1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p. 24.
1Olsen, Wayne, PAF file: Boslow_Anc_Stevens.paf, rec'd via EMail 0n 14 APR 2002.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.24.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.17-18. " “Capt. Henry, son of William and Ann Kerley of Lancaster, Mass., where they lived. He was a soldier in King Philip's War. He, with the Rev. Mr. Rowlandson, had gone to the Bay (Boston) to see about having the town better fortified, when the Indians came upon Lancaster and burned and pillaged the place, Feb. 10, 1675-76. Capt. Kerley had left his wife and children in the Rowlandson Garrison house with her sisters, and in the massacre of that date she was shot by the Indians, when attempting to leave the house; and, falling back, was burned so bad, that her husband did not recognize her when he helped to bury the dead on his return.”."
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.16-18.2Early Records of Lancaster Massachusetts 1643-1725, The, 1884; W. J. Coulter, internet. (II) Thomas Sawyer, son of Thomas Sawyer (1), was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, July 2, 1649, the first white child born there. His capture by the Indians forms one of the most familiar stories of the colonial period in Massachusetts. He was a man of fifty-five when the event took place, and was living in the garrison as described above. Queen Anne's war was making the lives of the colonists unsafe especially on the frontier. Indians made frequent attacks and massacred men, women and children. On October 16, 1705, Thomas Sawyer, Jr., his son Elias, and John Bigelow, of Marlboro, were at work in his saw mill when they were surprises and captured by Indians. The Indians took their captives back to Canada, and turned Bigelow and young Sawyer over to the French to ransom. The Indians kept the other Thomas Sawyer to put to death by torture. Sawyer proposed to the French governor that he should build a saw mill on the Chamblay river in consideration of saving his life from the Indians and giving the three captives their freedom. The French needed the mill and were glad of the opportunity. But the Indians had to be reckoned with. They insisted on burning Thomas Sawyer at the stake. They knew him and knew he was a brave man, not afraid of torture and death. The crafty French governor defeated their purpose by a resort to the church. When Sawyer was tied to the stake a French friar appeared with a key in his hand, and so terrible did he paint the tortures of purgatory, the key of which he told them he had in his hand ready to unlock, that they gave up their victim. Indians fear the unseen more than real dangers, and doubtless the friar took care not to specify just what he would do in case the auto-de-fe was carried on. Sawyer built the mill successfully, the first in Canada, it is said. He and Bigelow came home after seven or eight months of captivity. Elias Sawyer was kept a year longer to run the mill and teach others to run it. The captives were well treated after the French found them useful to them.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.18.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.18.2Early Records of Lancaster Massachusetts 1643-1725, The, 1884; W. J. Coulter, internet. (II) Thomas Sawyer, son of Thomas Sawyer (1), was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, July 2, 1649, the first white child born there. His capture by the Indians forms one of the most familiar stories of the colonial period in Massachusetts. He was a man of fifty-five when the event took place, and was living in the garrison as described above. Queen Anne's war was making the lives of the colonists unsafe especially on the frontier. Indians made frequent attacks and massacred men, women and children. On October 16, 1705, Thomas Sawyer, Jr., his son Elias, and John Bigelow, of Marlboro, were at work in his saw mill when they were surprises and captured by Indians. The Indians took their captives back to Canada, and turned Bigelow and young Sawyer over to the French to ransom. The Indians kept the other Thomas Sawyer to put to death by torture. Sawyer proposed to the French governor that he should build a saw mill on the Chamblay river in consideration of saving his life from the Indians and giving the three captives their freedom. The French needed the mill and were glad of the opportunity. But the Indians had to be reckoned with. They insisted on burning Thomas Sawyer at the stake. They knew him and knew he was a brave man, not afraid of torture and death. The crafty French governor defeated their purpose by a resort to the church. When Sawyer was tied to the stake a French friar appeared with a key in his hand, and so terrible did he paint the tortures of purgatory, the key of which he told them he had in his hand ready to unlock, that they gave up their victim. Indians fear the unseen more than real dangers, and doubtless the friar took care not to specify just what he would do in case the auto-de-fe was carried on. Sawyer built the mill successfully, the first in Canada, it is said. He and Bigelow came home after seven or eight months of captivity. Elias Sawyer was kept a year longer to run the mill and teach others to run it. The captives were well treated after the French found them useful to them.