It can be proven that John White, Anthony White, and Hannah White Brown Swinton who moved from Berkeley Co to Craven Co could NOT have been the children of William White and Susannah Murrell. Instead, it appears very likely that they were the children of John White and wife Hannah ??? and the grandchildren of Anthony White and Elizabeth Jennings of Bermuda. Perhaps more research will unearth the records to solidly prove the children of John White and Hannah.
[Note: James Brown's wife was Hannah White. Their daughter Hannah Brown married Leonard White, son of John White and Sarah Severance. Leonard White is said to have been Hannah Brown's first cousin - original source unknown to us. If so, they would have shared the same grandfather, and John White and Hannah White Brown Swinton would have been siblings. Anthony White was probably another sibling, but as far as we know, there is no proof of this relationship.]
Genealogical Notes from
Bermuda by Julia E Mercer
Will of Richard Jennings of Smiths Tribe. May 16, 1669. Son Richard 4 shares
land & Mansion House in Smiths. Son John two shares in Smiths, one
wharf in possesion of son in law Anthony White;
1/2 share in use of tenant Thomas Griffin & 1/2 share in my
own possession. Daughter Sarah Young her life time & her
husband's life time, the North side 2 half shares & to extend no
further into that share of said Anthony. The son in law John Young
shall pay his brotyher in law John Jennings one pepper corn yearly if
he demand it & shall make no wilful waste of timber or put awale
any of the land. Son
Richard all the pictures and brass andirons belonging to the
house. Granddaughter Elizabeth Young. Grandson Leonard White. Anthony White & his wife
Elizabeth 20/- each for remembrance. Sons Richard & John
Executors. Wit: George Smith & Thomas Scroghan. Proved August 3,
1669, Henry Tucker Secretary.
Genealogical Notes from
Bermuda by Julia E Mercer
Will of Richard Jennings, March 13,
1689. Sons Richard
(married Mary Downing dau of Patrick Downing). John (married Mary Stowe). Sister Elizabeth wife of Capt Anthony White.
Sister Sarah Hubbard. Daughter Sarah. Cousin Elizabeth Jennings. Capt Anthony White & Joseph
Stowe Executors. Wit: Daniel Durham, Jos. Appowen, Thos.
Phillips, Wm. Greene. Proved February 23, 1692.
Genealogical Notes from
Bermuda by Julia E Mercer
(p185)
I, Richard Jennings of Island of Bermuda, but now of Carolina, mariner;
whereas Richard Jennings, my father, put in his will dated 13
Mar 1689/90 in writing did nominate and appoint Capt Anthony White
and Mr. Joseph Stow as exors of his will until I and John Jennings, my brother,
or either of us, should attain 21 years according to Office of Sec. of
said island; whereas said White and Stow renounced exor.-ship and
refused proving of said will, whreupon admin. was granted, with will
annexed, to Mary Jennings, mother of said Richard Jennings, who has
since married Robert Hall, late of said island, merchant,
........ I, the said Richard Jennings, being of age, have
received sums of money, jewels and household stuff in anywise due by
reason of Gift or Will, have released quit claim
to said Robert Hall and Mary his wife......... Signed: Richard
Jennings. Wit: John
Croskeys, Samll.
Saltus, Henry Wigington. D: 9 May 1700. p225
[This Richard Jennings was a son of the brother of Elizabeth Jennings
who m Capt Anthony White of Barbados. John Croskeys held land in
Berkeley Co on the Wando River. Samuel Saltus, also a mariner, appeared
on a number of records in Berkeley Co.]
Abstracts of Records of
Secretary of the Province of South Carolina 1692-1721
Caroline T Moore
(p192) By the Gov: Mathew Tyrer, late of ______, but now of Carolina,
mariner, having been indicted before Grand Jury of "good & Lawful
men of this Country for Piratically & feoniously" taking sloop Samuel's
Adventure, Capt Richard Jennins,
comdr. the brigantine Henry, Capt. Henry Sergeant, comdr. sloop Unity,
Capt. Samuel Saltus, comdr., ship Unity, Capt.
