Thomas White (134)

Thomas White

1745 - 1826

Father	Michael White
Mother	Ann
1st Wife	Mary Clayton
2nd Wife	Ellen Twigg
Children	Elizabeth, Alice, Ann, Sarah, Mary, Grace, Elizabeth, Thomas

Thomas was born in 1745 in Brushfield ⁽¹⁾, the son of Michael ⁽²⁾ and Ann ⁽³¹⁾, and baptised at Taddington on 17th November 1745 ⁽²⁾. He had an sister Mary ⁽²⁵⁾, who was probably about a year his senior ⁽³⁾. His brother Michael was born in 1748 ⁽⁴⁾, followed by a sister Alice in 1751 ⁽⁵⁾, then brothers Henry in 1753 ⁽⁶⁾, and William in 1755 ⁽⁷⁾. he also had a brother James ⁽²⁵⁾ and a sister Ann ⁽²⁵⁾, but their dates of birth are unknown.

He married Mary Clayton on 2nd January 1770, at All Saints in Bakewell ⁽⁸⁾, and they settled in Priestcliffe ⁽⁹ ^,10 ^{,11 ...}^-23) (presumably on a farm which his father rented ⁽²⁵⁾), where their first daughter Elizabeth was born towards the end of the year ⁽⁹⁾. They had another daughter Alice in 1772 ⁽¹⁰⁾, followed by Ann in 1774 ⁽¹¹⁾, Sarah in 1776 ⁽¹²⁾, Mary in 1778 ⁽¹³⁾ and Grace at the beginning of 1780 ⁽¹⁴⁾. In July of that year, tragedy struck the family when Mary, Grace and Elizabeth all died within a few days of each other ⁽¹⁵⁾⁽¹⁷⁾. The cause of their deaths is not known, but infectious disease seems unlikely, as outside of this family there were no more burials than normal that month. They had another daughter the following year who was baptised as Betty ⁽¹⁸⁾, but later known as Elizabeth ⁽²⁵⁾.

His wife Mary died in 1783 ⁽¹⁹⁾, but he remarried a few months later to Ellen Twigg of Winster ⁽²⁰⁾. He and Ellen had a son Thomas towards the end of 1784 ⁽²¹⁾, but Ellen died a couple of months after his birth ⁽²²⁾, and then Thomas junior died a month after that ⁽²³⁾.

His father died in 1789 ⁽²⁴⁾, and Thomas was left the tennacy of the farm in Priestcliffe, along with some land called Wayfurlong (in Millers Dale ⁽²⁶⁾). His daughters were to inherit Wayfurlong after Thomas's death, and the youngest, Elizabeth, was also left Ł20 to be paid when she turned 21 ⁽²⁵⁾.

Thomas may have maried for a third time in 1801, to Helen Haynes of Streethouse ⁽²⁷⁾ (which I believe to be a farm near the Duke of York pub on the Ashbourne Road near Flagg. However I have not found any trace of a Haynes family living there around this time). If he did, then she died in 1818 ⁽²⁹⁾.

His mother died at the end of 1808 ⁽³⁰⁾, and being the eldest son he was granted administration of her estate ⁽³¹⁾.

Thomas died aged 81 (although his burial entry in the parish register claims he was 82) in November 1826, and was buried in Taddington ⁽³²⁾.

Brief details of his children:

Elizabeth was born in Priestcliffe in 1770, and died in 1780 at about the same time as her younger sisters Mary and Grace.

Alice was born in Priestcliffe in 1772. She maried William Oldfield (brother to her sister Ann's husband George) in 1795 and they settled in Taddington. They had eleven children - Thomas, Mary, Robert, another Thomas, Elizabeth, another Elizabeth, Ann, Ellin, Richard, Wiliam and Henry. Ann died in 1838, and her husband in 1840.

