EDWARD WHITE (H.C. 1712), of Brookline and Hannah Wiswall, of Dorchester, a daughter of Oliver Wiswall and Sarah Baker, were married in 1718.
Some notes: Parents of Ann White Wesson (born 1742, wife of Col. James Wesson) and grandparents of Sarah Wesson Spurr (wife of Eliphalet Spurr). Parents also of Hannah White Ackers. Belcher Hancock (husband of Major Edward White's granddaughter Ann Susan Ackers Hancock) is not attached to his correct parents on Find A Grave - note ages! - The correct Belcher Hancock was born in 1754 and died in 1813. Belcher Hancock was a cousin of John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence. The Russell ancestors of Belcher Hancock married with Bridge and Danforth family, same as did the Brewer family of Major Edward White's daughter Susanna White Brewer and her descendants. The interwoven family lines are thus reflected again here in this group. The Hancock family, including John Hancock himself, would have been known to Major Edward White and his family. They were friends, cousins, and colleagues in Boston and Brookline society.
Major Edward White (1693 - 1769)
Edward White, the only son of Susanna Cogswell and Benjamin White. Graduate of Harvard College, class of 1712. Married Hannah Wiswall (Wiswell, other spelling variations), daughter of Oliver and Sarah Baker Wiswall of Dorchester. Major Edward White was known as "the Honorable", as "Captain", and later as Major Edward White. He served in government also . His sister Ann White Boylston was the wife of Peter Boylston, mother of Susanna Boylston Adams, and the grandmother of President John Adams.
Ann White Boylston (see Famous Kin link below) is the sister of Major Edward White who married Hannah Wiswall. The relationships shown are the same for both Edward and Ann, because these are through the WHITE FAMILY only - except that Ann's children and direct descendants are nieces and nephews to Major Edward White, and cousins to Major Edward's children Susanna White Brewer and Captain Benjamin White.
https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-menu.php?name=3792+ann+white
Major Edward White, born 1693, was the only son of Susanna Cogswell and Benjamin White, son of John White and Frances.
"John White of Muddy River" (Brookline Historical Society paper) calls Benjamin White (husband of Susanna Cogswell, and father of Major Edward White who married Hannah Wiswall) "Ensign White" and "Ens. White". This Benjamin White also is called Sergeant Benjamin White.
Major Edward White, born 1693:
Major Edward White is a grandson of John White. John and his wife Frances are "Immigrant Ancestors" of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
Major Edward White³, born 1693:
Grandfather of Major Edward White⁵, Savannah, Georgia — John¹, Benjamin², Maj Edward³, Capt Benjamin⁴ m. Elizabeth Aspinwall. Major Edward White⁵, Savannah, Georgia and Brooklyne Plantation, Georgia — the 5th Generation from John¹ and Frances White. Major Edward White⁵ married Mildred Scott Stubbs, daughter of Mary Eliza Scott and James Stubbs, and niece of General Scott who built the Statehouse at Milledgeville.
Major Edward White³, born 1693:
FATHER of Captain Benjamin White⁴ who married Elizabeth Aspinwall, daughter of Lt. Thomas and Johanna Gardner Aspinwall. Johanna Gardner Aspinwall's father, Captain Caleb Gardner, was the son of Thomas Gardner III, and a nephew of John Adams' great-grandmother Mary Gardner Boylston (sister of Thomas III). Johanna's mother was Abial Phipps, daughter of Mary Danforth and Solomon Phipps – a Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
Edward White³ and Hannah Wiswall White are the parents of Susanna⁴ (or Susannah) White Brewer, wife of Stephen (son of Nathaniel Brewer III). Their son Edward married Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall, a niece of Elizabeth Aspinwall White. Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall Brewer was the daughter of Elizabeth Aspinwall White's brother Lt. Col. Thomas and Lucy Sparhawk Aspinwall.
Major Edward White³, born 1693, was the only brother of:
• Ann³ White Boylston
Wife of Peter Boylston
• Mary³ White Ruggles
Wife of Timothy Ruggles
• Susanna³ White Sharp
Wife of Robert Sharp
• Joanna³ White Ruggles
Wife of Joseph Ruggles
Major Edward White³, born 1693:
(See Screenshot for below.)
Adams Family Papers Online - "John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 sheet 2 of 53, Parents and schooling."
(Available online, as shown here.)
Ann³ (White) Boylston was the wife of Peter Boylston. Ann was a sister of Major Edward³ White. Edward was born in 1693 to Benjamin² and Susannah (Cogswell) White.
Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Brookline, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1929).
WHITE Ann, d. Benjamin and Susana, July 4, 1685.
Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009).
Maternal grandmother of John Adams (and great-grandmother of John Quincy Adams).
See also: Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009)
p. 7.
John¹ and Frances White are ancestors of John Adams and John Quincy Adams through their son Benjamin² ... this being BENJAMIN² the FATHER of Major EDWARD³ White born 1693 - and this same BENJAMIN² is father of DAUGHTERS including Ann³ White who married Peter Boylston.
Major Edward³ White, born 1693:
MAJOR EDWARD³ White is the ONLY SON of Susanna Cogswell and Benjamin² White.
MAJOR EDWARD WHITE³
Born 1693
Pane-Joyce Genealogy states:
Edward White. Born on 10 Jul 1693.
Education: Harvard 1712.
Edward resided at Brookline.
He was town clerk from 1719 to 1726, a selectman eight years, a representative five years.
His will was dated 30 Oct 1763, probated 28 Jul 1769.
22 Jan 1718/9 Edward married Hannah Wiswell.
Hannah, of Dorchester.
Children of Edward and Hannah (Wiswell) White:
i. Hannah White, b. 14 Apr 1720, d. 5 Oct 1725
ii. Susanna (or Susannah) White, b. 20 May 1722
iii. Benjamin White, b. 5 Oct 1724, d. 1790, m. 19 Feb 1756 Elizabeth Aspinwall, grad. Harvard 1744, resided at Brookline
iv. Hannah White, b. 8 Feb 1725/6, d. young
v. Hannah White, b. 7 Feb 1726/8
vi. Sarah White, b. 7 Aug 1730, not named in her father's will
vii. John White, b. 26 Aug 1734
viii. Ann White, m. 25 Mar 1768 James Wesson
ix. Oliver White
Benjamin² and Susanna Cogswell White are direct ancestors of President John Adams. Admiral Benson and descendants of John Adams were friends and colleagues, as well as cousins. Correspondence survives and more can be found online.
