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From "George Stewart" [email protected] Dec
20, 2008 09:03 PM about White Family Web site
What a great job! Great site!
I am George Stewart and I descend to the Chester Co. White family
through the Torbit - Henry - Elder Families. I have been told of
this White Family Book by my grandmother, who was a Henry. Since
you started site has anyone come forward who has complete book?
What a goldmine? I have wrote to a great uncle in Florida who
have many of the books taken from the old Henry home in Chester.
He has many family history books that have been collect by the
family over the years. He might even know of some other White's.
He is about 82 yrs. old. He is my "Godfather" on my
"Chester Co." family history. He got me started on this
30 yrs ago! I had the basic outline of White family, this just
filled in all the blanks. George Stewart, West Chester, Ohio
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STEWART'S COMMENT: I thank you for your interest in genealogy and for your praise. Gratitude and compassion are some of the instincts that made it possible for our ancestors to create and sustain civilization. Does anyone know who else might be willing to help, e.g., by creating a similar website, in order to benefit future generations? Should I start charging for access to this website if no one has time to share the work for free?
I once intended to post the entire White family book on the Internet. I stopped working on that time consuming project because William McAliley (see below) thought doing so might invade someone's privacy. I think McAliley has a scanned copy of the book too. You may be able to obtain a better digital copy of the book from him. No one is likely to finish editing mine. If she/he were paid by people who wanted copies, might someone finish editing my scan of the book? I hope the other genealogy books you mentioned will be scanned and posted on the Internet too.
Some members of this White family post messages at the private web site of William McAliley (to join write <[email protected]> <[email protected]> )
To [email protected] 11 Dec 2000 about White family of
Chester County
Dear Hugh Ross (or Rosskin) ?, I thank you and welcome your
posting parts of the White family book on the Internet. I wish to
visit your private web site.
A tradition passed down in my Stewart family is that my Stewart
ancestors were friends and neighbors of your White family before
they left Ireland. After I discovered that my Stewart ancestors
were next to your White family on the passenger list (see http://www.geocities.com/earlofdonegal/LIST.htm
) of the Earl of Donegal, this tradition seemed confirmed.
The name of my great great great great grandmother Rosannah
amongst members of the White family on the passenger list also
caused me to wondered if she were a WHITE before she married my
tritavus James STEWART.
Any information about our two families before they left Ireland
is especially valuable since so many government records were
destroyed in Belfast in 1922. Fortunately many church, etc.
records survive, so such small clues might help us discover more
of the history of both families. Sincerely, Stewart
From William McAliley <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] 12 Dec 2000 about White family of Chester County are half-cousins of mine Dear Sir, You are welcome at the site and will receive an invitation post haste. Please post the links to your most relevant pages at the site, if you would be willing. Wm. Samuel McAliley II, Fla Bar No. 274887...
Mr. Bob Wilkins <[email protected]> posted
Jan 18, 2001 at http://www.myfamily.com/ about an error in the
WHITE family book: Dale Whites book The history of The White
Family of Chester SC is incorrect it list Elizbeth White as born
here in 1769 to Willam White and his wife Ann. Elizbeth married
James Wilkins in 1769. We believe as you do that Elizbeth was
Eleanor White's daughter and that William White was her husband.
Elizbeth received 100 acres upon arriving in Chester.
The only statement that is not fact above is that we are not sure
if Elizbeth was Eleanor's daughter but we are researching the
birth records in Ireland in order to prove her parentage.
Elizbeth married my 5th grandfather James Wilkins and had 13
childern.
I e-maiiled Mr. Bob Wilkins several times but received no reply. I interpreted a rather confusing 25 Jan 2001 letter which I received from "Bob Wilkins" <[email protected]> to mean the following:
Turner <[email protected]> posted: The Lizzie Westbrook that married Uncle William White mentioned in above letter......Does anyone know the parents of this Lizzie? If possible, would appreciate having this information. Also, does this WHITE family connect to the Thomas White that married Catherine Culp b. Sept 14, 1770, dau. of Benjamin Culp b. 1741 and Dorothea Obenchain, and granddau. of Casper Kulp/Kolb of Chester Co, SC? Thanking you in advance for any additional data.