Ann has her own page.
Sarah was born in Priestcliffe in 1776. She maried Samuel Barnes in 1799 and they settled at least initially, in Brushfield. They had three daughters - Betty, Alice and Ellen, and a son Edmund. She died in 1812.
Mary was born in 1778 in Priestcliffe, but died in 1780, at about he same time as her sisters Elizabeth and Grace.
Grace was born in 1780, but died later the same year, within days of her elder sisters Eizabeth and Mary.
Elizabeth was born in 1781 in Priestcliffe. She was named in her grandfather's will of 1789, and again in her uncle Henry's will two years later, but nothing is known of her after the age of ten.
Thomas was born in 1784, but only lived for about about 3 months.

Sources:

No residence is noted against his baptism, but his father is known to have lived in Brushfield all his life, and Thomas's younger siblings' baptisms name Brushfield as the residence, so it seems likely that he was also born there.
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[1745] Bap^d Thomas son of Michaell White of Brushfield [.....]
End of line cannot be read on microfilm. Transcript by Val Neal gives date as 27th November.
No baptism has been found for Mary, but her age noted at burial (75 on 24th August 1819) indicates a birth around 1744.
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[1748] Bap^d Michaell son of Michaell White Brushfield [.....]
End of line cannot be read on microfilm. Transcript by Val Neal gives date as 23rd June.
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[1751] Bap^d Alies Daughter of Michaell White Bru^~ Jan 24
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[1753] Bap^d Henry son of Micael White of Brush.....
End of line cannot be read on microfilm. Transcript by Val Neal gives date as 22nd July.
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[1755] Bap^d William y^e son of Micheal White _^^{of Brushfield} and Ann his wife Decem....
End of line cannot be read on microfilm. Transcript by Val Neal gives date as 14th December.
Parish Register of All Saints, Bakewell, includes an entry in the general register:
[January 1770] 2^nd ~~Mar^d Tho^s White of Brushfield & Mary~~
Clayton ~~of Presscliff~~ ^{ent^d in mar Reg}
This has been crossed out and replaced with an entry in the marriage register:
Thomas White of Brushfield
and Mary Clayton of this Parish were
Married in this Church by Banns
in this second Day of January in the Year One Thousand seven Hundred
and seventy By me Richard Chapman Vicar

The Marriage was solemnized between Us Thomas White

Mary ~~White~~ Clayton

In the Presence of Dan^l Makinson

[Sam^l Bal]
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[October 1 1770] Baptized Elizabeth Daughter of Tho^s & Mary White of Brushfield the same day
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[October 1772] Bapt Alice Daughter of Tho^s White of Prestcliffe 8
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[October 1774] ..^th Baptiz'd Ann Daughter of Thomas & Mary White of Prestcliff
Start of line cannot be read on microfilm. Transcript by Val Neal gives date as 9th October..
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[May 12 1776] Baptized Sarah Daughter of Tho^s & Mary White of Prestcliffe
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[1778] March 17 Baptiz'd Mary Daughter of Tho^s & Mary White of Prestcliffe
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[January 1780] 18^th Baptiz'd Grace Daughter of Tho^s & Mary White of Prestcliffe
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[1780] July 11^th Buried Mary and Grace Daughters of Thomas & Mary White of Prestcliffe
N/A
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[1780] July 14^th Buried Elizabeth Daughter of Tho^s & Mary White aforesaid
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[1781] June 3^rd Baptiz'd Betty Daughter of Thomas & Mary White of Prestcliffe
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[Feby 1783] 9^th Buried Mary the wife of Thomas White of Prestcliffe
Parish Register of All Saints, Bakewell, includes the entry:
Tho^s White of Presscliff of this Parish and
Ellen Twigg of Winster were
Married in this Church by License
this tenth Day of July in the Year One Thousand seven Hundred
and Eighty three By me [B.....] Walthall

