Wade & Webb Family History

Sarah White1777–?

New Jersey

Sarah White married John D. Goodrich in New Jersey on 22 August 1809, and the FamilySearch tree makes her the mother of Elisha Bates Goodrich, who became a storekeeper in Brooklyn. Beyond the marriage, no record of her life has yet been found: her parents, her death and even her son's parentage still rest on the tree alone.

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Documents (1)
  4. Places
  5. Timeline
  6. Open questions
  7. Searches made
  8. Notes

Birth

  1. about 1777 <,, Nj>

Marriages

  1. about 1798 John D Goodrich, at of Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey
  2. 22 Aug 1809 John D Goodrich, at Monmouth,New Jersey 2, 6
  3. 22 Aug 1809 John D Goodrich, at ,, New Jersey 2, 6

Death and burial

  1. Date unknown Death: place not recorded

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, about 1798
John D Goodrich 1773–?
Children
Elisha Bates Goodrich 1809–1891

Line of descent Wade line

  1. Sarah White
  2. Elisha Bates Goodrich, son
  3. Emma May Goodrich, daughter
  4. William Henry Wade Jr, son
  5. Frank Edward Wade, son
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

3rd great-grandmother of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Sarah White was born about 1777 in New Jersey, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the date or the place and names no parents for her.1

On 22 August 1809 she married John D. Goodrich; the marriage is recorded in the index of New Jersey county marriages, and the tree places it in Monmouth County.2 The tree also gives an earlier date for the same marriage, "about 1798", with the place "of Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey", but no record supports it.3 John D. Goodrich, by the tree's account, was born about 1773 and was "of Shrewsbury", a township in Monmouth County; his own date and place of death are unknown.4

The tree gives the couple one child, Elisha Bates Goodrich, born in New Jersey on 27 March 1809.5 That date falls five months before the recorded marriage.6 Inference Either the birth date or the marriage date may be wrong, or the birth may have come before the wedding; the undocumented "about 1798" date in the tree may be an attempt to reconcile the two, and none of the three possibilities can be preferred until a record of Elisha's birth or baptism is found.6 Elisha became a storekeeper in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, where he opened a store at Stagg Street and Union Avenue in 1857, and he died in Brooklyn on 13 June 1891.7 His New York City death record of 1891 has entries for both his parents, but their names are indexed only as "Unknown", so it does not confirm that Sarah White was his mother.8 Inference The link between Sarah and Elisha therefore rests on the tree alone; it is plausible, since both were of New Jersey and the timing fits, but it is not yet proved.8

Nothing more about Sarah has been found.9 Searches of the Chronicling America newspaper collection for New Jersey under "Sarah White", "Sarah Goodrich", "Mrs John Goodrich" and "Mrs J D Goodrich" found nothing, but the collection's coverage of Monmouth County begins only in 1855, so the silence reflects the gap in the newspapers rather than evidence about her.9 The tree records no date or place of death.10

Documents

  1. 1932 Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, vol. 5, "White of New Jersey": Joseph White of Shrewsbury and his daughter Sarah, wife of John D. Goodrich 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) · book

Places

  1. 1798of Shrewsbury

Timeline

  1. about 1777Birth<,, Nj>
  2. about 1798Marriage, John D Goodrichof Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey
  3. 22 Aug 1809Marriage, John D GoodrichMonmouth,New Jersey
  4. 22 Aug 1809Marriage, John D Goodrich,, New Jersey

Open questions

  • Dates and parents unknown. Born about 1777 in New Jersey; no death. Same sources as for John D. Goodrich (Monmouth probate and church registers).

  • FAN lead: "Anna White, Shrewsbury" joined John G. Vanderveer and Ruliff Conover in a no-trespassing notice in the Monmouth Weekly Herald, 12 November 1857, p. 2 (loc.gov sn83032308/1857-11-12/ed-1/?sp=2): a White landowner in Shrewsbury township in 1857, possibly kin. Not pursued.