William White, comdr. and a vessel with 2 masts called _______, Capt.
_______ Joice, comdr., all which Piracies were laid in the indictment
to be committed on the high seas between 18 Mr. 1699/700 and 28 Apr.
next following, and Grand Jury after examining Richard
Jennins, Henry Sergeant,Samuel Saltus
and Arthur Worrella, sailor, belonging to said ship who were only
evidence for the King to prove said piracies, did upon their oaths find
ignoramus upon the Bill for Tyrer may not again, for the foregoing
facts and piracies be brought in peril of his life or if it may appear
to any inquest or jury that he had been before acquitted by a Grand
Jury in this Privince..... Signed: Joseph Blake. D: 13 June 1700 R 7 Aug 1700 p 250
Warrants
for Lands in South Carolina 1672-1711
- A S Salley Jr
p 610
Edward Loughton had a Speciall wart. for 500 acres of Land between
ye upper & lower plantations of Jno. White on Wandow River
Dated June 2d. 1703.
Richd. ffairchild had a wart. for 200 acres of Land adjonning to
Mr. Loughton more or less between ye uper & lower plantations of
Jno. White on Wandow river.
Genealogical Notes from
Bermuda by Julia E Mercer
p 122 Will of William
Maligan. April 28, 1689.
Wife Miriam daughter of Chief Justice William Peniston. Sons James, William, Charles. Daughter
Elizabeth. Proved 1690
Warrants
for Lands in South Carolina 1672-1711
- A S Salley Jr
p 572
John White had a Warrt: for five hundred acres of Land Dated the Twelfth of March 1696/7
Abstracts of Records of
Secretary of the Province of South Carolina 1692-1721
Caroline T Moore (p12)
We, John White, Solomon Legare and George
Evans are bound unto Rt. Hon. Sir. Nathaniel Johnson, Knt., Gov., in
sum of L3000 stg. D: 7 Dec 1703.
Condition of Obligation: John White admin. of
estate of William Mallagan, late of Bermuda, dec., made
inventory of said estate by 3 freeholders to Office of Sec. within 90
days hereof according to.......
Wit: Geo. Evans. p 75
More on the descendants of Richard Jennings of Bermuda can be found at https://sites.rootsweb.com/~bmuwgw/jenningsgen.htm
From the 1707 Anthony White will of Bermuda:
Item. I do give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Maligon one negro girl of
the age of five yeares or the vallu theirof and six pounds in money
that I owe her on the amount of that money given by my
granddaughter Merion
Maligon: the which I have paid unto the said Elizabeth Malligon
all but the six pounds herenow expressed to be paid and what more my
wife shall think fitt to give the s'd Elizabeth Maligon when shee shall
bee married or gone from or depart from my so wife which it shall first
happen. Allways provided and it is upon this condition that the said
Elizabeth Maligon or any for her or by her procurement--be noways
trobellsom or make any demand of or from my daughter Frances Gilbert als
Maligon of or conserning any gift or leagasey given or intended
to bee given by Mr William
Maligon deceased, the father of the said
Warrants
for Lands in South Carolina 1672-1711
- A S Salley Jr
p 633
John White had a wart. for 1700 acres of land Dated ye 10 June 1705
Warrants
for Lands in South Carolina 1672-1711
- A S Salley Jr
p 641
John White had a warrt. for 500 acres of Land in Berkly County Bounding
to the South West on Mr Magrigary & to the north Eastward on Mr
Wigfall the 29th. ffebruary 1707/8.
The will of Colonel Anthony White of Smith's Tribe, Bermuda, dated 21 March 1707/8, named among others, wife Elizabeth, son John White "now att Carolina", dau Frances Gilbert als Maligon, son Capt Leonard White, dau Honor Attwood, sister Mrs Honor Smith. Colonel Anthony White is said to have been the son of an earlier Anthony White and wife Honora. His wife Elizabeth was the daughter of Richard Jennings. These names continue to appear in the SC records concerning the John White family.