The Marriage was solemnized between Us Tho^s White

Ellen X Twigg her mark

In the Presence of W^m White

W^m Makinson
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[November 1784] ..7 Baptiz'd Tomas of Tho^s & Ellen White of Prestcliffe Start of line cannot be read on microfilm. Transcript by Val Neal gives date as 24th November, but it looks like it ends in a 7 to me.
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[December 1784] Buried Ellen the wife of Thomas White of Prestcliffe
Start of line cannot be read on microfilm. Transcript by Val Neal gives date as 7th December.
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[January 1785] 23^rd Buried Tomas an infant of Tho^s White of Prestcliffe
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
[March 1789] 17^th Buried Michael White of Brushfield
Will of Michael White (top of page 1, bottom of page 1, top of page 2, bottom of page 2) (ref: B/C/11/Michael White, Brushfield, 1789 @ Lichfield Record Office) reads:
In the name of God Amen I Michael White of Brushfield (Senior) in the Parish of Bakewell & County
of Derby yeoman being weak of Body but of sound and perfect mind & memory, do make & ordain this my last
Will and Testament in manner and form following. First My Will is that all my just Debts funeral
charges & the expense of proving this my last will be paid by my Executor & Executrix out of my personal Estate
I give to my son Thomas the use of my lands lying with the Libery of Tideswell known by the name of Wayfurlong
during his natural life on condition that he pays to my wife Five Pounds a year of lawful money by two equal
payments out of the profits of the said land during her natural life if he survives her; and after the decease of my
said son Thomas I give & devise the aforesaid land to be equally divided amongst his four daughters Alice, Ann,
Sarah & Elizabeth each to have an equal share to them their heirs and assigns for ever paying to my wife Five
Pounds a year, each an equal share thereof as before expressed if she be living after they come into possession of the
said land and if one or more of them happens to die before they are in possession of the said land, it is my will that her
or their share or shares shall go to the survivor or survivors. And it is my desire that my said son Thomas may have
the tenantright of my farm lying at Priestcliffe which I now rent under Mr Bossley, which favour I hope Mr Bossley
will not refuse. I also give to Elizabeth the Daughter of my said son Thomas Twenty Pounds of Lawful Money
to be paid her by my son Henry out of my Personal Estate when she arrives at the age of Twenty One Years,
if she be living at that time. I also give to my son Henry the use of my land at Blasley consisting of four
Enclosures lying within the Liberty of Priestcliffe until his son Michael arrives at the age of Twenty One
Years on condition that he pays to my wife Five Pounds a year of lawful money by two equal payments
out of the profits of the said land until his son Michael is Twenty One Years of age, if she lives so long and
when Michael the son of my said son Henry is Twenty One Years of age I give and devise the said lands
at Blasley with all their appurtenances to him his heirs & assigns for ever, paying to my wife Five Pounds
a year out of the profits of the said Lands as before expressed, if she be then living during the remainder of her
natural life. I give and devise to my son Henry Two enclosed pieces of land known by the name of Water
Less Close lying within the liberty of Taddington with all their appurtenances to him his heirs & assigns
for ever. I also give to my said son Henry all my Cattle & all my living stock of Goods whatsoever, paying
to my Wife Fifty Pounds of lawful Money out of the said Stock, Twelve Months next after my decease.
And if she happen to die before the said Fifty Pounds becomes due it is my will that she may dispose of
the said Money amongst our Children as she shall think proper & I order and direct my son Henry to pay the said
Money (if she dies before it becomes due according to her will. I also give to my son Henry the Tenantright
of that land lying within the Liberty of Taddington which I now rent under Benjamin Bland. It is my will
and order that my son James shall pay all the arrears of rent after the sale of Twenty three pounds a year in
lawful Money that is due for the land he now rents under me at Cowdale to my Wife at my decease. And it
is my will and order that my son James shall pay to my wife Twenty Three pounds a year of lawful money by
two equal payments on the Tenth day of October & the fifth day of April yearly, as rent for that Estate at Cowdale
aforesaid during her natural life. I give and devise to my son James all my real Estate at Cowdale aforesaid
with all its appurtenances, to him his heirs and assigns for ever, to enter on the said Estate One year
after my Wife's decease & paying rent for the same before that time as before expressed. I give the estate at
Cowdale aforesaid to my son James on the following conditions; that he pays Twenty Three Pounds of lawful money
to my son Henry as rent for the same one year next after my wife;s decease; and also that he pays to my
Son Henry Three Hundred and Fifty Pounds of lawful money out of the said Land, Twelve months next
after my wife's decease; But if my said Son James does not pay to my son Henry Three Hundred & fifty Pounds
of lawful money Twelve Months next after my wife's decease & perform the other conditions concerning the rents etc of
