Joseph White (1636 - 1706)

Born 1636 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Husband of Lydia (Rogers) White — married 19 Sep 1660 in Weymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1706 at about age 70 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Biography

Joseph White, born 1645, son of Thomas and Hannah (Workman) White, married at Weymouth on 19 Sept. 1660, Lydia Rogers Joseph and Lydia Rodgers, Sept. 19, 1660.* ^[1] , born 27 March 1642, daughter of John Rogers of Weymouth (Weymouth VR 1:263, 2:213,605). He moved from Weymouth to Mendon some time between fall of 1663 and before spring 1664.

Children of Joseph & Lydia (Rogers) White: [note: the source book only discussed 1 of their children]

1. Samuel b 14 Feb 1666 marr Nov 1735 to Prudence Williams, daug of Samuel Williams of Taunton, MA

He died on 23 March 1706^[2][3][4] (Mendon Annals p. 8; Mendon VR p. 514). He left no probate records, a fact probably explained by a deed in which Joseph and Lydia described themselves as aged and unable to care for their farm and through which they transferred the reversion to their son, Joseph White, on 4 Dec. 1704 (Suffolk Co., Mass., LR 38:242, ack. by a witness and rec.6 Jul 1725)."^[5]

Marriage

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-6ZWJ : 28 November 2018), Joseph White and Lydia Rogers, 19 Sep 1660; citing Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,031,514.

Burial

Joseph died in March 23, 1706. ^[6]Find A Grave: Memorial #53725050

Children

The children of Joseph and Lydia (Rogers) White were born for the most part at Weymouth, Massachusetts, and at Mendon, Massachusetts. James Savage, in A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, concluded that "of course some of these must have been born in another town, though we know not certain where he removed when the Indians in Philip's war [1675-1678], destroyed Mendon."^[7]

1. Joseph, born July 5, 1661, at Weymouth; died young.^[8]
2. Joseph, 2nd, born December 17, 1662, at Weymouth (a twin).^[7][8]
3. Lydia, born December 17, 1662, at Weymouth (a twin); married, April 27, 1681, Samuel Cooke.^[7][9][10]
4. Thomas, born April 1, 1665, at Mendon; married, December 5, 1687, Mehitable Thornton.^[7][11][12]
5. Samuel, February 14, 1666[-7?], at Mendon.^[7][13]
6. John, born December 3, 1668, at Mendon.^[7][13]
7. Ebenezer, born December 4, 1670, at Mendon.^[7][13]
8. Mary, born probably about 1672; married by 1692, Ebenezer Hill.^[7][14]
9. Ann, born probably about 1678; married William Trask.^[7]
10. Experience, born December 5, 1680, at Mendon; married, February 10, 1701, Ephraim Miller.^[7][13][15]
11. Hannah, born November 29, 1681, at Mendon; married, July 22, 1701, Samuel Warfeeld.^[7][13][16]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). "http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/massachusetts-vital-records-to-1850/image/?volumeId=7831&pageName=213&rId=142009514 Marriage Record
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHYN-YXH : 10 February 2018), Joseph White, 23 Mar 1706; citing Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, reference 40; FHL microfilm 855,377.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29P-MXCK : 3 November 2017), Joseph White, 23 Mar 1706; citing Death, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 855,377.
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVKR-Z1WL : 13 December 2015), Joseph White, 1706; Burial, , , ,, ; citing record ID 53725050
5. ↑ Janet Ireland Delorey, "Thomas White of Mendon and Uxbridge, Mass.," in TAG 67(1992):90
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 January 2019), memorial page for Joseph White (1636–23 Mar 1706), F,Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642) Unknown.ind
7. ↑ ^{7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10} Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1862). Vol. 4: (1862) S - Z. Page 512.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts: Births. Page 341.
9. ↑ Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts: Births. Page 342.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNC-WR2 : 10 November 2020), Lidia Wight in entry for Samuell Cooke, 27 Apr 1681; citing Marriage, Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009438.
11. ↑ Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts: Births. Page 212.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQ7-JZS : 28 July 2021), Thomas White, 5 Dec 1687.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4} Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts: Births. Pages 210-211.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-BQR1 : 10 November 2020), Mary Hill in entry for Ebenezer Hill, 12 Mar 1692; citing Birth, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934229.
15. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-MXDF : 10 November 2020), Experianc White in entry for Ephraim Miller, 10 Feb 1701; citing Marriage, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011111.
16. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-M6B3 : 10 November 2020), Hanah White in entry for Samuel Warfeeld, 22 Jul 1701; citing Marriage, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011111.

See also:

• Ramsburgh, Edith Roberts. Genealogical Department, "Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine" (The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, March 1923) Vol. 57, No. 3, Whole No. 367, Page 172: #10672
• "History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches ..., Part 1"edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd, publ 1883, p 21
• Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1920).
• Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1910).

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Scott Harris for creating WikiTree profile White-12013 through the import of Harris Family Tree.ged on Mar 19, 2013.