Robert White

still living in 1769;

of Nixonton on the Little River, NJ

from Quaker Roots: "Robert White, 1st, married first 6th mo. (August) 1702 Tabitha Alford, and secondly 5th mo. (July) 1717 to Rebecca, Widow of John Overman, and daughter of John Newby. See that family, Chapter II.

Issue of Robert White, 1st, and Tabitha Alford, his first wife: i. Jonathan, m. 2nd mo. (April) 10,1729, Ann, dau. of Samuel Pike, and d. 11th mo. (January) 10, 1746. See Appendix I, no. 8. ii. Zephaniah, living in 1749. iii. Joseph, m. 4th mo. (June), 1736, Sarah Newby. See Appendix I, no.9.

Issue of Robert White, 1st, and Rebecca Newby, his second wife: i. Anne of Ann, m. first Benjamin Mead, and secondly, in 1768, Thomas Amour. ii. Elizabeth. iii. Robert, of whom, hereafter."

IV. Robert White, 2nd, of Nixonton on the Little River, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, planter, (son of Robert, 1st and Rebecca) born at Little River about 1723/4 and inherited some property, but as his will is not now extant, it is impossible to state of what it consisted. November 13, 1750, he purchased of Robert Bailey, a plantation of 108 acres on the Little River, being last mentioned July 4,1769, when on his sister Ann's second marriage, he acted as the trustee of her marriage settlement.

Robert White, 2nd married in 1751 Elizabeth ________, who survived him and died 10th mo. (October) 15, 1797, aged over 63 years.

Issue of Robert White, 2nd and Elizabeth _______, his wife: i. Jordan, b. 1752; m. Dorothy Beresford, dau. of Henry McCullock, Esq., of North Carolina, and formerly of Dublin, Ireland, by whom he had issue. He d. at Nixonton, 12th mo. (December) 3, 1800. ii. Robert. iii. Reuben. iv. James, of whom hereafter. v. Elizabeth. vi. Sara