John White

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• Alternate death: Between 17 Dec 1683 and 23 Jan 1684, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Notes:

Emigrated on the Lyon in 1632; first at Cambridge, then Hartford in 1636. His name is on the Founders Monument in downtown Hartford.

From Timothy Lester Jacobs at the Founders of Hartford site:

John White of Messing, Essex, England was a passenger on the ship Lyon, which sailed from England about 22 June 1632 and arrived at Boston 16 September 1632. His sister Mary married in Messing, Joseph Loomis, one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut, whose children married into the families of Hartford Founders James Olmstead, Thomas Scott, and Thomas Judd. John White settled first at Cambridge, where his home lot was on the street then called Cow-Yard Row. He was admitted a freeman of Massachusetts on 4 March 1633. He was selectman of Cambridge starting February 1635. He probably was in the main body of the company of the Rev. Thomas Hooker in June 1636, removing to Hartford.

In the Hartford land inventory of 1639/40, his home lot of about two acres was on the west side of the road from George Steele’s to the Great Swamp. He owned in addition about forty acres of meadow; about thirty-two acres of upland; ten acres of swamp; and one hundred fifty acres of upland east of the Great River.

He was chosen as selectman of Hartford in 1642, 1646, 1651, and 1656. When controversy arose between William Goodwin and Samuel Stone, John White signed the agreement to remove to Hadley on 18 April 1659. His home lot in Hadley was on the east side of Hadley Street, containing approximately eight acres.

In Hadley he was chosen Selectman in 1662, 1663, and 1665. He also was Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts in 1664 and 1669. He returned to Hartford after 1670, when the Second Church of Hartford, under the ministry of the Reverend John Whiting, was established. He was ordained Ruling Elder of that church, March 1677.

John married Mary Levit on 26 Dec 1622 in Messing, Essex, England. Mary died before 1684. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Sarah Crow on 1 Nov 1661. Sarah (daughter of John Crow and Elizabeth Goodwin) was born on 1 Mar 1647 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 26 Jun 1719 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1629, England

Nathaniel married Elizabeth before 1653. Elizabeth died before 1692. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Deacon Nathaniel Dickinson. Deacon (son of Joseph Dickinson and Phebe Bracy) was born on 20 May 1670; died in 1745 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Constable in Middletown, 1694; selectman, 1715.

Jacob married Deborah Shepard on 4 Feb 1692 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Deborah (daughter of John Shepard and Rebecca Greenhill) was born about 1670; died on 8 Feb 1721 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Removed from Hatfield to School Meadows in Hadley, then about 1748 to Amherst.

Jonathan married Mary Smith on 2 Apr 1724. Mary (daughter of Nathaniel Smith and Mary Dickinson) was born on 11 Dec 1700; died on 10 Apr 1763 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 14 Aug 1701, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

Thomas married Sarah Miller on 23 Dec 1725. Sarah was born about 1700; died on 10 Aug 1736; was buried in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]