1707/8 will of Colonel Anthony White
WHITE, ANTHONY
W4:42
29 March 1707/8
proved 29 August 1709
In the Name of God, Amen, I Anthony White ye elder of Smith's Tribe in the Islands aforesaid being now bound out on a voyage unto the Kingdom of England and considering many casualties that death attend man's life and being willing to settle all my wordly affairs have made this my last will and testament in manner and form here following
I bequeath my sole unto God that gave itt, trusting and alone depending on his mercy and through the merrits of Jesus Christ for my redemtion and eternall salvation and my body, I comitt to the earth from where itt was taken to bee desantly buried and my execut'rs here after named shall think fitt, and as for ye worldly estate that it hath pleased God to bestow on mee, I doe by this my will give and dispose theirof as followeth.
Item. It is my will and pleasure that my now wife have the use of all my estate boath reall and personall dureing her naturall life if shee shall so long continue a widow, and not marry or bee marryed. But if my now wife Elizabeth White shall marrey or bee married then and in that cayes: I only leave her what under the law allows not one penny more.
Item. I doe give and bequeath unto my son Capt. Leonard White for and during his naturall life all those my two shares of land with ye mantion hous and out houses standing thereon or now lying settuating and being in Smith's Tribe in these islands afores'd to have and enjoy the same after the death or marriage of his mother w'ch shall first happen. And from the day and time of the death of my before mentioned son Leonard White, it is my will and I do hereby give and bequeath unto my grandson Anthony White the son of my son Capt. Leonard White and to his heires lawfully begotten or to be begotten all those my son's shares of land with ye houses and out houses edefises and buildings standing theiron to have hould and injoy the same and his heirs forever against all and every person or persons that may pretend to claim or demand the same by from or under me the testator.
Item. I doe give and bequeath unto my son Capt. Leonard White my scollapt silver comb that was my father's, my saddell furniture and pistoalls, my soard and belt on this condition that hee my son Leonard White do deliver unto my cozen Robert White the land my brother Robert White deceased one silver hilted savord as goods and as vallubell as that which my son Leo White had of mee that was my brother Robert's that my son Leonard White carried for England but never brought it back or made as yet any satisfaction for the same but if my son Leonard White shall refuse to deliver such a soard as before mentioned unto my cozen Robert White then in that cayse it is my will and express order that my execu'rs or one of them give and deliver my soard that's use were and the belt belonging to it, unto my said cozen Robert White
Item. I do give and bequeath unto my said cozen
Item. I do give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Maligon one
negro girl of the age of five yeares or the vallu theirof and six
pounds in money that I owe her on the amount of that money given by my
granddaughter Merion Maligon: the which I have paid unto the
said Elizabeth Malligon all but the six pounds herenow
expressed to be paid and what more my wife shall think fitt to give the
s'd Elizabeth Maligon when shee shall bee married or gone from
or depart from my so wife which it shall first happen. Allways provided
and it is upon this condition that the said Elizabeth Maligon
or any for her or by her procurement--be noways trobellsom or make any
demand of or from my daughter Frances Gilbert als Maligon
of or conserning any gift or leagasey given or intended to bee given by
Mr William Maligon deceased, the father of the said
Item. I do give and bequeath unto each of my grandchildren that is now born or shall be born before the death of my wife and living at her death the sum of twenty shillings each to every one of them; to be paid by my ex'rs.
Item. I doe give unto my son in law Mr John Dickinson the sum of twenty pounds which I order and dyrect my wife when she shall hear of my death to pay the said money, it being in consideration of the charg and trobell that hee has beenatt in tending and looking after myself, wife and family.
Item. I doe give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Dickinson the choyse of all my silver tankards. I mean one of them.
Item. I doe give and bequeath to Mr Thomas Bostock the elder the sum of forty shillings to by him a ring.
