• General Notes

  Suffix: Judge
  
  Somewhere along the way John and Mary met up with some Quakers in England and migrated to Philadelphia. In my research I have found several references to John White as being one of the first full practicing lawyers in Philadelphia. He seems to have began his practice in New Castle, outside of Philadelphia.
  
  White was an attorney, sheriff, Speaker of the Assembly, and judge in his career.
  Source:
  
  G. Packingham  May 8 2008
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  20] Judge John White's will, pr. 15 Jan. 1693, mentions wife Mary and children James, Mary and Grace. Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, III: Abstracts of Philadelphia Wills, Part 1, 1682-1726 (Phila.: 1893), pp. 63-64 (hereafter cited as Phila. Will Abs.). Also given in Gen. Soc. of Pa. 2:14. Mary Paxson's will, pr. 23 Feb. 1719, mentions daughters Mary Appleton and Grace Carter, and Chase, Appleton, and Carter grandchildren. Bucks Co. Will Book 1, File 181, Bucks County Courthouse, Doylestown, Penna. The persistent confusion in secondary sources over the maiden name of William's wife, i.e. Sydenham or Packingham, is explained by two wives. My thanks to Jane W. T. Brey for first bringing this to my attention
  
  [21] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (Richmond, Ind.: Friends Book and Supply House, Distributors, 1938), 2:967. Hinshaw's date is questionable, as Mary's will was proved 23 Feb. 1719.
  
  Source: G Packingham  13 MAY 2008

Details of John's family with Mary  PACKINGHAM