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Ebenezer White

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: May 18, 1733 (41)
Hebron, Tolland County, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Marshfield
Immediate Family:

Son of Daniel White of Marshfield and Hannah White
Husband of Hannah White
Father of Obediah White; Rebecca Root; Hannah Owen; Hannah Foster; Chene (Chenneyanne) White and 4 others
Brother of John White of Marshfield; Captain Joseph White, of Lebanon; Thomas White of Marshfield; Cornelius White; Benjamin White, of Marshfield and 1 other

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About Ebenezer White

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



Biography Ebenezer White was born on 3[worn] August 1691 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the son of Daniel and Hannah (Hunt) White.[1] [2]

He married Hannah Doggett on 09 March 1712/3 in Marshfield.[3][4] She was born on 28 December 1693 in Marshfield, the daughter of John and Mehitable (Trewant) Doggett.[5] Hannah's father's will, dated 21 January 1716, names her as Hannah White.[6]

Ebenezer and wife Hannah sold their house and land in Marshfield to James Sprague on 13 April 1723.[7]

Ebenezer died on 18 May 1733 in Hebron, Connecticut. [8] The will of Ebenezer White of Hebron, dated 14 May and presented 03 July 1733, named his wife Hannah, sons Obadiah, Ebenezer and Joseph, daughters Rebecca, Hannah, Cheanna and Mehetabell.[9]

His widow Hannah died in Hebron on 04 May 1734.[8] On 10 September 1734 Obadiah White age 17 and Chene White age 12, chose Joseph Phelps to be their guardian. On 17 May 1735 Rebeckah White, age 16, and Hannah White, age 14, chose Capt. Hezekiah Gaylord to be their guardian.[9] On 11 March 1735/6, the account of administration was accepted.[9] On 13 March 1738/9, the remaining property was distributed among Obadiah (a double portion), Ebenezer, Rebecca, Chene and Mehitabell. On 02 January 1744/5, guardianship was filed for Ebenezer, a minor, and a distribution of the lands of Ebenezer White of Hebron deceased was made to eldest son Obadiah, son Ebenezer, daughters Cheny, Rebecca and Hannah.[10][11]

Children of Ebenezer and Hannah White, first four in Marshfield, last 3 in Hebron: [12][13] [14][2]

  1. Obadiah, born 27 March 1716
  2. Rebecca, b. 17 Nov 1718
  3. Hannah, b. 13 Mar 1720/1
  4. Chene, b. 16 Jul 1722
  5. Ebenezer, b. 30 Jan 1726/7
  6. Joseph, b. 11 Mar 1728; d. 14 Dec 1736 Hebron, Connecticut
  7. Mehitable, b. 24 Jan 1730/1; d. 30 Jan 1741/2 Hebron

Sources

  • ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Marshfield, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 7:119.
  • "Ebenezer the son of Daniell White and Hannah his wife was borne August the 3[worn'] 1691"
  • ↑ 2.0 2.1 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, 49-50.
  • ↑ Bowman, "Marshfield VRs," MD Vol. 7:132.
  • "Ebenezer White and Hanna Dogg[et] were married March ye 9 : 1712/13"]
  • ↑ Bowman, "Marshfield VRs," MD Vol. 8:42.
  • "Ebenezer white & Hanna Dogget married march 9th 1712/13"
  • ↑ Bowman, "Marshfield VRs," MD Vol. 3:188.
  • "Hanah the Daughter of John Dogett & Mehetable his wife was born Desembr . 28 . 1693."
  • ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Probate records 1717-1724 and 1854-1862 vol 4-4Q > image 81 of 485; State Archives, Boston. Plymouth County Probate Records, Vol. 4:120, Will of John Doggett, 1716.
  • ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1720-1724 vol 15-17 > image 445 of 709; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Plymouth County Deeds, Vol. 16:187, Ebenezer White to James Sprague 1723.
  • ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (12 May 2016), 007619773 > image 126 of 443; Connecticut State Library, Hartford. Hebron VRs Vol. 1:19.
  • "Ebnezer White dyed May the - 18th - 1733"
  • "Hannah White Relict to Ebnezer White decest dyed May the - 4th - day - 1734"
  • ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Manwaring, Charles W., A digest of the early Connecticut probate records, (Hartford, Conn. : R.S. Peck & co., 1904) Vol. 3:131, 209.
  • ↑ Colchester, CT, Probate Records, Vol. 1:76, 87-8
  • ↑ "Distribution MD Vol. 39:136-7 Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
  • ↑ Bowman, "Marshfield VRs, MD Vol. 7:134.
  • ↑ Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) Vol. 30:152. (Link by $ubscription.)
  • ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (12 May 2016), 007619773 > image 121 of 443; Connecticut State Library, Hartford. Hebron, Connecticut, VRs 1:9, 10.
  • Doggett, Samuel B., A history of the Doggett-Daggett family (Boston : Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1894) pp. 354-5
  • The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Vol. 48:150-3 Robert and Ruth Sherman, "Hannah and Chene White of Hebron an Exercise with Land Evidence"
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Ebenezer White's Timeline

1691
August 3, 1691
Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1716
March 27, 1716
Marshfield, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1718
November 17, 1718
Marshfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1719
January 27, 1719
Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
1721
March 13, 1721
Marshfield, MA
1722
July 16, 1722
Marshfield, MA
1727
January 10, 1727
Hebron, CT
1728
March 11, 1728
Hebron, CT
1731
January 24, 1731
Hebron, CT