Captain John White

1684 - 1725  (40 years)

• Name	John White
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	29 Sep 1684	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Married	say 1710 (Age 26)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  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 (Age 33)
  He was licenced to keep a tavern.
  Offices Held	1719 (Age 35)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  He served on a grand jury.
  Occupation	say 1720 (Age 36)
  By trade, John was a blacksmith and was well to do for his time.
  Offices Held	1720 (Age 36)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  He was chosen a selectman.
  Military	1722 to 1725 (Age 38)
  During Lovewell's War, he led several expeditions against the Indians. Capt. White was known as a great Indian fighter.
  Death	12 Sep 1725	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  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.
  Siblings	6 Siblings
  + 1. Sarah White,   b. 21 Oct 1680, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts ▻ John Wilder,  m. 1699 + 2. Deacon Josiah White,   b. 16 Sep 1682, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 5 May 1772, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 89 years) ▻ Abigail Whitcomb,  m. 26 Jun 1706   3. Captain John White,   b. 29 Sep 1684, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 12 Sep 1725, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 40 years)   4. Thankful White,   b. 27 Mar 1689, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 8 Apr 1737, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 48 years)   5. Jonathan White,   b. 1692, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 16 Jul 1707, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 15 years)   6. Judith White,   b. 1694, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 25 Aug 1760, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 66 years)   7. Keziah White,   b. 1696, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I16432
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Sgt. Josiah White,   b. 1643, Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 11 Nov 1714, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Rice,   b. 4 Sep 1656, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 22 Aug 1733, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1678	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 35 years and 11 months - She : 22 years and 2 months.
  Family ID	F509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 29 Sep 1684 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Married - say 1710 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1719 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1720 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Death - 12 Sep 1725 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S981] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Sudbury Records", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVII, 1863). [S67] Ancestral File (LDS), (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Questionnable Source. [S691] Benson, Alan. "Family Group Sheets of White, Whitcomb and Johnson", (Cleveland, Ohio: Compiled 11 December 1993). [S464] Nourse, Henry S. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1890).