Is your surname White?

Research the White family

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

William White

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Frederick, VA, United States
Death: 1795 (44-45)
Mason County, KY, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Wesley White, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth White
Husband of Elizabeth "Betsy" Boone
Father of Elizabeth Isabell White; William White, Jr.; Mary Polly Brooks; Rebecca Wilcockson; Henry White and 2 others
Brother of Elizabeth Bledsoe; John Wesley White, Jr; Benjamin Harrison "Chickasaw Ben" White and Samuel White

Managed by: Private User
Last Updated:

About William White

William White (John Wesley White3, William White2, Jonathan Bassett White1) was born Bef 1756, and died Abt 1832. He married Elizabeth Boone Abt 1774 in Camden District, South Carolina, daughter of Samuel Boone and Sarah Day. She was born Abt 1750

Notes

William White's name and signature are on a marriage bond dated May 19, 1797, including the name of his wife, Elizabeth, for daughter - "Rebeccah White to Isaac Wilcokson." (Isaac and Rebecca married May 25, 1797, Clark Co., KY.)

Elizabeth White made an affidavit in Clark Co., KY, for her brother, Samuel Boone, Jr., when he applied for his military pension on Sept. 26, 1832. In her affidavit, she stated that she lived in Madison Co., KY, was OVER 80 years old, and the widow of William White.

Children:

  • Mary "Polly" White ca 1772-bef. 1804* (m. Jan. 28, 1790-James Brooks)
  • Rebecca White ca 1777-1844 (m. May 25, 1797-Isaac Willcockson)

William White had a sister named Elizabeth Isabella White, possibly confused as a daughter (ca 1749-ca 1814 Winchester, Clark Co., KY, married VA 1774- John Bledsoe ca 1742 VA-1799 Clark Co., KY, Will Book I, p. 195)

view all

William White's Timeline

1750
1750
Frederick, VA, United States
1764
1764
Orange, Orange, Virginia, United States
1765
1765
Kentucky, United States
1775
1775
Kentucky, United States
1775
Clarke, Kentucky, United States
1777
1777
North Carolina, United States
1795
1795
Age 45
Mason County, KY, United States
????
????
Virginia, United States