Benjamin White, of Marshfield

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Peregrine White, William White, and Susannah (Winslow) White

Disambiguation

There were apparently two different Benjamin Whites, close in age, from two different family lines. This one IS directly related to William White of the "Mayflower" - the other one is NOT.

Biography

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Benjamin White was born on 12 October 1684 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, the son of Daniel and Hannah (Hunt) White.[1][2][3]

He was married to Faith Oakman on 02 December 1714 in Marshfield by Rev. James Gardner.[4][5][6][7] She was the daughter of Tobias and Elizabeth (Doty) Oakman, born Marshfield 15 May 1697,[8] and a descendant of Pilgrim Edward Doty.[3]

Benjamin died in Marshfield on 12 May 1724 at age 39 and was buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.[9][10][11] Faith was appointed administration on her husband's estate on 07 July 1724. [12][13][14] She rendered her account on his estate on 17 June 1741 as Faith Foster. The account mentions support of Benjamin's children and lying-in with her son Benjamin, born after his father was deceased, and support for Jedidah and Lydia.[15]

Faith married, as her second husband, Thomas Foster about 1734. With him she had Thomas and Deborah. The will of Tobias Oakman of Marshfield, dated 21 March 1745 and proved 26 July 1750, names his daughter Faith Foster. [16][17]

Faith died in Marshfield on 26 December 1758 aged 61 years, 6 months, "wife of Thomas Foster."[18]

Children of Benjamin and Faith White, born Marshfield:[19][20][21][3]

1. Abigail, b. 05 Nov 1715. Married John Stetson.
2. Tabitha, b. 30 Oct 1717; d. 07 July 1742; unmarried. No probate record.
3. Lydia, b. 01 Aug 1721. Married Thomas Holmes.
4. Jedidah, b. 06 Nov 1721. Married Joseph Brewster.
5. Benjamin, b. 23 Jan 1724/5. Married Mercy Thomas.

Research notes

Previous versions of this profile included incorrect data by confusing the son of Daniel and Hannah (Hunt) White with Benjamin, son of Ebenezer White who was also born in 1684, but lived in Weymouth and Middlesboro, and married Priscilla Underwood.

Sources

• ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Marshfield, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 7:119. "Benjamin the son of Daniell White and Hannah his wife was borne October the 12 : 1684"
• ↑ Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-* 2016), p. 32.
• ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wakefield, Robert S. (editor). Sherman, Ruth Wilder and Sherman, Robert Moody (original compilers). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Thirteen Family of William White. Third Edition. (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006) pp. 15, 48.
• ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Sherman, Robert M; Sherman, Ruth Wilder, Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Ann Arbor, MI: Society of Mayflower Descendants, RI, 1969), p. 36. (Link by $ubscription)
• "Benjamin White and ffaith Oaksman were married December ye 2 : 1714"
• ↑ Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), p.40
• ↑ Marriages in Marshfield, Mass., Vital Records from The NEHGS Register, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), v.6, p.350
• ↑ Bowman, "Marshfield VRs," MD Vol. 7:131.
• ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Sherman & Sherman, VRs of Marshfield, p. 44 (Link by $ubscription.)
• ↑ Bowman, "Records from Old Burial Ground, Marshfield," MD 13:133.
• "White, Benjamin, died 12 May, 1724, aged 39 years."
• ↑ Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), p. 86
• ↑ Deaths and Burials in Marshfield, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.), v.8, p.230
• ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915," images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Plymouth > Case no 22494-22549 Whitcomb, Noah-White, Ezra S. > image 249 of 809; Supreme Judical Court, Boston. Plymouth County Probate file #22511.
• ↑ Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.), Benjamin White, Marshfield, 1724, No. 222511
• ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Probate records 1717-1724 and 1854-1862 vol 4-4Q > image 232 of 485; State Archives, Boston. Plymouth Probate Records Vol. 4:423.
• ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-NV4Q?cc=2018320&w... : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1738-1742 vol 8 > image 207 of 288; State Archives, Boston. Plymouth Probate Records Vol. 8:387-8.
• ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Probate records 1749-1752 and 1848-1853 vol 12-12C > image 59 of 596; State Archives, Boston. Plymouth County Probate Records Vol. 12:90, Tobias Oakman's Will, 1750.
• ↑ Bowman, "Tobias Oakman's Will", MD Vol. 22:36, 37.
• ↑ Bowman, "Records from Old Burial Ground, Marshfield" MD Vol. 12:150
• "Foster, Faith, wife of Thomas, died 26 December, 1758, aged 61 years, 6 months."
• ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). VRs of Marshfield, pp. 42, 44, 47, 50, 80, 413.
• ↑ Bowman, "VRs of Marshfield," MD 8:177.
• ↑ Bowman, "VRs of Marshfield," MD 30:148.
• Peter B. Hill, comp., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Edward Doty, Volume 11, Part 1 of 3, (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2009), p.44
• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 17 January 2020), memorial page for Benjamin White (12 Oct 1684–12 May 1724), Find A Grave: Memorial #117541109, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Chip5610 (contributor 46997557). (Includes gravestone photo.) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117541109/benjamin-white