Brief Life History of Mary Chandler
When Mary Chandler White was born on 9 June 1785, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Capt. William White, was 30 and her mother, Mary "Polly" Chandler, was 35. She died on 12 February 1853, in Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 67.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Mary C. White, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
- Mary C. White, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Parents and Siblings
1754–1825 Male
1749–1794 Female
Siblings (10)
1776–1850 Female
1777–1818 Male
1778–1829 Male
1780–1780 Male
1781–1783 Male
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World Events (7)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 1
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
Age 2
1803
Age 18
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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