Item. It is my will and positive C__ and an order that att the day and time of my death or marrying of my now wife (the which will first happen) that all and every part and parsell of estate of what nature, kind, quality or degree, itt bee that I have not here perticuler given or disposed of in this my will in the heretofore g____ shall be equally divided amongst my children, hereafter named, shair and shair alike, that is to say John White now att Carolina, Elizabeth Dickinson, Honor Attwood, and Frances Gilbert and if it should so happen that my son John White, my daughter Dickinson, my daughter Attwood, my daughter Gilbert, all or anyone of them should depart this life before my now wife or before they or either of them shall have taken or possessed their forth part or divident of my estatte of what nature or quality it be their and in such cayse it is my expres will, order and command that all parts ad divident that should have been reserved and taken by any one of my above mentioned son or daughters shall bee paid shared and equally share and share alike amongst the said children of above said son and daughters that shall bee then liveing after the death or marriage of my now wife Elizabeth White.
I doe give and bequeath unto my loveing sisters namely Mrs Honor Smith, Mrs Frances Tucker and Mrs Elizabeth Walker each of them twenty shillings to by them a ring with this posey: when this you see remember me>
And I doe hereby nominat and apoint my deare and loveing wife Elizabeth, Mr Thomas Attwood and Mr John Gilbert my sons in law my executors of this my last will and testament contayned in two sheets of paper and if their be any explayne they best knowing my mind, meaning, and intent herein, and lastly I do declare this to bee my last will and making null and void all other wills by mee heretofore made and this onely to bee and stand in force.
Wheir of I have here unto put my hand and seale this 21th day of March 1707/8.
Signed, sealed, publ'd and declared to bee my last will and
testament of Coll'o Anthony White in the present of
Joseph Cox Sen'r
William Stone
William Outerbridge ju'r
Perrent trott Sen'r
Item. I doe give and bequeath unto my son Capt Leonard White
and his eldest son Anthony White and his heires for ever all
the furniture as it now stands in the hall.
Anthony White
March 29th 1707/8
Best remembered that Coll'o Anthony White did dclare before us
that he did leave three young negroes mainly Tom, Jack and Seth
to be disposed of by his wife Elizabeth White to som of his
grandchildren to whom she shall think fitt wittness my hand.
Anthony White
Witness by us
Joseph Cox Sen'r
William Stone
Wm Outerbridge jun'r
Perrent Trott Sen'r
Bermuda... by his excellency the Governor and Ordinary
These are to certifye that this twenty ninth day of August 1709
personally appeared before mee Governor & Ordinary aforesaid
Justice Joseph Cox, Capt. William Stone, Capt. William
Outerbridge all of these islands who have subscribed their names as
witnesses to ye will above before written and solemnly made oath on ye
Holy Evangelist that they respectively saw ye within and above named
testator signe seal & declare ye same will within as his last will
& testament. And that all ye time of doing thereof he the testator
was of sound mind and memory. In testimony whereof I have here unto
sett my hand the same day and yeare above.
B Bennett
recorded the 29 of September 1709 from the originall
C Minors Sec'y
South Carolina Deed
Abstracts, 1719-1772 by Clara A Langley, vol II, p. 205
Book G-G, p. 189 9&10
April 1750
Richard Capers, planter and Marian, his wife, of Christ Church Parish,
Berkeley Co., to Daniel Huger, Esq. of St. John's Parish, Berkeley Co.
190 acres, part of 700 acres in Christ Church Parish bounding N & W
on Daniel Huger, esq.; S & E on Richard Capers.
Whereas Hannah White, widow & executrix of John White, mariner,
was authorized by Act of Assembly dated 18 Dec 1718 to sell 700 acres,
part of John White's estate, in order to pay his debts, & on 9 March 1714/15 sold the 700 acres
to William Capers who devised the 700 acres to his only son Richard who
now sells to Huger. ...
[Note: One of these dates must be in error, probably the 1718 date. The authorization to sell the land must have occurred before the land was sold. Since Hannah was referred to as a "widow", we know that John White died before Hannah who was dec'd by 1717 as proven by other records. Surely she was authorized to sell her husband's lands before her death and before she actually sold the lands. Therefore, John White must have died prior to 9 March 1714/15 when his estate land was sold but after March 29, 1707/8 when he was named in his father's will.]
