Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . el, May 3, 1766; Sib-billah, February 13, 1768; Nancy, ^lay 25, 1769;Jonah, April 20, 1771; Elizabeth, July i, 1774;Amos, February 6, 1776; John Bradshaw, FebruaryI, 1778. (VI) Thomas White, born November 24, 1757,married Hannah Estabrook, and settled in WestBoylston. He as well as his brother Thaddeus, weresoldiers in the revolutionary war and each wasgranted a pension for their services, Thomas hav-ing been placed on the pension roll Ma
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . el, May 3, 1766; Sib-billah, February 13, 1768; Nancy, ^lay 25, 1769;Jonah, April 20, 1771; Elizabeth, July i, 1774;Amos, February 6, 1776; John Bradshaw, FebruaryI, 1778. (VI) Thomas White, born November 24, 1757,married Hannah Estabrook, and settled in WestBoylston. He as well as his brother Thaddeus, weresoldiers in the revolutionary war and each wasgranted a pension for their services, Thomas hav-ing been placed on the pension roll May 29, children were; Polly, born May 23, 1786;Nancy, October 15, 1789; Joseph, see forward; Han-nah, February, 1794; Thomas, June 5, 1796; Eben-ezer, June 13, 1798. (VII) Joseph White, born January 24, 179-2. Boylston, Massachusetts; married, in 1817, Matilda,daughter of Simon and Persis Davis, of Paxton,Massachusetts. She was born in that town Septem-ber 24, 1796. Mr. White was a man possessed ofunusual mechanical powers and business the age of eighteen he set up in West Boylstona factory for the manufacture of wire, employing. a^^_^^^-- WORCESTER COUNTY 127 «ighteen hands; two years later, in 1812, he in-troduced the manufacture of cotton yarns, and alittle Liter cotton wares, being among the earhestin the country to manufacture cotton goods, an in-dustry which became his life-work, accumulatingthereby a competency which passed to his children,and in addition he endowed them with some of hispersonal qualities which enabled them to continuethe work so well established and prosecute it evento a more successful issue. Their children, born inWest Boylston, were: Nelson Davis, born July ; Persis Arminda, January 11, 1820; WindsorNewton, March 4. 1823; Hannah Mandana, June27. 1825; Joseph Estabrook, June 29, 1832; FrancisWayland. October 26, 1834. (VIII) Windsor Newton White, second son ofDeacon Joseph White, and father of William WalkerWhite, was bo
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