When Phebe Tompkins was born in 1811, in Pitstone, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Thompkins, was 54 and her mother, Mary Ann London, was 36. She married John White on 13 June 1839, in Pitstone, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Tring, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom for about 50 years. She died on 15 July 1891, at the age of 80, and was buried in Tring, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.