Deacon Nicholas White

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Nicholas White

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Taunton, Plymouth Colony
Death: September 02, 1743 (69)
Norton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Son of Nicholas White, II and Ursula White
Husband of Experience White
Father of Nicholas White, III, MD; Ursula Caswell; Judith Williams; Lieutenant Isaac White, I; Benjamin White and 5 others
Brother of Matthew White; Ephraim White; Dorcas Leonard; Benjamin White; John White and 1 other

Managed by: Robert Samuel Brunswick Ruhe
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About Deacon Nicholas White

From The Nicholas White Family: 1643-1900 by Thomas Lothrop. Published 1902.

Nicholas 3 White, resided near Cobbler's Corner in the North Precinct of Norton (now Mansfield). The house in which he lived is now (1901) standing. He was one of the earliest settlers in that neighborhood and a leader in all movements for the comfort and welfare of the people. With George Leonard, who had also settled in another part of the territory, that is now Norton, he led the movement to set off the town of Norton from Taunton. He also took a leading part in setting off the North Precinct of Norton and establishing a church within its limits. This was done in 1731, and in 1737 Rev. Ebenezer White of Brookline, a graduate of Harvard in the class of 1733, was ordained as "gospel minister of the church in the North Precinct of Norton." Nicholas White had been a deacon of the first church in Norton for many years, and was the first deacon of the church in the North Precinct. He was also one of the selectmen of Norton, a representative to the General Court, and conspicuous in all public affairs. A large boulder was erected by his descendant, Walter L. White, on the farm where he lived, commemorative of his services as a founder of the town. His will, dated August 8, 1743, was proved October 3, 1743. The executors were his sons, Nicholas and Jacob. He died September 2, 1743, leaving a large estate. June 2, 1703, he married Experience, daughter of Philip and Judith (Whitman) King, who died in May, 1752, in the 74th year of her age. Children probably all born within the limits of the present town of Mansfield : 76. i. Nicholas4, b. 1704. 77. ii. Philip, b. 1706. ______________________________________

Children

  1. Nicholas White b. in 1704 in Mansfield.
  2. Philip White b. in 1706 in Mansfield.
  3. Ursula Caswell (White) b. in 1708 in Mansfield. Married Samuel Caswell Dr., son of John Caswell and Elizabeth Hall. Samuel b. on 6 Oct 1695 in Taunton.
  4. Jonathan White b. 20 Nov. 1710 in Norton, Bristol Co., MA. d. 11 Nov 1750.
  5. Jacob White b. 2 on 26 May 1713 in Norton, Bristol Co., MA.
  6. Judith Williams (White) b. 30 Dec 1715 in Norton, Bristol Co., MA. She was christened in First Congregational Parish, Unitarian.
  7. Experience White b. 30 Aug 1718 in Norton, Bristol Co., MA. She was christened in First Congregational Parish, Unitarian. She died before 1743.
  8. Isaac White b. 25 Nov 1720 in Norton, Bristol Co., MA.
  9. Mary Eliot (White) b. 7 Jul 1723 in Norton, Bristol Co., MA.
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Deacon Nicholas White's Timeline

1674
February 3, 1674
Taunton, Plymouth Colony
1704
1704
Norton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1706
1706
1708
1708
Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts
1710
November 10, 1710
1713
May 26, 1713
Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
1715
December 30, 1715
Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
1718
August 30, 1718
1720
November 25, 1720