I ANCESTRY OF Samuel Stockton SLhite, d.d.s WITH ACCOUNTS OF THE FAMILIESOF "White, Kewby, Rose, Cranmer, Stout, Smith, Stockton, Leeds, Fisher, Gardiner, Mathews, Elton, Revell, Stacye, Tonkin, Carey, and Johnson. n. 3 COMPILED BY 1/ WILLIAMFRANCIS 7OEEGAE, Author of "Anckstbt of William Shiplet Haetbs," etc. PHILADELPHIA, 1888. Copyright, 1888, BY William Francis Cbeoab. Press of PATTBUBON & White. PREFACE. The preparation of this history of the White Ancestry was commenced nearly seven years ago, but the research greatly exceeded the original plans of both the family and myself, as it was only intended to prepare a MS. account of the White, Stockton, Gardiner, and Elton families. The result, however, was considered sufficiently satisfactory to warrant farther in­ vestigation, and Iwas permitted to enlarge the scope of the work. With this object in view Ivisited various localities in the States of New York, New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina, and Virginia, concluding with a voyage to England inthe spring of 1883, and another in December of 1884; the result of the researches made during those trips being embodied in some seventeen pedigrees, which the White family have finally de­ cided to publish, in order that the information, gained at so much trouble and expense, may be preserved in a form accessi­ ble to all the descendants of those families, to whom 1now have the honor of submitting the pedigrees, feeling confident that, while itis almost impossible to avoid some defects in a work of this character, no one can take exception to the facts, as each generation of the several pedigrees is established by what Iconscientiously believe to be ample and authentic evidence, iii IV Preface. much of which willhe found inthe copies of willsand other docu­ ments contained in the Appendix. In all cases, however, refer­ ence is given to the authorities, so that any one feeling a particu­ lar interest inany of the families can verify my statements. In arranging the pedigrees Ihave devoted a chapter to each family, making the "White family the first, and the first family into which they married the second, etc., giving a reference to the whole chapter when itis desired to indicate the ancestry of a person named, and reference to a particular page when itis only intended to call attention toa marriage and the descendants thereof. In transcribing dates Ihave adhered strictly to the re­ cords of the time, and must request any one who notices any apparent discrepancies to hear in mind that previous to the year 1752, when the Gregorian Calendar was adopted inEngland by Act of Parliament, the legal year began on the 25th of March, That act, which also affected the colonies, decreed that eleven nominal days should be omitted, the last day of the old style being Wednesday the 2d, and the first day of the new style (the next day) Thursday the 14th, instead ofSeptember the 3d, 1752, and the legal year, which had previously been held to begin on the 25th of March, was made to begin on the Ist ofJanuary. In conclusion, Ihave great pleasure in acknowledging a deep sense of obligation to Dr. James W. White and his son Prof. J. WilliamWhite for their kind encouragement and appreciation of my labors, and expressing gratitude for the advice and assistance which Ihave received at the hands of the Right Rev. the Bißhop of Down; the Rev. Sir J. E. Philipps, Bart., Vicar of Warmin­ ster, Wilts;Sir Croker Barrington, Bart., of Ealy Place, Dublin; the Hon. and Rev. Mr.Kenyon, Rector of Malpas, Cheshire ;the Preface. V Rev. Canon Grainger, of St. Patrick's House, Broughshane, County Antrim; the Rev. Canon Cholmondeley, of Chester; Stephen Tucker, Esq., Somerset Herald, College of Arms, London ; Edward' A. Bond, Esq., LL.D., etc., Librarian of the British Museum; Joseph J. Howard, Esq., LL.D., F.S. A-., of Blackheath, Kent; B. LI.Vawdrey, Esq., F.S.A., of Tushingham Hall, Malpas; Thomas Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., of the Groves, Chester; Challeuor Smith, Esq., Chief Clerk of the Department of Literary Inquiry, Somerset House, London; Charles Hoyland, Esq., Recorder of the yearly meeting of Friends, Devonshire House, London; the Rev. C. A. Smith, Rector of Yatesbury, Wilts;E.D. Scull, Esq., of London ;B. F. Stevens, Esq., of Trafalgar Square, London; the Hon. ¥m. P. Saunders, Secretary of State for North Carolina; the Hon. Vm. H.Buell, of Clinton, Conn.; the Hon. John Clement, of Haddoniield, N. J. ;William Rounds Potter, Esq., LL.B., of Philadelphia; J. D.Hall,Esq., Assistant Secretary of State for New Jersey; B. Fernow, Esq., Keeper of the Archives of the State of New York; John Jordan, Jr., Esq., Vice-President of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; F. D. Stone, Esq., Librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; John Ward Dean, Esq., Librarian