Hannah White

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Thomas was named as one of the surveyors of highways in the Acton town meeting of 7 Mar 1748. This was shortly after he received some of his father's land, as only landholders could vote and hold office. Thomas obtained a Retailer's licence for 1748-1750 from the Middlesex County, MA Court of Sessions, for Acton. He sold his land in Acton to Daniel Locke of Cambridge for L253 and moved to Groton at the end of 1750 , after his first son, Thomas Jr., was born. On the land records in Middlesex County, Thomas White of Acton is listed as being a cooper. Apparantly Thomas became an innkeeper when he moved to Groton. There are records in the Middlesex Court of Sessions that show Thomas applied for and received a license to be an innkeeper in 1753-1763. The Land Records show him selling land in Groton on 6 Jan 1763 when he sold 100 acres that he owned on the west side of Snake Hill Road to John Frost, Jr. in South Groton, and on 28 Sep 1767 when he sold 107 acres in Groton near the Commons to a merchant from NYC. These records list him as being a cooper again rather than an innkeeper. When Hannah died in May 1780, she is listed as being the wife of Thomas, not his widow, which probably means he was still alive at the time. Exactly when he died remains unknown.
Thomas was born 3 years after his parents moved to Concord. They were living with Elizabeth's widowed Aunt Mercy HETT Butterick. Her husband was William Butterick. The Buttericks had land near the North Bridge on the Concord River, where the first Battle of the Revolutionary War took place between the Minutemen and the British on 19 Apr 1775. The headquarters for the Battlefield National Park is in a later Buttrick home, and Thomas was probably born in a house nearby.
So far no record of where Thomas died and when has been located in the Groton, MA area. There is no record of him in VT where his sons, Asa and Francis, moved by 1790. It is possible that he went to live with one of his daughters and her husband if he outlived his wife, Hannah, who died in 1780. But there is no record of his death or burial in the Westmoreland, NH cemetary records where Ammi and Hannah are buried. Records of his daughter's, Molly's and Mehitable's marriages do not seem to be recorded at Groton, though a Mehitable (Hetty) White married in Westford, MA in 1794. Westford is near Groton. Hannah married John Farnsworth, and they moved to Westmoreland, Cheshire County, NH., as did Hannah's brothers, Thomas Jr, and Ammi. A mention of Thomas being alive in Groton is in a land record where he appeared before a J.P. in Cambridge on 18 Oct 1772 to acknowledge the land deed for the 100 acres that he sold in Groton in 1763. He also sued Nathan Smith of Wesford in April 1780 and the case is in the Superior Court Records that he recovered damages. That is the last record of Thomas White of Groton that has been found so far. There is a Thomas White who married a Mary Buttrick in Concord, MA in 1785; but it has not been determined if this was the same Thomas White as the one from Groton.

Thomas married Hannah Faulkner on 04 Feb 1747/48 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Ammi Ruhamah Faulkner and Hannah Ingalls) was born on 12 Mar 1726/27 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 26 May 1780 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 27 May 1780 in Old Burying Ground, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Hannah's great grandfathers, Edmund Faulkner and Rev Francis Dane were among the earliest settlers of Andover, MA and very prominent citizens there. The latter was Abigail Dane's father. Hannah's grandmother, Abigail was tried and convicted in the Salem Witch Trials and sentenced to death. She would have been hanged with the others, but she was 3 months pregnant with her last child, and the Puritans would not kill an unborn child, no matter what they thought about the mother. So Abigail remained in jail under deplorable conditions along with two of her daughters, Dorothy and Abigail, Jr. John Osgood and Nathaniel Dane posted a bond to bail out the two girls, but Abigail stayed in jail. She was released only after she petitioned Gov Sir William Phipps in Dec 1692 from the jail. She was a woman of high intelligance and was literate and so was able to write her own petition. When she had her baby in Mar 1693, she named him Ammi Ruhamah (meaning "let my people go free" or "mercy for my people" according to some sources). Abigail wasn't pardoned until Jul 1703 by the House of Representatives after she had petitioned Gov. Phipps again.
Ammi Ruhamah married Hannah Ingalls in Andover and they lived there a few years. Hannah was their first born. The family moved to Littleton, MA after about 3 years in Andover. They moved to Acton, MA in a few more years, and Ammi Ruhamah had a mill in the south part of the town. Acton is just of Concord; and was part of Concord until 1735. Hannah's brother, Francis, was a very prominent citizen in Acton and was also a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. Four of Hannah's & Thomas' sons: Thomas, Jr.; Ammi; Francis & Asa were Minutemen and marched to the Lexington-Concord area from Groton during the first battle with the British on 19 Apr 1775. Ammi was in Concord and was directly involved in the first battle. Thomas, Jr. also marched from Groton, but was in a different unit than his brothers. Francis and Asa also fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill with their unit from Groton. Other family memebers were in other battles in the Revolution from their frespective areas.

