Capt. John White

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Capt. John White

Birthdate:
Birthplace: of, London, Middlesex , England
Death: between 1641 and circa 1655 (11-38)
James City County, Virginia
Immediate Family:

Son of William White, haberdasher of London
Husband of Elizabeth “Lucy” Corker
Father of Elizabeth Spencer; Mary Barrett and John White

Occupation: Burgess
Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Capt. John White

William Corker was Burgess for James city (1655-1656), and captain of militia. He married the widow of Captain John White, Burgess for James City, 1641.


Capt John White (died before 1658) married Elizabeth.

Their three children

  • 1. John White in his 1679 will leaves property to Mary White, sister, and Lucy Corker, half sister
  • 2. Mary White made her will in 1720, apparently unmarried in 1675
  • 3. Elizabeth White married Capt. Robert Spencer

Source: page 169 of Southside Virginia Families, Volume 1 By John Bennett Boddie, Boddie


From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lgmathis&...

Capt. John White, of James City, had,

  • (1) John White (will proved in Surry, 1679).
  • (2) Lucy m. Capt. William Corker. [SIC: daughter of William Corker]
  • (3) Elizabeth m. Capt. Robert Spencer.
  • (4) Mary m'd probably James Barrett.

notes

page 358 of Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial ..., Volume 1 edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler has John White as also the Burgess for James City in 1641, son of William White, haberdasher of London. [generation skip!] will proved in Surry County, 1679, naming two sisters, Lucy Corker and Mary White.


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Capt. John White's Timeline

1625
1625
of, London, Middlesex , England
1640
May 26, 1640
Virginia
1641
1641
Age 16
James City County, Virginia
1660
1660
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