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.18.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.18.2Early Records of Lancaster Massachusetts 1643-1725, The, 1884; W. J. Coulter, internet. (II) Thomas Sawyer, son of Thomas Sawyer (1), was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, July 2, 1649, the first white child born there. His capture by the Indians forms one of the most familiar stories of the colonial period in Massachusetts. He was a man of fifty-five when the event took place, and was living in the garrison as described above. Queen Anne's war was making the lives of the colonists unsafe especially on the frontier. Indians made frequent attacks and massacred men, women and children. On October 16, 1705, Thomas Sawyer, Jr., his son Elias, and John Bigelow, of Marlboro, were at work in his saw mill when they were surprises and captured by Indians. The Indians took their captives back to Canada, and turned Bigelow and young Sawyer over to the French to ransom. The Indians kept the other Thomas Sawyer to put to death by torture. Sawyer proposed to the French governor that he should build a saw mill on the Chamblay river in consideration of saving his life from the Indians and giving the three captives their freedom. The French needed the mill and were glad of the opportunity. But the Indians had to be reckoned with. They insisted on burning Thomas Sawyer at the stake. They knew him and knew he was a brave man, not afraid of torture and death. The crafty French governor defeated their purpose by a resort to the church. When Sawyer was tied to the stake a French friar appeared with a key in his hand, and so terrible did he paint the tortures of purgatory, the key of which he told them he had in his hand ready to unlock, that they gave up their victim. Indians fear the unseen more than real dangers, and doubtless the friar took care not to specify just what he would do in case the auto-de-fe was carried on. Sawyer built the mill successfully, the first in Canada, it is said. He and Bigelow came home after seven or eight months of captivity. Elias Sawyer was kept a year longer to run the mill and teach others to run it. The captives were well treated after the French found them useful to them.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.18.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.16.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p. 16.
1Ancestry.com. shared by Diane Laizure.
1Douglas Richardson, M.A..
HE ENGLISH ORIGIN OF THOMAS1 GILBERT OF BRAINTREE, MASS., AND WETHERSFIELD, CONN. , Douglas Richardson, M.A..
"WHO WAS LYDIA GILBERT, EXECUTED FOR WITCHCRAFT IN 1654?
Although past researchers have not been positive about the name of Thomas1 Gilbert's wife, some thought that he might have spent some time in Windsor, Conn., and that this wife was the Lydia Gilbert condemned for witchcraft in 1654 at Windsor. The case both for and against this identification is made in The Gilbert Family. As I shall show below, it was Thomas Gilbert Jr., not Sr., who lived at Windsor. And from the Yardley parish register, we now know that Thomas1 Gilbert's wife was Elizabeth Bennett; if she was his unnamed wife who died at about the same time he did, he could not have married Lydia. Who then was Lydia Gilbert?
Recent research indicates that the immigrant's eldest son, Thomas Gilbert Jr., did not accompany the rest of the family to New England about 1640. Rather, it appears that he married first on 17 Sept. 1639 in All Saints parish, West Bromwich, co. Stafford, England, to Mary James (FHL film #873,647). West Bromwich is some eight miles from Yardley. Following their marriage, they had a daughter, Mary, baptized at Yardley in 1641. Shortly before 24 Jan. 1644/5, Thomas Gilbert Jr. immigrated to New England, for on that date, he bought a five acre houselot in Windsor, Conn., from Francis Stiles (Gilbert Fam. p. 14). The Windsor man has been identified as Thomas Gilbert Sr., but since Thomas Sr. was still living in Braintree, Mass., as late as May 1646, he could not have been the Windsor resident.
Windsor records show that sometime prior to 1652, Thomas Gilbert [Jr.] conveyed his houselot in Windsor to John Drake Sr. and, in turn, acquired an 113/4 acre houselot from Josiah Hull (Gilbert Fam. p. 14). Afterwards, he sold this second Windsor houselot to Thomas Bissell and in 1655 left Windsor for Springfield, Mass. (Gilbert Fam. pp. 14, 50-52). While still "of Windsor," he entered into a marriage contract on 23 May 1655 with Katherine (Chapin) Bliss, the widow of Nathaniel Bliss of Springfield (Joseph H. Smith, ed., Colonial Justice in Western Massachusetts (1639-1702): The Pynchon Court Record [Cambridge, Mass., 1961], hereafter Pynchon Court Rec., p. 233). He thereafter lived in Springfield where he died in 1662 (Gilbert Fam. pp. 50-52).
