Friday, September 12, 2014

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 37: #44 Jonathan White (1804-1850)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" in her blog post Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  Here is my ancestor biography for week #37:

Jonathan White (1805-1850) is #44 on my Ahnentafel list, my third great-grandfather.  He married in about 1823 to #45 Miranda Wade (1804-1850).  



I am descended through:

*  their son, #22 Henry Arnold White
 (1824-1885). who married #23 Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)
*  their daughter, 
#11 Julia E. White (1848-1913) who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
*  their daughter, #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962), who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942), 
* their son, #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), in 1942.
*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Name:                       Jonathan White[1-14]   
*  Sex:                          Male   
*  Father:                     Humphrey White (1758-1814)   
*  Mother:                    Sybil Kirby (1764-1848)   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL FACTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Birth:                       about 1805, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States [2]
*  Guardianship:         12 February 1814 (about age 9), Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States [3]   
*  Deed:                     1821 (about age 16), bought land in Glocester, R.I. from Peleg and Elizabeth Wood; Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States [4]   
*  Deed:                     3 April 1821 (about age 16), bought land in Glocester, R.I. from his brother, Benjamin White; Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States [5]   
*  Deed:                    15 October 1824 (about age 19), bought land in Glocester, R.I. with brother Benjamin White from Erastus and Rhoda Clark; Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States [6]   
*  Census:                1 June 1830 (about age 25), Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States [7]   
*  Deed:                   March 1839 (about age 34), sold land in Glocester R.I. to James White; Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States   
*  Deed:                  7 October 1839 (about age 34), bought land in Killingly, Conn. from Joseph Arnold; Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States [8]   
*  Census:                1 June 1840 (about age 35), Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States [9]
*  Deed:                   12 September 1845 (about age 40), bought land in Killingly, Conn. from Alvin Cutler; Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States [10]    
*  Deed:                   5 October 1846 (about age 41), bought land in Killingly, Conn. from Reuben Robinson; Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States [11]   
*  Death:                  19 April 1850 (about age 45), of lung fever; Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States [1, 12–13]
*  Burial:                 after 19 April 1850 (after about age 45), White-Chace Yard, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States [1]   
*  Probate:              27 April 1850 (about age 45), will proved, Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States [14]   
*  Census:              1 June 1850 (about age 45), Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States [15]
  
3)  MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   


*  Spouse 1:             Miranda Wade (1804-1850)   
*  Marriage:             about 1823 (about age 18), probably Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States [2]

*  Child 1:               Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)   
*  Child 2:               Albert Henry White (1827-1910)   
*  Child 3:               Harriet A. White (1836-    )   
  
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

Jonathan White was born in about 1805 in Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island, the son of Humphrey and Sybil (Kirby) White.[2]  His mother was appointed his guardian in 1814 when his father died.[3]

He married, probably before 1823, Miranda Wade.[2]  She was born 25 Jan 1804 to Simon and Phebe (Horton) Wade in Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island, and died 27 Aug 1850 in Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut.

Jonathan bought land in Glocester, Rhode Island in 1821 from his sister Elizabeth and her husband Peleg Wood with his sister Nancy White as a witness.[4]  He also bought land there on 3 April 1821 from his brother Benjamin,[5] and, with Benjamin, from his sister Rhoda and her husband Erastus Clark on 15 October 1824.[6]

In the 1830 US Census, the Jonathan White family resided in Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.[7]  The household included one male under age 5, one male age 5-10, one male age 20 to 30, one female age 20 to 30, and one female age 30-40.

In March 1839, Jonathan was of Killingly, Connecticut when he sold the land in Glocester purchased in 1824 to James White, with release from his wife Miranda, and Simon Wade as a witness.

The family lived on Chestnut Hill in East Killingly.  Jonathan was a farmer.

Jonathan and Miranda (Wade) White bought land in Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut on 7 October 1839 from Joseph Arnold,[8] on 12 September 1845 from Alvin Cutler,[10] and on 5 October 1846 from Reuben Robinson.[11]

In the 1840 US Census, Johnathan White resided in District No. 6 of Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut.[9]  The household included 1 male age 10-15, one male age 15-20, one male age 30-40, one female under age 5, and one female age 30-40.

Jonathan White died 19 April 1850 in Killingly, Connecticut at age 47 of lung fever.[1, 12-13]  He was white, a farmer, resided Killingly, born Glocester, Rhode Island.

In the 1850 US census, the remnant of the family resided in Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut.[15]  The household included:

*  Albert H. White -- age 23, male, a farmer, $1200 in real property, born Glocester RI
*  Harriet A. White -- age 14, female, born Glocester RI
*  Maranda White -- age 46, female, born Glocester RI.