Hannah was the oldest child of Ammi Ruhammah and Hannah Ingalls Faulkner. The family moved to Acton, MA abt 1738, where she married Thomas White, son of Mark and Elizabeth Mousall White. Their first child, Thomas, was born in Acton before they moved to Groton, MA in 1750, where they lived until Hannah's death. Their other children, all born in Groton, were: Hannah, Ammi, Francis, Asa, Molly, Elizabeth, Mehitable, and John. Elizabeth and possibly, John, died young. Ammi, Francis, Asa, and possibly Thomas all were in the Rev. War. Thomas and Hannah had an Inn in SE Groton during the War.
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Hannah's great grandfather's, Edmund Faulkner and and Francis Dane, who was Abigail Dane's (Hannah's grandmother) father, were among the earliest settlers of Andover, MA which is near Salem. Abigail DANE Faulkner was tried and convicted in the Salem Witch Trial's. She would have been put to death, but was pregnant with Hannah's father, Ammiruhammah, at the time. The Puritans would not put an unborn child to death, so Abigail remained in jail. By the time she had Amniruhamah in Mar. 1693, the witch hysteria had passed. She named him Amniruhamah which is supposed to mean "mercy for my people". Abigail wasn't pardoned until about 7 years later. Amniruhamah married Hannah Ingalls in Andover and Hannah, their first child, was born there. The family moved to Littleton, MA and then to Acton, MA where Amniruhamah had a mill in the south part of the town. Acton is just west of Concord, MA; and was part of Concord until 1735. Hannah's brother, Francis, was a very prominent citizen in Acton and was a Col. in the Revolutionary War. Four of Hannah's & Thomas' sons: Thomas, Ammi, Francis and Asa were Minutemen and marched to the Lexington-Concord area during the first battle with the British on 19 Apr 1775. Francis and Asa also fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

