Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, vol. 5, "White of New Jersey": Joseph White of Shrewsbury and his daughter Sarah, wife of John D. Goodrich

Citation: John E. Stillwell, comp., Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey, vol. 5 (New York), "White of New Jersey," pp. 278–279, family of Joseph White (no. 78) and his daughter Sarah (no. 138); digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historicalgeneal05instil, scans n609 and n611), accessed 9 November 2026. The scan shows no title page date; the Internet Archive dates the series 1903 and library catalogues date volume 5 to 1932 (to be confirmed; the volume quotes a paper made in 1908).

Transcription

Transcribed from the Internet Archive's OCR text, with obvious OCR errors corrected; not yet checked against the page images.

p. 278 (scan n609):

78 JOSEPH WHITE, son of Levi White, 31, born Aug. 27, 1749; died prior to Oct. 5, 1799; married, Dec. 13, 1770, Sarah, daughter of Ephraim and Constant (White) Parker, 51.

1799, Oct. 5. George Van Pelt, of Shrewsbury, and Elizabeth his wife, convey to Jacob White, also of Shrewsbury, all right, title and interest to the one-sixth interest in the land whereon Joseph White dwelt, by virtue of being one of the heirs of said Joseph White, deceased. Witnesses: Samuel and Elizabeth Brees. This deed, acknowledged as well as signed on the above date, was not recorded until Dec. 24, 1821, the same date for the recording of the next two deeds also.

1809, Jan. 4. Quit claim deed from Joseph Fleming and Lydia, his wife, to her brother, Jacob White, all of Shrewsbury, for her one-sixth interest in the one hundred and sixty-eight acres where Joseph White dwelt. This land is described as being bounded on the south by land of Timothy Corlies, southwesterly by the main road, westerly and southwesterly by John White's lot, and westerly by Thomas White's land.

1811, July 1. John D. Goodrich, of New York, and Sarah, his wife, convey their one-sixth interest in the same land, describing it in the same way, except that Timothy Corlies is called "deceased."

[The volume then copies a family paper of 1908 by a grandson of Lydia (White) Fleming, and lists Joseph's children:]

Issue
135 Jacob White died Jan. 21, 1855; married, Feb. 9, 1799, Catharine Howland, born Nov. 11, 1780.
136 Elizabeth White married George Van Pelt, and had [...]
137 Lydia White died 1829; married, June 21, 1806, Joseph, son of Jacob Fleming; died 1828, and had [...]

p. 279 (scan n611):

138 Sarah White married, Aug. 22, 1809, John D. Goodrich.

Miss Jane White, of Eatontown, N. J., told me verbally, that the following were children, or under 141, grandchildren, of Joseph White, but it does not seem likely, since no one of them joins in deeding the homestead property to Jacob White.
139 William White died, unmarried, while learning his trade.
140 Sidney White died, unmarried, at about the age of forty.
141 Amos White married Ann [...]