Brief Life History of Ann
Ann White was born on 2 March 1696, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America as the daughter of Samuel White and Ann. She married Christopher Webb on 30 April 1713, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1696. She died on 13 February 1737, in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 40.
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- Anne in entry for Samuel Webb, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Anne White, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Anne White, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1690–1761 Male
1696–1737 Female
Children (15)
1714–1714 Female
1716–1773 Male
1718–1719 Female
1720–1720 Male
1721–1761 Male
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Siblings (8)
1696–1737 Female
1698– Female
1700– Female
1702– Male
1703– Male
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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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