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Title: Genealogy of the descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. : 1638-(1909) ...
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: White, Almira Larkin, b. 1839
Subjects: White family White, John, d. 1673?
Publisher: Haverhill, Mass. : Chase brothers, printers
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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ace, b. in Worcester, Dec. 31,1864. They live in Worcester. Child : 8200. Frank Sumner Knight,10 b. Mar. 28, 1896. ASHLEY R., Jr.9 (8168), b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 3, 1864;m. Jan. 8, 1890, Jessie Stebbins. They live in Philadelphia. Chil-dren : 8201. A daughter,10 b. Dec. 24, 1893 ; d. Feb., 1894.8201 a. Ashley Kellogg,10 b. Apr. 27, 1895. 8201 b. Marion,10 b. May 29, 1897. KATE W. Cowles9 (8172), b. in Hadley, Mass., July, 1867; m.July 23, 1891, J. S. Whittemore of Leicester, Mass. CHARLES W. Coolidge9 (8173), b. in Hartford, Conn., July 13,11557 ; m. , Florence K. Manzer of Winchendon, Mass. ESTHER5 (556), b. in Leominster, Mass., Apr. 9, 1750. In 1764,at the age of fourteen, she went to Charlemont to keep house for herbrothers, David and James. She m. Dec. 2, 1769, Samuel, son ofOthniel and Martha (Ames) Taylor, b. in Deerfield, Mass., Sept. 21,1744. They lived in Charlemont, Mass., on a farm given him by hisfather. He took an active part in town affairs, and in 1779, when the
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JOHN WHITE. 703 part of the town where he lived became a part of the new town ofBuckland. It is said it derived its name from the large deer parkwhich Squire Taylor, as he was called, owned near the present railroadstation. He was representative to the General Court from Charle-mont and a member of the Provincial Congress at Watertown inFebruary and April, 1775. He held the rank of captain in the militiaduring the Revolutionary war; served three months at DorchesterHeights in 1776. In July, 1777, his company was ordered again andwent under Gen. Lincoln to reinforce Gen. Schuyler in New York.They were absent thirty-eight days, for which he received fifteenpounds. His commission as Justice of the Peace, dated 1777, wassigned by Samuel Adams, clerk of the court. As a justice, he per-formed the ceremony, when his mother was married the second time,which gave rise to the story told the young people, that a man in Buck-land married his own mother. He was one of the first members of theCongr

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