According to her information, John White and Eve Letman were the parents of eleven children, including John White who married Rebecca Fisher and Henry White who married Mary Fisher. Update: I have had the good fortune to become acquainted with Leona, a descendant of John and Rebecca Fisher White since I wrote this. So far, it looks like Carey's information might have ties to "Adam" after all! Some guesstimate Eve' s birth year as 1776, which works for well for the birth of Adam in 1790, but not much is truly known about her. I've often wondered if Wise was a variant of Weiss, which was then anglicized to White ? 3, dated, naming his children, including a daughter, Eve, who married John Wise. He left a will in Berkeley, Virginia, Vol. Valentine Ledman/Letman came from Germany. His mother, Eve, may have been the daughter of Valentine Letman and Catherine. Adam was born 10 July, 1790 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, the son of John White and Eve Letman. This brings to mind a Preble County, Ohio White family, Adam White and Permelia Powers. On page 231, it states Cora recalled that her maiden name, White, was originally Weiss. ![]() But we have the next-best thing, a helpful clue from his ancestor, Cora White Price, who was the daughter of David Fisher White.Ĭarey wrote a book, The Ancestry of David Bracewell: Including the Allied Southern Families of Braswell, Brazil, Bay, Price, Passmore, Gage, Prillaman, and Allen. If Carey Bracewell had researched the White family instead of the Bracewell's, we might be traced back to Adam by now-he's a great researcher. 30 March 1874-Beniah's son, John Henry White, was born in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.21 March 1868-Jasper County seized the Bailey's land for nonpayment of bond.21 January 1867-Jasper County filed a lawsuit against Joel and Mary Ann Bailey for nonpayment of the 1860 bond.18 January 1867-Beniah White and the McFarland' s were notified in Jasper County's Carthage Weekly Banner that they were being sued for nonpayment of the 1859 bond.and Joel Bailey were enumerated in North Fork Township, Jasper County, Missouri. -Joel and Mary Ann Bailey created a bond, borrowing $500 from Jasper County, Missouri for the use of swamp land, payable in one year at 10% interest.White created a bond, borrowing $250 from the Jasper County, Missouri road and canal fund, payable in one year at 10% interest. White sold land to Joel Bailey in Henry County, Missouri. 9 August 1857-Mary Ann White married Joel Bailey in Henry County, Missouri. ![]() White.Ī timeline for Beniah N., Mary A., and Oliver White shows: One possible explanation is that they were orphans, children of Christian/Christopher F./N. White wasn't found in the 1850 census, and it appears that 3 children were not living in their own families in that census, one of whom was Beniah. was the only White besides Henry White to have a son of Beniah's age shown in the 1840 census. Christopher N.'s probate procedings were recorded only months later in the May 1850 Court term. White whose final land entry occurred 18 August 1849. White was echoed in the Henry County probate records as well. It appears conflicting middle initials might have been a family tradition in this branch?! But thankfully, the usual manner of recording his name in Henry County land records as C. Then, there's the middle initial alphabet soup shown above for Beniah White, who I believe is Christian/Christopher's son. In an earlier post, I mentioned a Cokonougher / Gochenour example of someone named "Christopher" who went by "Christian". These name inconsistencies can be explained.
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