the Estate at Cowdale aforesaid as before expressed then I give & devise the Estate at Cowdale with all its appurtenances
to my son Henry to him his Heirs and assigns for ever; in trust for him my said son Henry to sell it
and to pay my son James Three Hundred Pounds of Lawful Money out of the Moneys arising from the sale
thereof; and also to pay the other Legacies out of the said Money as is hereafter expressed as soon as can be
done after Twelve Months are expired after my wife's decease; if my son James does not perform the conditions
concerning the Estate at Cowdale as are before expressed I give to my son Michael Fifty Pounds to be paid as
follows; it is my Will and order that my son Henry shall lay out Five pounds every half year in Iron for the
use of my son Michael till the whole Fifty Pounds are paid, the first Five Pounds of which, is to be laid out
the first half year after one year is expired after my wife's decease & so on as before expressed till the whole Fifty
pounds are paid. I also give to my son William Fifty Pounds. I also give to my Daughter Mary Micock Fifty
Pounds. I also give to my daughter Alice Rowson Fifty Pounds. I also give to my daughter Ann Makinson
Fifty Pounds. The aforesaid Legacies to my son William & to my daughters Mary, Alice & Ann it is my Will
and order that they are paid in lawful money by my son Henry Twelve months next after my wife's decease
out of my Estate at Cowdale aforesaid & my son Michaels Fifty Pounds must be paid out of the said Land
I also give and devise to my Daughter Ann Makinson, one enclosed piece of land lying on the top of Priest-
cliffe Nether Lees and also Thirteen Sixteenths of a Beast Grass in Priestcliffe Nether Lees aforesaid to her,
her Heirs and Assigns for ever. I also give to my wife the bed where we now lie, with all the Cloaths thereunto
belonging, & what Houshold Goods she shall think proper. The remainder of my houshold Goods which my Wife
has not I give to my son Henry. If my Grandson Michael White the son of my said son Henry happens
to die before he is Twenty one years of age then I give and devise the Lands at Blasley aforesaid to
my son Henry to Him his Heirs and Assigns for ever. It is my desire that my son Henry may have
the tenantright of my farm which I now rent under his Grace the Duke of Devonshire lying at Brushfield which
favour I hope the Duke and his Stewards will not refuse. It is my will and order that if any of the Daughters
of my son Thomas either Alice, Ann, Sarah or Elizabeth happens to die without issue before they come into
[..... ...... .... ..... ...... ....... ....... .....long] mentioned in a former part of my Will that
their share or shares [...] go to the survivor or survivors, but if any one of my said son Thomas's Daughters
beforementioned shall die and leave any Issue I order and direct that the mother's share shall be equally
divided amongst such children; and if any of them leave but one one Child it shall have its mother's share
And lastly I do hereby appoint my wife to be Executrix, and my son Henry to be Executor
of this my last Will and Testament, and do hereby empower them to call in all my Debts and to pay
what I owe; In witness wheeof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this 21st day of January
in the year of our Lord 1789.
Michael White
Signed Sealed published and declared by the before named
Michael White to be his last Will and Testament
in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our
names as Witnesses in the presence of the Testator
John Newton
Ralph Bagshaw senior
Mary Lovet
Probate of the will reads:
Bakewell 14th May 1789
Let a probat be granted to Henry White the
Executor Reserving a power for Ann White
Widow the Executrix
He being sworn Under 100 l
before me
Richard Chapman Surr
Wayfurlong is believed to be in or near to Millers Dale, based on a handful of mentions in other, unrelated, documents such as :
Derbyshire Record Office reference D504/49/17, catalogue entry reads:
24 May 1755
Grant and release of goods and effects devised by the late Joseph Holme of Monyash, and demise of a messuage, stable, two crofts and pieces of land called Wayfurlong and Brookfurlong at Millers Dale in the parish of Tideswell, from Thomas Holme the elder of Monyash to Thomas Holme the younger of Monyash
Derbyshire Record Office reference D504/49/1, catalogue entry reads:
Lease for 99 years of one rood of land called the Weefurlonge [no parish noted], from James Swift of Brampton to Thomas Holme of Milnehouse Dale, 6 May 1697
Derbyshire Record Office reference D504/49/2, catalogue entry reads:
Articles of agreement between Rowland Eyre of Hassop and his tenants, and Thomas Holme of Milnehouse Dale in the parish of Tidswall [Tideswell], relating to an exchange of land on Wye Furlong and on Brookfurlong in the fields of Tidswall
8 Mar 1697/8
There are no other known Thomas Whites in and around Taddington at the time likely to have been involved in this marriage ⁽²⁸⁾, and the brides apparent burial in 1818 ⁽²⁹⁾ indicates that she was a mature woman of about 46 at the time of marriage, hence more likely to be a widow, as was the groom. The only thing that argues against this being the same Thomas is that Thomas getting married was said to be of Brushfield rather than Priestcliffe (although of course Brushfield was Thomas's ancestral home).
Parish Register of All Saints, Bakewell, includes an entry:
Thomas White of Brushfield and
Hellen Haynes of Street House Both in this Parish were
Married in this Church by Banns
this twentyfifth Day of May in the Year One Thousand eight Hundred
and one By me Peter Walthall

