Joseph White (1678 - bef. 1764)

Born 1 Mar 1678 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Dwelly) White — married 21 Dec 1710 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 27 Mar 1764 before age 86 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Joseph White, son of Daniel and Hannah (Hunt) White was born at Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, 1 Mar 1677/8.^[1][2][3]

Marriage

Joseph White, of Marshfield, married at Scituate, Massachusetts, 21 Dec 1710, Elizabeth Dwelly.^[1][4] She was born at Scituate, 25 Aug 1687, daughter of Richard and Amy/Eame (Glass) Dwelly. Elizabeth died 30 May 1751 age 64 at Lebanon. The division of her father's estate in 1709 named the widow Amy and one child Elizabeth.^[1]

1748

15 June 1748 - Joseph White of Marshfield, gentleman, sold Abijah White "all my dwelling house, barns, and land formerly my Father Daniel White's"; his wife Elizabeth released her dower.^[1][5] Joseph and Elizabeth may not have left Marshfield until late 1748. However, their daughter Ruth married at Lebanon, Connecticut, in 1736.^[1]

Death

Joseph died at Lebanon, Connecticut, before 27 March 1764, the date his will was proved.^[1] He was buried at the Goshen Cemetery in Lebanon, but only the footstone survives.^[6]

Will

The will of Captain Joseph White of Lebanon was dated November 6, 1753 and proved on March 27, 1764. He named daughters Ruth Thomas (late of Lebanon, deceased); son-in-law Amos Thomas, and their children: Ruth, Bethia, Abijah, Lucy, Amos and Molly (all under age); daughter ElizabethTilden, granddaughter Elizabeth Tilden; sons-in-law Amos Thomas and Joseph Tilden were executors.^[1][7] The estate of Captain Joseph White was appraised, 2 April 1764, valued at £662 and contained many items of debt owned to him.

Children^[1]

1. Deborah White, b the 7th of ? month in 1712; bpt 23 Aug 1713 in Scituate; no further record.
2. Ruth White b. 12th ---ber 1715; bpt 15 July 1716
3. Elizabeth White b. 10 Jan 1720.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} 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)
2. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Marshfield, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 7:119.

   "Joseph the son of Daniell White and Hannah his wife was borne March the first: 1677/8"

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), p. 31.
4. ↑ Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850. Volume II - Marriages and deaths. (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1909) p. 324
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z7-X4KT?cc=2106411&wc=MCBL-QM9%3A361612701%2C361675301 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1745-1748 vol 38-39 > image 463 of 585; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 19 May 2020), memorial page for Capt Joseph White (1 Mar 1678–27 Mar 1764), Find A Grave: Memorial #24796955, citing Goshen Cemetery, Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Gary Wise (contributor 47567359).
7. ↑ Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut Notes: Probate Packets, Webster, J-Williams, A, 1719-1880 Joseph White, Lebanon, 1764, #4121, Windham Probate District. Accessed at Ancestry ($)

See also:

• Tuttle, Alva M, Tuttle-Tuthill Lines in America, (Estel Printing Service, Columbus, Ohio, 1968) also Higginson Book Company, Salem, Massachusetts
• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2, Ancestry.com; Vol. 2, pgs 476-477

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