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John White, of Bristol & Southampton

Also Known As: "Immigrant ancestor", "John Wight"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bristol, City of Bristol, England
Death: 1662 (53)
Long Island, Southampton, Suffolk, New York
Place of Burial: Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Husband of Ann Phillips
Father of Sarah Topping; John White; Martha White Howell; James White, Sr.; Hester Clark and 4 others

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About John White, of Bristol & Southampton

Birth location also seen as Hareby, Lincolnshire, England (United Kingdom)

"Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut" Cutter, William Richard New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911. http://www.ancestry.com/

"John White, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England and settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1633 . He was admitted a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony while at Lynn in 1633 and was made a freeman in 1647 at Southhampton, Long Island , whither he removed about 1644 . He had a son John, mentioned below... [At this point the author confuses the wives of the first two Johns]...

Children:

  1. John,
  2. Sarah,
  3. Hannah, married Captain Thomas Topping ;
  4. James, mentioned below;
  5. Martha, married, June 12, 1673, Captain John Howell;
  6. Abigail, married, October 19, 1682, Captain Abraham Howell;
  7. Esther, married, July 11, 1678, Samuel Clark; daughter."

Will of John Cooper, 06 May, 1662 The American Genealogist, 64:193, Oct 1989. as reported at: "The John Cooper Page" Norris Taylor [nmt1@ix.netcom.com] http://members.tripod.com/~ntgen/bw/cooper_index.html

Mentioned in the will:

Thomas Topping's son Thomas (Topping married Hannah White, daughter of John and Ann (Cooper) White; the child was Thomas Topping, a great-grandchild of John Cooper.) John Topping's daughter Sarah (John Topping was Thomas Topping's brother and married Hannah White's sister, Sarah; the child Sarah Topping was another great-grandchild of John Cooper.

"A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England" James Savage Pub. Boston, 1860-1862, p. 510

"JOHN, Lynn, possib. as early 1630, rem. to Southampton, L. I. had John, James, Sarah, Hannah, Martha,Abigail, and two more ch. for wh. he made good provis. in his will, and d. 1662. His wid. Ann m. Zorobabel Phillips; Martha m. 12 June 1678, John Howell; and Abigail m. 19 Oct. 1682, Abraham Howell. "

"New England Marriages Before 1700"
Clarence A. Torrey, Baltimore, MD, 1985 (as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001) "WHITE, John (-1662) & Ann [COOPER], Southampton, m/2 Zerubbabel PHILLIPS; by 1630?; Lynn/Southampton, LI" "PHILLIPS, Zerubabel (1632-1682+, 1686?) & Ann (COOPER) WHITE, w John; by 1663?; Southampton, LI"

More sources here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/White-31389


GEDCOM Source

@R603430127@ One World Tree (sm) Ancestry.com Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.; Source Medium: Ancestry.com Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.

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John White, of Bristol & Southampton's Timeline

1609
January 1, 1609
Bristol, City of Bristol, England
1636
1636
Southampton, Suffolk County, NY, United States
1639
1639
Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States
1645
1645
Flushing, Long Island, Nieuw-Nederland
1648
1648
1648
Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, United States
1655
1655
Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States
1657
1657
Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, Colonial America
1661
1661
Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, United States