The Marriage was solemnized between Us Tho^s White

hellin Haynes

In the Presence of Peter Holme

Sarah Roberts
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:

Name Abode When buried Age

Ellen White Brushfield Nov^r
24^th
[1818] 63
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
1809
Jan^y 3^rd Buried Ann the Widow of Mich^l White of Brushfield
Administration of Ann White (ref: B/C/11/Ann White, Brushfield, 1809 @ Lichfield Record Office) reads:
At Bakewell 21^st April 1809.
Let as Administration of all and singular
the Goods Chattels Credits and Personal Estate
of Ann White late of Brushfield in the
parish of Bakewell in the County of Derby
and within the jurisdiction of the Dean
and Chapter of Lichfield Widow deceased
be granted to Thomas White the natural
and lawful Son of the deceased

Intestate died
30. Dec. 1808 The said Thomas White being duly sworn
and also that the Personal Estate of the
said deceased would not amount in
value to the sum of 5Ł

Before me
Richard Chapman Surrogate
In a different hand, seperate from the administration, is written:
Rob^t Bagshaw [Exor] of Mich^l White 19 yrs ago
Henry White & Ann White
[W] White [Sad la..]
James White Buxton
Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:

Name Abode When buried Age

Thomas White Taddington Nov^r
7^th
[1826] 82

Notes:

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The Marriage was solemnized between Us	Thomas White
	Mary ~~White~~ Clayton

The Marriage was solemnized between Us	Tho^s White
	Ellen X Twigg her mark

The Marriage was solemnized between Us	Tho^s White
	hellin Haynes

Name	Abode	When buried	Age
Ellen White	Brushfield	Nov^r 24^th [1818]	63

In the Presence of	Dan^l Makinson
	[Sam^l Bal]

In the Presence of	W^m White
	W^m Makinson

In the Presence of	Peter Holme
	Sarah Roberts