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Deborah (Hunt) White (1760 - 1846)

Deborah White formerly Hunt
Born in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 10 Oct 1780 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of and
Died at age 85 in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

DEBORAH HUNT, baptized at Lancaster, 2 Nov 1760 daughter of Sherebiah Hunt and Deborah Wilder;[1] d. at Ashburnham, 26 Mar 1846;[2] m. at Lancaster, 10 Oct 1780,[3] ELISHA WHITE, b. at Lancaster, 8 Jul 1759[4] son of Elisha and Alice (Stearns) White;[5] Elisha d. at Ashburnham, 14 Jun 1817.[6]

Elisha White was a farmer and a carpenter by trade. After their marriage, Deborah and Elisha were in Plymouth, Vermont for a short time but then settled in Ashburnham. Elisha served as deacon of the church at Ashburnham from 1798 until his death.[7] Elisha held civic offices in Ashburnham including town clerk in 1799, assessor in 1804, selectman in 1810, and moderator in 1811.[8]

Elisha White did not leave a will and his estate entered probate 9 July 1817 with Elisha White as administrator at the request of widow Deborah. Real estate was valued at $2,145 including the 100-acre homestead with building appraised at $1,500. Personal estate was $1,232.10. Claims against the estate were $3,806. A license was granted to sell real estate to settle the debts.[9]

Children

Deborah Hunt and Elisha White were parents of eleven children.

i JOSIAH WHITE, b. at Plymouth, VT, 2 Nov 1782; d. at Ashburnham, MA, 24 Oct 1871; m. 1st 18 Feb 1817, MATILDA STONE, b. at Ashburnham, 28 Nov 1781 daughter of Joseph and Susanna (Gates) Stone; Matilda d. at Ashburnham, 14 Feb 1838. Josiah m. 2nd at Andover, MA, 13 May 1840, BETSEY BLY, b. at Norwich, VT, 27 Aug 1803 daughter of James and Betsy (Butterfield) Bly; Betsey d. at Ashburnham, 14 Sep 1893.

ii ANNE “NANCY” WHITE, b. 26 Oct 1784; d. at Ashburnham, 15 Apr 1864; m. 2 Sep 1806, JESSE HOLBROOK, b. at Ashburnham, 23 Jul 1786 son of William and Elizabeth (Richardson) Holbrook; Jesse d. at Ashburnham, 4 Aug 1867.

iii ELISHA WHITE, b. at Ashburnham, 17 May 1787; d. at Newton, MA, 9 Mar 1870; m. 1st at Newton, 12 Feb 1818, JUDA RODGERS, b. at Newton, 1789 daughter of John and Sarah (Hall) Rodgers; Juda d. at Newton, 26 Jul 1855. Elisha m. 2nd at Newton, 12 Apr 1860, HARRIET N. JEWETT (widow of Aaron Rogers), b. at Ipswich, 19 Nov 1814 daughter of Daniel and Abigail (Lakeman) Jewett; Harriet d. at Newton, 5 Aug 1888.

iv SHEREBIAH HUNT WHITE, b. at Ashburnham, 26 Feb 1790; d. at Unity, NH, 23 May 1879; m. at Acton, MA, 26 Sep 1811, LOIS STOCKER, b. at Springfield, VT, about 1793 daughter of Elijah and Lois (Scollay) Stocker; Lois d. at Springfield, 26 Jul 1865.

v DEBORAH HUNT WHITE, b. at Ashburnham, 22 Jan 1792; d. at Worthington, MA, 1 Nov 1877; m. at Heath, MA, 9 Apr 1830, her fourth cousin, THOMAS HARRINGTON, b. at Heath, 20 May 1783 son of Thomas and Rebekah (Ballard) Harrington; Thomas d. at Worthington, 13 Apr 1877. Thomas was first married to Almira Chapin.

vi PETER WHITE, b. at Ashburnham, 29 Apr 1794; d. at Baltimore, VT, 16 May 1862; m. at Springfield, VT, 20 Sep 1821, NANCY STOCKER, b. 1800 daughter of Elijah and Lois (Scollay) Stocker; Nancy d. at Unity, NH, 14 Jun 1871.

vii DORINDA WHITE, b. at Ashburnham, 25 May 1796; d. at Ashburnham, 31 Jul 1837. Dorinda did not marry.

viii MARY WHITE, b. at Ashburnham, 15 Jul 1799; d. at Ashburnham, 6 Nov 1866; m. at Ashburnham, 19 Sep 1820, STEPHEN COREY, b. at Gardner, MA, 27 Nov 1795 son of Stephen and Joanna (Adams) Corey; Stephen d. at Ashburnham, 22 Dec 1867.

ix DAVID WHITE, b. at Ashburnham, 27 Nov 1801; d. at Gloucester, MA, 4 Aug 1860; m. at Boston, 22 Jan 1829, SARAH CHANDLER, b. at Quincy, MA, 18 Jan 1808; Sarah d. at Evanston, IL, 6 Jan 1889.

x IVERS WHITE, b. at Ashburnham, 25 Jun 1804; d. at Ashburnham, 26 Jun 1884; m. at Ashburnham, 1832, ZOA LAWRENCE, b. at Ashburnham, 21 Apr 1804 daughter of William J. and Elizabeth (Griffin) Lawrence; Zoa d. at Ashburnham, 13 Dec 1893.

xi SARAH WHITE, b. at Ashburnham, 17 Nov 1806; d. at New Ipswich, NH, 22 Jun 1845; m. 6 Jun 1833, JONAS LAWRENCE, b. at Ashby, 8 Aug 1806 son of Jeremiah and Rachel (Wright) Lawrence; Jonas d. at Ashburnham, 18 Jul 1874.


Sources

  1. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZK5-MJS : 15 January 2020), Deborah Hunt, 1760.
  2. "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7K9-C86 : 2 March 2021), Deborah White, 26 Mar 1846; citing Ashburnham, Massachusetts, v 21 p 121, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 959,808.
  3. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8J-HTZV : 19 April 2021), Elisha White and Deborah Hunt, 10 Oct 1780; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011027.
  4. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKY-X4S : 15 January 2020), Elisha White, 1759.
  5. White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White, volume 1, p 73
  6. Vital Records of Ashburnham, p 209; https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofas00ashbu/page/208/mode/2up
  7. White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White, volume 2, p 536
  8. Stearns, History of Ashburnham, p 232, p 233, p 234
  9. Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Case 64264
  • Stearns, Ezra Scollay. 1887. History of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, from the Grant of Dorchester Canada to the Present Time, 1734-1886; with a Genealogical Register of Ashburnham Families. Ashburnham, MA: Published by the town.
  • White, Almira Larkin. 1900. Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts: 1638-1909. Haverhill, MA: Chase Brothers, printers.




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