Jonathan White died testate, and his will dated 18 April 1850 was presented to the Killingly, Connecticut Probate Court on 27 April 1850 by the executor, Samson B. Covill.[14]  The will reads:

"In the name of God Amen.  I Jonathan White of Killingly in the State of Connecticut being sane in mind though weak and debilitated in body in view of approaching dissolution do make this my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say,

"1st  I give and devise to my beloved wife Maranda White the improvement of all my lands in the State of Connecticut during her natural life to manage as she sees fit, also my household furniture to dispose of as she sees fit, thinks just and right in any manner she chooses.

"2nd I give and bequeath to my sons Henry White and Albert White all my lands in the state of Rhode Island to dispose of in any way they choose, share and share alike to them, their heirs and assigns forever.

"3rd  I give and devise to my said sons, after the decease of their said Mother Miranda all the lands and improvements thereon that I own in the State of Connecticut to them their heirs and assigns forever, providing they pay to their sister Harriet White two hundred dollars within one year from her said Mother's decease.

"4th  I give and bequeath to my two sons all the residue of my estate both real and personal, wherever it may be found, and said Henry & Albert are to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses in order to make this my will valid on their part as aforesaid.

""5th  my said wife is to suffer my daughter Harriet White to live and board with her until she is married free of expense, also her clothing if she stays at home.

"Lastly, I hereby nominate and appoint Deacon Samson B. Covill of Killingly in the State of Connecticut hereby sole Executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking and annulling all other and former wills by me made, and establishing this and this only as my last will and testament.  In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal this 18th day of April AD 1850."

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The inventory of his goods and estate totaled $1,227.55 (including real estate valued at $900.00), and was accepted by the Probate Court on 28 May 1850.  

Jonathan and Miranda White have gravestones in the "White-Chace Yard" in Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.[1]
 
5)  SOURCES

1. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), White-Chace Lot (Glocester, R.I.), Jonathan White entry.

2. Ruth Wilder Sherman, "Some Descendants of Jonathan White of Dartmouth MA and of Humphrey White of Glocester RI," The American Genealogist, Volume 56, Pages 113-118, page 116.

3. "Probate Records, 1731-1915 (Glocester, Rhode Island)," on 6 FHL Microfilm reels, Volume 3, page 360, Guardianship record for minors Rhoda, Jonathan, William and Nancy White.

4. Glocester [R.I.] Town Clerk, Deed Records 1730-1893, General Index to Deeds 1730-1856, "Deed Records, Vol. 16-17, 1763-1815," Volume 16, page 352, accessed on FHL US/CAN microfilm 0,941,836.

5. Glocester [R.I.] Town Clerk, Deed records 1730-1893, general index to deeds 1730-1856, "Deed Records, Vol. 16-17, 1763-1815," Volume 16, page 353, accessed on FHL US/CAN microfilm 0,941,836.

6. Glocester [R.I.] Town Clerk, Deed records 1730-1893, general index to deeds 1730-1856, "Deed Records, Vol. 18-19, 1814-1831," Volume 19, page 351, accessed on FHL US/CAN microfilm 0,941,837.

7. 1830 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Providence County, RI, Glocester town, Page 297; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M19, Roll 168.

8. Killingly (Connecticut) Town Clerk, Land Records, 1709-1907; General Index, 1709-1908, "Deed Records, Vol. 31-32, 1839-1843," Volume 31, page 103, accessed on FHL US/CAN microfilm 0,004,670.

9. 1840 United States Federal Census, Windham County, Connecticut, population schedule, Killingly town; Page 152, Jonathan White household; online  database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M704, Roll 32.

10. Killingly (Connecticut) Town Clerk, Land Records, 1709-1907; General Index, 1709-1908, "Deed Records, Vol. 33-34, 1843-1846," Volume 34, page 85, accessed on FHL US/CAN microfilm 0,004,671.

11. Killingly (Connecticut) Town Clerk, Land Records, 1709-1907; General Index, 1709-1908, "Deed Records, Vol. 33-34, 1843-1846," Volume 34, page 246, accessed on FHL US/CAN microfilm 0,004,671.

12. Killingly, Connecticut, "Killingly Births, Marriages and Deaths" (Register at Killingly Town Hall, Danielson, Connecticut), Volume 2,  page 466.

13. Connecticut. Windham County. Killingly. Town Registrar's Office. Birth Registrations, Certified Copy of Death Record, Jonathan White, 19 April 1847; Registrar of Vital Statistics, Killingly, Ct. (certificate dated 27 November 1990).

14. "Probate Records, 1849-1920" (Killingly District, Connecticut,  Probate Court), on 11 FHL Microfilm reels, Volume  1, pages 170-171, 181-182, 252.


15. "United States Census, 1850 (Mortality Schedule)", Windham county, Connecticut, Killingly, Page 92 (stamped), line 33, Jonathan White entry; indexed database and digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), FHL Microfilm US/CAN 234536, citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T655.

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