The New Jersey coast in three centuries: history of the New Jersey coast with genealogical and historic-biographical appendix . of unusualskill, and his reputation brought him such a lucrative patronage that he was enabledto amass a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Protestant Episcopalchurch, and by political affiliation was a Whig. He married Miss Mary Lewis,who was born in I7g8. and who bore him children as follows: Reding dead;John P., dead; Foreman, dead: Anna dead: Gordon D., dead: Catharine, dead;Mary C. dead; Lyttleton: Barzilla: Catharine, dead. The father of these
The New Jersey coast in three centuries: history of the New Jersey coast with genealogical and historic-biographical appendix . of unusualskill, and his reputation brought him such a lucrative patronage that he was enabledto amass a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Protestant Episcopalchurch, and by political affiliation was a Whig. He married Miss Mary Lewis,who was born in I7g8. and who bore him children as follows: Reding dead;John P., dead; Foreman, dead: Anna dead: Gordon D., dead: Catharine, dead;Mary C. dead; Lyttleton: Barzilla: Catharine, dead. The father of these childrendied in March, 1868. at the age of seventy-seven years. Mr. Lyttleton Whites great-great-great-grandfather on the maternal side wasSamuel Dennis, and his wifes Christian name was Increase. He came to this coun-try from England in 1675, and died in 1723. and was the founder of Mr. WhitesAmerican ancestry in the maternal line. He was the father of Jacob Dennis, whosewife was Clemence. They had a son Jacob, whose wife was Margaret, and theirdaughter, Clemence Dennis, married Robert R. White, who was Mr. Whites grand-. <^^^»^^^fcl/^^^.^C^ HISTORY OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST. 121 father in the paternal line. Jacob Dennis was a Whig and was a standi suppdrterof the cause of the colonies in their struggle for independence. He was a fearlesssoldier in the ranks of the continental army and a price was set on his head bythose who sought to compass his downfall. At one time he was taken prisoner, buthe was finally liberated. Before the Revolutionary war he held the office of magis-trate under the king of England, and after the independence of the colonies had beenrecognized he was elected a member of the colonial assembly, and in that body andelsewhere proved himself a man of worth and influence. His descendants in suc-cessive generations have been good and loyal citizens. White, of Eatontown, Monmouth county. New Jersey, son of Elishaand Mary (Lewis) White, was born .-
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