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Mark and his family moved to Concord, MA on 25 Aug 1719, and they stayed with Elizabeth's aunt Mercy MOUSALL Buttrick. A Buttrick house is now the Headquarters for the Lexington-Concord National Battlefield Historical Site near the North Bridge where the first battles of the Revolutionary War was fought. Other Buttrick houses are and were in the same general area. They were "warned out" of Concord while at her house, which means that the town was worried about them later becoming a burden so they must have been very poor. "Warning out" was common practice in the 1700's when a town did not want to become resposible for anyone later on. Mark and Elizabeth had the rest of their children in Concord, so they obviously stayed. In 1726 Elizabeth and Mark signed over her rights to her Father's Estate in Charlestown to her brother, John, for L40, and that may have helped them gain financial security. He was at Concord until the Spring of 1732, when he went to Westford. There is no indication that he owned any land in his own right until 14 Feb 1733 when Mark White of Westford, husbandman, bought 30 1/2 acres in the nothern part of Concord. That part became Acton in 1735. He is also mentioned in the Acton Town Meeting Minutes as owning land and as having held the office of Constable, in 1736. He was also on some town committees and held the office of highway surveyor, tytheman, and perhaps others at various times. Usually only landowners held office. It appears from some records that he and some other landholders formed a land bank in 1740 and Mark invested 100 Pounds. Shortly after, he claimed the title of Gentleman. He apparently became an Ensign about 1745. In those days an Ensign was just under a Lt. in the Militia. Deeds show that he bought a total of 88 acres in Acton and sold 41 acres while living in Acton.
Mark was originally said to have been the son of Perigrine, Jr. & Susanna White and have been born in Middleborough, MA. No records have been found proving this and he was probably an immigrant from England to Charlestown, MA in the early 1700s, rather than being the grandson of Perigrine White who was the first child born on the Mayflower after it reached Plymouth, MA. No records of Mark White's parents have been located so far in MA or England. The records for Middleborough, MA for 1689 burned, but there are no later records like wills or land records that link Mark to Peregrine White, Jr. More research needs to be done in English records to find Mark's parents.
No deeds show a settlement of his or his widow's estate. It appears that he helped his son Mark, Jr., buy land as early as 1737, deeded his home place to son Thomas in 1747, and bought other land from Mark, Jr. on which to settle. Mark, Jr. was also a cooper and an innkeeper in Acton before moving to Westford. On 24 Feb 1758, Mark White of Acton, gentleman, with dower release from wife Elizabeth (the 1/3 of the estate that she owned as her dower rights), sold to son, Samuel, of Acton, cooper, 33 acres in Acton with dwelling house, barn, and cooper's shop, plus 22 acres near the Acton meeting house, "and the whole of my personal estate." Although not stated, the intent of this last deed was to assure that son Samuel would care for his parents as long as they lived, after which the place would be his. Samuel lived up to this bargain, remaining unmarried until the month after his mother's death, by which time he was almost 40 years old. These property arrangements were quite common at the time, and account for the lack of probate records for Mark and his widow Elizabeth. (From an article about Mark White in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly written in 1973).[maryabbywhite.FTW]

Mark and his family moved to Concord, MA on 25 Aug 1719, and they stayed with Elizabeth's aunt Mercy MOUSALL Buttrick. A Buttrick house is now the Headquarters for the Lexington-Concord National Battlefield Historical Site near the North Bridge where the first battles of the Revolutionary War was fought. Other Buttrick houses are and were in the same general area. They were "warned out" of Concord while at her house, which means that the town was worried about them later becoming a burden so they must have been very poor. "Warning out" was common practice in the 1700's when a town did not want to become resposible for anyone later on. Mark and Elizabeth had the rest of their children in Concord, so they obviously stayed. In 1726 Elizabeth and Mark signed over her rights to her Father's Estate in Charlestown to her brother, John, for L40, and that may have helped them gain financial security. He was at Concord until the Spring of 1732, when he went to Westford. There is no indication that he owned any land in his own right until 14 Feb 1733 when Mark White of Westford, husbandman, bought 30 1/2 acres in the nothern part of Concord. That part became Acton in 1735. He is also mentioned in the Acton Town Meeting Minutes as owning land and as having held the office of Constable, in 1736. He was also on some town committees and held the office of highway surveyor, tytheman, and perhaps others at various times. Usually only landowners held office. It appears from some records that he and some other landholders formed a land bank in 1740 and Mark invested 100 Pounds. Shortly after, he claimed the title of Gentleman. He apparently became an Ensign about 1745. In those days an Ensign was just under a Lt. in the Militia. Deeds show that he bought a total of 88 acres in Acton and sold 41 acres while living in Acton.
Mark was originally said to have been the son of Perigrine, Jr. & Susanna White and have been born in Middleborough, MA. No records have been found proving this and he was probably an immigrant from England to Charlestown, MA in the early 1700s, rather than being the grandson of Perigrine White who was the first child born on the Mayflower after it reached Plymouth, MA. No records of Mark White's parents have been located so far in MA or England. The records for Middleborough, MA for 1689 burned, but there are no later records like wills or land records that link Mark to Peregrine White, Jr. More research needs to be done in English records to find Mark's parents.
No deeds show a settlement of his or his widow's estate. It appears that he helped his son Mark, Jr., buy land as early as 1737, deeded his home place to son Thomas in 1747, and bought other land from Mark, Jr. on which to settle. Mark, Jr. was also a cooper and an innkeeper in Acton before moving to Westford. On 24 Feb 1758, Mark White of Acton, gentleman, with dower release from wife Elizabeth (the 1/3 of the estate that she owned as her dower rights), sold to son, Samuel, of Acton, cooper, 33 acres in Acton with dwelling house, barn, and cooper's shop, plus 22 acres near the Acton meeting house, "and the whole of my personal estate." Although not stated, the intent of this last deed was to assure that son Samuel would care for his parents as long as they lived, after which the place would be his. Samuel lived up to this bargain, remaining unmarried until the month after his mother's death, by which time he was almost 40 years old. These property arrangements were quite common at the time, and account for the lack of probate records for Mark and his widow Elizabeth. (From an article about Mark White in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly written in 1973).

