Thomas White of Marshfield

Descendant of Mayflower passenger Peregrine White.

Biography

Thomas, son of Daniel, was not the Thomas who married Rachel Horton, as stated in the 1895 Ancestral Chronological Record of the William White Family.[1][2]

"Thomas the son of Daniell White and Hannah his wife was borne May the 8 : 1680" in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony. [3][4][5]

Thomas of Marshfield married at Pembroke, Massachusetts, 16 April 1719 Martha Bisbee,[6][4] daughter of John and Joanna (Brooks) Bisbee, who was born 13 Oct 1688, in Marshfield. After this marriage, there are no further records of Martha, nor are there any children recorded.[4]

Thomas served in Queen Anne's War in 1710. He enlisted in the Expedition of Port Royal in 1710 and was detached to the Garrison there in 1711. He was sent in a sloop after the enemy, French and Indian, and was seriously wounded.[4][7] Thomas was taken care of for many years by his nephew Benjamin, son of Cornelius White.[4][8]

Thomas died in Hanover at his nephew Benjamin's house 31 Mar 1762.[9][4]

Sources

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/White-57045 cites
• ↑ Ancestral chronological record of the William White family, from 1607-8 to 1895, By Thomas White, Samuel White, p 34-39.
• ↑ Bowman, George Ernest. "False and Faked Mayflower Claims" The Mayflower Descendant. Vol . 23. p. 76
• ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Marshfield, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 7:119.
• ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 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)
• ↑ 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.
• ↑ Vital records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911) p. 373
• ↑ Massachusetts, Melville Madison Bigelow, and Abner Cheney Goodell. The Acts And Resolves, Public And Private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: to Which Are Prefixed the Charters of the Province : With Historical And Explanatory Notes, And an Appendix. Vol XI (11) Resolves, 1726-1734 Boston: Wright & Potter, printers, 1869. p. 124.
• ↑ Massachusetts, Melville Madison Bigelow, and Abner Cheney Goodell. The Acts And Resolves, Public And Private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: to Which Are Prefixed the Charters of the Province : With Historical And Explanatory Notes, And an Appendix. Vol XVII (17) Resolves 1761-1764. Boston: Wright & Potter, printers, 1910. p. 212
• ↑ Hanover, Mass. First Congregational Church 1756-1818. viewer p. 119