Major EDWARD³ WHITE who married HANNAH WISWALL was the ONLY son of Benjamin² and Susanna Cogswell White.
Captain BENJAMIN⁴ WHITE (he married ELIZABETH ASPINWALL, a SISTER of Dr. William Aspinwall and Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall) is the son of Edward³ White and Hannah Wiswall.
The Georgia home of Captain Benjamin⁴ and Elizabeth Aspinwall's son, Major Edward⁵ White, is Brooklyne Plantation. This place name is spelled variously "Brookline" "Brooklyne" "Brooklynne" "Brooklynn" "Brooklyn" - older spelling variations for "Brookline" as in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Captain BENJAMIN⁴ White is the brother of SUSANNA⁴ or Susannah WHITE who married Stephen BREWER. Susanna⁴'s son EDWARD⁵ Brewer married CATHARINE Sparhawk ASPINWALL, a NIECE of Elizabeth (ASPINWALL) WHITE.
Great-grandfather of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer⁶, who is White generation six from his direct ancestors Frances Jackson and John¹ White.
• Tiny numbers refer to the White Lineage.
Grandfather of EDWARD BREWER
One
John White (Frances Jackson)
Two
Benjamin White (Susanna Cogswell)
Three
MAJOR EDWARD WHITE (Hannah Wiswall)
Four
SUSANNA or Susannah WHITE (Stephen Brewer)
Five
EDWARD BREWER (Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall)
Six
THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER married Mary Foster Brewer.
Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer his wife removed from Massachusetts to Augusta, Georgia, and next moved to Lexington, Georgia. About 1835, the couple built a home and established their family in Bibb County, Georgia, at Vineville, a rural community nearby to the young city of Macon. Other family, including Major Edward White of Savannah and Brooklyne Plantation, had established in Georgia also.
Major Edward³ White (wife Hannah Wiswall) is brother of Susanna³ White who married Robert Sharp. Robert and Susanna White Sharp are parents of Sarah Sharp Sumner, mother of Sarah SumnerDavis and Governor Increase Sumner of Massachusetts. Sharp, White, and other lines are very intermarried. These families are represented not only in the ancestry of Catherine Elizabeth (Brewer) Benson... These families maintained ties through to the 20th century — most notably reflected in the relationships continued, forged, and/or renewed by Admiral William Shepherd Benson, whose professional colleagues and personal friends in government and community were sometimes his cousins.
WISWALL
THOMAS WISWALL
Elizabeth
ENOCH WISWALL
Elizabeth Oliver
OLIVER WISWALL
Sarah Baker
HANNAH WISWALL
Major Edward White
SUSANNA WHITE
(Her brother Captain Benjamin White married Elizabeth Aspinwall, the sister of Lt. Col. Thomas, Dr. William Aspinwall, and other siblings.)
Stephen Brewer
(Brother of Joseph who m. Rebecca Weld, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Craft Weld.)
EDWARD BREWER
Nephew of Joseph Brewer and others.
Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall
Niece of Elizabeth Aspinwall and her husband Capt. Benjamin White.
THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER
Grandson of Stephen and Susanna (White) Brewer.
Mary Foster Brewer
Granddaughter of Joseph Brewer and Rebecca (Weld) Brewer.
CATHERINE ELIZABETH BREWER
Descendant of two sons of Nathaniel III and Elizabeth Mayo Brewer.
Richard Aaron Benson
THOMAS BREWER BENSON
Hattie Eliza Freeman
LULA MAY BENSON
Nelson Huntley Parker, Sr.
GEORGE OTIS PARKER, SR.
Mildred Jeanette Jones
GEORGE OTIS PARKER, JR.
(1943 – 1982)
WHITE
JOHN WHITE
Frances Jackson (sometimes called Onge)
BENJAMIN WHITE
Susanna Cogswell
MAJOR EDWARD WHITE
BROTHER of ANN (WHITE) BOYLSTON.
Hannah Wiswall (or Wiswell)
SUSANNA WHITE
SISTER of CAPTAIN BENJAMIN WHITE. Named for Susanna (Cogswell) White.
Stephen Brewer
EDWARD BREWER
Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall
THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER
Born in Massachusetts. Merchant. Gentleman farmer. Last was resident of Vineville, Bibb County, Georgia.
WHITE FAMILY SOURCES (include)
Brookline Historical Publication Society, Publications of the Brookline Historical Publication Society, Brookline, MA: The Riverdale Press (1897), 41.
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 421.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 126-127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 110.
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase), New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008), Brookline, Vol. 1, p. 72, Birth record for daughter Mary White.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 1982, Vol. 136, pp. 308, 321.
COGSWELL
Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 132.
Jameson, E. O., The Cogswells in America, Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son (1884), 9, 23, Internet Archive (Digital Library).
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 422.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 34, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 466.
Boylston, The --- Family, NEHGR, Vol 111, Jan 1957; NEHGS, americanancestors.org
White, John, Descendants of, NEHGR, v52, Oct 1898; americanancestors.org
Susanna, Susannah, Susana - spelling variations seen for Susannah (White) Brewer.
Ancestry of Belcher Hancock, who married Ann Ackers (granddaughter of Major Edward and Hannah Wiswall White)
Nathaniel Hancock
Mary Prentice
ancestors of John Hancock, signer
|
Nathaniel Hancock
Prudence Russell
daughter of Joseph and Mary (Belcher) Russell
|
Solomon Hancock
Mary Torrey
|
Belcher Hancock
born 1754 - died 1813
Ann Ackers
granddaughter of Major Edward and Hannah (Wiswall) White
Correction of Sibley's error to the list of Major Edward White's children, and which daughter married Col. James Wesson
The "Ann baptized in 1720" is actually the first Hannah who was born 1720 (or 1719) and must have been the child baptized in 1720 - there is no other explanation. Sibley also has her confused with the real Ann who married Col. James Wesson in 1768. The Ann who married Col. Wesson was born 1742. She died July 6, 1777 of smallpox. Col. Wesson's burial is in Marlborough, Massachusetts - he is not in buried in Brookline's Walnut Street Cemetery, but he is mentioned in "Burials and Inscriptions".
