William White (abt. 1758 - 1857)

Born about 28 Oct 1758 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah (Tilton) White — married 7 Jun 1779 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Dec 1857 at about age 99 in Grand Lake, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada

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William White was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Undetermined
Date: Undated

Biography

Marriage

Marriage:

Date: 7 June 1779

Place: Garden City, Long Island, NY

William was born about 1758. He passed away in 1857.

The 7 Jun 1888 edition of The Daily Sun reported: "The Founder of a Family - (exerpt) William White, one of St. John's early settlers was born in Monmouth Co., N.J. on 28th Oct. 1759. His wife, Deborah Tilton, was born in Middleton, N.J. on May 7, 1754. They were married June 7, 1779, but where and by whom I have not learned. Mr. White served in the Royal army all through the Revolutionary war, before the close of which he received a lieutenant's commission. At the close of the war he, like many others, left home, family and friends, and with his wife and one child, (the late Philip White) came to Saint John. Their first child had died in New York. St. John at that time was, we would suppose, anything but an inviting or desirable place in which to locate, especially where the wants of a rising family were to be supplied. This thought was doubtless uppermost in the minds of husband and wife, for after three years of struggle on that inhospitable and rock-bound coast they, with another son, Peter White, born to them on March 22, 1785, gathered together their small effects and removed to the shore of the Kennebecasis (Kings Co.). While in Saint John he came into possession of a town lot. It was located by the Golden Ball, whether given for his service or procured by purchase is not known to the writer. For about forty years the lot remained in his name and was then sold to the late Jacob Wilson for a valuable consideration. While living in Kings County, the flow of water over his farm and other causes revived the moving spirit and he concluded again to seek a place more congenial to his mind. Before leaving Kings Co. another son, Samuel White was born to them, and then with a family of five they took their departure and settled on the shore of the Grand Lake, at a place now called White's Cove. (Queens Co.) where he drew 300 acres of land and where he and his wife lived until a few years of their death, old age and infirmity compelling them to at last make a home with the late John Robertson at White's Point where they died at the age of 97. They were buried on the point where the parish church once stood, he surviving his wife about four years... The writer often sat at the feet of the aged sire and listened to his war stories and then heard him recite the facts of his privations and disadvantages while struggling to make a living for himself and family, and the hardships he endured, of which many of today know nothing. Not having hay for his cattle he, with others, was obliged to go to Indian Point in the summer and cut wild grass. The first winter he hauled his hay from there on a toboggan, himself being the motive powers. This journey he was compelled to make every day for two months and through the week could only gain enough to feed his cattle through Sunday; and this work had to be performed until relief came from another source. The wood mould board plough with one handle, the rake fork and scythe snath were all called into requisition, all taken from the virgin forest. Flour mills at that day not being in existence, the subject of my narrative had to go to the stone quarry and there prepare the rock and bring it into requisition for the purpose of grinding his grain. In this he was the motive of power, and this work had to be performed after the usual day labor on the farm. He and his family interested themselves in erecting the Episcopal Church at White's Point, where all the surrounding country at that time worshipped under the ministration of Rev. Abram Wood who was a missionary sent out from England, who married, baptized and buried there, being no other minister in the vicinity and who officiated in that church upwards of 40 years, until age and infimity compelled him to retire, after which he removed to St. John, where he died a few years ago. Some of his children are still living. Mrs. Dr. Woodford and Mary White widow of late Andrew White. Anne married Dr. Peters of Queens Co. Both of the latter are now dead. A son of theirs is now a clerk in T.B. Barker's drugstore. Philip White, the eldest son, settled on the Washademoak at the Narrows where he married and raised a large family. He was upwards of 80 years old when he died. Peter was born in St. John and after a few years returned and served an apprenticeship with Mr. Melick, the tanner and currier. Before leaving he married Charlotte Bookhout and then removed to Grand Lake where for many years he worked at his trade and where he died at the age of 68. A son of his still runs the same business at the old stand. One son is now proprietor of the Park Hotel at St. John; one is living at the Narrows, Queens Co. and the youngest is at Centreville (Carleton Co.) and a member of the Legislative Council. Two grandsons belong to the medical profession, one practicing in Carleton Co. and one in the State of Maine. Samuel lived at White's Point, Grand Lake for several years, where for many years he did a large farming and lumbering business. He married Elizabeth McFarlane and died at the age of 73, leaving no issue. Vincent WHITE, the youngest son, married Mary Dykeman and for some years was engaged in the lumber business on Salmon River. Subsequently he removed to Kings Co. where he died at the age of 97 years. Farming was his main occupation. He raised nine children, all living except Gilbert who died about two years ago. Two sons are living in Kings Co. and four in Saint John, one of whom is a doctor of medecine and located in Carleton; and one at Apple River, N.S. engaged in milling. One of the grandsons belongs to the legal fraternity and a member of the N.B. Legislature. Another is a dentist and located at Sussex. Huldy White, the eldest daughter died in infancy. Mary White married Wm Wiggins, settled on Grand Lake and raised a large family. She died at the age of 77. A son of hers lives near the homestead at Wiggins Point. E. Stone Wiggins, the weather prophet, is one of her grandsons. Susannah White and Sarah White, twins, the former married Hiram Briggs and died in Queens Co. when 70 years of age. She has one son in Kent Co., one in the State of Maine and one who graduated M.D. and died in the U.S. Sarah married and moved to Ontario where she died in 1868. Deborah White married Samuel Wilson and settled on the Washademoak. Both died there at a good old age. Most of her children are living, one of whom belongs to the legal profession and is located in Saint John. Eleanor White, the youngest, was the only one born in the 19th century. She married Mr. Fairweather, settled on the Washademoak and raised a large family, all of whom, together with their parents, are dead. (sgd) A Descendant, Centreville, Carleton Co., June 1888."

