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Prudence White 1714–1793 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 August 1714

Birth Location: Lexington, Middletown, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1 November 1793

Death Location: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Edward White

Mother: Sarah Wilson

Spouse(s): Deacon. )

Children(s): General ), Prudence Hancock

Prudence White was born in 1714 in Lexington, Middletown, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Edward White And Sarah Wilson. Prudence White married Deacon Nathan Hancock Sr Pocahontas Line 5, and had children including Abigail Hancock, Elizabeth Hancock Wyman, General John Hancock Pocahontas Line 4, Nathan Hancock Ll, Prudence Hancock, Samuel Hancock, Sarah Hancock Pattin. Prudence White passed away in 1793 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Prudence White was born in 1714 in Lexington, Middletown, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Edward White And Sarah Wilson.
  • Prudence White married Deacon Nathan Hancock Sr Pocahontas Line 5, and had children including Abigail Hancock, Elizabeth Hancock Wyman, General John Hancock Pocahontas Line 4, Nathan Hancock Ll, Prudence Hancock, Samuel Hancock, Sarah Hancock Pattin.
  • Prudence White passed away in 1793 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edward White
1683–1716
Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
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Sarah Wilson
1687–
Birth Location: Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Deacon. )
1716–1791
Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

General )
1738–1819
Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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Prudence Hancock
1740–1773
Birth Location: –
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Prudence White's Ancestors

Self
Prudence White
1714–1793
Birth Place: Lexington, Middletown, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Edward White
1683–1716
Dorchester, Suffolk, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Wilson
1687–
Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
James White
1637–1713
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Sarah Baker
1645–1695
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Lieut. (John Wilson) lll
1650–1735
England
Joanna Carter
1649–1698
Great-Grandparents
Edward White
1593–1630
Martha Beadie
1596–1654
John ll
1621–1691
Hannah James
1625–1697
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John ll
1588–1667
Elizabeth Mansfield
1592–1658

