Thomas White (1778 - 1862)

Born 17 Feb 1778 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Muriel (Burr) White — married 6 Nov 1808 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 5 Mar 1862 at age 84 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Baptism: 7 NOV 1779 South Parish, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Occupation: Shoe manufacturer, farmer, Captain of Militia

Maria Wales, his oldest child, wrote to her nephew, Samuel Adams White in October, 1894: ..."Your grandfather's early business was that of a shoe manufacturer, and in selling his goods he used a large two-horse wagon, which he drove away full of his goods, and sometimes went as far north as Canada and as far south as Virginia." In the latter part of his life, he was a farmer. ..He was a member of the Congregationalist Church in East Randolph. He married for a second wife, a widow, Mrs. Sally Hunt. Your grandfather was also a captain of Militia." Death recorded at Randolph as Thomas White of Randolph, Farmer, aged 83 y 16 d, died of Congestion of Brain, born at Randolph, son of Cornelius & ---- of Randolph.

Marriage 1 Meriel Burr b: 25 APR 1791 in Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts Married: 6 NOV 1808 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Children Maria White b: 10 DEC 1811 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts Newton White b: 27 DEC 1813 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts Thomas White b: 30 APR 1816 in East Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts Samuel Linfield White b: 3 AUG 1818 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts Meriel White b: 10 DEC 1820 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts Edmund White b: 21 AUG 1823 Sarah Burr White b: ABT 13 MAY 1827 Meriel White b: OCT 1829 Levi Bailey White b: BEF 2 JUN 1832 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Marriage 2 Sarah "Sally" Pendergrass b: 2 DEC 1782 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Married: 10 MAR 1833 in Holbrook, Norfolk, Massachusetts 2

Sources

• Type: Unpublished Research

File: 084 Maria Wales letter, 1894 Author: White, Mary Alexander Detail: Transcription of a letter from Maria (White) Wales to Samuel Adams White Date: Oct 1894 Repository: Repository: Barbara J Beake Text: [84]

• Type: Web Site

File: 087 Frank Dyer, SpragueGed Author: Dyer, Frank Title: Genealogies of Families of Braintree, Quincy, Weymouth, Randolph, Holbrook, Mass URL: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=spragueged Date: 1 jan 2009 Text: [87 A wonderful compilation of data from Sprague's "Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Norfolk, Mass., 1640-1850" and Chamberlain's "Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass", among other sources.

• Type: Personal documents

File: 104 Letter from Mary Alexander White [4-9.a], ca 1934 Detail: Letter from Mary Alexander White, ca 1934, to Esther L. White and her sisters Repository: Repository: Barbara J Beake Text: [104]

• Type: Web Site

File: 208 Randolph VRs Author: New England Historic Genealogical Society Title: Vital Records of Randolph, Massachusetts to 1875 Detail: Online database: URL: www.AmericanAncestors.org, Date: 2005 Text: [208] (Unpublished transcription by Waldo C. Sprague from the original records held at the Randolph Town Hall, donated from the estate of Mr. Sprague to NEHGS in 1962).

• Type: Web Site

File: 179 MA VRs 1841-1910 Detail: From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: Title: AmericanAncestors.org URL: www.AmericanAncestors.org Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Society Date: 2004 Text: [179] Text: Text: 157:290

• Type: Personal documents

File: 116 - Photos [gravestones, records, etc.] Detail: Photographs (records, gravestones, etc.) Repository: Repository: Barbara J Beake Text: [116]

• Type: Web Site

File: 179 MA VRs 1841-1910 Detail: From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: Title: AmericanAncestors.org URL: www.AmericanAncestors.org Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Society Date: 2004 Text: [179] Text:

• Type: Book

File: 007 Cohasset Gen & Town Hx Author: Davenport, George Lyman & Author: Davenport, Elizabeth Osgood Title: The Genealogies of the Families of Cohasset, Massachusetts Place: Boston Publication: Stanhope Press, FH Gilson Co. Date: 1909 Text: [7] Text: p. 102

• Type: Web Site

Title: AmericanAncestors.org Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Society Date: 2001-2010 Text: [180]