Moses White Sr. (bef. 1696 - aft. 1757)

Born before 1696 in Drumboden, County Donegal, Province of Ulster, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Cochran — married 1718 in Pennsylvania

Husband of Isabella (Cochran) White — married 1737 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died after 5 Oct 1757 after age 61 in Rapho Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Moses was born about 1685. He was the son of Hugh White and Isabella White. Moses passed away about 1757 and was buried in the Donegal Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.^[1] There is some question over Moses's place of birth. He arrived from Ireland, but was most certainly of Scottish descent.

Moses married Mary "Polly" Campbell, the daughter of James Campbell and Mary McCoy. Mary died in about 1728 and Moses reportedly remarried to Elizabeth Cochran. His will names an Easbel, possibly one and the same, or yet another marriage.

In 1741, Moses had a patent on 168 acres of land in Mt. Joy Township, Pennsylvania.^[2] He lived in "Chickies" ^[3] and had the following children:^[4]

1. John
2. Elizabeth
3. Jane
4. Robert
5. Moses
6. Sarah
7. Hugh
8. William
9. Isabella
10. Agnes
11. James

Some years later, Moses moved further North to Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1757 (or later). In his will, Moses White Sr. lists his children, noting those by his second wife Easbel (Isabel) who were underage or under 21. The Will is dated 5 October 1757 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Research Notes

Where sources say that Moses went to Delaware, that was a different Moses White (abt.1665-1735), the uncle of this one.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #197141524. Originally Created by: Anonymous, Added: 26 Feb 2019, Find A Grave Memorial 197141524, Moses White
2. ↑ Ellis, Franklin., Evans, Samuel. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. United States: Everts & Peck, 1883. p. 990 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/188742
3. ↑ "Chickies" Pennsylvania is adjacent to the Susquehanna River, west of the city of Lancaster in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickies_Ridge
4. ↑ Egle, William Henry, Notes and Queries: Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania; Series 4 Volume 1. United States: Harrisburg publishing Company, 1898. p. 63 [Robert White, son of Moses, son of Hugh of Mt. Joy PA] https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/194273

• Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. BOLTON, CHARLES KNOWLES. Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America. Boston: Bacon and Brown, 1910. Reprint. Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1989. 398p.
• Will of Moses White Sr. - Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Abstract of Lancaster County, Penn. Will 1732-1785, Family History Library, SLC, UT 974.815 P2ab.
• “A LINE OF WHITE” by Jack D. White Sr., 1989, 1991 - Adam White's Descendants; Family History Library, 929.273 W582 wjd Salt Lake City, UT.
• Descendants of Adam White, pp. 10, 16-17
• Moses White: https://www.geni.com/people/Moses-White/6000000001672267579?through=6000000055536298086
• 1751 Tax Records for Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. Lists a Moses White, p. 3, tenth person from the top in the left column. Also lists a "Dutch man" on his property, perhaps he rented part of his land?
• 1756 Tax Records for Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. Lists a Moses White, p. 6 middle of the right column.
• 1757 Tax Records for Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. Lists a Moses White, p. 4 near the bottom of the left column.
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 Image [note that this is not actually a Mennonite record, but simply references the source as the book: "Notes and Queries: Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania; Series 4 Volume 1." by William Henry Egle. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/194273
• BOLTON, CHARLES KNOWLES. Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America. Boston: Bacon and Brown, 1910. Reprint. Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1989. pp. 271, 279. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/48971 [Hugh, Henry and Moses White (and wife) from Ireland]
• Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 [Index to Wills, 1730-1830] Image [Moses White, Probate Date: 1757, Probate Place: Lancaster, Pennsylvania]