Updated September 13, 2011.
September 13, 2011. SIDNEY WHITE
February 7, 2011. OBITUARY
Patrick White, the first White of our family line. Continued by Elswood Roy White. Also the Jerri Powers connection. Melinda Lukei adds the Waterfield, Williams, Jones and Lukei connection.
April 4, 2010. By Brenda Twiford. Patrick White - Ancestor of the Knotts Island White Family
Patrick White came to America as an indentured servant to Major Thomas Lambert. Thomas Lambert was given 650 acres of land in 1652 for bringing Patrick and others into the colony. Patrick White sued Thomas Lambert because Thomas wouldn't release him from his indenture in 1656. Jan. 1653 Patrick was given 50 acres of land in Lancaster County, Va. Sept 30,1670 Patrick received a land grant for 160 acres of land on the west side of the North River falling into Corotoke (Currituck). April 20, 1682 Patrick received a land grant of 323 acres at North end of Knotts Island and 900 acres at the South End of Knotts Island including Crow Island SE from his plantation on Knotts Island. Oct. 21, 1687 Patrick received 400 acres SW of Sympson's Creek. Patrick White and William White may be brothers as they received land patents together on Knotts Island next to each other on April 20, 1682 and November 20, 1683. William White sells land to Patrick White Jr. on July 8, 1703. Patrick White inventory on October 5, 1690 and will probated on April 1692, Princess Anne Co., Virginia, mentioned his Wife Elizabeth and his children Solomon, Patrick, Dinah, Ruth and Elizabeth.
April 5, 2010. By Brenda Twiford. ELSWOOD "PUD" ROY WHITE
"Puddingtane, that's my name, ask me again and I'll tell you the same," that phrase not only expressed the humor of Elswood Roy White but also gave him the nickname of "Pud" that he would carry throughout his lifetime. He was born September 17, 1890 and was the first son of Edmond Lee White (1865- 1938) and Julie Etta Williams (1860-1934), daughter of John Williams (1817-1890) and Frances Dudley (1838-1894). He was one of nine children, Mildred (1888-1966), Laural (1889-1968), Elswood (1890-1963), Marshall (1893-1961), Sidney (1894-1990), Roxie (1896-1987), Fred (1899-1981), Ina (1901-?) and Audrey (1904-1904) . He was married to Essie Lena Fentress (July 16, 1895 - June 20, 1948) on November 22, 1910. She was the daughter of Littleton Rosser Fentress (1867-1935) and Alice Ward (1876-1947). They had fourteen (14) children of which eleven (11) lived to adult ages. First born Harold L. (1912-1914), a stillborn in 1914, Edmond Lee (1916-2008), Roy Littleton (1918-2009), Ruby Irene (1922-2005), Bertie Mae Flannagan (1924), Albert Ward (1926-2006), Mary Lena Waterfield (1928), Peggy Joyce Fields (1930), Jack Dale (1932), Elswood Roy, Jr. (1933-1978), Mamie Frances Sanders (1935), a stillborn in 1938 and Dorothy Faye Wade (1941).
Pud White, was born on Knotts Island, and lived his entire life there. He was educated to second grade and was a member of the Knotts Island Methodist Church. His father, known to everyone as Ebb, and to his grandchildren as Papa White, was the son of Jessie White (1815-1882) and his third wife, Mary E. Litchfield (1835-1908), they were natives of Knotts Island and their children included Edmond Lee White, William Henry Bonney White (1874-1955) and Mary Angelina White (1876-1955) by this Marriage. PaPa White was a farmer and supposedly the best trapper on the island. It is said that he could still jump flatfooted out of a pickle barrell at age (60). Pud being raised on a farm and taught hunting and trapping at an early age, made his living farming and operating various guide and hunting clubs. Prior to 1910, he and Tully Williams operated 5 riggs and 14 hunting blinds, shooting ducks for sale, and then later he and Linwood Dudley, operated a hunting club known as "Horse Island Club" on the beach on the Virginia end of the island. In 1922, he bought a home from Romey Cason and he and his wife and uncle James J. Ward began a private hunting club from their home. It is believed to have been the first private hunting club on Knotts Island. His guides included, James J. Ward, Jerdan Ansell, Luther Beasley, Carlton Ansell and Fred White. They were reputed to have lodged very prominent clinetele, men such as A.C. Ward (founder of Wards Corner), Mayor Holland of Norfolk and others from as far away as New York and New Jersey.
The hunting club was a family operation and his children remember well the chores of cooking, making beds, washing dishes and even cleaning the hunters fowl for five-cents apiece. The boys as they grew older took over the task of guides. In 1946, a fire took the home of the White Family. Pud rebuilt his home and continued the hunting club until the time of Essie's death on June 20,1948. Besides being an avid hunter and farmer, Pud was also a very skilled brickmason, boat builder, carpenter and the only gunsmith on Knotts Island. During world War II, he worked as a carpenter at N.O.B. in Norfolk. He was a small man, five foot six inches (5'6") tall and at his heaviest about 1281bs. He is remembered most for his easy going manner, a remarkable sense of humor and his caring attitude for family and friends. He loved to laugh and make others happy and was known to be quite a story teller. He was very active socially and spent most of his Saturday nights dancing at the "Redman Club" and later the "Moose Lodge" in Virginia Beach. He always made the ice cream and snowballs for area ball games and church functions. Pud White was a skilled wood carver and the carving of decoys and wild fowl is an art that is carried on by some of his children. In 1951, he again married to Louise Daw and fathered six children, Curtis, John, Nancy, Marie, Julie and a stillborn that is buried next to him in the Knotts Island Cemetery. Pud White led a very active life until, he was stricken with cancer and died at the age of 72, on January 8, 1963.
