White may have been sent to Dartmouth as a young man to look after the land there of Thomas Coleman of Scituate
William White signed, with George Cadman, the will of Richard Kirby, Jr. on 30 January 1707/8.
On 19 June 1713, he requested that lands be laid out to Thomas Coleman.
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.2 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)
↑ Moriarty, G. Andrews. " The Parentage of William White of Dartmouth, Massachusetts." The American Genealogist.Vol 17: (New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1940). (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) p. 204 begins p. 193
↑ 5.05.1 Bowman, George Ernest "The Wills of William White of Dartmouth and his Son William," Volume 22, Number 1 (January 1920) p. 8 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
↑ "The Wills of George Cadman and his Widow Hannah." The Mayflower Descendant 22:2.
The Mayflower Descendant (Boston, Mass. : General Society of Mayflower Descendants)
Robert S. Wakefield (editor), Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume 13: Family of William White (Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1997)
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Volume 13 2006 p. 20, 58-59
Dwight, Melatiah Everett, The Kirbys of New England: A History of the Descendants of John Kirby of Middletown, Conn. and of Joseph Kirby of Hartford, Conn., and of Richard Kirby of Sandwich, Mass., published 1898 Reference page 347 Birth, Death Spouse, Parents
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