John White (1675 - 1753)

Born 26 Apr 1675 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna (Sherman) White — married 18 Feb 1700 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1753 at age 78 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John White, son of Daniel and Hannah (Hunt) White, was born in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, 26 April 1675. He was named in his father's 1721 will.^[1][2][3]

John "Whit" and Susanna Sherman were wed 18 Feb 1700 in Marshfield. Susanna, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Doggett) Sherman was born in Marshfield and died there 22 Dec 1766 in her 88th year.^[1][3]

John, about 70 years of age, in a deposition 11 Aug 1731, said he owned land in Rochester.^[1][4] 27 Sep 1736, John White of Rochester, yeoman, sold part of his homestead to his son John White Jr, also a yeoman of Rochester.^[1][5]

John White died in Marshfield, 9 Sep 1753, in his 79th year,^[1][3] and was buried in the Marshfield Center Cemetery.^[3][6]

The will of John White of Marshfield, yeoman, aged and infirm, was dated 26 Oct 1747 and proved 5 Nov 1753. He mentioned his wife; daughter Hannah White; daughter Sarah Phillips; grandchildren (children of son John deceased) John, Susanna, Hannah, James, and Andrew White; sons Abijah and Jesse White were named executors.^[1][7]

An inventory of his personal estate was recorded on 4 February 1754 in Marshfield.^[8]

In 1754, an account of his estate was recorded which included his debts.^[9]

Children:^[1]

1. Hannah White b. 28 Mar 1702
2. John White b. 17 Aug 1704
3. Abijah White b. 8 Oct 1706
4. Sarah White b. 31 May 1710
5. Rebecca White b. in Dec 1713; d. 1716
6. Sylvanus White b. 24 July 1718
7. Jesse White b. 7 Dec 1720

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Wakefield, Robert S. (editor). Sherman, Ruth Wilder and Sherman, Robert Moody (original compilers). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Thirteen Family of William White. Third Edition. (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006) pp 15, 45, 46
2. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Marshfield, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 7:119. :"John the son of Daniell White and Hannah his wife was borne Aprill the 27 1675"
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), birth p. 31, marriage p. 22, gravestone p. 371.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z7-PQYP?cc=2106411&wc=MCBL-W3X%3A361612701%2C361686201 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1729-1731 vol 25-26 > image 452 of 487; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-K92K?cc=2106411&wc=MCBL-Q6X%3A361612701%2C361681801 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1735-1739 vol 30-32 > image 230 of 740; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 May 2020), memorial page for John White (21 Apr 1675–9 Sep 1753), Find A Grave: Memorial #173335694, citing Centre Marshfield Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by jsmycs (contributor 47851710) .
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-6D9R : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1751-1755 vol 13 > image 86 of 298; State Archives, Boston.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-6DM7 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1751-1755 vol 13 > image 111 of 298; State Archives, Boston.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-687Z : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1751-1755 vol 13 > image 147 of 298; State Archives, Boston.

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