William White (1732 - 1810)

Born 4 Oct 1732 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Patterson) White — married 1 Apr 1757 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts

Husband of Martha Wells — married 14 Nov 1765 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 30 Dec 1810 at age 78 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

William White, Jr., son of William White, born in Hadley, Massachusetts, October 4, 1732; lived in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, in Northfield and Springfield, Massachusetts and died in Hadley, December (30th ?), 1810, age 78.

He married (1) Lydia Patterson, April 1, 1757, of Northfield, born in 1737 and daughter of Elizur Patterson and Lydia Moore.

Children with Lydia:
1) Giles White b 1752 in Hadley, Massachusetts, married his cousin, Sarah Dodd, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (White) Dodd, of Guilford, Connecticut. They were living in Guilford in April 1786, but removed to Halifax, Vermont in 1790, and thence to Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York in September 15, 1797.

Giles White served in the Revolutionary War as a Private in Captain Moses Kellogg's Company, Colonel Porter's (Hampshire Company) Regiment. He marched on September 23, 1777 until he was discharged on October 18, 1777 for a period of service of 32 days including 6 days (114 miles) travel home. His Company marched to reinforce the Northern Army under Major General Gates on an alarm. (Recorded on page 72 of Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors).

2) Mary White (1754-1755)
3) Sarah White (1760-?)
4) Mary White (1762-1794)

William married (2) Martha Chapin Wells of Springfield, November 14, 1765. They lived in Hadley where he died December 30, 1810.

Children with Martha:
1) William White (1766-?)
2) Lydia White (1768-?)
3) Samuel White (1768-?)
4) Gad White (1770-1813)
5) Lydia (b 1768 - ?)

Sources

• p 129 The descendents of Daniel Warner
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SBM5-1V4 : accessed 2017-04-17), entry for William /White/.