Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary White was born on 20 October 1788, in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States, her father, John White, was 22 and her mother, Chloe Smith, was 21. She married Tilness Hawley on 13 April 1820. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 16 December 1824, in Martinsburg, Lewis, New York, United States, at the age of 36.
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Spouse and Children
1797–1883 Male
1788–1824 Female
Children (2)
1821–1885 Female
1823–1897 Female
Parents and Siblings
1766–1838 Male
1767–1842 Female
Siblings (9)
1788–1824 Female
1789–1863 Male
1791– Male
1792–1796 Male
1794–1824 Male
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World Events (8)
1789
Age 1
1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
Age 9
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 12
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English white, wit (Old English hwīt ‘white’), hence a nickname for someone with white hair or a pale complexion. In some cases it is perhaps from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Hwīta, a short form of names in Hwīt- (from hwīt ‘white’). The name may also be topographic, referring to someone who lived by a bend or curve in a river or road (from Old English wiht ‘bend’), the source of the placename of Great Whyte in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (compare Wight ). This name is also a variant of Wight . The surname White is also very common among African Americans.
Irish and Scottish: adopted for any of several Irish and Scottish Gaelic names based on bán ‘white, fair’ (see Bain 1, McElwain ) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). The English surname has been Gaelicized in Ireland as de Faoite.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘white’, for example German Weiss , French Blanc , Polish Białas (see Bialas ), Slovenian Belec , or any other synonymous Slavic surname beginning with Bel-, Bev-, Biel- or Bil-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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