John White

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John White, brother of Asa, Jr., was living at Mount Holly on 4 Nov 1844 when he gave testimony in connection with his mother's application for a Revolutionary War pension. He was also the administrator for his father's estate, even though Asa Jr. (or 2) was older. The records don't say why as far as has been researched. A marriage record hasn't been found either. There was at least one more John White in Mount Holly at the same time, possibly more, so the records are hard to decipher. It looks like this John White was called John White 1, as he was older than another John White who was also living in Mount Holly. The burial records for Ludlow have a JOhn White of the correct age, dying on this date.

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Asa was a soldier in the Rev War and served as a drummer in the Battle of Bunker Hill at age 16. He had been a Minuteman and had previously marched with his unit from Groton, Ma to Cambridge during the Battle of Lexington-Concord on 19 Apr 1775. He also served as a private for several months after Bunker Hill. He served again as a drummer for 4 months in 1778 and then enlisted in the Spring of 1781 for 3 yrs and served until end of the War part of the time as a private and part as a corporal. Asa, Sarah, and Asa, Jr. then moved to Hartland, VT by 1788, where the other 4 children were born. He was probably trying to find a way to provide for his family as the economy was very poor after the war. There was no land to inherit from his father, and he was a 4th son besides. He probably worked in Hartland, Vt (about 50 miles NW of Groton, and along the Conneticut River) until he could save enough money to buy land somewhere. Asa, Sr. bought land in Mount Holly, VT in Nov 1794 and again in Mar 1795. He bought 60 acres each time. The land was in the area west of Mount Holly and near the foothills of the Green Mountains. They had just moved there when he died, leaving Sarah with 5 small children. He may have died in an accident while clearing his new land as happened quite often. It seems unlikely that he would have moved his wife and 5 young children, if he were suffering from an illness that would cause his death in 3 months.
On 3 Jan 1797, Sarah White, widow, was appointed guardian of Asa, John, Sally, Polly, and Francis White, heirs to the estate of Asa White with Jonas Hadley as Executor. The estate was fianlly settled in 1810, with John White as administrator and all but Francis, would have been at least 18, and were able to sign.

Asa married Sarah Moors on 7 Jan 1785 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Timothy Moors and Lydia Nutting) was born on 19 Nov 1759 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 30 Dec 1846 in Mount Holly, Rutland, Vermont U.S.A.; was buried in Packer Cemetery, Mount Holly, Rutland, Vermont U.S.A... [Group Sheet]

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Sarah married Jonah Ives in 1797, and had 2 more children. Apparently, none of her children provided for her, after her second husband died, as she was a Town Charge of Mount Holly, VT in the 1830s. She had quit-claimed her dower rights (1/3 of the husband's Estate) to her oldest son by Jonah Ives, after Jonah, Sr died in 1824. She may have also quit-claimed her dowery rights to her children by Asa White earlier. Usually when dower rights were quit-claimed to a child, the child was to provide for the parent for the rest of their life. Apparantly Jonah Ives did not keep his signed contract to do so. He probably moved to the State of NY. She was finally able to claim a pension on Asa White's Revolutionary War service in mid 1846, with three of their children's help, but she died about six month's later at the age of 87.
Sarah's great, great-grandfather on her mother's side was John Nutting, Sr., one of the original settlers of Groton, MA. He was killed by the Indians in 1676, when Groton was burned during King Phillip's War. His house was one of the 4 houses where the settlers could take refuge in case of attack. The Indians burned the whole town, but the women and children managed to escape. Groton wasn't resettled for two years after the attack in 1676. Sarah was the 8th child of 10, all born in Groton. She had 4 older sisters, 2 older brothers, and 2 younger sisters.
Some of her other ancesters were among the earliest settlers of Andover, Cambridge, Watertown and Chelmsford; all in MA.

Buried w/ 2nd husband Jonah Ives, Packer Cemetery, Mount Holly, Rutland County, VT

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They moved to Hartland, VT sometime just after their son Asa was born in March 1786. Their other four chilldren were born in Hartland. They probably went north to Vermont for a better opportunty to obtain land. The economy was in chaos just after the Revolutionary War, and many went north to Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Asa's father had already sold all his land, and didn't have any property to leave to any of his sons.

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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.

Timothy married Lydia Nutting on 26 Apr 1743 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of Jonathan Nutting and Mary Green) was born on 20 Nov 1723 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died in Nov 1812 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Timothy and Lydia had 12 children born in Groton. They had nine girls and three boys. One of their daughters, Lydia, died soon after birth and they named another girl, Lydia, two years later. It was quite common to name a child after one who had died.

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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.

Abraham married Elizabeth Gilson on 21 Nov 1717 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Gilson and Hepzibah) was born on 26 Dec 1691 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 04 Dec 1770 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burial Ground, Groton, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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Abraham and Elizabeth had nine children: six sons ans three daughters. Three sons died in young adulthood, and may not have married.

Jonathan married Mary Green on 01 Jun 1710 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John Green and Mary Pierce) was born on 30 Nov 1690 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 24 Sep 1778 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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They had seven children: one son who was the oldest and then six duaghters, including Lydia All lived to marry and most stayed in the Groton area.