Abstracts of Records of
Secretary of the Province of South Carolina 1692-1721
Caroline T Moore
(p 339) Indenture: between James Brown of
Berkeley County, Carolina, planter, of the one part and Francis Holmes
of Charles Town in said province, merchant, of the other part: that for
consideration of sum of 5s paid by Francis Holmes to James Brown,
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, said Brown has sold that
plantation containing 710 acres more of less called Lynch Grove
plantation, lying on Wando River, on Wando Neck in Berkeley County
bounding to E on lands of Mr. John Hollybush, S on lands of Mr. John
Bowen [sic] and Mr. John Burk, W on lands of William White and N on
said Hollybush with all buildings, etc., which 710 acres was granted by
John Lynch, late of Island of Jamaica, merchant, to said Brown
by Indenture of Deed of Feoffment under seal of said Lynah [sic]
bearing date 12 Mar 1715, and is hereby sold to said Francis Holmes
from the day next before the date of these presents for a term of 1
year next ensueing, he paying the rent of one peppercorn at the end of
said term ....... Signed: James Brown. Wit: John Fenwick, Robt. White.
John Croft. D 8 July 1716
[Abstract gives Bowen and Lynah. From other records, the names probably should have been John Brown and Lynch. This goes on for a couple more pages - same thing again and again, but on p 341 the same record continues to say:]
.........provided upon condition that if James Brown pays to Francis Holmes at the home of Mr John Simmons in Charles Town the sum of L602 19s 3p on 1 Jan 1716, then this present Indenture shall be void......... upon default shall happen ......... said Holmes shall have plantation free from other gifts, grants, sales, releases or dowers (especially from dower of Hannah, wife of James Brown) and demands whatsoever one morgage made by James Brown to John Lynch of Island of Jamaica, merchant, in consideration of sum of L400 by indenture bearing date of 13 Mar 1715........
[Lynch Grove later came into the possession of William White III of Berkeley Co, the grandson of William White I mentioned in the record above who was granted the land that adjoined Lynch Grove. The land passed through several other owners between James Brown (wife Hannah White) and William White III. No kinship has been discovered between these two White lines.]
Abstracts of Records of
Secretary of the Province of South Carolina 1692-1721
Caroline T Moore
(p 263) We, James Brown and John White, are bound unto Hon.
Col. Robert Daniell, Dep. Gov., in sum of L2000 stg. ....... D 9 Apr 1717. Condition of Obligation:
James Brown, admin of estate of Mrs. Hannah
White, dec., did make inventory of said estate by 3
freeholders and returned to Office of Sec. within 90 days after date
hereof ......... Signed: James Browne, Jno. White. Wit: Edwd. Croft. p
21,150
Abstracts of Records of
Secretary of the Province of South Carolina 1692-1721
Caroline T Moore
(p 260) We, James Browne and David Duvall
are bound unto Hon. Robert Johnson, Esq., and Gov., in sum of L2000
stg. .... D: 27 Jan 1718/9.
Condition of Obligation: James Brown, admin.
of estate of John White, dec., to make inventory of said
estate by 3 freeholders and return to Office of Sec. within 90 days
after date hereof ..... Signed: James Browne, Da. Duvall. Wit: E.
Croft. p 10, 161
Abstracts of Records of
Secretary of the Province of South Carolina 1692-1721
Caroline T Moore
(p 259-260) We, James Brown and David Duvall are bound unto Hon. Robert
Johnson, Esq. and Gov, in sum of L2000.... D 27 Jan 1718/9. Condition of
Obligation: James Brown
is appointed guardian and tutor of Eliza and
Honour White, being in his
(sic) minority, to bring up said infants with meat, drink,
apparel and educatin and defend them from hurt of body, loss of goods
and lands and that which shall fall due from their
father John White, dec., to be paid 3 mons. next after they
are 21 years, and make acct. of tuition and board........ Signed: Jams.
