Daniel White - Wife

Started by Debbie Gambrell on Tuesday, July 19, 2022
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There has been a lot of speculation about the parentage of the wife Sally connected to this Danie White, but I notice that in his profile notes, there is a note referring to a wife named Mary and nowhere have I found mention of a wife named Sally:

28 Jan 1755 Louisa Co. Deed Book B, Page 37 Daniel White and wife Mary White of Culpepper, to Champ Terry of Louisa £65 300 acres in Louisa

I don't know if the reference above is for the same Daniel White or another by the same name. In either case, I'm having difficulty finding proof of a wife for him named Sally, much less her parentage.

Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I continued Googling, and Wiki has several wives listed for this Daniel, including the Sally attached to him - but with the maiden name Edwards. I have no idea which of his wives may be my son's ancestor. Still looking into it.

Sorry - forgot to post the lnk: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/White-18822

Husband of Mary (Ellett) White
Husband of Mary (Bryant) White
Husband of Sally (Edwards) White

Ok, according to what is on Wiki - my son's ancestor Henry 'Harry' White was the son of this Daniel by the wife named Mary Bryant who isn't connected to them here on Geni:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/White-18796

I could be wrong, but I have a thought that Henry White's name wasn't actually Henry Harry White, simply because Harry was and still is a very common nickname for men named Henry:

Henry White

So my guess is he was named Henry but called Harry, not actually named Henry Harry.

Will of Henry White

The will of Henry White was signed on 13 Aug 1800 in Bedford County, Virginia.[5][6][7] The will was recorded on 27 Aug 1802 in Bedford County. Listed in the will are:
Sons: Abraham, Jacob, William
Daughters: Rachel, Maryann
Executors: Sons: Jacob, William
Witnesses: Charles Gwatkin, Fell Lesueur, Julian Hatcher
The appraisement of the estate of Henry was recorded on 27 Dec 1802 by Charles Gwatkin, Thomas Hubbard, Julias Hatcher
Any other children are implied by the wording of the transcription of the will.

Yes, I've seen that. But I know that while most of the time wills mention all children, that's not always the case, for one reason or another, liked married daughters may not be mentioned if they aren't receiving anything. I have an ancestor who was widowed while she had small children still to raise and she wrote her father and asked for her inheritance 'now' so she could support herself and her minor children. In cases like that scenario, such a child probably wouldn't be listed in a future will of the father who already gave her what she was going to get.

All that said, looking at the dates of the children, several of them were in their 50s when their father died and he may have only left inheritance to younger, unmarried daughters. I see that Rachel doesn't have a husband or children connected to her. and even though she's mentioned in the will, she's not listed among the list of children in her father's profile. So often the list of children are incomplete. But we know from the will that he did, in fact, have a daughter named Rachel. But my point being, it may be she never married and so her father provided for her rather than the married daughters. Just speculation, of course.

I'm not seeing a Maryann even connected as a daughter here on Geni. It's showing a daughter named Mary Elizabeth. Only three sons are mentioned as being in the will, but the list of children shows eight sons. So, there is a big difference in those he left inheritance to and the total number of his children. It probably depended at least in part on their individual situations.

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