  • Parents found in print (2026-11-09). Stillwell's Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, vol. 5, makes her a daughter of Joseph White (born 27 August 1749, died before 5 October 1799) of Shrewsbury and Sarah Parker (daughter of Ephraim and Constant (White) Parker), married 13 December 1770, on the evidence of the 1811 deed in which she and John D. Goodrich sold her one-sixth share of Joseph White's homestead (1932). Read the deed (Monmouth County deed books; recorded 24 December 1821) before adding the parents in FamilySearch. Stillwell also prints the earlier White and Parker generations (Levi White no. 31; Parker no. 51).

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Sarah White", New Jersey, 1808–1810no matches
  2. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Sarah White", New Jersey, 1792–1858no matches
  3. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Mrs John Goodrich", New Jersey, 1809–1858no matches
  4. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Mrs J D Goodrich", New Jersey, 1809–1858no matches
  5. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Sarah Goodrich", New Jersey, 1809–1858no matches
  6. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: all of: White of Shrewsbury, New Jersey, 1792–1858102 pages; first: [Monmouth weekly herald (Freehold, N.J.), 1857-11-12, p. 2](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83032308/1857-11-12/ed-1/?sp=2); [Monmouth weekly herald (Freehold, N.J.), 1858-12-30, p. 2](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83032308/1858-12-30/ed-1/?sp=2); [Monmouth weekly herald (Freehold, N.J.), 1855-01-31, p. 2](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83032308/1855-01-31/ed-1/?sp=2)
  7. 2026-11-08Assessment: Chronicling America: "Sarah White" / "Sarah Goodrich" / "Mrs John Goodrich" / "Mrs J D Goodrich", New Jersey, 1792–1858No matches in any form. Chronicling America's Monmouth County coverage begins in 1855 (Monmouth Weekly Herald, Freehold), when Sarah would have been about 78, and New Jersey coverage before that is thin; these are absences of coverage rather than evidence.
  8. 2026-11-08Assessment: Chronicling America: all of: White of Shrewsbury, New Jersey, 1792–1858102 pages; the first 10 reviewed from snippets (all Monmouth Weekly Herald, Freehold, 1855–1858), none is this person: election returns by township, Shrewsbury River navigation, real-estate and assignment notices. The one named White is "ANNA WHITE, Shrewsbury, November 4th, 1857", a landowner joining John G. Vanderveer and Ruliff Conover in a no-trespassing notice (1857-11-12 p. 2). Not Sarah (Mrs Goodrich since about 1808), but a White holding land in Shrewsbury township in 1857 is a possible relative; FAN lead, not pursued. Hits 11–102 not reviewed.
  9. 2026-11-09Find a Grave search: Sarah White, b. 1777 ±3, d. ? ±3: 76 results; Sarah Goodrich, b. 1777 ±3, d. ? ±3: 1 resultsbest: [Sarah Brock White (27 Sep 1777 – 2 Aug 1841), Oxbow Cemetery, Newbury, Orange County, Vermont](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120705303/sarah-white); score 6 (medium, before review)
  10. 2026-11-09Assessment of the Find a Grave batch candidates (2026-11-09)Rejected: the best candidate (Sarah Brock White, 1777-1841, Newbury, Vermont, score 6) has no family link to the tree. No memorial recorded.
  11. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Sarah White", New Jersey9896 pages; first: [New York - History; New Jersey - History; New Jersey - Genealogy;, n.d., p. ](https://archive.org/details/newyorkhistoryne05stil?q=%22Sarah%20White%22); [Historical and genealogical miscellany : data relating to the settlement and settlers of New York and New Jersey, n.d., p. ](https://archive.org/details/historicalgeneal05instil?q=%22Sarah%20White%22); [Lippincott : five generations of the descendants of Richard and Abigail Lippincott, 1982, p. ](https://archive.org/details/lippincottfivege00olse?q=%22Sarah%20White%22)
  12. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Sarah White", New Jersey (9,896 pages)First 20 reviewed. MATCH (high): hit 2, Stillwell, *Historical and Genealogical Miscellany*, vol. 5, "White of New Jersey", pp. 278-279: Joseph White (b. 27 Aug 1749, d. before 5 Oct 1799) of Shrewsbury, son of Levi White, m. 13 Dec 1770 Sarah, daughter of Ephraim and Constant (White) Parker; his heirs sold their one-sixth shares of his 168-acre homestead, among them "John D. Goodrich, of New York, and Sarah, his wife" (1 July 1811); "138 Sarah White married, Aug. 22, 1809, John D. Goodrich." The marriage date agrees exactly with the tree. Record [1932](../documents/1932-stillwell-miscellany-white-of-new-jersey-goodrich.md). Hit 1 (Stillwell's New Jersey genealogy volume, "White of New Jersey" pp. 257, 309) and the Lippincott, Shreve-White, Peter White and Peregrine White genealogies name other Sarah Whites, not her.
  13. 2026-11-09Internet Archive (assessment follow-up): "Goodrich" inside historicalgeneal05instil; full text read3 pages: a Polly Tilton who married Samuel Goodrich (not the family) and the two Goodrich passages above (scans n609, n611).
  14. 2026-11-09Internet Archive hits assessed: 1 search (+1 follow-up)1 match (high): her parents found, Joseph White and Sarah Parker of Shrewsbury; record written.
  15. 2026-11-09DPLA: "Sarah White"91 pages; first: [Sarah White (Claremont Colleges Library), 1984, p. ](http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll13/id/6574); [Sarah White (Troup County Archives), 1890, p. ](http://cdm17413.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/imagecoll/id/20580); [Sarah White (Claremont Colleges Library), 1984, p. ](http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll13/id/6564)
  16. 2026-11-09DPLA assessment: "Sarah White" (91 hits; 10 cached)All namesakes: Sarah White of LaGrange, Georgia, wife of Albert Dunson (1890); swimmers (1984); Sarah White Bost (California), Shattuck (Massachusetts), Kelley (Boston); Missouri and Texas portraits; a 2000 interview. None is in New Jersey about 1777. Not her.
  17. 2026-11-09DPLA assessment: 1 searchNo match.

