Elizabeth White

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth White was born on 9 March 1773, in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Benjamin White, was 50 and her mother, Sarah Williams, was 44. She married George Washington Berry on 11 December 1804, in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died in 1850, in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Berry
1790–
Elizabeth White
1773–1850
Marriage: 11 December 1804
Adaline Montgomery Berry
1810–1891
George Waterman Berry
1812–
Arvilla Sophronia Berry
1815–

Sources (9)

  • Betty White, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Betsy White, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Betsey Berry, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920"

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World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

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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