It is apparent that Thomas Gilbert Jr. was widowed before 23 May 1655, when he signed the marriage contract with widow Bliss. Lydia Gilbert of Windsor was condemned to death for witchcraft at a court session which began on 28 Nov. 1654 (Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639- [Hartford 1928] p. 131):
[Indictment] Lydea GiIburt thou art heere indited by that name of Lydea Gilburt that not hauing the feare of god before thy Eyes thou hast of late years or still dust give Entertainement to Bather [sic] the greate Enemy of god and mankinde and by his helpe hast killed the Body of Henry Styles besides other witchcrafts for which according to the law of god and the Estableshed law of this Comon wealth thou deservest to Dye.
[Verdict] ye Party above mentioned is found guilty of witchcraft by ye Jury.
The court record does not identify Lydia Gilbert, but she almost certainly was Thomas Gilbert Jr.'s wife. We can be reasonably sure of this, for Lydia Gilbert was accused of using witchcraft to kill Henry Stiles of Windsor, who had been Thomas Gilbert Jr.'s former employer (Gilbert Fam. pp. 14-19). If this conclusion is correct, Thomas Gilbert Jr. had at least three wives: Mary James, whom he married in 1639 in England; Lydia _____, who was executed for witchcraft in 1654; and Katherine (Chapin) Bliss of Springfield, Mass., whom he married in 1655.
In addition to Thomas Gilbert Jr.'s known issue by his marriage to widow Bliss, he had surviving children by an earlier marriage who have never been identified, for in his will, dated 3 May 1662 and probated 20 Sept. 1662, be specifically left a sum of money to "my sons and daughters which are in the first family" (Gilbert Fam. p. 51). My own efforts to identify them have not gone beyond finding that Clarence Almon Torrey lists no stray Gilberts who married prior to 1700 in the Connecticut River Valley (New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [Baltimore 1985]).".2Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.20. "MARY2 (6), b. in England, about 1635 ; m. in Lancaster, Mass., 1656, Rev. Joseph, son of Thomas and ---- Rowlandson, of Ipswich. He was born in England, 1631; was the only graduate at Harvard College in 1652; began preaching at Lancaster, 1654; and was ordained in 1660, being their first settled minister. They were living in a garrison at Lancaster, which stood sixty rods northeast of the present residence of Hon. Nathaniel Thayer, and the site is marked by a large pine, when the Indians attacked the town and captured Mrs. R. and her children. (A full account will be found in her book, which is reprinted in an appendix to this volume.)
Mr. Rowlandson, after the ransom of his wife, lived for a short time, in Boston, then was settled in Wethersfield, Conn., where he d. Nov. 23, 1678, leaving widow Mary and two children. There is now in the Memorial Library at Lancaster, Mass., a sideboard, or cupboard, as it is called in the inventory of Rev. Mr. Rowlandson's estate at Hartford, Conn. It was brought by John White from England, 1638, and probably left in Wenham, with his daughter Joanna, or son Thomas, when he moved through the wood to Lancaster, in 1652-3. When Mary, their sister, after her captivity, "set up housekeeping with bare walls," in Boston, there is no doubt that they gave her this piece of furniture. It is said to have been in the Rowlandson family for one hundred and fifty years; and in 1876, was in the possession of Mr. J. W. Dunlap, of South Hadley, Mass., who sold it to the Lancaster Memorial Library, for one hundred dollars.
Children :
32. Mary Rowlandson,3 b. in Lancaster, Feb. 15, 1658 ; d. Jan. 11, 1660.
33. Joseph Rowlandson,3 +.
34. Mary Rowlandson,3 b. Sept. 12, 1665.
35. Sarah Rowlandson,3 b. Sept. 15, 1669 ; was wounded when her
mother was taken prisoner, Feb. 10, 1675-6, and d. Feb. 18, 1675-6.
