Deborah (Tilton) White (1752 - 1849)

Born 7 May 1752 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of William White — married 7 Jun 1779 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Jun 1849 at age 97 in Robertsons Point, White Cove, Queens, New Brunswick

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Biography

Deborah was born in 1752. Deborah Tilton ... She passed away in 1849.

She be the daughter of Silas Tilton m. Phebe Mount

Deborah was born about 1752. Deborah Tilton ... She passed away about 1850. ^[1]

• Fact: Burial Robertson's Point, Whites Cove, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada

Deborah Tilton was born on May 7, 1752, in Monmouth, New Jersey. She married William White on June 7, 1779, in Shrewsbury, New Jersey. They had 11 children in 21 years. She died on June 1, 1849, in Queens, New Brunswick, Canada, at the impressive age of 97^[2]

William White and Family History: From, A genealogical history of the descendants of Peter White, of New Jersey, from 1670, and of William White and Deborah Tilton his wife, loyalists by White, James Edward, 1822

William White was born October 28. 1759, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. He served in the Royal army all through the Revolution, during which he received a lieutenant's commission. As already stated, he married June 7, 1779, Deborah Tilton, of Middleton, New Jersey, who was bom in Shrewsbury in 1752. Her parents were opposed to the match, and the young couple were married in New York, and settled in Garden City, on Long Island. At the close of the war their property was confiscated, and they, with one child, Philip, nine months old (Edward, their first child, having died in New York when two years and six months old), and Vincent White (William's brother) came to St. John, then Parr Town. The government granted to William, Town Lots numbers 570 and 655, each forty by one hundred feet, and situate respectively on the north and south sides of Princess Street. William and Deborah lived in Parr Town three years, where their third child, Peter (6) was born March 22, 1785. They then moved to Kennebeccasis, on a farm at the west end of what is known as Grooms' Bridge, about two miles west from Hampton, now railroad station. While living there another child, Samuel , was born March 14. 1787. After a residence there of about three years they moved to what has been since called White's Cove. Grand Lake. Oueens County, where they encountered great hardships, making a new home under many difficulties. They purchased from James Drummond the west half of a lot or farm in "Waterborough, which had been granted to Drummond by the Crown, and paid therefor ten pounds. The deed bears date January 8, 1789, and was recorded in Book B, pages 174 and 175 of Records, the 24th day of July, 1789, at Gagetown, Queens County. In 1792 they purchased from Daniel Morrell the eastern half of the same lot, the deed bearing date November 7, 1792, and being recorded in Book D, pages 205 and 206. January 28, 1800.

The first house they built was made of logs notched together at the corners and chinked with wood and moss, the fire-place being after the Dutch fashion, with little or no jambs, and so constructed that a sled-length stick could be laid on the fire. Probably the fire-place plan was an imitation of those in the homes of the many Dutch settlers in New Jersey. They went to work with a will and determination to make the best of their new home, and soon had a more modern house, where many a traveller found a welcome resting-place.

Mrs. White often laid her babe away in some quiet spot and worked in the field side by side with her husband, doing her housework in the evenings. In the winter, she sometimes travelled across Grand Lake, five miles, on snowshoes, drawing grain loaded on a toboggan, which, after grinding in a hand-mill, she would take back to her home, quite satisfied, although the flour was doubtless not equal to Ogilvie's best. The grist mills of that time were crude affairs, consisting of an upper and a lower stone, each similar to an ordinary grindstone of about thirty inches *n diameter. By turning a crank the upper stone was made to revolve, and crush between the " upper and the nether millstone " the grain which was introduced through a hole in the centre of the upper stone. Notwithstanding the fact that Mrs. White came of more prosperous people than her husband, she cheerfully shared the hardships of his life, and proved to be a most devoted wife and mother. She had a large family, and was esteemed and respected by all her neighbours for her unceasing kindness and labours of love. Two bachelor neighbours, named Holdrum, who lived on an adjacent farm, 100 acres, willed her all their property in return for her many acts of kindness in making and mending their clothing, and helping to make their home comfortable.

Children of William and Deborah (Tilton) White:

I) Edward, born March 7, 1780, in New York; died December 23, 1782.

2) Philip, born September 19, 1782, in New York; married ( I ) Phoebe Lawson. issue, eight children ; married (2) Catherine Lawson, issue, five children.

3) Peter, born March 22, 1785, in St. John, N. B. ; married Charlotte Buckhout, March 21, 1807; died December 15, 1853.

4) Samuel, born March 14, 1787, in Kings County, N. B. ; married Elizabeth McFarlane ; no issue ; she died January 24, 1875, he having predeceased her, April 8, 1870.

5) Vincent, born August 18. 1789, at Grand Lake, Queens County, N. B. ; married Mary Dykeman, March 13, 1815; issue, ten children; he died May 21, 1884; she died February 4, 1890.

6) Huldah, born January 26, 1791 ; died in infancy.

7) Mary, born October i, 1793; married William Wiggins, December 8, 1807 ; he died June 25, 1861, and she died November 7, 1876.

8) Susan, born March 18, 1796; married Hiram Briggs ; issue, eight.

9) Sarah, twin sister, married Henry Manzer; issue, nine.

10) Deborah Tilton, born October 9, 1798; married Samuel Wilson; issue, twelve.

11) Eleanor, born August 28, 1801 ; married Jedediah Fairweather ; issue, seven.

Burial

Robertson's Point, Whites Cove, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Matthew Calhoun, Wednesday, September 3, 2014.
2. ↑ A genealogical history of the descendants of Peter White, of New Jersey, from 1670, and of William White and Deborah Tilton his wife, loyalists by White, James Edward, 1822-White Family
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images Find a Grave, memorial page for Deborah Tilton White (7 May 1752–1 Jun 1849), Find a Grave Memorial ID 166631691, citing Robertson's Point, Whites Cove, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada; Maintained by Thomas Gill (contributor 47350001) .

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• https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=c96741e4-889a-4531-9ba7-52b0ee37b83d&r=1&ni=283564

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Sherri Quental for starting this profile.
• Deborah Tilton White (1754-1849) on Find A Grave: Memorial #166631691 Retrieved 11 January 2018.

See also:

• McNeil sourced Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree 11422786 by Marilyn Stewart-Evans Stewart-35389
• From the Weekly Chronicle, Saint John, New Brunswick published on June 8, 1849: "d. White's Point, Grand Lake (Queens Co.) Thursday, Mrs. Deborah WHITE, age 96, left 11 children, 92 grandchildren, 154 great-grandchildren, born 7th May 1754, Monmouth County, State of New York." Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics[2]
• Robertson's Point, Whites Cove, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada - Find-a-Grave Memorial #166631691[3]