"Andrina S. Womack" <[email protected]> wrote about: J G L White on Sun, Dec 30, 2007: I believe the J G L White is James G. L. White that married Mary Earline Williams. Believe they lived in Chester, SC. She was born around 1871 in SC. Andrina
From Sandy41 <[email protected]> on: Feb 22, 2008 about White/Wilkins/Chester Co. SC:
According to Revolutionary Pension Application by Elizabeth White Wilkins dated 1842, she and James Wilkins were married May 16, 1769.
They named their sixth son, Hugh Bonar Wilkins, born 1784, according to Bible records included with Pension Application. My husband is a direct descendant of Hugh. Also, Wilkins land in Chester bordered Hugh Bonar.
According to the Louise K. Crowder Papers, stored at The South Caroliniana Library, in Columbia, SC, the Deed (Deed Bk. B, pp.536-39) dated 1786, wherein Wm. White sells to James Kennedy 200a of the 450a originally granted to his father John White, stipulates that: "And it is agreed that the said James Kennedy is to let James Wilkie (Wilkins) and his heirs while he lives on the plantation where he is to have the Privilege of a certain Spring." Witness: James Wilkings Et Al. This denoted to her that the Wilkins family "apparently resided on a part of the original John White land grant." James Wilkins later purchases 100a of this same land from James Kennedy. (Deed Bk. H p.265) in 1791.
In the Deed, dated Oct 20, 1770, (Deed Bk N-4 pp 18-21) in which Elizabeth White Wilkins sells her original land grant of 100a to John Morrow, James Wilkins is listed as a "planter." He receives his land grant of 100a from George III on Nov. 20, 1772, not 1770 as listed on your web site. A Memorial is filed Oct. 29, 1773. I have copies of the originals from SC Archives. Why did he receive his grant so late, since he married Elizabeth White in 1769. I can find no record that James received this land via the Bounty Act. I can find no record of him on a ship list to Charleston, though I probably do not have access to all lists before 1769.
Any help or knowledge you can give me in my quest to find the
origins of James Wilkins would greatly appreciated. Sandy Wilkins
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STEWART'S COMMENT: During the eleven or twelve year period from about age 26 (1753) to about age 37 (1764), Ann Garner (her maiden name?) White had 6 children, an average of at least one child every two years. She was about 26 years old when her son William WHITE was born, about 29 years old when Margaret WHITE was born, about 31 years old when Helen WHITE was born, etc. Might Ann have been the mother of Rose Stewart, who was born about 1745, when Ann was 18 years old? When Ann left Ireland, did she leave behind two grown children aged 20 (born about 1747) and 18 (born about 1749) to be in charge of whatever property she could not bring to America? I wonder if a Presbyterian church near Broughshane might have records of their births, marriages or deaths? See the above e-mail from Bob Wilkins about records of John and Ann's marriage and their children.
Elizabeth White (born 1752) received 100 acres so I assume she
was aboard the Earl of Donegal even though she was not named on
the list of Earl of Donegal passengers. A child of Elizabeth
WHITE Wilkins was named Hugh Bonar WILKINS, so John WHITE had a
grandson named Hugh. Rose and James STEWART had a grandson named
Samuel Hugh STEWART (senior) who was born 1813. Were they named
after Hugh BONAR (born about 1749), who was listed next to
Eleanor WHITE on the list of Earl of Donegal passengers?
John White 1720 | 47 450
Ann White 1727 | 40
Not named:: (100 acares to Elizabeth White, born1752)
William White 1753
Margaret White 1756
Helen White 1758
Isabell White 1760
Jannet White 1762
Victoria White 1764
James Stewart (died 10/2/29 "aged 90") 1741 | 26 (150
to John Stewart) 72
Rose Stewart (died 5/31/1832) 1745 | 22 73
Eleanor White 1717 | 50 100 74
Hugh Bonar 1749 | 18 100 75
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