MARY2 (6), b. in England, about 1635 ; m. in Lancaster, Mass., 1656, Rev. Joseph, son of Thomas and ---- Rowlandson, of Ipswich. He was born in England, 1631; was the only graduate at Harvard College in 1652; began preaching at Lancaster, 1654; and was ordained in 1660, being their first settled minister. They were living in a garrison at Lancaster, which stood sixty rods northeast of the present residence of Hon. Nathaniel Thayer, and the site is marked by a large pine, when the Indians attacked the town and captured Mrs. R. and her children. (A full account will be found in her book, which is reprinted in an appendix to this volume.)
Mr. Rowlandson, after the ransom of his wife, lived for a short time, in Boston, then was settled in Wethersfield, Conn., where he d. Nov. 23, 1678, leaving widow Mary and two children. There is now in the Memorial Library at Lancaster, Mass., a sideboard, or cupboard, as it is called in the inventory of Rev. Mr. Rowlandson's estate at Hartford, Conn. It was brought by John White from England, 1638, and probably left in Wenham, with his daughter Joanna, or son Thomas, when he moved through the wood to Lancaster, in 1652-3. When Mary, their sister, after her captivity, "set up housekeeping with bare walls," in Boston, there is no doubt that they gave her this piece of furniture. It is said to have been in the Rowlandson family for one hundred and fifty years; and in 1876, was in the possession of Mr. J. W. Dunlap, of South Hadley, Mass., who sold it to the Lancaster Memorial Library, for one hundred dollars.
Children :
32. Mary Rowlandson,3 b. in Lancaster, Feb. 15, 1658 ; d. Jan. 11, 1660.
33. Joseph Rowlandson,3 +.
34. Mary Rowlandson,3 b. Sept. 12, 1665.
35. Sarah Rowlandson,3 b. Sept. 15, 1669 ; was wounded when her
mother was taken prisoner, Feb. 10, 1675-6, and d. Feb. 18, 1675-6.
1) Rowlandson cupboard
Mary Rowlandson's cupboard in Lancaster, MA library
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1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.30. "Joseph Rowlandson, b. in Lancaster, Mass, Mar. 7, 1661. He was captured by the Indians during the destruction of Lancaster, Feb. 10, 1675-6, and remained in captivity several months, being redeemed between may 12 and July 11, date not given. He was brought in to Maj. Waldron's at Portsmouth, and Onesiphorous Page was sent by his father's sister, the widow Wells of Salisbury; "the gentlemen of the town paid a ransom for him." He went with his parents to Wethersfield, Conn., where he married Hannah, dau. of Phineas Wilson of Hartford, Conn. He d. in Wethersfield, Jan. 22, 1712."
1Ancestry.com.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.21. " His widow Sarah m. (2) Dec. 13, 1676, as his third wife, Samuel, son of Edmond and Thamazine Rice, who came from Barkhampstead, in Hertfordshire, England, and settled in Sudbury in 1639.
Samuel Rice d. in Marlboro, Feb. 25, 1685. (Marlboro Records.)."2Ancestry.com, Samuel Rice notes,by Merilyn Pedrick 63.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900.2WikiTree.com. "Biography
Sarah was daughter of John and Joane (West) White who emigrated to Massachusetts ca 1638. Her father listed in Salem records in 1638 with land in Wenham where Sarah was probably born in March of 1643. She was baptised April 9,1643, in the First Church, Salem, MA-probably closest to her home.
The White family moved west to Lancaster by May 1, 1653 when her father is again listed in Lancaster records as the largest landowner in the town. Sarah's mother died the following year in 1654. Sarah married four years later to James Hosmer of Concord, a town not far from Lancaster.
Married James Hosmer at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts on Oct 13, 1658. " James hosmer and Sara White were maried: the 13th octob 1658."[1]
Her husband was killed by Indians on March 31, 1676 while defending the town of Sudbury just south of Concord. Sarah's oldest sister, Elizabeth, and her brother-in-law, John Divoll, and several of her nieces and nephews were also killed the month before when the Indians attacked Lancaster in Feb, 1676. Two of her sisters, Mary Rowlandson and Hannah White, were taken prisoner along with several of their children, and later ransomed back to their homes.
Sarah remarried widower Samuel Rice the following December 13th, 1676 in Concord. The couple apparently moved to Marlborough, MA about 17 miles SE of Concord. He died and is buried there and it is presumed Sarah is also buried there. Two death dates are listed for her: December 22, 1709 at Ipswich, Massachusetts and Jan 5, 1711. Neither are documented.
