Joan (West) White (bef. 1578 - bef. 1631)

Born before 13 Apr 1578 in Drayton, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died before 13 Sep 1631 at about age 53 in South Petherton, Somerset, England

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Biography

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There were 2 Joan West Whites in the same family. For convenience, let's call them English Joan and American Joan. This profile is for English Joan, the older of the two. English Joan was the aunt of American immigrant Joan (West) White.^[1]

English Joan was baptized at Drayton, Somerset, England in 1578, the daughter of Nicholas West and his wife, Anne. English Joan married Robert White and died in England in 1631.

English Joan's brother Richard West married Magdaline/Maudlin Staple, alias Cooke. It was not unusual that Richard West and his wife would also name their daughter Joan (our American Joan).

Genealogists get confused because American Joan happened to marry John White, creating an aunt and niece both named Joan West White. John White and American Joan then moved to New England, where they began a White dynasty.

As with all genealogical work, our findings are subject to review and revision based on updated historical discovery and reasoning.

Baptism:

Joan was baptized at Drayton, Somerset, England, on 13 April 1678.^[2]

Burial

Joan was buried at South Petherton, Somerset, England on 13 September 1631.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofdesce04whit#page/n7/mode/2up.
2. ↑ "Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812," Ancestry.com database online $ [1], image of parish register, "baptized John West & Joane West the sonne & daughter of Nicolas West of burton was christened the xiii daye of Aprill [1578]."
3. ↑ "Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812," Ancestry.com database online $ [2], image of parish register, "Septembris 13 [1631] Sepulta fuit Joanna ux Roberti White."

See also:

• Particia A. Metsch, "The identity of Phillipa, second wife of Nicholas West of Drayton, Somerset, and grandmother of Joan (West) White, of Lancaster, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 162 (2008):93-97; digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2014).

• Almira White, Ancestry of John Barber White and his descendants (1913), 13 (Robert White and Joan ____ family), 25-26 (John White and Joan West family), 49-50 (West family); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).

• Almira Larkin White. Genealogy of the descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1909. Volume IV. Chase brothers, printers in Haverhill, Mass., 1900.

• Genesis of the White Family: A Connected Record of the White Family, by Emma Siggins White , Martha (Humphreys ) Maltby, 1920, Tiernan-Dart Printing Co.