Some notes: Parents of Ann White Wesson (born 1742, wife of Col. James Wesson) and grandparents of Sarah Wesson Spurr (wife of Eliphalet Spurr). Parents also of Hannah White Ackers. Belcher Hancock (husband of Major Edward White's granddaughter Ann Susan Ackers Hancock) is not attached to his correct parents on Find A Grave - note ages! - The correct Belcher Hancock was born in 1754 and died in 1813. Belcher Hancock was a cousin of John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence. The Russell ancestors of Belcher Hancock married with Bridge and Danforth family, same as did the Brewer family of Major Edward White's daughter Susanna White Brewer and her descendants. The interwoven family lines are thus reflected again here in this group. The Hancock family, including John Hancock himself, would have been known to Major Edward White and his family. They were friends, cousins, and colleagues in Boston and Brookline society.
Major Edward White (1693 - 1769)
Edward White, the only son of Susanna Cogswell and Benjamin White. Graduate of Harvard College, class of 1712. Married Hannah Wiswall (Wiswell, other spelling variations), daughter of Oliver and Sarah Baker Wiswall of Dorchester. Major Edward White was known as "the Honorable", as "Captain", and later as Major Edward White. He served in government also . His sister Ann White Boylston was the wife of Peter Boylston, mother of Susanna Boylston Adams, and the grandmother of President John Adams.
Ann White Boylston (see Famous Kin link below) is the sister of Major Edward White who married Hannah Wiswall. The relationships shown are the same for both Edward and Ann, because these are through the WHITE FAMILY only - except that Ann's children and direct descendants are nieces and nephews to Major Edward White, and cousins to Major Edward's children Susanna White Brewer and Captain Benjamin White.
https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-menu.php?name=3792+ann+white
Major Edward White, born 1693, was the only son of Susanna Cogswell and Benjamin White, son of John White and Frances.
"John White of Muddy River" (Brookline Historical Society paper) calls Benjamin White (husband of Susanna Cogswell, and father of Major Edward White who married Hannah Wiswall) "Ensign White" and "Ens. White". This Benjamin White also is called Sergeant Benjamin White.
Major Edward White, born 1693:
Major Edward White is a grandson of John White. John and his wife Frances are "Immigrant Ancestors" of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
Major Edward White³, born 1693:
Grandfather of Major Edward White⁵, Savannah, Georgia — John¹, Benjamin², Maj Edward³, Capt Benjamin⁴ m. Elizabeth Aspinwall. Major Edward White⁵, Savannah, Georgia and Brooklyne Plantation, Georgia — the 5th Generation from John¹ and Frances White. Major Edward White⁵ married Mildred Scott Stubbs, daughter of Mary Eliza Scott and James Stubbs, and niece of General Scott who built the Statehouse at Milledgeville.
Major Edward White³, born 1693:
FATHER of Captain Benjamin White⁴ who married Elizabeth Aspinwall, daughter of Lt. Thomas and Johanna Gardner Aspinwall. Johanna Gardner Aspinwall's father, Captain Caleb Gardner, was the son of Thomas Gardner III, and a nephew of John Adams' great-grandmother Mary Gardner Boylston (sister of Thomas III). Johanna's mother was Abial Phipps, daughter of Mary Danforth and Solomon Phipps – a Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
Edward White³ and Hannah Wiswall White are the parents of Susanna⁴ (or Susannah) White Brewer, wife of Stephen (son of Nathaniel Brewer III). Their son Edward married Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall, a niece of Elizabeth Aspinwall White. Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall Brewer was the daughter of Elizabeth Aspinwall White's brother Lt. Col. Thomas and Lucy Sparhawk Aspinwall.
Major Edward White³, born 1693, was the only brother of:
• Ann³ White Boylston
Wife of Peter Boylston
• Mary³ White Ruggles
Wife of Timothy Ruggles
• Susanna³ White Sharp
Wife of Robert Sharp
• Joanna³ White Ruggles
Wife of Joseph Ruggles
Major Edward White³, born 1693:
(See Screenshot for below.)
Adams Family Papers Online - "John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 sheet 2 of 53, Parents and schooling."
(Available online, as shown here.)
Ann³ (White) Boylston was the wife of Peter Boylston. Ann was a sister of Major Edward³ White. Edward was born in 1693 to Benjamin² and Susannah (Cogswell) White.
Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Brookline, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1929).
WHITE Ann, d. Benjamin and Susana, July 4, 1685.
Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009).
Maternal grandmother of John Adams (and great-grandmother of John Quincy Adams).
See also: Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009)
p. 7.
John¹ and Frances White are ancestors of John Adams and John Quincy Adams through their son Benjamin² ... this being BENJAMIN² the FATHER of Major EDWARD³ White born 1693 - and this same BENJAMIN² is father of DAUGHTERS including Ann³ White who married Peter Boylston.
Major Edward³ White, born 1693:
MAJOR EDWARD³ White is the ONLY SON of Susanna Cogswell and Benjamin² White.
MAJOR EDWARD WHITE³
Born 1693
Pane-Joyce Genealogy states:
Edward White. Born on 10 Jul 1693.
Education: Harvard 1712.
Edward resided at Brookline.
He was town clerk from 1719 to 1726, a selectman eight years, a representative five years.
His will was dated 30 Oct 1763, probated 28 Jul 1769.
22 Jan 1718/9 Edward married Hannah Wiswell.
Hannah, of Dorchester.
Children of Edward and Hannah (Wiswell) White:
i. Hannah White, b. 14 Apr 1720, d. 5 Oct 1725
ii. Susanna (or Susannah) White, b. 20 May 1722
iii. Benjamin White, b. 5 Oct 1724, d. 1790, m. 19 Feb 1756 Elizabeth Aspinwall, grad. Harvard 1744, resided at Brookline
iv. Hannah White, b. 8 Feb 1725/6, d. young
v. Hannah White, b. 7 Feb 1726/8
vi. Sarah White, b. 7 Aug 1730, not named in her father's will
vii. John White, b. 26 Aug 1734
viii. Ann White, m. 25 Mar 1768 James Wesson
ix. Oliver White
Benjamin² and Susanna Cogswell White are direct ancestors of President John Adams. Admiral Benson and descendants of John Adams were friends and colleagues, as well as cousins. Correspondence survives and more can be found online.