Mark married Elizabeth Mousall on 13 Nov 1712 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John Mousall, Jr. and Dorothy Hett) was born on 26 Mar 1693 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 23 May 1765 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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She was already a 4th generation resident of Charlestown, MA (which is now part of Boston) on her father's side. Her great-grandfather, Ralph MOUSALL, was an early immigrant to Charlestown coming therre about 1633. He and his wife, Alice, joined the church there on 3 Sep 1634, soon after Charlestown was settled. She was 5th generation in New England on her mother's side, going back to Major Simon Willard who was a co-founder of Concord, MA in 1635 and was very prominent in the Indian Wars. The other founder of Concord was Rev Peter Bulkeley who was an ancestor of Amarilla Peck, a great-granddaughter-in-law.
After her death, her youngest son, Samuel, who was taking care of her on his parents property, was able to marry. He then inheirited the property, as was in the agreement that he had signed. He was in his 40s by the time he was free to marry.

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It is unclear how Elizabeth met Mark White. There are no records showing that he belonged to any of the White families living in Charlestown during the early 1700s. Perhaps he worked for the Mousall family after he immigrated from Great Britain. The Mousalls had quite a bit of land by this time. Charlestown was the point of entry for many immigrants coming to New England during the great migration of 1635 and after. There were many young men who came to New England to work and establish themselves, when they couldn't get land in England. This was a common practice in the 1600s and 1700s.He may have been a younger son and/or indentured himself to someone in Charleston to earn his passage. No records have been found on any indentureship or on his passage from Great Britain so far. Since the Mousalls were quite well established in Charlestown and Mark White was a poor yeoman, he may have been working for them on their land. The very first mention of Mark White is on their marriage record which is in the Charletown Vital Records.

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He saved his mother's life because the Puritans dared not kill even a witch's innocent babe. His mother, Abigail DANE Faulkner, was convicted of being a witch in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and sentenced to death. She named him Ammi Ruhamah which means "My people have obtained mercy" or "mercy for my people".

Ammi married Hannah Ingalls on 07 Jun 1726 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of James Ingalls and Hannah Abbott) was born on 02 Jan 1696/97 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 11 Jun 1781 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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She is buried near the east entrance road to the Cemetary on the south side.

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They moved to Littleton by 12 Apr 1732 when thier second daughter, Abigail, was born. They also had two more sons there and then moved to Acton around 1742, and he was listed on the land records, as being a clothier. He also owned a mill in the south part of Acton. Their oldest son, Francis, was a Deacon in his church and a Lt. Co. in the Rev. War. He also served as Acton's Town Clerk from 1762-1796 and was the town's Representative to the Legislature from 1782-1785. He also served as a Court Justice or juror for several years, as well as holding many other town offices. Francis was half owner of the mill when his father, Ammiruhammah, died, and bought out his three brothers and two sister's shares when the will was probated.

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He received his father's land in Charlestown, which he left to his only son, John. His 4 daughters received portions of the personal property. In his will he left 1/2 of his estate to his widow, Dorothy, and 1/2 to John.
On 21 Feb 1722/23 Mark and Elizabeth White quit-claimed their rights to some land near Andover, Reading, and Woburn to her brother, John Mousall, that she had inheirited from her father's Estate. This land had origianally belonged to Deacon Ralph Mousall of Charlestown, John's grandfather and the original settler.

