Mehitable (White) Darling (1688 - 1730)

Born 22 Jan 1688 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Darling — married 11 Jun 1708 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts,

Descendants

Died 7 May 1730 at age 42 in Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mehitable White, born in Mendon, January 22, 1689, daughter of Thomas and Mehitable (Thornton?) White of Mendon,^[1] granddaughter of the first Thomas White who settled in Weymouth, Mass., in 1637. Thomas White, the father of Mehitable, was one of the early settlers and largest landowners of Milford, Mass. ^[2]

She married Benjamin Darling 11 Jun 1708.^[2]

Mehitable (White) Darling must have died sometime after 1730, and probably was buried in the Chestnut Hill cemetery where her husband was afterward buried. She was the mother of eleven children.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Mendon, p.211
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Weeks, L. H., & Clemens, W. M. (1913). The Darling family in America: Being an account of the founders and first colonial families, an official list of the heads of families of the name Darling, resident in the United States in 1790, and a bibliography. New York: W.M. CLemens. p.7
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 April 2020), memorial page for Mehitable White Darling (20 Jan 1689–27 Sep 1730), Find A Grave: Memorial #35811015, citing Old Cemetery, Millville, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by TSOtime (contributor 46520508)

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