of the New England Historic- Genealogical Society; R. A.Brock, Esq., Secretary of the Vir­ ginia Historical Society; the late W. A. Whitehead, Esq., Secretary of the New Jersey Historical Society ;Prof. Edward Elbridge Salisbury, of Lyme, Conn. ; Spencer Bonsall, Esq., of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; WilliamKelby, Esq., of the New York Historical Society; the late S. H. Shreve, Esq., ofNew York City; the late C. P. Smith, Esq., of Trenton, N.J. ; VI Preface. the late Henry Underdonk, Jr., Esq., of Jamaica, L.I.;Dr. J. E. Stillwell, of New York City; the late James Dows, Esq., of Cazenovia, N". V.;Franklin Woolman, Esq., of Burlington, N. J. ;Richard F. Mott,Esq., of Burlington, N.J. ;Rowland J. Dutton, Esq., of Burlington, N. J. ;Frank Vaughan, Esq., of Elizabeth City, X C.; Mrs. H. P. Poor, of Roxbury, Mass., and the late Mrs. Leah Blackmail, of Tuckerton, N. J. WM. FRANCIS CREGAR. Annapolis, Md., December, 1888. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I.—White Family 1 II.— Newby Family 15 lll.—Rose Family 17 IV.— Cranmer Family 19 V.—Stout Family 22 Vl.—Smith Family 25 VlL—Stockton Family 27 Vlll.—Leeds Family 38 IX.—Fisher Family 41 X.— Gardiner Family 42 XL— Mathews Family 53 Xll.—Elton Family 56 Xlll.—Revell Family 61 XlV.—Stacye Family 64 XV.—Tonkin Family : 65 XVl.—Carey Family 67 XVll.—Johnson Family 70 APPENDIX PAGE I.— Descendants ofHenry White of Virginia 75 ll.—Arnold White's Will 83 lll.—Henry White's Patent 85 IV.—Robert White's Deed of Gift 86 V.— John and Sarah Cranmer's Certificate 87 VI.— Penelope Stout's Adventures withthe Indians 88 VII.— Descendants of Richard and Abigail Stockton 90 VIII.—The Virginia Stocktons 112 vn VIII Contents. APPENDIX PAGE IX.—Richard Stockton's "Will 116 X.—"Willof John Stockton of Springfield 118 Xl.—Daniel Stockton's Will 120 Xll.—"Willof John Stockton of "Willingborough 121 Xlll.—Samuel Stockton's "Will 123 XlV.—Daniel Leeds's Letter 124 XV.—Daniel Leeds's "Will,etc 125 XVl.—"Willof Thomas Gardiner of Warminster 127 XVII.—Will of Thomas Gardiner of Burlington 128 XVIII.— Thomas and Hannah Gardiner's Marriage Certificate 130 XIX. —Guardians of Mathews Gardiner 132 XX.—Mathews Gardiner's Will 133 XXL—Thomas Gardiner's Certificate 135 XXll.—Thomas Mathews's Marriage Certificates 136 XXlll.—Robert Elton's Will 138 XXlV.—Anthony Elton's Will 140 XXV.—lnventory of Edward Tonkin's Estate 143 XXVI.—John Tonkin's Will 145 XXVlL—Carey Inscriptions 147 INDEX PAGE Part I.— Ancestry of Dr. Samuel Stockton White and Wife 151 Part II.— Descendants of Henry White of Virginia 155 Part lll.—The Stockton Ancestry 156 Phototype. F. (tUTKKONST. Phila.. Pa CHAPTER I. WHITE FAMILY. The White family were among the early arrivals in Virginia, and presumably came from England, as the -name at that early date was not so general in Ireland, and the profession of the first settler of the name rendered it improbable that he was an Irishman. He was the Rev. George White, a clergyman of the Church of England," who in June, 1635, obtained a grant of 200 acres on the Rauzemund River," and subsequently other large grants of land in what was then New Norfolk County, but which has since been subdivided. In 1637 his wife Blanche and their son Peter were mentioned, and in 1648 allusion is made to a wife Margaret. In 1639 a James White obtained a grant of 350 acres inJames CityCounty, and in 1644 a "John White a grant of a building lotin James City, which was bounded on the west by the Church Yard." What relationship these persons bore to the Rev. Mr. White, the first of the name in the province, the compiler is unable to say, as the county records of wills,con­ veyances, etc., were either destroyed or lost during the late war;but it seems highly probable that they were in some way connected with him, and possibly were brothers of Henry White, ancestor of the North Carolina family, who arrived in the province about that time and took up land in the same county.* Unfortunately the compiler" has not been able to connect them with any family in the Old Country," nor to obtain any infor­ mation about the Rev. George White which would affori a clew *Virginia Patent Records, Land Office, Richmond, Va. :Book I,pp. 240 458-9, 689, 647, 659, 739, 810; Book 11, pp. 10, 84, 176; Book 111, pp. 1, 40, 310; Book IV,pp. 41, 190, 332, 595; Book V,p. 233; Book VI,p. 21. i 1 2 White Family. [Chap. I. to the ancestry of the others of the name inVirginia, though he visited England twice, when he examined all the likely sources of information, including the registers of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, which contain wills from all parts of the king­ dom ; besides examining the local wills of the County of Wilts, and the parish registers of Charlton, in that county, where a family of "Whites resided, among whom the name of Henry is frequently found.