Major EDWARD³ WHITE who married HANNAH WISWALL was the ONLY son of Benjamin² and Susanna Cogswell White.
Captain BENJAMIN⁴ WHITE (he married ELIZABETH ASPINWALL, a SISTER of Dr. William Aspinwall and Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall) is the son of Edward³ White and Hannah Wiswall.
The Georgia home of Captain Benjamin⁴ and Elizabeth Aspinwall's son, Major Edward⁵ White, is Brooklyne Plantation. This place name is spelled variously "Brookline" "Brooklyne" "Brooklynne" "Brooklynn" "Brooklyn" - older spelling variations for "Brookline" as in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Captain BENJAMIN⁴ White is the brother of SUSANNA⁴ or Susannah WHITE who married Stephen BREWER. Susanna⁴'s son EDWARD⁵ Brewer married CATHARINE Sparhawk ASPINWALL, a NIECE of Elizabeth (ASPINWALL) WHITE.
Great-grandfather of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer⁶, who is White generation six from his direct ancestors Frances Jackson and John¹ White.
• Tiny numbers refer to the White Lineage.
Grandfather of EDWARD BREWER
One
John White (Frances Jackson)
Two
Benjamin White (Susanna Cogswell)
Three
MAJOR EDWARD WHITE (Hannah Wiswall)
Four
SUSANNA or Susannah WHITE (Stephen Brewer)
Five
EDWARD BREWER (Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall)
Six
THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER married Mary Foster Brewer.
Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer his wife removed from Massachusetts to Augusta, Georgia, and next moved to Lexington, Georgia. About 1835, the couple built a home and established their family in Bibb County, Georgia, at Vineville, a rural community nearby to the young city of Macon. Other family, including Major Edward White of Savannah and Brooklyne Plantation, had established in Georgia also.
Major Edward³ White (wife Hannah Wiswall) is brother of Susanna³ White who married Robert Sharp. Robert and Susanna White Sharp are parents of Sarah Sharp Sumner, mother of Sarah SumnerDavis and Governor Increase Sumner of Massachusetts. Sharp, White, and other lines are very intermarried. These families are represented not only in the ancestry of Catherine Elizabeth (Brewer) Benson... These families maintained ties through to the 20th century — most notably reflected in the relationships continued, forged, and/or renewed by Admiral William Shepherd Benson, whose professional colleagues and personal friends in government and community were sometimes his cousins.
WISWALL
THOMAS WISWALL
Elizabeth
ENOCH WISWALL
Elizabeth Oliver
OLIVER WISWALL
Sarah Baker
HANNAH WISWALL
Major Edward White
SUSANNA WHITE
(Her brother Captain Benjamin White married Elizabeth Aspinwall, the sister of Lt. Col. Thomas, Dr. William Aspinwall, and other siblings.)
Stephen Brewer
(Brother of Joseph who m. Rebecca Weld, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Craft Weld.)
EDWARD BREWER
Nephew of Joseph Brewer and others.
Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall
Niece of Elizabeth Aspinwall and her husband Capt. Benjamin White.
THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER
Grandson of Stephen and Susanna (White) Brewer.
Mary Foster Brewer
Granddaughter of Joseph Brewer and Rebecca (Weld) Brewer.
CATHERINE ELIZABETH BREWER
Descendant of two sons of Nathaniel III and Elizabeth Mayo Brewer.
Richard Aaron Benson
THOMAS BREWER BENSON
Hattie Eliza Freeman
LULA MAY BENSON
Nelson Huntley Parker, Sr.
GEORGE OTIS PARKER, SR.
Mildred Jeanette Jones
GEORGE OTIS PARKER, JR.
(1943 – 1982)
WHITE
JOHN WHITE
Frances Jackson (sometimes called Onge)
BENJAMIN WHITE
Susanna Cogswell
MAJOR EDWARD WHITE
BROTHER of ANN (WHITE) BOYLSTON.
Hannah Wiswall (or Wiswell)
SUSANNA WHITE
SISTER of CAPTAIN BENJAMIN WHITE. Named for Susanna (Cogswell) White.
Stephen Brewer
EDWARD BREWER
Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall
THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER
Born in Massachusetts. Merchant. Gentleman farmer. Last was resident of Vineville, Bibb County, Georgia.
WHITE FAMILY SOURCES (include)
Brookline Historical Publication Society, Publications of the Brookline Historical Publication Society, Brookline, MA: The Riverdale Press (1897), 41.
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 421.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 126-127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 110.
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase), New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008), Brookline, Vol. 1, p. 72, Birth record for daughter Mary White.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 1982, Vol. 136, pp. 308, 321.
COGSWELL
Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 132.
Jameson, E. O., The Cogswells in America, Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son (1884), 9, 23, Internet Archive (Digital Library).
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 422.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 34, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 466.
Boylston, The --- Family, NEHGR, Vol 111, Jan 1957; NEHGS, americanancestors.org
White, John, Descendants of, NEHGR, v52, Oct 1898; americanancestors.org
Susanna, Susannah, Susana - spelling variations seen for Susannah (White) Brewer.
Ancestry of Belcher Hancock, who married Ann Ackers (granddaughter of Major Edward and Hannah Wiswall White)
Nathaniel Hancock
Mary Prentice
ancestors of John Hancock, signer
|
Nathaniel Hancock
Prudence Russell
daughter of Joseph and Mary (Belcher) Russell
|
Solomon Hancock
Mary Torrey
|
Belcher Hancock
born 1754 - died 1813
Ann Ackers
granddaughter of Major Edward and Hannah (Wiswall) White
Correction of Sibley's error to the list of Major Edward White's children, and which daughter married Col. James Wesson
The "Ann baptized in 1720" is actually the first Hannah who was born 1720 (or 1719) and must have been the child baptized in 1720 - there is no other explanation. Sibley also has her confused with the real Ann who married Col. James Wesson in 1768. The Ann who married Col. Wesson was born 1742. She died July 6, 1777 of smallpox. Col. Wesson's burial is in Marlborough, Massachusetts - he is not in buried in Brookline's Walnut Street Cemetery, but he is mentioned in "Burials and Inscriptions".
EDWARD WHITE (H.C. 1712), of Brookline and Hannah Wiswall, of Dorchester, a daughter of Oliver Wiswall and Sarah Baker, were married in 1718.
