Jonathan White

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Died 28 Feb 1772 in Oxford, Granville, Colonial North Carolina

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Biography

JONATHAN WHITE OF GRANVILLE COUNTY

Jonathan White was an early settler of Granville County, N.C., a justice of the peace, and in 1748 was one of three commissioners appointed by the General Assembly to choose a location for the Granville County Courthouse. He was a member of the White family of the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth river in Norfolk County, Va. When he died in 1772 he was married to Sarah White. There is deed in Granville County in 1757 from Jonathan White and wife Faith to Ezekiel Fuller. This writer and others had previously identified this person as Jonathan White, Jr. However, a closer examination of the records has shown that a better explanation is that Jonathan White was married first to Faith, and second to Sarah. The following is his will, recorded in Granville County court in August 1772:

Will

I Jonathan White of the County of Granville give to my loving wife Sarah White two Negro girls, Rachael and Abbe, two feather beds and furniture, one bay mare and colt, and one Negro girl Nan during her life. I give to my son Jonathan White 140 acres of land where he now lives. I give to my son Burgess White 140 acres of land where he now lives. I give to my son William White 100 acres of land where he now lives. I give to my son Philemon White 100 acres of land where John Davis now lives, and I desire if my son Philemon die without marriage or lawful heir the 100 acres be sold and the money to be equally divided between all my children living, and it is my desire that all the remainder part of my estate be sold and the money equally divided between all my children, and at the death of my wife Sarah White I desire the Negro girl Nan to be sold and the money to be equally divided between all my children. I appoint my wife Sarah White and Thomas Bradford my executors February 28, 1772. Witnesses: Henry White, Burgess White, Jonathan White^[1]

August Court 1774, Settlement of estate of Jonathan White, deceased, by Thomas Bradford. Mentions Richard Harris, George Harris, Christopher Harris, Sherwood Harris, Robert Harris Jr.^[2]

Jonathan was born in 1706. He passed away about 1772.

Sources

1. ↑ [1] jimserver.net
2. ↑ [2] Rootsweb

[3] White, Emma Siggins. Genesis of the White family, a connected record of the White family beginning in 900 at the time of its Welsh origin when the name was Wynn, and tracing the family into Ireland and England. Several of the name entered England with the Norman conqueror. Representatives of the English branch emigrated to America in 1638. The Scotts of Scot's hall in the county of Kent, England. One of the oldest recorded families, their traditionary history beginning in Ireland about 300 B.C. The authenticated record herein given dates back to 400 A.D. Emigration to America was in 1740. Their descendants are to be found in every state of the Union. Supplemental records, biographical sketches and coats of arms of nearly seventy allied families.

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