Brown, Da. Duvall. Wit [none] p 8, 163
SC Archives
Box 461, Vol. 60, p. 488 [index has 486] 1724-1725
Warrant of Appraisment granted to James Browne, administrator of
the goods & chattels of Hannah White, deceased, 14 Jan 1725.
To Mark Oliver, John Milner, Wm Scott, __ Dobbins, John Boyden
Any 3 or 4 to make Inventory of Hannah White of Christ Church Parish 14
Jan 1725
Wm Scott, Leonard Dobin, John Milner made Inventory:
Negro woman, Bess
Item in hands of James Brown
added up to 42 lb, 10 sh
Hannah White, widow
The above records provide strong evidence that
John White and Hannah White (wife of James Brown) were the children of
John White and wife Hannah.
John White's land has not been traced, but the
following record at SC Archives might be very useful in that respect.
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Date: 1705/01/12-1861/09/07
Description: PLAN OF LANDS IN CRAVEN COUNTY ORIGINALLY GRANTED
TO JOHN WHITE AND PART NOW BELONGING TO HUGH ROSE, WITH EXPLANATION OF
CONVEYANCES. (C.477)
Names Indexed: MAGREGORY, DANIEL/BROUGHTON,
THOMAS/CAPERS, RICHARD/SMITH, GEORGE/WITHE, JOHN/SEYER, ROBERT/ROSE,
HUGH/BERESFORD/RICHARDSON, THOMAS/LYNCH, THOMAS/PURCELL/PARKER/WHITE,
JOHN/WHITE, HANNAH/CAPERS, WILLIAM/CAPERS, GABRIEL/SIMONS, S.
LEWIS/HAIGH, GEORGE
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/CHARLESTON/CHRIST CHURCH PARISH
Type: PLAN/
[Langley, Vol. I, p.51] Bk D, p. 112; 30 & 31 July 1722; James Brown
to Henry Livingston, planter, both of Berkeley Co., 3 tracts, 200
acres, 210 acres, 300 acres - he bought from JOHN LYNCH, 12 Mar 1715;
Lynch Grove Plantation, Wando Neck, Berkeley Co.
E & N -- JOHN HOLIBUSH
S --- JOHN BOWEN & JOHN BURKE
W ON WILLIAM WHITE
JAMES BROWN - HANNAH his wife to release her title of dower
Wit: ANTHONY WHITE, ROBERT HUME, WILLIAM SCOTT
James Brown was the husband of Hannah White. Notice that Anthony White witnessed the deed.
From the above records combined with the Craven Co records later, it would appear that John White I, mariner, son of Colonel Anthony White and Elizabeth Jennings of Bermuda, settled in SC with wife Hannah, and was probably the father of Hannah White, John White II, Anthony White, Eliza White, and Honour White. John White's will dated 24 Feb 1758 (p 4 Will Book QQ) named, among others, a son Anthony and a daughter Hannah. He also provided for William Brown's widow Mrs Hester Brown. William Brown was a son of James Brown and Hannah White. Another son of John White II, Leonard White, can be proven by the will of Joseph White, his brother. John White I, son of Anthony White of Bermuda, had a brother named Leonard, also a mariner. So Leonard was a name found in the White family earlier. Leonard (son of John White II) married Hannah Brown, daughter of Hannah White by her first husband James Brown. Hannah Brown is said to have been Leonard's first cousin. (source not given) According to the Prince Fredrick Parish records, Anthony White had a daughter named Hannah born in 1727.
Anthony White started buying in Craven Co. as early as 1724. He is described in Bk G, p. 197 as being from Bermudas Town, Berkeley Co., buying 500 acres in Craven. By 1727 his description was "planter, of Pr. George Parish."
John White was "of Berkeley Co." until the 1730s. The Church Parish
records state [from Mrs. Anne Strawn] "on 1 Feb 1732/33 he ceased being
'Clark & Sexton' and delivered the Church Books to the Vestry." He
was 1st elected to the Vestry at Pr Frederick Church 26 March 1733.