SARAH2 (7), b. in England, bapt. in First Church, Salem, Apr. 9, 1643; m. Oct. 13, 1658, James, son of James and Ann Hosmer of Concord, who came in the ship Elizabeth from London, Eng., in 1635, aged 28, with wife Ann, aged 27. He was of Hawkhurst in County Kent. James, Jr., was born in New England, in 1637. When a child his father settled in Concord, and James, Jr., lived there until Mar. 31, 1676, when he was killed by the Indians at Sudbury Fight.[2]
His widow Sarah m. (2) Dec. 13, 1676, as his third wife, Samuel, son of Edmond and Thamazine Rice, who came from Barkhampstead, in Hertfordshire, England, and settled in Sudbury in 1639, took the freeman's oath May 13, 1640; was one of the first proprietors of Sudbury, and was rated the sixth in the number of acres granted him. He was selectman in Sudbury in 1644 ; chosen deacon in 1648. In May, 1656, he was a petitioner for Marlboro. He was frequently appointed by the General Court to locate grants of land and appears conspicuous in the transactions of his time. In 1662, he was empowered to marry. He was buried at Sudbury, May 3, 1663.
Samuel Rice d. in Marlboro, Feb. 25, 1685. (Marlboro Records.)
Marriage
Husband: James Hosmer
Wife: Sarah White
Marriage:
Date: 1658[3]
Children :
James Hosmer,3 +.
Sarah Hosmer,3 +.
Mary Hosmer,3 -K
Dorothy Hosmer,3 b. June 10, 1667 ; d. Jan. 22, 1667-8.
Hannah Hosmer,3 b. Oct. 2, 1669; d. Dec. 9, 1672.
Thomas Hosmer,3 +.
Hannah Hosmer.3----
Joseph Rice 3
Sources
↑ [http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Concord/Images/Concord_008.shtml Vital Records of Concord], p. 8: " James hosmer and Sara White were maried: the 13th octob 1658."
↑ Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, MA 1638-1900 By Almira Larkin White, Published 1900, Printers: Chase Brothers, Original from the University of Wisconsin, Madison , v. 1, Digitized Mar 14, 2008, google books, pg 21
↑ Source: #S1 Page: 128
See also:
Concord Register p. 8: " James hosmer and Sara White were maried: the 13th octob 1658."
GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN WHITE of Wenham and Lancaster MASSACHUSETTS 1638-1900 VOLUME I, By Almira Larkin White, Chase Brothers Printers, Haverhill, MA, 1900 (page 21)
Source: S1 Title: The Hosmer Heritage: Ancestors and Descendants of the Emigrant Thomas Hosmer Author: Ronald Longaker Roberts Publication: South Lake Tahoe, CA: 1984 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
Source: S1 Title: Hosmer Heritage by Mary F. Vance-Shaw Author: Mary F. Vance-Shaw Note: Source Medium: Book Page: 5
↑ [http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Concord/Images/Concord_008.shtml Vital Records of Concord], p. 8: " James hosmer and Sara White were maried: the 13th octob 1658."
↑ Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, MA 1638-1900 By Almira Larkin White, Published 1900, Printers: Chase Brothers, Original from the University of Wisconsin, Madison , v. 1, Digitized Mar 14, 2008, google books, pg 21
↑ Source: #S1 Page: 128
Acknowledgements
WikiTree profile White-9333 created on May 20, 2012 by Tami Osmer."3Forrest Blanding, a family tree posted on, Ancestry.com. special reference to "Four Brothers of the American Revolution" by Howe.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.16.2WikiTree.com. "Josiah White
Born 1643 in Massachusettsmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of John White and Joane (West) White
Brother of John White, John White, Thomas White, Elizabeth (White) Kerley, Joanna (White) Fiske, Mary (White) Talcott, Mary White, John White, Sarah (White) Rice, Ruth White and Hannah (White) Lummus
Husband of Mary Lewis — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of Mary (Rice) Sawyer — married 28 Nov 1678 in Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Sarah White, Joseph White, Josiah White, John White Sr., Thankful (White) Houghton, Jonathan White, Mary White, Judith (White) Sawyer, Keziah (White) Willard and Abigail White
Died 11 Nov 1714 in Lancaster, Massachusettsmap
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Categories: Lancaster, Massachusetts.
