James White

nn Willcox, b. May 9, 1730; d. June, 1765; m., June, 1747. James White, of Concord, Chester, now Delaware co.. Pa., who on Aug. 25, 1747, purchased a house at the south end of Front street. Phila., near the draw-bridge, where he lived until his death, Feb. 8, 1770, aged 66 years. He was one of the original and active members of St. Joseph's R. C. Church, Phila. ; was one of the trustees for the land upon which St. Mary's Church was built in 1762, and a contributor to the building fund; was a merchant and signed the Non-importation Resolutions in 1765. James White, Jr., only child of James and Ann (Willcox) White, who left issue (b. June 15, 1749, d. Dec. 1809), was educated at St. Omer. France, and was a "Doctor of Physick" in Phila, until about 1790, when he removed to Nashville, Tenn.; represented Davidson co. in the terri- torial Assembly that met there Feb., 1794, and serving on the Judiciary Committee of that body ; presented the bill to establish Greeneville College ; was elected by the legis- lature, Sept. 3, 1794, a delegate to the U. S. Congress; removed to Louisiana in 1799, and became parish judge of the Attakapas country; died at Martinsville, La. Edward D. White, son of James, Jr., born in Nashville, Tenn., was a member of Congress from Louisiana, 1829-34; governor of La., 1834-8; again member of Congress, 1839- 42, and d. in New Orleans. April. 1847. Hon. Edward D. White, now of the United States Supreme Court, was his son; https://archive.org/stream/colonialfamilies01jord/colonialfamilies0...