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- See RIN 848 (Edward White) and RIN 849 (Elizabeth White) as possible parents of William. (four siblings)
Their William was baptized at Anglican Church Bonavista Jan 5 1797 along with siblings Edward, Thomas and Mary.
Edward and Elizabeth had another son Joseph baptized Nov 24 1812.
They may or may not be the parents of this William, but the names Edward and Elizabeth appear frequently in our family so I'm betting there is a connection. If this is the same William, he would have been at least 40 years old when his daughter, Elizabeth, was born. Not impossible particularly if she was the last or next to last child. He was dead when she was married which may imply that he was older when she was born.
- (Research):
Source: http://ngb.chebucto.org/Articles/petition_1791.shtml
BONAVISTA PETITIONERS OCT 31, 1792
USPG ARCHIVES C/CAN/NFL:2
To the Right Reverend Father in God John ( by Divine Commission ) Lord Archbishop of
Canterbury, Primate of all England and President of the Society for Propagating the
Gospel in Foreign Parts.
The humble petition of the inhabitants of Bonavista
Sheweth:
That the town of Bonavista, the Capital of this District, has been many years without
a Missionary; and that your Lordship's Petitioners beheld with concern the declining
state of the Protestant Religion and the rapid increase of Popery, for want of a
person to instruct the ignorant, and to m----- unto the minds of the unenlightened, a
knowledge of our? Religion and the Duties of Christianity, until Mr. Akerman, voluntarily,
and without Reward or Emolument whatever, undertook to do the duty of the Church which he
has constantly served these nine years, to the entire satisfaction of the inhabitants of
this Town and District-- That our children may be brought up in the knowledge and fear of
God. We, your petitioners, ---- humbly beg the sanction of your Lordship and the assistance
of the Society, in granting to Mr. Abraham Akerman a small salary, to enable him the better
to carry out his present laudable undertaking. Your petitioners beg leave to inform your
Lordship that Mr. Abraham Akerman has been married for many years and has a wife and four
children now living in Bonavista. In consideration of which and of his zeal and attachment
to the Protestant Religion, we are induced to implore the aid of the Society : humbly
hoping that your Lordship and the Society will take his present situation into your
consideration and your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray.
Bonavista, October 31, 1792.
Petitioners names rearranged in alphabetical order:
White, Edward,
etc.
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From THE ROYAL GAZETTE AND NEWFOUNDLAND ADVERTISER 1813:
Source: http://ngb.chebucto.org/Newspaper-Obits/royal-gazette-nfld-advertiser-1810-1814.shtml
WHITE: Claimants against the estate of Edward WHITE of Heart's Content, Planter, deceased, apply to Joseph BURRIDGE, Admins. (17 June)
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(Age 72 years) [natural]