In the comment section of this entry, Anderson distinguishes the records of the William White of Newbury from the 1634 immigrant William White who settled at Ipswich:
"[This] allows us to construct a timeline for this William White. He arrived in New England in 1639, accompanied by Mary Ware, whom he married late htat year or early in 1640. In that year or in 1641, he purchased from William Eastow two parcels of land in Newbury, and was residing in that town in 1642 when he was admitted a freeman (implying that he had by that time been admitted to Newbury church) and was also included in a list of Newbury proprietors. He does not appear in any furhter Newbury records, having removed soon after 1642 to Haverhill.
This William White is easily traced as a resident of Haverhill for nearly half a century.... His wife Mary died at Haverhill on 22 February 1681[/2?], after which he married at Haverhill on 21 September 1682 "widow Sarah Foster of Ipswich." He died at Haverhill on 28 September 1690, "aged about 80 years." ... In his will dated 2 January 1683[/4?] and proved 30 Sept 1690, "William White of Haverhill" appointed "my grandson John White my sole executor," ordered him to honor "the covenant which I made before marriage with Sarah my present wife," and made bequests to "my daughter-in-law Hannah Filbrick John White's mother" and to "William Filbrick Hannah Filbrick's son" [EPR 304:265-67]"
