Person:Thomas White (38)

Thomas WHITE (-1630) [Pedigree] Son of George WHITE (-1615)

A yoeman of the parish of West Quantoxhead Co. Somerset, was probably born about the year 1570 in that parish although there is no record of his baptism in the parish register which begins with the year 1558. He was possibly a son of that George Whyte of West Quantoxhead who was listed in the Muster Roll of 1569 as an "ableman" and the possessor, with others, of two pair of "almain rivets", and who was buried 26 Dec 1615.

On 11 Oct 1596, Thomas Whitt and Joan Cooksley were married in West Quantoxhead. Thomas White was the only man of his surname to appear in the Subsidy List of 3 Charles I (1628). He was buried in his home parish on 15 Feb 1630. Joane Whitt, widow, was buried there in 1636, it being the last entry made in that year which makes it probable that she died in March 1636/7.

The parson of West Quantoxhead neglected to name the parents when he entered the baptism of a child, but from the internal evidence of the register it is fairly certain that the following were the children of Thomas and Joan White; Richard, Agnes, George, Gawen, Avice, Gabriel, Alice, Joan.

Joan Cooksley was married in West Quantoxhead, Co. Somerset, 11 Oct 1596 to Thomas Whitt. Cooksley is a rare West Quantoxhead name and Joan Cooksley's baptism is not recorded there. A Robert Cooksley was buried in the parish in 1558 and a John Cooksley was baptized in 1583, but possibly the Cooksleys had their home in a neighboring village. In the Somerset Subsidy of 3 Charles I, two Cooksleys appear, Richard Cooksley of Brompton Regis and William Coakesley of Halse.

Joan White of West Quantoxhead, Co. Somerset, widow, made a nuncupative will, declared a little before her death which was proved on 2 May 1637. To her eldest son Richard White she left 20s. To her son Gowan White "if he were living, " 12d. To her daughter Agnes, her best petticoat. Residuary legatee and executrix; her daughter, Alice. Witnesses: John Cambear, Alexander Wither. The inventory was taken on 7 Jan 12 Charles I, by Richard Edments, Richard Lukes, John Slococke, Hugh Downe and Samuel Cooksley. (from Davis, W.G. The Ancestry of Joseph Neal, REF M+J23, who was possibly the son of George Whyte buried at West Quantoxhead, Somerset 25 Dec 1615 Died c. 1630 Bur. 15 Feb 1630

Married Joan COOKSLEY (-1636)

Children:
Richard WHITE (1599-1637)
Agnes WHITE (1601-)
George WHITE (1604-1620)
Gowan WHITE (1607-) m. Elizabeth WARD (1597-1658)
Avice WHITE (1609-)
Gabriel WHITE (1611-1620)
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