William White (abt. 1708 - bef. 1780)

Born about 1708 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Thurston) White — married 2 Oct 1729 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died before 3 Oct 1780 before about age 72 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

William was the son of William White and Mayflower descendant Elizabeth Cadman. Like his father, he was a blacksmith.^[1]

Family

William married Abigail Thurston at Little Compton on October 2, 1729.^[2] They had five known children:^[1]

1. Jonathan White
2. Sarah White b 1730
3. Hannah White b 1731; m Weston Kirby
4. Elizabeth White; m ___ Peckham
5. Abigail White; m William White

Death and Estate

William White, "son of William White of Dartmouth .... Blacksmith," died testate, having written a will dated 17 February 1777, and proved on 3 October 1780. The will was abstracted by George Ernest Bowman.^[3] The abstracts include:

To "my Son Jonathan White ... all my homestead farm with my now Dwelling House with all the buildings there on Standing & other Priviledges there unto belonging; also ... all that my farm which my Honoured Grand father George Cadman gave me after the Decease of my honoured father & mother; with all the Housing & building thereon Standing" also "all the Rest ... of my Real Estate which I have not here in before given him" also "all my Live Stock Except what I Shall herein after Give to my Three Daughters also I Give him my sd son all my Farming Utencels als all my Blacksmith Tools also all my Carpenders Tools"

To "my Eldest Daughter Hannah Kirby" 115 pounds "in Silver or Gould"; also 25 pounds "in Paper Currency also one Cow & one more neat kind Two year old ... to be her full Part & Portion in my Estate with what she hath all ready had and the one Third Part of my houshold goods which I do hereby give her"

To "my Second Daughter Elisabeth Peckham" 115 pounds "in Silver or Gould"; also 25 pounds "in Paper Currency also ... one Cow & one more neet kind Two years old also the one third Part of all my house hold goods & these gifts with what she hath all ready had to be her full Part & Portion in my Estate"

To "my youngest Daughter Abigail White" 115 pounds "in Silver or Gould"; also 25 pounds "in Paper Currency also ... one Cow & one more neet kind Two years old also ... the one third Part of all my household goods & these Gifts with what she hath allready had to be her full Part & Portion in my Estate"

"debts funeral Charges & Just Expences of all Sorts together with the Settleing of my Estate" are to be paid "by my Executor herein after named out of that Part of my Parsonal Estate ... given him"

"all the Rest & Reasudue of my Estate ... I give the same to my son Jonathan the better to Enable him Pay Lagacies & to discharge debts & Charges"

"my son Jonathan White" was appointed sole executor.

The witnesses were Joseph Tripp, Philip Tripp and Justus Kirby.

On 3 October 1780, Philip Tripp and Justus Kirby testified that they witnessed William White make and sign his will. Administration was granted to Jonathan White, the executor named in the will (Bristol County Probate Records, Volume 26, Page 282).

The inventory of his estate was taken on 30 September 1780. It totaled 793 pounds, 4 shillings, 4 pence, including 377 pounds, 0 shillings, 8-3/4 pence in lawful silver money at the rate of six shillings and eight pence per troy ounce. Jonathan White presented the inventory on 3 October 1780 (Bristol County Probate Records, Volume 26, Page 293).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Moriarty, G. Andrews. "The Parentage of William White of Dartmouth, Massachusetts." The American Genealogist, Volume 17. New Haven, CT: 1940. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Subscription Link $. Pages 193-206.
2. ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KL-V3G : 22 January 2020), William White, 1729.
3. ↑ Bowman, George E. "The Wills of William White of Dartmouth and His Son William." The Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History, Vol 22. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1920. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) Subscription Link $: Page 7.

• Mayflower Families Vol. 13 pub. 2006 p. 59, 165-166
• Robert S. Wakefield (editor), Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume 13: Family of William White (Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1997)