Prudence White's Descendants

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Prudence White (21 August 1714–1 November 1793) m. Deacon. (Nathan Hancock Sr (Pocahontas line#5) ) (12 July 1716–Abt 1791)
  1. 1. General (John Hancock (Pocahontas line#4) ) 1738–1819 m. Mary Walker 1739–1816
    1. 1. Nathan (Hancock (Pocahontas line#3) ) 1762–1823 m. Sarah ("Sally") Craige 1764–1842
      1. 1. Irene (J Hancock (Pocahontas line#2) ) 1806–1896 m. Samuel (Wentworth Downs) Jr 1808–1893
        1. 1. Frances (Downs (Pocahontas line#1) ) 1835–1922 m. Pliny (Davison) lll 1840–1909
        2. 2. Adelia (I) Downs 1838–1850
        3. 3. Georgiana Downs 1842–1866
        4. 4. Catherine ("Kate' Downs) Marion 1845–1901 m. Charles (Edward) Marion 1846–1905
        5. 5. Nancy (J) Downs 1849–1850
        6. 6. Emily (R) Downs 1840–1856
      2. 2. Samuel Hancock 1785–
        1. 1. Rebecca Hancock 1811–
      3. 3. Elizabeth Hancock 1787–1859 m. Joseph Cleveland 1778–1839
        1. 1. Eliza (Jane) Cleveland 1810–1873 m. John (Bradford) Waters 1810–1881
        2. 2. George (Iram) Cleveland 1813–1883 m. Elizabeth Everett 1820–1908
        3. 3. Sophronia (Anna) Cleveland 1816–1853 m. William (Henry) Kelley 1809–
        4. 4. Henry (Hancock) Cleveland 1823–1862 m. Susan (Jane) Wood 1827–
        5. 5. Sarah (Maria) Cleveland 1826–1841
      4. 4. Nancy Hancock 1789–1857 m. William (Robinson) Kelley 1795–1865
        1. 1. Oliver (Hudson) Kelley 1826–1913 m. Temperance (Baldwin) Lane 1826–
        2. 2. Rev. (Charles Wallace) Kelley 1832–1915
        3. 3. William (Henry) Kelley 1819–1900
      5. 5. John Hancock 1791– m. Olive Fletcher 1796–
        1. 1. John (Theobald) Hancock 1824–1883 m. Nancy Wilson 1819– m. Delencia Davis 1823–
        2. 2. Irena (Augusta) Clark 1823–1906 m. John (Warren) Clark 1819–
        3. 3. Charles Hancock 1828–
        4. 4. Olive (Helen) Hancock 1832–1832
      6. 6. Henry Hancock 1793–1818
      7. 7. Sewall Hancock 1796–1838 m. Lydia Jenks 1790–1858
        1. 1. Leader Hancock 1819–1845 m. Nancy (Slingland \) Atkins –1846
        2. 2. James (William) Hancock 1822– m. Delila Plantain 1830–
        3. 3. Maria (Deborah) Hancock 1824–
        4. 4. Harriet (Susan) Hancock 1824–
        5. 5. Henrietta Hancock 1828–
        6. 6. Thomas (Jenks) Hancock 1833–
      8. 8. Heroine ("Lydia") Hancock 1798–1842
      9. 9. Lucinda Hancock 1802–1889
      10. 10. Melinda Hancock 1804–1865 m. Samuel (Haskell) Newman 1803–1881
        1. 1. Eliza (Harriet Hancock) Newman 1846–1929
    2. 2. Mary (Hancock) Smith 1765–
      1. 1. James (Smith) ll 1783–
      2. 2. John Smith 1786–
      3. 3. Sally Smith 1788–
      4. 4. William Smith 1790–
      5. 5. Enoch Smith 1793–
      6. 6. Polly Smith 1797–
      7. 7. Nancy Smith 1800–
    3. 3. Frances ("Fanny") Hancock 1767–1832 m. Roger Lawrence 1763–1836
      1. 1. Colin Lawrence –1821
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Lawrence) Hosmer 1789–1872 m. Abel Hosmer 1777–1826
        1. 1. Elizabeth Hosmer 1821–1878
      3. 3. Frances (Hancock Lawrence) Hawes 1803–1888
    4. 4. John (Sewell) Hancock 1770–1813
    5. 5. Prudence (Hancock.) Gilpatrick 1771–1859 m. Jonathan Gilpatrick –1837
      1. 1. John (H) Gilpatrick 1813–1891
        1. 1. Charles Gilpatrick 1840–
        2. 2. George Gilpatrick 1844–
        3. 3. Frank (E) Gilpatrick 1849–1885
        4. 4. Amy (J) Gilpatrick 1851–
        5. 5. Helen Gilpatrick 1855–
      2. 2. Lydia Gilpatrick –1898
    6. 6. Sarah 1773–1859 m. Joseph Viles 1770–1848
      1. 1. Rufus Viles 1790–
      2. 2. Joseph Viles 1792–
      3. 3. Leonard Viles 1795–1864
      4. 4. Sarah Viles 1802–
      5. 5. Fisher Viles 1804–
      6. 6. Alfred Viles 1806–
      7. 7. Wentworth Viles 1808–
      8. 8. Naomi Viles 1810–
      9. 9. George Viles 1810–
      10. 10. Francis (L) Viles 1813–
      11. 11. John (Hancock) Viles 1818–
    7. 7. William Hancock 1775–
    8. 8. Lydia (Walker Hancock) Turner 1777–1840 m. Asa Turner 1773–1857
      1. 1. Harriet (Turner.) Holmes 1823–1888
      2. 2. Lewis Turner 1798–1873
      3. 3. Caroline (D. Turner) Knox 1820–1862
      4. 4. Elijah Turner 1812–1891
      5. 5. Asa (Franklin) Turner 1810–1888
      6. 6. Cyrus Turner 1814–1887
      7. 7. Lyman Turner 1803–1870
      8. 8. Alonzo (Perry) Turner –1891
      9. 9. Abigail (Mann Turner) Barr 1818–1879
    9. 9. Samuel Hancock 1779–1787
    10. 10. Thomas Hancock 1782–1872 m. Sally Stockbridge 1783–1862
      1. 1. Sarah Hancock 1803–
      2. 2. Emily (T Harriman) Hancock 1827–1901
      3. 3. Coleman (L. "Colon") Hancock 1820–1892
      4. 4. Sally Hancock 1806–
      5. 5. Silas Hancock 1808–
      6. 6. Charles Hancock 1810–
      7. 7. John Hancock 1812–1812
      8. 8. George Hancock 1814–
      9. 9. Leander Hancock 1816–
      10. 10. John (Sewall) Hancock 1818–
      11. 11. Susan Hancock 1822–
    11. 11. Nancy Hancock 1785–1850 m. Samuel Downs 1778–1850
      1. 1. Caroline Downs 1804–
      2. 2. Harriet Downs 1805–
      3. 3. Samuel (Wentworth) Downs 1809–1893
      4. 4. John (Hancock) Downs 1809–1891
      5. 5. Hannah Downs 1811–1890
      6. 6. Aubury Downs 1813–
      7. 7. Zelotus Downs 1814–1897
      8. 8. Ozro (F) Downs 1816–
      9. 9. Colin (L) Downs 1818–1894
      10. 10. William Downs 1821–1903
      11. 11. Joseph Downs 1823–1879 m. Anne (E) Wiggin 1829–
        1. 1. Walter (J) Downes 1849–
        2. 2. Nancy Downs 1852–
        3. 3. Arthur Downs 1859–
        4. 4. Ellen (Maria) Downs 1870–
        5. 5. Octavia Downes 1847–
      12. 12. Nancy Downs 1825–1888 m. Moses Goodrich 1817–1880
        1. 1. George (D) Goodrich 1852–1933
        2. 2. Nellie (M) Goodrich 1854–1943
        3. 3. Albert (M) Goodrich 1860–1935
        4. 4. Rufus (S) Goodrich 1864–1876
      13. 13. Rufus (T) Downs 1829–1902 m. Lucy (Maria) Libby 1831– m. Myrtle (Bell) Downs 1866–1937
        1. 1. Roy (Rufus) Downs 1897–1969
      14. 14. Sarah (E) Downs 1832–1903 m. Ambrose (H) Lincoln 1820–
        1. 1. Carrie (A) Lincoln 1859–
        2. 2. Lena Lincoln 1865–
    12. 12. Mary Hancock\\\\ 1763–1765
  2. 2. Prudence Hancock 1740–1773 m. William (Whitwell) Jr 1737–1781
    1. 1. Elizabeth Pemberton 1767–1820
    2. 2. Prudence Whitwell 1765–1814
    3. 3. Nathaniel Whitwell 1773–1814

Prudence White's Timeline

2 Records

1714
21 August 1714
Birth of Prudence White in Lexington, Middletown, Massachusetts, USA
Lexington, Middletown, Massachusetts, USA
1793
1 November 1793
Age 79
Death of Prudence White in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 August 1714
    Event Place: Lexington, Middletown, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Boston, Massachusetts, Birth Index
    [2] Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    [3] U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 November 1793
    Event Place: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast
    [2] Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, New England Historical Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vitals to 1850
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