Some notes: Parents of Ann White Wesson (born 1742, wife of Col. James Wesson) and grandparents of Sarah Wesson Spurr (wife of Eliphalet Spurr). Parents also of Hannah White Ackers. Belcher Hancock (husband of Major Edward White's granddaughter Ann Susan Ackers Hancock) is not attached to his correct parents on Find A Grave - note ages! - The correct Belcher Hancock was born in 1754 and died in 1813. Belcher Hancock was a cousin of John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence. The Russell ancestors of Belcher Hancock married with Bridge and Danforth family, same as did the Brewer family of Major Edward White's daughter Susanna White Brewer and her descendants. The interwoven family lines are thus reflected again here in this group. The Hancock family, including John Hancock himself, would have been known to Major Edward White and his family. They were friends, cousins, and colleagues in Boston and Brookline society.
Major Edward White (1693 - 1769)
Edward White, the only son of Susanna Cogswell and Benjamin White. Graduate of Harvard College, class of 1712. Married Hannah Wiswall (Wiswell, other spelling variations), daughter of Oliver and Sarah Baker Wiswall of Dorchester. Major Edward White was known as "the Honorable", as "Captain", and later as Major Edward White. He served in government also . His sister Ann White Boylston was the wife of Peter Boylston, mother of Susanna Boylston Adams, and the grandmother of President John Adams.
Ann White Boylston (see Famous Kin link below) is the sister of Major Edward White who married Hannah Wiswall. The relationships shown are the same for both Edward and Ann, because these are through the WHITE FAMILY only - except that Ann's children and direct descendants are nieces and nephews to Major Edward White, and cousins to Major Edward's children Susanna White Brewer and Captain Benjamin White.
https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-menu.php?name=3792+ann+white
Major Edward White, born 1693, was the only son of Susanna Cogswell and Benjamin White, son of John White and Frances.
"John White of Muddy River" (Brookline Historical Society paper) calls Benjamin White (husband of Susanna Cogswell, and father of Major Edward White who married Hannah Wiswall) "Ensign White" and "Ens. White". This Benjamin White also is called Sergeant Benjamin White.
Major Edward White, born 1693:
Major Edward White is a grandson of John White. John and his wife Frances are "Immigrant Ancestors" of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
Major Edward White³, born 1693:
Grandfather of Major Edward White⁵, Savannah, Georgia — John¹, Benjamin², Maj Edward³, Capt Benjamin⁴ m. Elizabeth Aspinwall. Major Edward White⁵, Savannah, Georgia and Brooklyne Plantation, Georgia — the 5th Generation from John¹ and Frances White. Major Edward White⁵ married Mildred Scott Stubbs, daughter of Mary Eliza Scott and James Stubbs, and niece of General Scott who built the Statehouse at Milledgeville.
Major Edward White³, born 1693:
FATHER of Captain Benjamin White⁴ who married Elizabeth Aspinwall, daughter of Lt. Thomas and Johanna Gardner Aspinwall. Johanna Gardner Aspinwall's father, Captain Caleb Gardner, was the son of Thomas Gardner III, and a nephew of John Adams' great-grandmother Mary Gardner Boylston (sister of Thomas III). Johanna's mother was Abial Phipps, daughter of Mary Danforth and Solomon Phipps – a Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
Edward White³ and Hannah Wiswall White are the parents of Susanna⁴ (or Susannah) White Brewer, wife of Stephen (son of Nathaniel Brewer III). Their son Edward married Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall, a niece of Elizabeth Aspinwall White. Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall Brewer was the daughter of Elizabeth Aspinwall White's brother Lt. Col. Thomas and Lucy Sparhawk Aspinwall.
Major Edward White³, born 1693, was the only brother of:
• Ann³ White Boylston
Wife of Peter Boylston
• Mary³ White Ruggles
Wife of Timothy Ruggles
• Susanna³ White Sharp
Wife of Robert Sharp
• Joanna³ White Ruggles
Wife of Joseph Ruggles
Major Edward White³, born 1693:
(See Screenshot for below.)
Adams Family Papers Online - "John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 sheet 2 of 53, Parents and schooling."
(Available online, as shown here.)
Ann³ (White) Boylston was the wife of Peter Boylston. Ann was a sister of Major Edward³ White. Edward was born in 1693 to Benjamin² and Susannah (Cogswell) White.
Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Brookline, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1929).
WHITE Ann, d. Benjamin and Susana, July 4, 1685.
Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009).
Maternal grandmother of John Adams (and great-grandmother of John Quincy Adams).
See also: Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009)
p. 7.
John¹ and Frances White are ancestors of John Adams and John Quincy Adams through their son Benjamin² ... this being BENJAMIN² the FATHER of Major EDWARD³ White born 1693 - and this same BENJAMIN² is father of DAUGHTERS including Ann³ White who married Peter Boylston.
Major Edward³ White, born 1693:
MAJOR EDWARD³ White is the ONLY SON of Susanna Cogswell and Benjamin² White.
MAJOR EDWARD WHITE³
Born 1693
Pane-Joyce Genealogy states:
Edward White. Born on 10 Jul 1693.
Education: Harvard 1712.
Edward resided at Brookline.
He was town clerk from 1719 to 1726, a selectman eight years, a representative five years.
His will was dated 30 Oct 1763, probated 28 Jul 1769.
22 Jan 1718/9 Edward married Hannah Wiswell.
Hannah, of Dorchester.
Children of Edward and Hannah (Wiswell) White:
i. Hannah White, b. 14 Apr 1720, d. 5 Oct 1725
ii. Susanna (or Susannah) White, b. 20 May 1722
iii. Benjamin White, b. 5 Oct 1724, d. 1790, m. 19 Feb 1756 Elizabeth Aspinwall, grad. Harvard 1744, resided at Brookline
iv. Hannah White, b. 8 Feb 1725/6, d. young
v. Hannah White, b. 7 Feb 1726/8
vi. Sarah White, b. 7 Aug 1730, not named in her father's will
vii. John White, b. 26 Aug 1734
viii. Ann White, m. 25 Mar 1768 James Wesson
ix. Oliver White
Benjamin² and Susanna Cogswell White are direct ancestors of President John Adams. Admiral Benson and descendants of John Adams were friends and colleagues, as well as cousins. Correspondence survives and more can be found online.
