Captain John White

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• Married: say 1710, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Eunice Wilder, the daughter of Lt. Nathaniel and Mary (Sawyer) Wilder. She was born in 1690 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Friday 15 May 1778 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Eunice White 2. John White 3. Elizabeth White 4. Dorothy White (1717-____) 5. Thomas White 6. Lois White 7. Mary White 8. Nathaniel White
• Occupation: 1717; He was licenced to keep a tavern.
• Offices Held: 1719, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He served on a grand jury.
• Occupation: say 1720; By trade, John was a blacksmith and was well to do for his time.
• Offices Held: 1720, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was chosen a selectman.
• Military: 1722 to 1725; During Lovewell's War, he led several expeditions against the Indians. Capt. White was known as a great Indian fighter.
• History: 1726; Eunice a petition for relief after her husband's death. It relates much of what happened during the war and is excerpted below: "Some few Instances whereof your Petr. would humbly ripresent to this Honble Court. Yor. Petrs. sd. husband altho he had divers times had the honour to bear command yet voluntarily Enlisted himself under the late Capt. Lovewell, and choose rather to go as and Under Officer at that time because he would do what in him lay to Encourage others to Enlist and marched with him at the time when they killed the Ten Indians, in which march they were out near Forty days, Then he performed a march to a place called Cohosse on Connecticut River thinking to meet with the Enemy there and come in at Fort Dummer, being out thirty four days, tho they missed of their desired Success; Then in about Eight days time he had a Company raised and went to Pigwacket to bury Capt. Lovewell which he performed in a very difficult season of the year. Then he went to Connecticut at his own cost and charge to get a Company of Mohege Indians in order to go down to St Francois to take an Indian fort there, but failing of his aim, he returned home and then enlisted a Company of Voluntiers and marched designing for a Fort beyond Pigwacket, but was taken sick before he got there, returned home and dyed leaving your Petr. his bereaved widow with seven Children the Eldest about Fifteen years old and Four of them very young, & one she then went with who is now living."
• Inventory: Jan 1725/26; His inventory was valued at £1220.

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• Military: During Queen Anne's War, Josiah commanded a garrison in Lancaster, and was referred to in the records as Sargent White.
• Moved to: 1653; He removed to Lancaster, Massachusetts with his parents.
• Offices Held: 1690; He was a selectman

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He was baptized in the First Church of Salem, Massachusetts. His baptism was recorded 4 (4) 1643.

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Josiah married Mary Rice on 28 Nov 1678 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Thomas Rice and Mary King) was born on 4 Sep 1656 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Aug 1733 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 30 Aug 1713, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mary was joined the First Church in Lancaster.

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• Proprietor: 1638, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Immigration: 1638; He came over on board the ship,Providence of Massachusetts, and settled in Salem, Mass.
• Land/House: Aug 1639, Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts; He received as an inhabitant of Salem, a grant of land in what is now Wenham. The first saw and grist mill was built on his land.
• Moved To: 1647 or 1648; He returned to England for a time.
• Proprietor: 1 May 1653, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He became a proprietor.Being the wealthiest proprietor of Lancaste, he therefore drew the most land.
• Probate/Proved: 27 Jul 1673; The date was recorded as 27 (4) 1673.

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Probate/Proved:
Nourse (1890) says the will was probated 28 May 1673.

John married Joane West on 28 May 1627 in Dayton, Somersetshire, England (not found). Joane (daughter of Richard West and Magdalin Staple) was christened on 16 Apr 1606 in Drayton, Somerset, England; died on 18 May 1654 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 26 Feb 1642, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; She was admitted to the Salem Church.

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Died:
Her death was recorded as 18 (3) 1654.

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• Freeman: 1660, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: say 1661, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He moved from Sudbury, Mass. to Marlborough, Massachusetts. He received 35 Acres in the original partition of Marlborough.
• Moved to: say 1677; King Philip's raid, he removed back to Sudbury and remained there the rest of his life.
• Probate/Proved: 1681

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Died:
His death date was recorded as 16 (9) 1681.

Thomas married Mary King. Mary (daughter of Thomas King and Anne Collins) was born about 1630 in England; died in bta 1715 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Probate/Proved: 1715

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• Will: 10 Mar 1642/43
• Probate/Proved: 11 Apr 1643

Richard married Magdalin Staple on 19 Nov 1601 in Drayton, Somerset, England. Magdalin (daughter of John Staple alias Cook and Phllipa Hawker) was born in say 1590 in Drayton, Somerset, England; was buried on 23 Aug 1641 in Drayton, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Proprietor: 1639, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Immigration: Abt 1639, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; They settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
• Offices Held: 1639, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman. He served again in 1641 and later.
• Freeman: 13 May 1640, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Offices Held: 1646, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was appointed on of the Commissioners to End Small Causes.
• History: 3 Apr 1656; He deposed 3 (2) 1656 at the age of about 62 years.
• Moved to: say 1660, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He may have removed to Marlborough late in life as he signed the petition for incorporation of Marlborough.
• Estate Admin: 16 Jun 1663; His estate was signed 16 (4) 1663 by his widow, Mercy, eight elder and two younger children and was valued at £567 14/8d and the house at £170.

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Edmund married Thomasine Frost on 15 Oct 1618 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Thomasine (daughter of Edward Frost and Thomasine Belgrave) was christened on 11 Aug 1600 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England; died on 13 Jun 1654 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried on 18 Jun 1654 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Will: 26 Jul 1616, Stanstead, Suffolk, England; She was mentioned in her father's will.
• Immigration: Abt 1639, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; They settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

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• Residence: 1642, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He owned land in Sudbury in the fourth quadrant of the two-mile grant, his lot being number 50 and adjoining the cow-pen in the southwest part of Sudbury.
• History: 1656, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was one of the practitioners for the plantation of Marlborough and was on the first board of selectman of Marlborough.
• Complier's Note: 1995; A Thomas King in New England was left 10 pounds by Peter King, the elder, a gentleman of Shaston, Dorset, England in his will of 30 May 1658. Whether this is this Thomas is unknown at this time.

Thomas married Anne Collins. Anne died on 24 Dec 1642 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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His death was recorded as 24 (10) 1642.