Elisha White (1706 - abt. 1778)

Born 11 Nov 1706 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Field) White — married 31 Aug 1752 in Bolton, New Haven Co., Ct.

Descendants

Died about 1778 at about age 71 in Killingworth, New London, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Elisha White was born in Windsor, Connecticut, on November 11, 1706, the son of Captain Daniel White and his second wife Ann Bissell. He originally lived in Bolton, Connecticut, but moved to East Guilford (now Madison), Connecticut, in about 1744. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

On August 31, 1732, he married Ann Field, of Bolton, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Dudley) Field of East Guilford, Connecticut. They had five children, probably all born in Bolton: ^{[2] [3]}

1. Elisha, born May 15, 1733; died August 3, 1742.^[3][4]
2. Ann, born Sept.19,1735; died August 20,1742.^[3][5]
3. Chloe, baptized February 19, 1738; married: 1st, Capt. Walter Price Griswold, 2nd, Jonathan Boardman, 3rd, Capt. Daniel Hand; died November 28, 1821.^[3][6]
4. Dudley, born January 8, 1741; married Thankful Murray.^[3]
5. Ann, birth unknown; married Joseph Chatfield.^[3]

By about 1749, the family had settled in a part of Killingworth, Connecticut, which in 1838 became Clinton, where Elisha ran a mercantile business. ^[3]

Captain Elisha White died in Killingworth, Connecticut, in about 1778, at the age of about 72. His wife had predeceased him some years earlier. ^{[2] [3]}

Research Notes

• Although sources refer to Elisha using the prefix "Captain," no evidence has yet been found to explain why.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LW54-CJF

1. ↑ "Windsor, Connecticut. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1638-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-8CTK : 21 May 2018). Citing: Elisha White, Birth, 11 Nov 1706.
   Transcript of Image: "Elifha Son of Daniell White was born november y^e 11^th : 1706"
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Boltwood, Lucius M. Genealogies of Hadley Families - Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby. Northampton: Metcalf & Company, Printers, 1862. Page 156. Citing: "7. Daniel ... Children: ... Elisha, b. Nov. 11, 1706."
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Kellogg, Allyn S. Memorials of Elder John White, One of the First Settlers of Hartford, Conn., and of His Descendants. Hartford: Printed for the Family, Case, Lockwood and Company, 1860. Pages 66-67. Citing: "39. Capt. Elisha White"
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F748-Z21 : 3 December 2014), Elisha White in entry for Elisha White, 15 May 1733; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7W3-R9S : 3 December 2014), Elisha White in entry for Ann White, 19 Sep 1735; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
6. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F72M-MXS : 9 February 2018), Chloe Hand, 28 Nov 1821; citing Connecticut, United States, reference 00022; FHL microfilm 3,343.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Israel (Mason) Bissell, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 93.
• Tom Bredehoft, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M7B5-P3R