John married Dorothy Hett on 01 Jul 1691 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Dorothy (daughter of Thomas Hett, Jr. and Dorothy Edmunds) was born about 1673 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was christened on 22 Feb 1673/74 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died after 01 May 1713 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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Dorothy was the first born of the 10 Hett children, and had already married by the time her father drowned. She had at least 5 children, with Elizabeth being the oldest.

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His birth is not recorded in the Andover VR, Vol I - Births.

There is no gravestone, but he would probably have been buried there with the other Faulkners.

On Deed 39-250 Edmond Faulkner to Son Francis Faulkner:
"One half of my living here at home and to be equally divided between us both and with the best convenience as may be on both sides and the said Francis to pay all rates that belong to his part of land and meadows areas followeth half my barn and land adjoining to it half my orchard and lott and myself to have a convenient egress & regress for care to and from my part of ye lott to ye barne and & my sixscore acres on Shawsheen river I wholy give unto him the meadows are that above ye ford: a& little hope meadow & that called Barkers Meadow & that at ye Rocks all which meadows are to be equally divided both for quantity & quality & ye sd Edmond to have ye first choise of both land & meadow further I ye sd Edmond doe yield up all my right & interest in ye above said half to Francis my son to have and to hold ----Also I ye sd Edmond doe acknowledge to have given to Francis my son all my right & interest in a piece of land now possest by John [blank] Senr. to him & his heirs forever.

ANDOVER VR. P.434, DEATH;
MIDDLESEX CO., V. 3, P. 949,950, CUTTER; GEN.

P. 82, 83; NEHG REGISTER V. 3, P. 65; FIFTY GREAT MIGRATION COLONISTS TO NEW NEW ENGLAND AND THEIR ORIGINS, JOHN BROOKS THRELFALL, 1990, P. 329; ESSEX GEN.

V. 11 # 4 P. 214; PEDIGREES OF DESC. OF COL.CLERGY P. 53.

Francis Faulkner died in his 81st year.

His son Edmond Faulkner, born at Andover, 2 Apr. 1688, married at Salem 17 Aug. 1730, Dorcas Gould born at Groton 1683. She had married 1st Anthony Buxton son of John and Elizabeth (Holton) Buxton of Salem.

DICTIONARY, V. 2, P. 148, SAVAGE; BAILEY'S HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF ANDOVER, MA.

Francis married Abigail Dane on 08 Oct 1675 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Rev. Francis Dane and Elizabeth Ingalls) was born on 13 Oct 1652 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 05 Feb 1729/30 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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The Faulkners were a family of high position in the community of Andover. They were living on a farm in the north part of Andover. On 11 Aug 1692 she was arrested for afflicting Sarah Phelps of the Andover afflicted circle. She was tried and convicted as a witch on 17 Sep. of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. She was not executed as she was two months pregnant with her 7th child whom she named Ammi Ruhammah meaning "mercy for my people," when he was born in March 1693. Abigail's two daughters, Dorothy age 12 and Abigail Jr. age 9, were also accused of witchcraft, but were bailed out on 6 Oct 1692, when John Osgood and Nathaniel Dane posted a bond of L500. They were not tried in Jan., and remained free because of another L100 bond plsted on 13 Jan, by their father, and their uncle Joseph Marble. The girls were cleared by proclimation in May. In 1703, Abigail petitioned for a pardon, and on 20 Jul 1703, the House of Representatives replied favorably to her petition and those of others from Andover.

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James was probably Hannah's father. He was given his father's homestead by will, being charged with the care of the widow. He had nine other children besides Hannah who was the sixth. They were all born in Andover.

James married Hannah Abbott on 16 Apr 1695 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of the tailor George Abbott and Sarah Farnum) was born on 22 Sep 1668 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died after 11 Sep 1714 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]