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KHL6-ZJR: birth about 1777, New Jersey, no source attached; no parents recorded back to the text
  2. "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956", FamilySearch, John D Goodrich and Sarah White, 22 Aug 1809. Record: John D Goodrich and Sarah White, 22 Aug 1809, New Jersey, County Marriages FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KHL6-ZJR: marriage 22 Aug 1809, Monmouth, New Jersey back to the text
  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KHL6-ZJR: marriage about 1798, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, no source attached back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KZV4-78J (their page): birth about 1773, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey; no death date Research log (their page): death date and place unknown back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7HF (their page): birth 27 Mar 1809, New Jersey; parents John D Goodrich and Sarah White back to the text
  6. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7HF (their page): birth 27 Mar 1809 "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956", FamilySearch, John D Goodrich and Sarah White, 22 Aug 1809. Record: 22 Aug 1809 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KHL6-ZJR: marriage about 1798, no source attached back to the text
  7. 1900-04-28-goodrich-john-o: In 1857 his father opened a store at the corner of Stagg street and Union avenue "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Elisha B Goodrich, 13 Jun 1891. Record: Elisha B Goodrich, 13 Jun 1891 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7HF (their page): death 13 Jun 1891, Brooklyn, Kings, New York back to the text
  8. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, <Unknown> in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 13 Jun 1891. Record: <Unknown> in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 13 Jun 1891 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, <Unknown> in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 13 Jun 1891. Record: <Unknown> in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 13 Jun 1891 back to the text
  9. Research log, searches made: Chronicling America: Sarah White, Sarah Goodrich, Mrs John Goodrich, Mrs J D Goodrich, New Jersey, 1792–1858: no matches; Monmouth County coverage begins in 1855 back to the text
  10. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KHL6-ZJR: no death date or place back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Sarah White (2)
  1. 22 Aug 1809Sarah White, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
  2. 13 Jun 1891<Unknown>, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"