Brief Life History of Samuel Corwin
When Samuel Corwin White was born on 9 October 1806, in Long Island, New York, United States, his father, Elias White, was 38 and his mother, Keziah Penny, was 37. He married Frances Havens on 16 October 1830. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States in 1850 and Southampton, Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States in 1865. He died on 23 May 1883, in Hampton Bays, Suffolk, New York, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Hampton Bays, Suffolk, New York, United States.
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- Samuel White, "United States Census, 1870"
- Samuel C White, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Samuel C White in entry for Joseph Moroni White, "Utah, Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1937"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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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