Part 1. The White Family of Middletown, Middlesex, CT Send comments and corrections to anneb0704@yahoo.co.uk
JOHN WHITE
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CAPT. NATHANIEL WHITE (c. 1629 - 1711) of Middletown m. Elizabeth Unknown
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SGT. JOHN WHITE of Hatfield (d. 1665) m. Sarah Bunce (d. 1676)
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ELIZABETH WHITE (1654 - 1711) m. Sgt John Clark
SARAH WHITE m. John Graves


Generation 1

ELDER JOHN WHITE

Parents:

Elder John White died on 17 Dec 1683 in Hartford. [Ref] He married Mary Unknown. [Ref]

John came to New England on the Lyon in 1632. [Ref] He was a freeman in 1633. [Ref] He was a townsman of Cambridge in 1635. [Ref] He moved to Hartford in 1636, where he was one of the original proprietors. [Ref] He was selectman in 1642. [Ref] He moved to Hadley in 1658. [Ref] He was a representative in 1664 and 1669. [Ref] He moved back to Hartford. [Ref]

Capt. Nathaniel White of Middletown, Elizabeth, the widow of Ens. Jacob White of Hartford, Lieut. Daniel White of Hatfield, John White, John Graves (in his wife's right) of Hatfield, the legal representatives of John White of Hatfield, deceased, and Sarah (White) (Taylor) (Hinsdell) Hixon, all kin to Ens. Jacob White, deceased, signed an agreement on 12 Dec 1701. In the agreement, Capt. Nathaniel White, Daniel White and John White, deceased, are referred to as Ens. Jacob White's brothers; Sarah is referred to as his sister. [Ref 2;137]

He signed his will on 17 Dec 1683. [Ref] Inventory was taken on his estate on 23 Jan 1684. [Ref]

Children of John White:

  1. Mary White married Jonathan Gilbert. [Ref]
  2. Capt Nathaniel White was born about 1629. He died on 27 Aug 1711 in Middletown. He married first Elizabeth Unknown. He married second Mrs. Martha Mould.
  3. Sgt. John White was born about 1630. He was buried on 15 Sep in Hatfield, age about 35. He married Sarah Bunce.
  4. Ens. Jacob White of Hartford died before 12 Dec 1701. He married Elizabeth Bunce. [Ref]
  5. Lieut. Daniel White of Hartford died on 27 Jul 1713 in Hatfield. [Ref] He married Sarah Crow [Ref] on 1 Nov 1661, when she was 14 years old. [Ref] Sarah, the daughter of John Crow, was born in Hartford on 1 Mar 1647. [Ref] She dies on 26 Jun 1719 in Hatfield. [Ref]
  6. Sarah White died on 10 Aug 1702 in Hatfield. [Ref] She married first Stephen Taylor of Hatfield. [Ref] He was buried on 8 Sep 1655 in Hatfifeld. [Ref] She married second Barnabas Hinsdale of Hatfield on 15 Oct 1666. He was one of Capt. Lathrop's company at Bloody Brook and he was slain by the Indians on 18 Sep 1675. [Ref] Barnabas was the son of Robert Hinsdale. [Ref, p. 574] She married third Walter Hickson of Hatfield. [Ref]
    some descendants of Sarah White

Generation 2

CAPT. NATHANIEL WHITE (c. 1629 - 1711) of Middletown

Parents: Elder John White [Ref]

Capt. Nathaniel White was born about 1629. [Ref] He died on 27 Aug 1711 in Middletown. [Ref] He married first Elizabeth Unknown. [Ref][Ref] He married second Mrs. Martha Mould. [Ref]

Children of Nathaniel White:

  1. Nathaniel White was born on 5 Jul 1652 in Middletown. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Savage on 28 Mar 1677/8. [Ref]
  2. Elizabeth White was born on 7 Mar 1654 in Middletown. She married John Clark.
  3. John White was born on 9 Apr 1657 in Middletown. [Ref]
  4. Mary White was born on 7 Apr 1659 in Middletown. [Ref]
  5. Daniel White was born on 23 Feb 1661 in Middletown. [Ref] He died on 18 Dec 1739 in Middletown. [Ref] He married Susanna Mould of New London in Mar 1682/3 in Middletown. [Ref] He had eight sons and three daughters. [Ref]
  6. Sarah White was born on 22 Jan 1663 in Middletown. [Ref]
  7. Jacob White was born on 10 May 1665 in Middletown. [Ref] He died on 29 Mar 1738 in Middletown. [Ref] He married first Deborah Shepard on 4 Feb 1692 in Middletown. [Ref] She died on 8 Feb 1720/1. [Ref] He married second Rebecca, the widow of Thomas Ranny, on 16 Dec 1729 in Middletown. [Ref] Jacob and Deborah had five sons and four daughters. [Ref]
  8. Joseph White was born on 20 Feb 1666 in Middletown. [Ref] He married Mary Mould on 3 Apr 1693 in Middletown. [Ref] He had three boys and four girls. [Ref]

SGT. JOHN WHITE (c. 1630 - 1665) of Hatfield

Parents: Elder John White [Ref]

John White was born about 1630. He was buried on 15 Sep in Hatfield, age about 35. He married Sarah Bunce of Hartford. [Ref] She died on 20 Jun 1676 in Hatfield. [Ref] She married second Nicholas Worthington of Hatfield. [Ref]

Children of John White:

  1. Sarah White was born in Hartford. married John Graves.
  2. Dea. John White was born about 1633. [Ref] He died on 17 Nov 1750, age 87, at the house of his son, Rev. David White of Hardwick. [Ref] He married Hannah Wells on 7 Jul 1687. [Ref] Hannah, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Wells of Hadley, was born on 4 Jul 1668 and died on 17 Dec 1733. [Ref]
    He settled in Hatfield. He was a selectman for 20 years. [Ref] He was an ensign in 1707. [Ref] He was a deacon in 1713. [Ref]

Mrs. Martha White died on 14 Apr 1730, age 77, in Middletown. [Ref]

Generation 3

SARAH WHITE

Parents: Sgt. John White [Ref] and Sarah Bunce [Ref]

Sarah White was born in Hartford. She married John Graves [Ref] on 12 Feb 1678. [Ref]

ELIZABETH WHITE (1654 - 1711)

Parents: Capt Nathaniel White [Ref]

Elizabeth White was born on 7 Mar 1654 in Middletown. [Ref][Ref says 1655] She died on 25 Dec 1711 in Middletown. [Ref] She married Sgt John Clark. [Ref]

Elizabeth was admitted to full communion in the First Church of Christ, Congregational in Middletown on 12 Dec 1696. [Ref]

References

Adams, Charles Collard, Middletown Upper Houses: A history of the north society of Middletown, Connecticut, from 1650 to 1800, with genealogical and biographical chapters on early families and a full genealogy of the Ranney family, New York, Grafton Press, 1908.

White, Lorraine Cook, ed., The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 1-55, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.