Alice (Rich) White (abt. 1535 - 1596)

Born about 1535 in South Petherton, Somerset, England

Wife of Robert White Sr. — married 1561 in South Petherton, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died 22 Aug 1596 at about age 61 in South Petherton, Somerset, England

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Biography

Please DO NOT attach parents to Alice without discussion. See discussion thread attached to this profile. Thank you. Note: Removed Richard Rich and Elizabeth Jenkes as parents of Alice Rich. Biography (ODNB) of possible father Richard Rich

Disputed Origins

Source that follows reports no such daughter "Alice Rich" born to Richard Rich and Elizabeth Jenks, nor does the source report any daughter of these parents married into a White family.

Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (1866), 451-452 (Richard Rich [great grandson of the "founder of this family"]); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014). Reports Richard Rich had, by wife Elizabeth Jenks, four sons (three of whom d. s. p.) and nine daughters listed as ...

1. Margery, m: Henry Pigot, Esq. of Abingdon
2. Agnes, m: Edmund Mordaunt, Esq.
3. Mary, m: Sir Thomas Wrothe, Knight
4. Elizabeth, m: Robert Peyton, Esq.
5. Dorothy, m: Francis Barley, Esq.
6. Winifred, m1: Sir Henry Dudley, Knight; m2: Roger, Lord North
7. Etheldreda, m: Robert Drury, Esq.
8. Ann, m: Thomas Piqot, Esq.
9. Francis m: John, Lord Darcy, of Chiche.

Considering the number of known illegitimate children of Richard Rich - it might be best to not change Alice's name to Unknown (another merge) - just leave the note in her free-space about the dispute. amb 2014/June/16

Biography

Husband and Death

"17. Robert White, was churchwarden of South Petherton, Somersetshire, in 1578, and was buried in 1600. His wife Alice was buried there August 22, 1596."^[1] Burial on 22 Aug 1596.^[2]

Alice's birth is based on Robert's birth.

Children^[3]

• Richard - mentioned in the 1578 will of his grandfather, m in South Petherton 21 Jun 1607, Margaret Pitterd.
• John - d 1623 leaving will proved at Wells
• Robert - living in South Petherton 1598 and probably before, d 8 Mar 1642, m Joan __________.

Sources

1. ↑ p 8. and repeated on pg 37 & 163. Genesis of the White Family. See sources for full citation.
2. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\pet.s/2/1/1 - image 110 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/42886_1831115184_0931-00110?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=f98722182e90b912191131d41941659f&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Ity3&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.168958055.799523068.1677774769-327516169.1677774768&pId=3382339
3. ↑ White and Maltby, Genesis of the White Family, 1920 Tiernan-Dart Printing Co, p 37

• Genesis of the White Family: A Connected Record of the White Family Beginning in 900 at the Time of Its Welsh Origin when the Name was Wynn, and Tracing the Family Into Ireland and England. Several of the Name Entered England with the Norman Conqueror. Representatives of the English Branch Emigrated to America in 1638. The Scotts of Scot's Hall in the County of Kent, England. One of the Oldest Recorded Families, Their Traditionary History Beginning in Ireland about 300 B.C. The Authenticated Record Herein Given Dates Back to 400 A.D. Emigration to America was in 1740. Their Descendants are to be Found in Every State of the Union. Supplemental Records, Biographical Sketches and Coats of Arms of Nearly Seventy Allied Families by Emma Siggins White, Martha (Humphreys ) Maltby in 1920 Tiernan-Dart Printing Co. At Google books or on archive.org

Acknowledgments

Thank you to all the Wikitreers who have contributed gedcoms, merged profiles and otherwise made this a better profile. Some of the people are Cody Sullivan, Don Harris, Chip Stokes, Linda Cato, John Putnam, Gary Baumgarten, X Gorby, Tom Bredehoft, Marguerite Janiszyn.

See the Changes page for the details of edits by Gary and others.