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Common terms and phrasesAaron Abigail Amos Anna April 19 April 27 Augustus Benjamin Bolton born Feb born in Hadley born in Upper born Nov Capt Caroline Charles Chatham Chester CHILDREN Church Clarissa Clark Conn Daniel White David descendants died Dec died Jan died Nov Ebenezer Edward Elijah Elijah White Elisha Eliza Elizabeth Emily Esther Eunice farmer Frances George grad Hannah Harriet Hartford Hatfield Haven Henry husband Isaac Jacob James Jane Joel John White Jonathan Joseph Josiah Julia July 17 June 16 June 22 Laura lives Loomis Louisa Lucy Luther Lydia Lyman March March 14 March 20 Maria MARRIAGE Martha Mary Mass merchant Moses N. Y. He married Nathaniel White Noadiah Ohio Oliver Rachel Rebecca resides Ruth Sally Samuel Sarah SECOND MARRIAGE settled Smith South Hadley Susan Susannah Timothy town Upper Middletown West Springfield Whitestown William Yale College Popular passagesPage 15 - Mr. Hooker, Mr. Stone and about a hundred men, women and children took their departure from Cambridge and traveled more than a hundred miles, through a hideous and trackless wilderness to Hartford. Page 16 - They had no guide but their compass; made their way over mountains, through swamps, thickets, and rivers, which were not passable but with great difficulty. They had no cover but the heavens, nor any lodgings but those which simple nature afforded them. "They drove with them a hundred and sixty head of cattle, and by the way subsisted on the milk of their cows. Mrs. Hooker was borne through the wilderness upon a litter. The people generally carried their packs, arms, and some utensils. They were... Page 16 - This adventure was the more remarkable, as many of this company were persons of figure, who had lived, in England, in honor, affluence and delicacy, and were entire strangers to fatigue and danger. Page 15 - In February, 1635, the town of Cambridge made its first election of a board of seven men "to do the whole business of the town. Page 83 - ... frontier. He was, however, a man of prominence in Augusta, which county he represented in the House of Burgesses, when he voted in favor of Patrick Henry's famous resolutions of 1765 opposing the Stamp Act. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention that framed the first Virginia Constitution, and of the convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States in 1788. His home was in that part of Augusta which was made into Rockingham county in 1778. Another son of John was William,... Page 21 - ... my oxpasture"; to son Daniel White £20; to son Jacob White part of "my oxpasture" and moveables; "I empower my executor to give to my daughter Hixton according to his discretion as he shall see her need calls for"; "and whereas formerly I intended to give one parcel of meadow land in great Ponset to Stephen Taylor, yet now being forced to pay a great sum of money for the redemption of his house & homelot, I now see cause to dispose of that land for payment of that debt, and shall leave it to... Page 41 - ... of the court of common pleas and of the superior court of Cincinnati, and the superior court of Montgomery county, two thousand five hundred dollars, each ; secretary... Page 21 - White & his heires for ever that part of my Ox pasture in Hartford which lyeth on the right hand of the way Leading to wethersfield, bounded by the high way East, by Jonathan Bigaloes land South by Henery Grimes his Land North... Page 209 - In testimony of respect for his talents,' his acquirements, and his public services, the honorary degree of Master of Arts was conferred on him by Yale College in 1777. Page 21 - Mr John Whiting my honored pastor five pounds in silver. My will is that due debts being discharged, and the above mentioned legacies payd, the remainder of my Estate shall be divided among my grand Children, (viz.) Jonathan Gilbert son of my daughter Mary, my son Nathaniells Children, my son Johns Children, my son Daniells Children & my Daughter Sarah Children, their sons to have as much more as their daughters, & if any of their sons shall dye before they Come to the age... References from web pagesFamily History and Genealogy of Elder John White and his ... Bibliographic information
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