Updated June 5, 2010. By Jerri Lyn Driver Powers. My White Ancestors to Patrick White.
Solomon White was the son of Patrick White as noted above. He is my 7th Great Granddaddy. Died 1690. He and his wife, Mary Spratt, had 4 children. Henry, died 1754, Elizabeth, died 1761, Solomon Jr., died 1734 and William, died 1765.
Henry White was the son of Solomon White. He is my 6th Great Granddaddy. Died Dec. 22, 1751. He and his wife, Ledia Church, had 7 children. Mary, Hilary, Henry, born 1725 died 1792, Joseph, died 1784, Joshua, died 1777, Church and Caleb.
Henry White, (Jr. not used) was the son of Henry White. He is my 5th Great Granddaddy. Died Jan. 27, 1792. He and his wife, Litisha Ansell, had 7 children. John, died after 1810, Caleb, died before 1810, Henry Jr., died 1800, Capt. Solomon, born 1790-1795, married Arseneth White who died in 1833, Nancy, Mary and Lydia. A note: Capt. Solomon had a shipyard on the south end of Knotts Island. He was lost at sea.Henry White, Jr. was the son of Henry White. He is my 4th Great Granddaddy. Death date unknown. He and his wife, Mary, had 6 children. Lydia, Sarah, Amy, Julia, Henry, born 1790-1795, Hillary, 1852.
Hillary White was the son of Henry White, Jr. He is my 3rd Great Granddaddy. Died 1838. He and his wife, Mary had 7 children. Jessie, born 1815 died 1887, Lydia, born 1817 died 1908, Mary Hardy, born 1825, Caleb, born 1827, Elizabeth (Betsy), born 1830 died 1871, Frances, born 1850 died 1856 and Hillary Jr., no dates found.
Jessie White was the son of Hillary White. He is my 2nd Great Granddaddy. died Feb. 26, 1887. He and his wife, Mary Waterfield, had 3 children. Arseneth, born 1838 died 1870, Edmond Lee, born 1840 died 1861 and Jessie C., born 1842 died 1912. Jessie married again to Elizabeth Litchfield; mother and child died at birth of Hillary in 1865. Jessie married for a third time to Mary E. Litchfield, and had 3 children. Edmond Lee, born 1865 died 1938, William Henry Bonney, born 1874 died 1955 and Angelina, born 1876. Arseneth White married Andrew Jackson Spratt.
Edmond Lee White was the son of Jessie White and Mary E. Litchfield. He is my Great Granddaddy. Born Jan. 16th, 1865 and died Feb. 20, 1938. He and his wife Julia Etta Williams had 9 children. Mildred Lee, born 1887 died 1966, Laura Cornelia, born 1888 died 1968, Elswood Roy, (PUD) born 1890 died 1965, Marshall Shelton, born 1893 died 1961, Sidney Guy, born 1894 died 1900, Roxie Etta, born 1896 died 1987, Frederick Hope, born 1898 died 1981, Ina Lucille, born 1901 and Aubrey, born 1902 died 1904.
Marshall Shelton White was the son of Edmond Lee White. He is my Grandfather. Born March 13, 1893 and died Aug. 19, 1961. He and his wife, Addie Lorraine Cason had 7 children; 5 girls lived. Alethia (Eeky) , born 1912 died 2003, Madora (Dora), born 1914 died 2007, Rondell Shelton, 1916 died 1921 of diphtheria, Infant girl, born 1920 died 1925, Marguerite Elizabeth, born Aug. 1921, Laurel Hortense, born 1925 and Sibyl Lorraine, born 1932.
Marguerite E. White is the daughter of Marshall Shelton White. She is my Mother. Born Aug. 1921. Married Gilbert (Pat) Wootson Driver. They had three children. Dawn Lee, born 1942, Larry Odell, (changed his name to Larry Howard), born 1944 and Jerri Lyn, born 1948. Marguerite married a 2nd time to Robert C. Howard, no children.
Jerri Lyn Driver., (now Jerri Powers), I am the daughter of Marguerite White and Pat Driver. I was born October 30, 1948. I married Thomas Bruce Lowery. We have one son, Terry Wayne Lowery, born Sept. 13, 1966. I married a 2nd time to Frank Anthony Powers. No children from 2nd marriage.
May 14, 2010. By Melinda Lukei. Jim Waterfield's grandfather was William Henry Bonney White and his grandmother was Anne Virginia Spratt. His mother Edith Minerva White married Harold Henry Waterfield.
William Henry Bonney White was a younger brother to my great-grandfather Edmond Lee White who married Julia Etta Williams. Edmond Lee was father of my grandmother Laurel Cornelia White who married Paul Campbell Jones. Most of the people now on the Island descend from this Edmond White and Julie Williams line.
August 6, 2011. By Melinda Lukei: Laurel Cornelia White was the daughter of Edmond Lee White and Julia Etta Williams. This is my line, picking up from there. Laurel Cornelia White, the second child of Edmond and Julia was born 11 Dec 1888 at Knotts Island. Died 20 Jan 1968 in Virginia Beach. She married Paul Campbell Jones on 12 May 1907 at Knotts Island.