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• Birth	Abt 1596	Shalford,Essex,England   [5]
  Christened	16 Dec 1642	Sheepscott,Kittery,,Maine
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1684	Hartford,Hartford,Connecticut
  Died	23 Jan 1684	Hartford,Hartford,Connecticut   [5]
  Person ID	I56403	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2004 00:00:00
  Father	Robert WHITE, b. 17 May 1560, Shalford & Meesing,Essex,England
  Mother	Bridget ALLGAR, b. 11 May 1562, Shalford,Essex,England
  Family ID	F24370	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Came over with Rev. Thomas Hooker to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Moved to Hartford and then Hadley. Sailed on the "Lion" 6/22/1632 and arrived in Boston 9/16/1632. His original homelot and cow yard in Cambridge is now occupied by "Gore Hall" the Harvard library. Was a Freeman 3/4/1633, selectman 1635. Moved with Hooker to Hartford 6/1636. Was an original proprietor. His house was in the shadow of the original Hartford "charter oak". Was selectman for Hartford in 1642, 1646, 1651, 1656. After the death of Rev. Hooker in 1647, dissension began in the church between Reverend Stone, the new minister and the members of the church. Thiscontinued until April of 1659 when sixty settlers of Hartford,Wethersfield and Windsor signed an agreement to move up the Connecticut River into western Massachusetts and establish the town of Hadley. Elder John's name was fifth on this agreement and he was named to the committeeto "lay out lands and highways" and to do other town business. WhenHadley was organized, he was chosen as Selectman in 1662, 1663 and 1665.In 1664 and 1669, he served as Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts, sitting in Boston. He served as Elder in the Church in Hadley until 1670 when dissension in the First Church of Hartford hadagain divided the membership and a new church of South Hartford was established. John White moved back to Hartford and became a member of South Church under the ministry of Rev. John Whiting. John was chosen Elder of this church and is mentioned in the church records as arbitrator and councilor in church matters.

• Sources

  [S716] Hadley Families, Lucius M. Boltwood, (Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. 1979. Excerpted fromHistory of Hadley by Sylvester Judd, 1905)). [S77] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street Sal). [S717] Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT). [S712] Passengers on the "Lion" from England to Boston, 1632, Sandra Sutphin Olney, (1992 Heritage Books Inc. Two volume set). [S61] World Family Tree Vol. 4, Ed. 1, Brøderbund Software, Inc., (Release date: August 23, 1996), Tree #3551. Date of Import: Apr 1, 2000