Major EDWARD³ WHITE who married HANNAH WISWALL was the ONLY son of Benjamin² and Susanna Cogswell White.
Captain BENJAMIN⁴ WHITE (he married ELIZABETH ASPINWALL, a SISTER of Dr. William Aspinwall and Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall) is the son of Edward³ White and Hannah Wiswall.
The Georgia home of Captain Benjamin⁴ and Elizabeth Aspinwall's son, Major Edward⁵ White, is Brooklyne Plantation. This place name is spelled variously "Brookline" "Brooklyne" "Brooklynne" "Brooklynn" "Brooklyn" - older spelling variations for "Brookline" as in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Captain BENJAMIN⁴ White is the brother of SUSANNA⁴ or Susannah WHITE who married Stephen BREWER. Susanna⁴'s son EDWARD⁵ Brewer married CATHARINE Sparhawk ASPINWALL, a NIECE of Elizabeth (ASPINWALL) WHITE.
Great-grandfather of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer⁶, who is White generation six from his direct ancestors Frances Jackson and John¹ White.
• Tiny numbers refer to the White Lineage.
Grandfather of EDWARD BREWER
One
John White (Frances Jackson)
Two
Benjamin White (Susanna Cogswell)
Three
MAJOR EDWARD WHITE (Hannah Wiswall)
Four
SUSANNA or Susannah WHITE (Stephen Brewer)
Five
EDWARD BREWER (Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall)
Six
THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER married Mary Foster Brewer.
Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer his wife removed from Massachusetts to Augusta, Georgia, and next moved to Lexington, Georgia. About 1835, the couple built a home and established their family in Bibb County, Georgia, at Vineville, a rural community nearby to the young city of Macon. Other family, including Major Edward White of Savannah and Brooklyne Plantation, had established in Georgia also.
Major Edward³ White (wife Hannah Wiswall) is brother of Susanna³ White who married Robert Sharp. Robert and Susanna White Sharp are parents of Sarah Sharp Sumner, mother of Sarah SumnerDavis and Governor Increase Sumner of Massachusetts. Sharp, White, and other lines are very intermarried. These families are represented not only in the ancestry of Catherine Elizabeth (Brewer) Benson... These families maintained ties through to the 20th century — most notably reflected in the relationships continued, forged, and/or renewed by Admiral William Shepherd Benson, whose professional colleagues and personal friends in government and community were sometimes his cousins.
WISWALL
THOMAS WISWALL
Elizabeth
ENOCH WISWALL
Elizabeth Oliver
OLIVER WISWALL
Sarah Baker
HANNAH WISWALL
Major Edward White
SUSANNA WHITE
(Her brother Captain Benjamin White married Elizabeth Aspinwall, the sister of Lt. Col. Thomas, Dr. William Aspinwall, and other siblings.)
Stephen Brewer
(Brother of Joseph who m. Rebecca Weld, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Craft Weld.)
EDWARD BREWER
Nephew of Joseph Brewer and others.
Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall
Niece of Elizabeth Aspinwall and her husband Capt. Benjamin White.
THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER
Grandson of Stephen and Susanna (White) Brewer.
Mary Foster Brewer
Granddaughter of Joseph Brewer and Rebecca (Weld) Brewer.
CATHERINE ELIZABETH BREWER
Descendant of two sons of Nathaniel III and Elizabeth Mayo Brewer.
Richard Aaron Benson
THOMAS BREWER BENSON
Hattie Eliza Freeman
LULA MAY BENSON
Nelson Huntley Parker, Sr.
GEORGE OTIS PARKER, SR.
Mildred Jeanette Jones
GEORGE OTIS PARKER, JR.
(1943 – 1982)
WHITE
JOHN WHITE
Frances Jackson (sometimes called Onge)
BENJAMIN WHITE
Susanna Cogswell
MAJOR EDWARD WHITE
BROTHER of ANN (WHITE) BOYLSTON.
Hannah Wiswall (or Wiswell)
SUSANNA WHITE
SISTER of CAPTAIN BENJAMIN WHITE. Named for Susanna (Cogswell) White.
Stephen Brewer
EDWARD BREWER
Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall
THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER
Born in Massachusetts. Merchant. Gentleman farmer. Last was resident of Vineville, Bibb County, Georgia.
WHITE FAMILY SOURCES (include)
Brookline Historical Publication Society, Publications of the Brookline Historical Publication Society, Brookline, MA: The Riverdale Press (1897), 41.
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 421.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 126-127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 110.
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase), New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008), Brookline, Vol. 1, p. 72, Birth record for daughter Mary White.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 1982, Vol. 136, pp. 308, 321.
COGSWELL
Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 132.
Jameson, E. O., The Cogswells in America, Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son (1884), 9, 23, Internet Archive (Digital Library).
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 422.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 34, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 466.
Boylston, The --- Family, NEHGR, Vol 111, Jan 1957; NEHGS, americanancestors.org
White, John, Descendants of, NEHGR, v52, Oct 1898; americanancestors.org
Susanna, Susannah, Susana - spelling variations seen for Susannah (White) Brewer.
Ancestry of Belcher Hancock, who married Ann Ackers (granddaughter of Major Edward and Hannah Wiswall White)
Nathaniel Hancock
Mary Prentice
ancestors of John Hancock, signer
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Nathaniel Hancock
Prudence Russell
daughter of Joseph and Mary (Belcher) Russell
|
Solomon Hancock
Mary Torrey
|
Belcher Hancock
born 1754 - died 1813
Ann Ackers
granddaughter of Major Edward and Hannah (Wiswall) White
Correction of Sibley's error to the list of Major Edward White's children, and which daughter married Col. James Wesson
The "Ann baptized in 1720" is actually the first Hannah who was born 1720 (or 1719) and must have been the child baptized in 1720 - there is no other explanation. Sibley also has her confused with the real Ann who married Col. James Wesson in 1768. The Ann who married Col. Wesson was born 1742. She died July 6, 1777 of smallpox. Col. Wesson's burial is in Marlborough, Massachusetts - he is not in buried in Brookline's Walnut Street Cemetery, but he is mentioned in "Burials and Inscriptions".
