Captain John White

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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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