Philip White (1782 - 1870)

Born 19 Sep 1782 in New City, Rockland, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Phoebe (Lawson) White — married about Sep 1805 (to about 1821) in New Brunswick Colony, Great Britain

Husband of Catherine (Lawson) White — married 1821 in New brunswick,Canada

Descendants

Died 1 Dec 1870 at age 88 in Narrows, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Philip White, the second son of WilHam and Deborah (Tilton) White, was born September 19, 1782, in New York, and came to St. John with his parents in 1783, with other Loyalists. He married (i) Phoebe Lawson, in September, 1805, and they had eight children; (2) Catherine Lawson, a sister of his first wife, in 1821 ; issue, five children. Their home was at the Narrows, Washademoak Lake, then called Wickham, Queens County, and now Cambridge.

Children of Philip White and Phoebe Lawson are:

1. William Edward, born April 10, 1807; issue, three.

2. Mary, born 1808; issue, five.

3. Charlotte, born February 11, 1809; issue, nine.

4. Samuel, born Januar) 16. 1811; issue, nine.

5. Peter, born December 17, 1813; issue, six.

6. John Lawson, born 1814; issue, nine.

7. Elizabeth, born September 23, 1816; issue, nine.

8. Lanah, born 1819; issue, seven.

Children of Philip White and Catherine Lawson are:

1. Andrew, born 1823 ; married Maggie Bevard.

2. Benjamin, born 1825; issue, six.

3. Phoebe, born 1828; issue, two.

4. Sarah G., born February 13, 1833; issue, three.

5. Edward ; married Louise Starkey.

He passed away about 1870.^[1]

Book Reference

A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF PETER WHITE, OF NEW JERSEY, FROM 1670, AND OF WILLIAM WHITE AND DEBORAH TILTON HIS WIFE - LOYALISTS I I . BY JAMES E. WHITE, ST. JOHN, N. B.: Barnes & Co., Publishers and Bookbinders, 1906.

WILLIAM WHITE (5).

William White (5) was born October 28, 1759, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. He served in the Royal army all through the Revolution, during which he received a lieutenant's commission. As already stated, he married June 7, 1779, Deborah Tilton, of Middleton, New Jersey, who was bom in Shrewsbury in 1752. Her parents were opposed to the match, and the young couple were married in New York, and settled in Garden City, on Long Island. At the close of the war their property was confiscated, and they, with one child, Philip, nine months old (Edward, their first child, having died in New York when two years and six months old), and Vincent White (William's brother) came to St. John, then Parr Town. The government granted to William, Town Lots numbers 570 and 655, each forty by one hundred feet, and situate respectively on the north and south sides of Princess Street. William and Deborah lived in Parr Town three years, where their third child, Peter (6) was born March 22, 1785. They then moved to Kennebeccasis, on a farm at the west end of what is known as Grooms' Bridge, about two miles west from Hampton, now railroad station. While living there another child, Samuel (6), was born March 14. 1787. After a residence there of about three years they moved to what has been since called White's Cove, Grand Lake, Queens County, where they encountered great hardships, making a new home under many difficulties. They purchased from James Drummond the west half of a lot or farm in Waterborough, which had been granted to Drummond by the Crown, and paid therefor ten pounds. The deed bears date January 8, 1789, and was recorded in Book B, pages 174 and 175 of Records, the 24th day of July, 1789, at Gagetown, Queens County. In 1792 they purchased from Daniel Morrell the eastern half of the same lot, the deed bearing date November 7, 1792, and being recorded in Book D, pages 205 and 206, January 28, 1800.

The first house they built was made of logs notched together at the corners and chinked with wood and moss, the fire-place being after the Dutch fashion, with little or no jambs, and so constructed that a sled-length stick could be laid on the fire. Probably the fire-place plan was an imitation of those in the homes of the many Dutch settlers in New Jersey. They went to work with a will and determination to make the best of their new home, and soon had a more modern house, where many a traveller found a welcome resting-place.

Mrs. White often laid her babe away in some quiet spot and worked in the field side by side with her husband, doing her housework in the evenings. In the winter, she sometimes travelled across Grand Lake, five miles, on snowshoes, drawing grain loaded on a toboggan, which, after grinding in a hand-mill, she would take back to her home, quite satisfied, although the flour was doubtless not equal to Ogilvie's best. The grist mills of that time were crude affairs, consisting of an upper and a lower stone, each similar to an ordinary grindstone of about thirty inches 'n diameter. By turning a crank the upper stone was made to revolve, and crush between the " upper and the nether millstone " the grain which was introduced through a hole in the centre of the upper stone. Notwithstanding the fact that Mrs. White came of more prosperous people than her husband, she cheerfully shared the hardships of his life, and proved to be a most devoted wife and mother. She had a large family, and was esteemed and respected by all her neighbours for her unceasing kindness and labours of love. Two bachelor neighbours, named Holdrum, who lived on an adjacent farm, 100 acres, willed her all their property in return for her many acts of kindness in making and mending their clothing, and helping to make their home comfortable.

Children of William and Deborah (Tilton) White:

I. — Edward, born March 7, 1780, in New York; died December 23, 1782.

1. II. — Philip, born September 19, 1782, in New York; married (i) Phoebe Lawson, issue, eight children; married (2) Catherine Lawson, issue, five children.

2. III. — Peter, born March 22, 1785, in St. John, N. B. ; married Charlotte Buckhout, March 21, 1807; died December 15, 1853.

3. IV. — Samuel, born March 14, 1787, in Kings County, N. B. ; married Elizabeth McFarlane ; no issue ; she died January 24, 1875, he having predeceased her, April 8, 1870.

4. V. — Vincent, born August 18, 1789, at Grand Lake, Queens County, N. B. ; married Mary Dykeman, March 13, 1815; issue, ten children; he died May 21, 1884; she died February 4, 1890.

5. VI. — Huldah, born January 26, 1791 ; died in infancy.

6. VII. — Mary, born October i, 1793; married William Wiggins, December 8, 1807 ; he died June 25, 1861, and she died November 7, 1876.

6. VIII. — Susan, born March 18, 1796; married Hiram Briggs; issue, eight.

7- IX. — Sarah, twin sister, married Henry Manzer ; issue, nine.

8. X. — Deborah Tilton, born October 9, 1798; married Samuel Wilson; issue, twelve.

9. IX. — Eleanor, born August 28, 1801 ; married Jedediah Fairweather; issue, seven.

Phillip was born in 1782. Phillip White ... He passed away in 1870. ^[2]

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Sources

1. ↑ White, James Edward, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Peter White, of New Jersey, from 1670: And of William White and Deborah Tilton His Wife, Loyalists (New Jersey: Barnes & Company, 1906).
2. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Gail Ronquist, Sunday, February 22, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.

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Acknowledgements

White-18950 was created by Trevor Wells through the import of Wells Family Tree.ged on Aug 31, 2014.

• Book Reference - A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF PETER WHITE, OF NEW JERSEY, FROM 1670, AND OF WILLIAM WHITE AND DEBORAH TILTON HIS WIFE - LOYALISTS I I . BY JAMES E. WHITE, ST. JOHN, N.B. Barnes & Co., Publishers and Bookbinders, 1906. [1]

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