Abstracts of Wills........ Caroline T Moore p 4 Will Book QQ
John White, Pr Fred Par, Craven Co. Wife: Mary, deceased, formerly Mary
Forguson. Sons: Blake Leay, Anthony, Joseph and William, under 21
years. Daus: Sarah, Hannah, and Catherine, under 18 years. Mentions:
residue of estate received from wife to son Blake Leay and dau Sarah;
books which I had with my late deceased wife; residue of estate to sons
Anthony, Joseph, William, daus Hannah and Catherine. Exors: sons
Anthony and Joseph; Dr Andrew Burnet. Wit S Wragg, Job Rathmahler, J.
Dubordieu. D 23 Feb 1758 Codicil: Mentions son Blake Leay to have all
lands belonging to estate of my said deceased wife. Mrs Hester Broun,
widow of Mr William Broun. Wit [same] D 24 Feb 1758 P 7 Jan 1761 R nd p
32
Abstracts of Wills........ Caroline T Moore
p 172 Will Book SS
Joseph White, Pr Geo Par, Craven Co, planter. Wife: Anne, residue
of estate, executrix. Sister: Hannah White of George Town, dau of
my deceased brother Leonard White. Mentions: Joseph Lesesne, son
of Peter and Mary Lesesne of George Town and their other children. Wit:
Paul Trapier Esq., Peter Lesseine. D 13 Mar 1772 P 11 Apr 1772 R nd p
154
John White, Anthony White, James Brown (first husband of Hannah White), and William Swinton (second husband of Hannah White) can all be found in the later records of Craven Co living near the Black River in Prince Frederick's Parish.
The younger children Eliza White and Honour White have not been
traced. At this time, we have no proof, but Honora, wife of John
Bonnell is an interesting prospect.
The Register Book
for the Parish Prince Frederick Winyaw Ann: Dom: 1713,
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
p 5
Bonnell Daniel the Son
of John Bonnell and of Honora his Wife was Born
August ye 8th and Baptized ye 11th of April ensuing 1731
p 7
Bonnell, Hannah Daughter of John Bonnell & Honora his Wife Baptized
June
5th 1737
p 10
Bonnell, Anthony, Son of John Bonnell and of Honora his Wife Born March
3d 1740 Baptized April 19th, 1741
The names Honora, Anthony, and Hannah are certainly names that can be associated with the family of John White and wife Hannah. Although Daniel was not a name found in the John White family, later records indicate that Daniel Bonnell's middle name was White. John Bonnell's father is said by Bonnell researchers to have been Daniel.
John Bonnell and wife Honora were in the Black River area of
Craven Co near William Swinton and wife Hannah White by at least 1735.
Since their son Daniel's birth and baptism were recorded in the Prince
Fredrick Parish records in 1731, they may have been in the area even
earlier.
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Date: 1735/02/05
Description: BROCKENTON, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 2,140 ACRES OF LAND
IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BROCKENTON, WILLIAM/SWINTON, WILLIAM/COMMANDER,
SAMUEL/HENNING, THOMAS/ROPER, JOSEPH/BONNEL, JOHN/ST. JOHN,
JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
John Bonnell was granted 800 acres in Craven Co in 1741
adjoining John Summers. This same land appears in a memorial by John
Bonnell dated 1765. The following year, we find this plat in Craven Co.
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Date: 1766/07/28
Description: BONNELL, DANIEL WHITE, PLAT FOR 200 ACRES
IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BONNELL, DANIEL WHITE/MIKELL,
JAMES/TROUP, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/SWIFT CREEK
Type: PLAT/
The compilation of these records is the collective work of Elizabeth Girardeau, John Morrel, and Frances Cullom Harper. All three are Murrell/Morrell descendants - as well as Elizabeth's husband. Elizabeth also descends from John White and wife Sarah Severance who moved from Berkeley Co to Craven Co. It is strongly suggested that the original records be obtained whenever possible since abstracts do sometimes contain errors.