Josiah White

     Josiah White was born on 3 January 1713/14 at Lancaster, Massachusetts.^1,2,3 He was the son of Deacon Josiah White and Abigail Whitcomb.

Josiah White, age 25, married Deborah House, age 16 , daughter of Joseph House and Lydia Curtis, on 14 March 1738/39 at Lancaster, Massachusetts. By Joseph Wilder.^1,2,4,5,3 He lived in the part of Lancaster, which was set off as Leominster where he built the first saw-mill and also the " Old Abbey."² Josiah lived in 1768 at Charlestown, New Hampshire.² Josiah White of Charlestown, N. H., bought of Jeremiah Allen of Rockingham, Vt., for £17, ninety acres of land in Rockingham, being in Lot number nine in second Range of the plan of the town.² On 14 January 1779, Josiah purchased from Ezra Whitney ninety acres of land lying in tenth Range of Lots in Rockingham, Vermont for £50.²

Josiah White, age 65, married Elizabeth Stockwell on 16 September 1779 at Rockingham, Vermont.^1,2 On 13 September 1780, Josiah bought from Asa White, sixty acres of land for £60. Then on 2 April 1781, he bought rom Peter Evans, Jr., lot number four in "Williams River Meadow," for ,£30. On 11 June 11 1782, he sold the same to Oliver Lovell for ,£20.² Apr. 10, 1781, bought of Asahel Stebbins of Northfield for ,£16 two
house lots, one joining on East River.

Josiah White married Tabitha ______.² Josiah, appeared on the US Census of 1790 at Rockingham, Vermont. The enumeration reads:



Josiah and Tabitha White of Rockingham, Vt., had an interest in the estate of Mr. Taylor of Shrewsbury, Mass., in 1794.² Josiah sold his pew seat, and the deed reads:


He died on 1 September 1806 at Rockingham, Vermont, at age 92.^1,2,3 He was buried at Rockingham Meeting House Cemetery, Rockingham, Vermont. Josiah's epitaph reads: