Rebecca White (abt. 1666 - bef. 1686)

Born about 1666 in York County, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Died before 1686 before about age 20 in Queen Creek, Bruton Parish, York, Virginia

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Biography

Rebecca White was the daughter of Henry White and Mary Croshaw. She passed away before 1686, under-age and never married. See the following, a Virginia court transcript extract from 1688 that confirms her existence and early death (no dates given).^[1]

"Whereas, Joseph White and William White, sons of Henry White, late deceased, and William Davis, as marrying Mary, one of the said daughters, and Ralph Graves, as marrying Unity, one other of the said daughters of the said Henry White, setting forth by their petition t this Court that the said Henry White, by his last will and testament did make Col. John West and Bryan Smith the executors, and did give and bequeath unto his daughter Rebecca White thirty pounds of tobacco and certain part of his estate as may appear by a division of the said estate amounting to forty-eight pounds, forty one shillings and eight pence sterling and one thousand eigh hundred and thirty pounds of tobacco, and in cattell 4 dows under ten yeares old, 2 steers three years old, two steer yearlings, 1 heifer cowe calfe. An in case the said Rebecca dye under age and before marriage then her part to bee equally divided amongst the surviving children."

"And now, it appearing to this Court that the said Rebecca White dyed under age and before marriage, it is therefore ordered that Col. John West, the surviving executor of the said Henry White do forthwithpay unto the said Joseph and William White, William Davis, and Ralph Graves as aforesaid, the sum of thirty pounds sterling, given by said will andalso all other ther estate, both money, tobacco and cattell according to the age above mentioned and sett down in the said division and according to the true intent of the said Henry White's written will, etc."

Sources

1. ↑ Mar 26, 1688, pg. 105, Vol. VIII, York County VA Court Records, cited in, The Lost Tribes of North Carolina, by W. S. Ray, p 243. This information is listed online at: Rebecca White: 1666-1686 under "Sources".

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• Source: S-2052921884 Repository: #R-2139398877 Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, compiler: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. APID: 1,4725::0

• Source: S-2052921896 Repository: #R-2139398877 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 by Yates Publishing: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. APID: 1,7836::0

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile White-6896 was created through the import of Rankin-Ridgdill Family Tree.ged on Oct 4, 2011 by Elizabeth Rankin. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Elizabeth and others.

• Donnie White edited this profile on April 8, 2013.

• Chet Snow edited this profile, adding the Virginia Court citation proving her parentage and early death, unmarried, on August 18, 2019.