• Fact: Burial Robertson's Point, Whites Cove, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada

William White was born on October 28, 1759, ^[1]in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, his father, Peter, was 32 and his mother, Huldah, was 36. He married Deborah Tilton on June 7, 1779, in his hometown. They had 11 children in 22 years. He died on December 6, 1857, in Queens, New Brunswick, Canada^[1]

William White and Family History: From, A genealogical history of the descendants of Peter White, of New Jersey, from 1670, and of William White and Deborah Tilton his wife, loyalists by White, James Edward, 1822

William White 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 , 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. Oueens 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.

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

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

4) 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.

5) 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.

6) Huldah, born January 26, 1791 ; died in infancy.

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

8) Susan, born March 18, 1796; married Hiram Briggs ; issue, eight.

9) Sarah, twin sister, married Henry Manzer; issue, nine.

10) Deborah Tilton, born October 9, 1798; married Samuel Wilson; issue, twelve.

11) Eleanor, born August 28, 1801 ; married Jedediah Fairweather ; issue, seven.

Burial

Robertson's Point, Whites Cove, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} A genealogical history of the descendants of Peter White, of New Jersey, from 1670, and of William White and Deborah Tilton his wife, loyalists by White, James Edward, 1822-White Family
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images Find a Grave, memorial page for William White (28 Oct 1758–6 Dec 1857), Find a Grave Memorial ID 166631359, citing Robertson's Point, Whites Cove, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada; Maintained by Thomas Gill (contributor 47350001) .

• First-hand information as remembered by Matthew Calhoun, Wednesday, September 3, 2014.
• First-hand information as remembered by Gail Ronquist, Sunday, February 22, 2015.
• Descendants of Barnett Manzer
• William White (1752-1857) on Find A Grave: Memorial #166631359 Retrieved 11 January 2018.
• Source: S-566906348 Repository: #R-1049135307 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/60856434/family
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• cemetery

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• McNeil sourced Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree 11422786 by Marilyn Stewart-Evans Stewart-35389
• Robertson's Point, Whites Cove, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada - Find-a-Grave Memorial #166631359[1]
• New Brunswick Genealogical Society, "First Families": "WHITE: William White b. 28 Oct 1759 in Monmouth County, NJ, d. 6 Dec 1857, s/o Peter White and Huldah Tabor: m. 7 Jun 1779 in New York City, Deborah Tilton of Middleton, NJ, b. 7 May 1753 at Shrewsbury, died 11 Jun 1850: came to NB in 1783 as Loyalists: settled at White’s Cove, Grand Lake, Cambridge Parish, Queens County: Children: 1) Edward White b. 7 Mar 1780 in NY City, d. 23 Dec 1782 at Garden City, Long Island, NY: 2) Philip White born 19 Sep 1782 at Garden City, d. c1862 at Washademoak, NB, m. (1st) Sep 1805 Phoebe Lawson, (2nd) 26 Jun 1823 Catherine Lawson, sister of first wife: settled at Narrows, Washademoak Lake, Cambridge Parish: 3) Peter White b. 22 Mar 1785 at Saint John, NB, d. 15 Dec 1853, m. 21 Mar 1807 Charlotte Buckout of Saint John, b. - , d. 23 Jun 1867: 4) Samuel White born 14 Mar 1787 at Kennebecasis, NB, died 8 Apr 1870 at Robertson’s Point, m. 17 Mar 1809 or 27 Mar 1810 Elizabeth McFarlane b. c1787, d. 24 Jan 1875: no issue: 5) Vincent White born 18 Aug 1789 at Whites Cove, NB, died 21 May 1884 at Springfield, Kings County, NB, m. 13 Mar 1815 Mary Dykeman b. c1796, died 4 Feb 1890: 6) Huldah White b. 26 Jan 1791 at Whites Cove, d. in infancy: 7) Mary White b. 1 Oct 1793, d. 7 Nov 1876 at Grand Lake, m. 8 Dec 1807 William Wiggins b. - , d. 25 Jun 1861: 8) Susannah White born 18 Mar 1796 (twin), d. 1866, married Hiram Briggs born 1796, d. 1858: settled at Chipman, Queens County: 9) Sarah White b. 18 Mar 1796 (twin), died c1864 in Ontario, m. 17 Jan 1819 Henry Manzer: 10) Deborah Tilton White b. 9 Oct 1798, d. 14 Jul 1874, married 15 Oct 1815 Samuel Wilson: settled at Cambridge in Queens County: 11) Eleanor White b. 28 Aug 1801, m. 17 Feb 1824 Jedediah Fairweather." Sources: MC80/1285 Loyalist lineages of Canada 1783-1983, pages 750-751: see MC80/1573: see MC1/White #1,2, 100 pages: file #2 contains a copy of A genealogical history of the descendants of Peter White of New Jersey, from 1670, and of William White and Deborah Tilton his wife: Loyalists by James E. White: see MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, page 290.