Some notes: Parents of Ann White Wesson (born 1742, wife of Col. James Wesson) and grandparents of Sarah Wesson Spurr (wife of Eliphalet Spurr). Parents also of Hannah White Ackers. Belcher Hancock (husband of Major Edward White's granddaughter Ann Susan Ackers Hancock) is not attached to his correct parents on Find A Grave - note ages! - The correct Belcher Hancock was born in 1754 and died in 1813. Belcher Hancock was a cousin of John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence. The Russell ancestors of Belcher Hancock married with Bridge and Danforth family, same as did the Brewer family of Major Edward White's daughter Susanna White Brewer and her descendants. The interwoven family lines are thus reflected again here in this group. The Hancock family, including John Hancock himself, would have been known to Major Edward White and his family. They were friends, cousins, and colleagues in Boston and Brookline society.
Major Edward White (1693 - 1769)
Edward White, the only son of Susanna Cogswell and Benjamin White. Graduate of Harvard College, class of 1712. Married Hannah Wiswall (Wiswell, other spelling variations), daughter of Oliver and Sarah Baker Wiswall of Dorchester. Major Edward White was known as "the Honorable", as "Captain", and later as Major Edward White. He served in government also . His sister Ann White Boylston was the wife of Peter Boylston, mother of Susanna Boylston Adams, and the grandmother of President John Adams.
Ann White Boylston (see Famous Kin link below) is the sister of Major Edward White who married Hannah Wiswall. The relationships shown are the same for both Edward and Ann, because these are through the WHITE FAMILY only - except that Ann's children and direct descendants are nieces and nephews to Major Edward White, and cousins to Major Edward's children Susanna White Brewer and Captain Benjamin White.
https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-menu.php?name=3792+ann+white
Major Edward White, born 1693, was the only son of Susanna Cogswell and Benjamin White, son of John White and Frances.
"John White of Muddy River" (Brookline Historical Society paper) calls Benjamin White (husband of Susanna Cogswell, and father of Major Edward White who married Hannah Wiswall) "Ensign White" and "Ens. White". This Benjamin White also is called Sergeant Benjamin White.
Major Edward White, born 1693:
Major Edward White is a grandson of John White. John and his wife Frances are "Immigrant Ancestors" of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
Major Edward White³, born 1693:
Grandfather of Major Edward White⁵, Savannah, Georgia — John¹, Benjamin², Maj Edward³, Capt Benjamin⁴ m. Elizabeth Aspinwall. Major Edward White⁵, Savannah, Georgia and Brooklyne Plantation, Georgia — the 5th Generation from John¹ and Frances White. Major Edward White⁵ married Mildred Scott Stubbs, daughter of Mary Eliza Scott and James Stubbs, and niece of General Scott who built the Statehouse at Milledgeville.
Major Edward White³, born 1693:
FATHER of Captain Benjamin White⁴ who married Elizabeth Aspinwall, daughter of Lt. Thomas and Johanna Gardner Aspinwall. Johanna Gardner Aspinwall's father, Captain Caleb Gardner, was the son of Thomas Gardner III, and a nephew of John Adams' great-grandmother Mary Gardner Boylston (sister of Thomas III). Johanna's mother was Abial Phipps, daughter of Mary Danforth and Solomon Phipps – a Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
Edward White³ and Hannah Wiswall White are the parents of Susanna⁴ (or Susannah) White Brewer, wife of Stephen (son of Nathaniel Brewer III). Their son Edward married Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall, a niece of Elizabeth Aspinwall White. Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall Brewer was the daughter of Elizabeth Aspinwall White's brother Lt. Col. Thomas and Lucy Sparhawk Aspinwall.
Major Edward White³, born 1693, was the only brother of:
• Ann³ White Boylston
Wife of Peter Boylston
• Mary³ White Ruggles
Wife of Timothy Ruggles
• Susanna³ White Sharp
Wife of Robert Sharp
• Joanna³ White Ruggles
Wife of Joseph Ruggles
Major Edward White³, born 1693:
(See Screenshot for below.)
Adams Family Papers Online - "John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 sheet 2 of 53, Parents and schooling."
(Available online, as shown here.)
Ann³ (White) Boylston was the wife of Peter Boylston. Ann was a sister of Major Edward³ White. Edward was born in 1693 to Benjamin² and Susannah (Cogswell) White.
Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Brookline, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1929).
WHITE Ann, d. Benjamin and Susana, July 4, 1685.
Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009).
Maternal grandmother of John Adams (and great-grandmother of John Quincy Adams).
See also: Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009)
p. 7.
John¹ and Frances White are ancestors of John Adams and John Quincy Adams through their son Benjamin² ... this being BENJAMIN² the FATHER of Major EDWARD³ White born 1693 - and this same BENJAMIN² is father of DAUGHTERS including Ann³ White who married Peter Boylston.
Major Edward³ White, born 1693:
MAJOR EDWARD³ White is the ONLY SON of Susanna Cogswell and Benjamin² White.
MAJOR EDWARD WHITE³
Born 1693
Pane-Joyce Genealogy states:
Edward White. Born on 10 Jul 1693.
Education: Harvard 1712.
Edward resided at Brookline.
He was town clerk from 1719 to 1726, a selectman eight years, a representative five years.
His will was dated 30 Oct 1763, probated 28 Jul 1769.
22 Jan 1718/9 Edward married Hannah Wiswell.
Hannah, of Dorchester.
Children of Edward and Hannah (Wiswell) White:
i. Hannah White, b. 14 Apr 1720, d. 5 Oct 1725
ii. Susanna (or Susannah) White, b. 20 May 1722
iii. Benjamin White, b. 5 Oct 1724, d. 1790, m. 19 Feb 1756 Elizabeth Aspinwall, grad. Harvard 1744, resided at Brookline
iv. Hannah White, b. 8 Feb 1725/6, d. young
v. Hannah White, b. 7 Feb 1726/8
vi. Sarah White, b. 7 Aug 1730, not named in her father's will
vii. John White, b. 26 Aug 1734
viii. Ann White, m. 25 Mar 1768 James Wesson
ix. Oliver White
Benjamin² and Susanna Cogswell White are direct ancestors of President John Adams. Admiral Benson and descendants of John Adams were friends and colleagues, as well as cousins. Correspondence survives and more can be found online.
Major EDWARD³ WHITE who married HANNAH WISWALL was the ONLY son of Benjamin² and Susanna Cogswell White.