Biography
Josiah White was born in Wenham, Massachusetts, in 1643 and baptized at the First Church in Salem on 4 June 1643. The family moved to Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, before May 1, 1653.[1]
He first married Mary Lewis. She died; there were no children from the marriage. His second marriage, on November 28, 1678, was to Mary Rice. Josiah and Mary Rice White had seven children.[2]
Josiah White was a notable and prominent man in the history of the town, holding many of its chief offices and frequently serving on some committee. He lived on the estate of his father (John White) in Lancaster where Josiah died 11 Nov 1714. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow Mary, who gave bonds with James Houghton 1714. Inventory of Josiah's estate, appraised at 164 13 00, was taken by Peter Joslin, William Divol & John Houghton. (Middlesex County Probate)
Josiah's widow Mary married Thomas Sawyer of Lancaster on 15 Jul 1718. She died on 22 Aug 1733.
Parents
Father John White
Mother: Joane West
Alternate mother: Joane Hoare
Almira Larkin White began her 1900 book stating:
" John White was of Salem in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1638. We have been unable to learn just when he came, the name of the ship he came on; or the maiden name of Joane, his wife."[3]
Both of Josiah's parents died in Lancaster, Massachusetts and were buried there at the Old Settlers Burial Yard. The marker by descendants of John and Joane White does not give a date of birth for either. It does not state a maiden name for Joane.
Baptism
Baptism: 4 Jun 1643, First Church, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.[4]
Alternate baptism: Christened June 4 1643 in Wenham, Mass.
Marriage
Josiah first married Mary Lewis in 1670; she died leaving no children.[5]
He married second, Mary Rice of Marlborough, on 28 Nov 1678, in Massachusetts, probably at Marlborough.[6][7][8]
Alternate marriage: Married Marry (or Marie) Prescott in 1676.
Children of Josiah and Mary (Rice) White:[9]
Sarah
Josiah Jr
John
Thankful
Jonathan, born 1692; killed by Indians 16 Jul 1707
Judith
Keziah
Death
Death: 11 Nov 1714, at Lancaster.[10]
Burial
Burial: Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.[11]
Alternate burial: November 1714, at Salem, Mass.
Sources
↑ Descendants of John White, pp. 22-23.
↑ Descendants of John White, pp. 22-23.
↑ Descendants of John White, p. 9.
↑ "Josiah, s --, bp. 4: 4 m: 1643. CR1. [CR1 First Church]" Vital Records of Salem, Volume II, Births, p. 420.
↑ Descendants of John White, p. 22.
↑ The Birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, MA, 1643-1850
p. 451: "Josiah White and Mary Rice of Marlborough 9m.28d.,1678"
↑ Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, p. 302: "Rice, Mary and Josiah White, Nov. 28, 1678. MR".
↑ Records of Lancaster, appendix, p. 451.
↑ Descendants of John White, pp. 22-23.
↑ Records of Lancaster, p. 156.
↑ Find-A-Grave Virtual Cemetery memorial #50349993 at Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Almira Larkin White. Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1638-1900. Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1900. Volume 1, Volume 2.
Early Vital Records of Massachusetts from 1600 to 1850. Online database of images and transcriptions courtesy of John Slaughter, Massachusetts Vital Records Project. http://ma-vitalrecords.org.
The Birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. Henry S. Nourse, ed.1890.
Source: Ancestry Family Trees online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=24279608&pid=1722042725.
Source: Ancestry Family Trees online publication - Provo, UT, USA:."
1Findagrave, http://www.findagrave.com/, internet.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.23.
1Dianne Z Stevens. see notes for Jonathan /Brigham/ Ensign.
1Dianne Z Stevens. see notes for Jonathan /Brigham/ Ensign.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p. 16.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900.
1Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1900
Haverhill, Mass., Chase Brothers Printers. 1900, p.32.2Ancestry.com.
3Ancestry.com, New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
1Ancestry.com, New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
1Genealogy.com, p.32. "He lived upon the homestead in Lancaster, where he was an influential citizen, being tithing-man, in 1718, and between 1725 and 1743 he was moderator six years, treasurer one year, representative to General Court three years, and selectman five years, being one of the first seven. He was deacon of the first church, from Jan. 30, 1729, 'till his death May 5, 1772, ag'd nearly 92 years."