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Bridget White

Female — - 1640


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Bridget White was born in — in Sturton le Steeple, Nottinghamshire, England (daughter of Alexander White and Eleanor Smith); died in say 1640 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Living: Apr 1611, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; In April 1611 she was witness at the marriage of her sister Jane White to Reynulf Dickens in Leiden, Netherlands.
    • Living: 17 Dec 1611; On 17 December 1611 she was witness at the marriage of William Boeckram [Bucknam?] and Elizabeth Neal.
    • Census: 15 Oct 1622, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; In the Census of Leiden, Netherlands on 15 October 1622 she was recorded as dwelling in the Ward Seven Huizen.
    • Miscellaneous: 15 Jan 1626, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; After her husband's death, she, with Henry Jepson and two other joint owners of the house in which Robinson had lived, agrees to pay interest of 125 francs on the unpaid portion of the value of the house on 15 January 1626.
    • Living: 26 May 1629, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; On 26 May 1629 she appears as a witness at the marriage of her oldest daughter Bridget, with John Greenwood, student in theology in the University in Leiden.
    • Deed: 13 Dec 1629, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; On 13 December 1629 she sells to William Jepson, her quarter of the premises on the Kloksieeg, where her late husband had lived, labored and died.
    • Last Full Review: 7 Aug 2020

    Notes:

    Death: She is supposed to have come to New England with her son, Isaac; and tradition says she was buried in the old grave-yard in Barnstable. This has been disproved by Dexter (1866). She remained in Leyden, and probably died there.

    Bridget married Rev. John Robinson on 15 Feb 1604 in Saint Mary's Church, Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England. John was born between March 1576 and Sep 1576 in Sturton le Steeple, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 1 Mar 1626 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; was buried in Pieterskerk, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    College fellows were prohibited from marrying so Robinson resigned his fellowship to wed Bridget White.

    Children:
    1. John Robinson
    2. Bridget Robinson
    3. Isaac Robinson was born in 1610 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
    4. Mary Robinson was born on 18 Mar 1597 in Fairsted, Essex, England; was christened on 16 Aug 1604 in Fairsted, Essex, England; died on 24 Mar 1655 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
    5. Fear Robinson
    6. Jacob Robinson

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Alexander White died before 1604 in Sturton le Steeple, Nottinghamshire, England.

    Alexander married Eleanor Smith. Eleanor died before 1604 in Sturton le Steeple, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Eleanor Smith died before 1604 in Sturton le Steeple, Nottinghamshire, England.
    Children:
    1. 1. Bridget White was born in — in Sturton le Steeple, Nottinghamshire, England; died in say 1640 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.