John White (ca. 1602-1673) was baptized in South Petherton, Somerset, England. He married Joan (1606-1654), daughter of Richard and Maudlin Staple-Cooke West, 1627 in Drayton Parish, Somerset. They lived in Drayton for awhile with their two oldest sons before immigrating to Salem, Mass. in 1639. They later moved to Wenham and to Lancaster. They were the parents of nine known children. Five children were born in England, the rest in Massachusetts. One son, Thomas, settled in Wenham, and another son, Josiah, in his estate in Lancaster. Descendants live in Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, Ohio, Illinois, Maine, Vermont, Canada and elsewhere.

Excerpt from Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts, Vol. 3 of 3: 1638-1905 Besides the which are numbered in regular order in the three volumes, there are 808 in the first volume whose record was not received in season and had to be designated by letter; 984 in the second and 735 in the third, making the birth or baptism of in the three volumes; adding the whose record is found in the White Family Quarterly, giving descendants of John White. I have used no unusual abbreviations, using those of months and states; b. Born; bapt. Baptized; (i. Died; p. Page; vol. Vol ume; dau. Daughter. I make no distinction in the male and female lines, except omitting the name of White when derived from our emigrant ancestor. Each member is numbered at birth, and when the name is followed by it will be found again in its proper place with the birth number in a bracket at the right of the name. If no follows, all I could learn is recorded at the birth. The small superior figures at the end of each name denotes the generation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 of 2: 1638-1900 Page 165. 1999. Dudley D. Maynard,10 d. May 13, 1898. 2000. Charles Henry Bigelow Maynard,10 b. Nov. 21, 1889. Page 349. First line at the bottom, after m. Read, Feb. 24, 1791. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.