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White-Hatteras Island Group
Information from Paul Heinegg's site: http://www.freeafricanamericans.com extracted by: Jen
Genealogy Report
WHITE
FAMILY 1. Eleanor White, born say
1695, was living in Princess Anne County on 1 June 1715 when the court ordered
the churchwardens to sell her for five years as punishment for having a "Molatto"
child [Minutes 1709-17, 186]. She was probably the mother of 2
i. Jane, born say 1715. 2. Jane White, born say 1715,
was a "mollatto servant girl" valued at 10 pounds in the inventory of
the Princess Anne County estate of William McClonahan on 29 April 1731 [D&W
1724-35, 351]. She was among nine persons who were presented by the Norfolk
County, Virginia court on 16 November 1744 for not paying the discriminatory tax
on free African American and Indian women [Orders 1742-46, 108]. She was
probably the mother of i. John1,
born say 1744, taxable with (his wife?) Lucy White in the Borough of Norfolk in
1765 [Wingo, Norfolk County Tithables, 1751-65, 218]. York County 1. Mary White, born say
1696, was a "free Mulatto Woman" living in York Hampton Parish, York
County, on 20 August 1716 when the grand jury presented her for having a bastard
child. She was ordered to pay 500 pounds of tobacco or suffer corporal
punishment. She paid the fine on 16 September 1717 and Charles Haynes was her
security for indemnifying the parish for the child's support [OW 15, pt. 1, 23,
30, 162]. She may have been the ancestor of i. Ben, head of a
York County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:886]. Stafford County 1. Moll White, born say
1680, was the servant of Mr. Hart of Stafford County in 1700 when the court
presented her for having a "Mulatto" child [WB Liber Z:51]. She may
have been the ancestor of i. David, a "Molato
Bastard" bound to George McCormuck by order of the Fairfax County court on
17 June 1772 [Orders 1772-4, 85]. ii. Nancy, born
about 1777, registered in Fauquier County on 30 August 1817: age 40,
5'1", yellow complexion, born free [Register of Free Negroes, 1817-65,
no. 5]. iii. Harvey, "F.Negroe"
head of a Fauquier County household of 2 "other free" in 1810
[VA:417]. iv. Milly, head of a
Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County household of 2 "other free" in
1810 [VA:111b]. v. Juday, born about
1790, "F. Negroe" head of a Fauquier County household of 1 "other
free" in 1810 [VA:420]. She registered in Fauquier County on 26 June 1820: age
30, 5'4-1/2", dark Mulatto, born free [Register of Free Negroes,
1817-65, no. 26]. North
Carolina 1.
____ White, born say 1726, was the unnamed mother of Susannah White, the
"Mulatto" child of a white woman, who was bound apprentice in New
Hanover County, North Carolina court to Moses John Derosset on 5 September 1756
[Minutes 1738-69, 166, 185]. She was the mother of 2 i. ?Cato, born
say 1750. ii. Susannah, born about 1756. 2.
Cato White, born say 1750, was head of a Craven County, North Carolina household
of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:130], 5 "other free" in the
town of Washington, Beaufort County, in 1800 [NC:23], and head of a Beaufort
County household in 1810 [NC:141]. He may have been the father of i. Mona, whose four-year-old "Mullattoe" child
Polly was bound apprentice to Daniel L. Woolard by the June 1810 Beaufort County
court. She was called Moning White in June 1812 when Polly was bound to Alligood
Woolard [Minutes 1809-14, n.p.]. ii. William, whose son William, a free boy of Color, was
bound to John Wolfkencon to be a mariner in June 1813 Beaufort County court
[Minutes 1809-14, n.p.]. Other
members of the White family were i. Jesse, head of a Robeson County household of 6
"other free" in 1810 [NC:241]. ii. Dick, head of a Pasquotank County household of 7
"other free" in 1810 [NC:939]. iii. Randolph, head of a Norfolk County household of 1
"other free" in 1810 [VA:814]. iv. John2, born circa 1790, head of an
Edgecombe County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [NC:715] and 4
"free colored" in Halifax County in 1830. On 17 May 1841 the Halifax
County court permitted him to carry a gun in the county.
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