Captain BENJAMIN⁴ WHITE (he married ELIZABETH ASPINWALL, a SISTER of Dr. William Aspinwall and Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall) is the son of Edward³ White and Hannah Wiswall.
The Georgia home of Captain Benjamin⁴ and Elizabeth Aspinwall's son, Major Edward⁵ White, is Brooklyne Plantation. This place name is spelled variously "Brookline" "Brooklyne" "Brooklynne" "Brooklynn" "Brooklyn" - older spelling variations for "Brookline" as in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Captain BENJAMIN⁴ White is the brother of SUSANNA⁴ or Susannah WHITE who married Stephen BREWER. Susanna⁴'s son EDWARD⁵ Brewer married CATHARINE Sparhawk ASPINWALL, a NIECE of Elizabeth (ASPINWALL) WHITE.
Great-grandfather of Thomas Aspinwall Brewer⁶, who is White generation six from his direct ancestors Frances Jackson and John¹ White.
• Tiny numbers refer to the White Lineage.
Grandfather of EDWARD BREWER
One
John White (Frances Jackson)
Two
Benjamin White (Susanna Cogswell)
Three
MAJOR EDWARD WHITE (Hannah Wiswall)
Four
SUSANNA or Susannah WHITE (Stephen Brewer)
Five
EDWARD BREWER (Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall)
Six
THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER married Mary Foster Brewer.
Thomas Aspinwall Brewer and Mary Foster (Brewer) Brewer his wife removed from Massachusetts to Augusta, Georgia, and next moved to Lexington, Georgia. About 1835, the couple built a home and established their family in Bibb County, Georgia, at Vineville, a rural community nearby to the young city of Macon. Other family, including Major Edward White of Savannah and Brooklyne Plantation, had established in Georgia also.
Major Edward³ White (wife Hannah Wiswall) is brother of Susanna³ White who married Robert Sharp. Robert and Susanna White Sharp are parents of Sarah Sharp Sumner, mother of Sarah SumnerDavis and Governor Increase Sumner of Massachusetts. Sharp, White, and other lines are very intermarried. These families are represented not only in the ancestry of Catherine Elizabeth (Brewer) Benson... These families maintained ties through to the 20th century — most notably reflected in the relationships continued, forged, and/or renewed by Admiral William Shepherd Benson, whose professional colleagues and personal friends in government and community were sometimes his cousins.
WISWALL
THOMAS WISWALL
Elizabeth
ENOCH WISWALL
Elizabeth Oliver
OLIVER WISWALL
Sarah Baker
HANNAH WISWALL
Major Edward White
SUSANNA WHITE
(Her brother Captain Benjamin White married Elizabeth Aspinwall, the sister of Lt. Col. Thomas, Dr. William Aspinwall, and other siblings.)
Stephen Brewer
(Brother of Joseph who m. Rebecca Weld, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Craft Weld.)
EDWARD BREWER
Nephew of Joseph Brewer and others.
Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall
Niece of Elizabeth Aspinwall and her husband Capt. Benjamin White.
THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER
Grandson of Stephen and Susanna (White) Brewer.
Mary Foster Brewer
Granddaughter of Joseph Brewer and Rebecca (Weld) Brewer.
CATHERINE ELIZABETH BREWER
Descendant of two sons of Nathaniel III and Elizabeth Mayo Brewer.
Richard Aaron Benson
THOMAS BREWER BENSON
Hattie Eliza Freeman
LULA MAY BENSON
Nelson Huntley Parker, Sr.
GEORGE OTIS PARKER, SR.
Mildred Jeanette Jones
GEORGE OTIS PARKER, JR.
(1943 – 1982)
WHITE
JOHN WHITE
Frances Jackson (sometimes called Onge)
BENJAMIN WHITE
Susanna Cogswell
MAJOR EDWARD WHITE
BROTHER of ANN (WHITE) BOYLSTON.
Hannah Wiswall (or Wiswell)
SUSANNA WHITE
SISTER of CAPTAIN BENJAMIN WHITE. Named for Susanna (Cogswell) White.
Stephen Brewer
EDWARD BREWER
Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall
THOMAS ASPINWALL BREWER
Born in Massachusetts. Merchant. Gentleman farmer. Last was resident of Vineville, Bibb County, Georgia.
WHITE FAMILY SOURCES (include)
Brookline Historical Publication Society, Publications of the Brookline Historical Publication Society, Brookline, MA: The Riverdale Press (1897), 41.
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 421.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 126-127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 110.
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase), New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008), Brookline, Vol. 1, p. 72, Birth record for daughter Mary White.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 1982, Vol. 136, pp. 308, 321.
COGSWELL
Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 132.
Jameson, E. O., The Cogswells in America, Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son (1884), 9, 23, Internet Archive (Digital Library).
Lothrop, Thomas J., "John White of Watertown and Brookline, and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 52 (1898), 422.
Pope, Charles Henry, ed., Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines, Boston: Printed for the Family (1912), 127.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 139.
Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 34, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 466.
Boylston, The --- Family, NEHGR, Vol 111, Jan 1957; NEHGS, americanancestors.org
White, John, Descendants of, NEHGR, v52, Oct 1898; americanancestors.org
Susanna, Susannah, Susana - spelling variations seen for Susannah (White) Brewer.
Ancestry of Belcher Hancock, who married Ann Ackers (granddaughter of Major Edward and Hannah Wiswall White)
Nathaniel Hancock
Mary Prentice
ancestors of John Hancock, signer
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Nathaniel Hancock
Prudence Russell
daughter of Joseph and Mary (Belcher) Russell
|
Solomon Hancock
Mary Torrey
|
Belcher Hancock
born 1754 - died 1813
Ann Ackers
granddaughter of Major Edward and Hannah (Wiswall) White
Correction of Sibley's error to the list of Major Edward White's children, and which daughter married Col. James Wesson
The "Ann baptized in 1720" is actually the first Hannah who was born 1720 (or 1719) and must have been the child baptized in 1720 - there is no other explanation. Sibley also has her confused with the real Ann who married Col. James Wesson in 1768. The Ann who married Col. Wesson was born 1742. She died July 6, 1777 of smallpox. Col. Wesson's burial is in Marlborough, Massachusetts - he is not in buried in Brookline's Walnut Street Cemetery, but he is mentioned in "Burials and Inscriptions".
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