Person:John White (366)

John graduated Harvard College 1751 and went on to teach school at Exeter and married. His first wife died, and he remarried in 1761, at some point returning to Haverhill. In 1766, he built a house on Water Street that stood for over 100 years. He was ultimately one of the wealthiest and most influential citizens of Haverhill.

Fire destroyed about 20 buildings on April 16, 1775, including a larger tavern owned by John. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1775, inspector of schools in 1789, and on the committee in 1778 to supply families of those soldiers from the town who were in the army.

In 1789, when George Washington visited Haverhill on his "triumphant circuit" touring New England, he visited Mr. White's house for a glass of wine.^[2]

John's son Leonard married the daughter of the first senator of Massachusetts, Tristram Dalton, and himself was elected to Congress in 1811.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910).

   p. 311: John, s. Samuel and Ruth, Dec. 26, 1725.
   p. 490: John, h. Sarah (Lebaron) [merchant. GR1], Feb. 19, 1800. [in his 75th y. GR1]

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 White, Daniel Appleton, and Annie Frances Richards. The descendants of William White of Haverhill, Mass. : genealogical notices. (Boston, Massachusetts: American Printing and Engraving Co., 1889)
   pp. 16, 52.

   Children of Samuel White and Ruth Phillips ... i. John, b. Dec. 26, 1725; grad. Harv. Coll. 1751.
   John White, grad. of Harv. Coll. 1751; taught school some time in Exeter, where he m. (1st) Elizabeth (Deane) Gilman; he m. (2d) Nov. 10, 1761, Sarah Le Barron of Norton.