Timothy White

TIMOTHY WHITE, son of William and Sarah Phillips White, b. in Haverhill Sept. 23, 1724; m. ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY, dau. of Capt. Montgomery [who commanded a ship sailing between Boston and London]. He was sometime a bookseller of Boston, afterwards of Plaistow, N. H., where he d. Sept. 1791, aged 67. His portrait is now in the possession of his gr.-grd. dau., Mrs. Annie F. Richards. It represents a benevolent and cheerful personage ; the merry expression about the eyes leads one to accept, as true, the following story handed down from father to son: His two young sons came to him one morning, to ask for a written excuse to carry to their master, for truancy the previous day; their father granted the request, and the boys departed, note in hand, happy to escape the punishment for their wrong-doing. The master read, "You will please excuse Timothy and James for playing truant yesterday, but give them all they deserve today." His father left an estate valued at ,£4,070 3s. In his will, dated Dec. 26, 1737, he says, " For my five sons my will is that they shall be all equal sharers in my Estate, and what shall be lay'd out upon my two youngest sons [Timothy & Phillips] after they come to the age of fourteen for trades, shall be reducted out of their portion, and my two daughters shall be equal to one son." Timothy, one of the sons mentioned in the will, with his sister Mary, " both being minors and upwards of fourteen years of age, do put and constitute our uncle Capt. Nichs. White, of Haverhill, in ye county of Essex, gent., to be our Guardian." He was also the executor of their father's will. This document, bearing the signatures of the youthful Timothy and Mary, is in the possession of his gr.-grd. dau. Mrs. Augusta Plummer Foster, and is greatly prized as the only writing preserved in his own hand. His brother William (page 16), a merchant of Boston, d. 1773, leaving no children. His estate, say Dr. Shattuck's notices, amounted to £9,326 3s. 3d., a portion of which fell to his brother Timothy. The following extracts are gleaned from the probate records: "He did not mention his brothers in his will, neither was any disposition made of the residue of the estate, therefore, about the time the will was probated the heirs signed and sealed an agreement in which they set forth, that whereas it was evident from memoranda left by said William it was his intention that there should have been a disposition of the residue, and that such a disposition was intended for the brothers, therefore they agreed that after payment of the legacies, etc., according to the terms of the will, the residue should go to and be divided among the brothers, and at the same time the other heirs having any claim to the residue released their rights. This instrument was executed on Oct. 18, 1774."

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