Stevens White, (2nd son)

Notes:

8/29/1687 ment /w William STEVENS; son of Sarah WHITE Inherited Col William STEVENS's Rehoboth plantation and dying in 1718 the plantation descended to his son William WHITE.
Text: Vol 1, Page 110
Text: Page 462
Type: Book
Title: They Lived In Somerset: 17th Century Marylanders
Author: Wilmer O Lankford
Publication: Manokin Press, Princess Anne, MD
Date: 1990
Type: Book
Title: Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Author: Clayton Torrence

Family/Spouse: Katherine (Fassitt?) Hope, Mrs. Katherine was born about 1679; died after 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stevens married Katherine Fassitt about 1710. Katherine was born about 1679; died after 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William White was born about 1711; died in 1736.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 1644, Maryland from England
• Will: 01 Jun 1685, Pocomoke Somerset Co, Maryland

Notes:

Occupation: Gentleman; 1 of 8, 1st Justices of Somerset County, Maryland; councilman; Sheriff 6 5

1664 First came to the Eastern Shore, associating himself with the Pocomoke River section

4/1/1666 Commissioner

5/15/1676 Delegate to Assembly

11/1/1678 Tobacco List

4/1/1679 Gentleman, living in 1679

9/3/1679 Sheriff;
Gent Possessed of a large landed estate and lived on a plantation called Cordicall, near the Pocomoke River and in the neighborhood of Rehoboth, in Somerset County.
1666 By proclamation on 8/22/1666, Lord Baltimore "erected" Somerset County (named after his sister, Mary Somerset). To govern Somerset a body of eight commissioners, or justices, was appointed. The first appointees were Col William Stevens, Stephen Horsey, Capt. William Thorne, George Johnson, John White, John Winder, James Jones and Henry Boston. Capt Thorne was also commissioned to command all armed forces and Stephen Horsey was appointed Sheriff.

1669 On 2/9/1669, commissioend captain of a company of horse for the whole of Somerset county

1678 Representative from Somerset in the Lower House of the Maryland Assembly

1681 Sheriff of Somerset County

WILL ABSTRACT WHITE, JOHN - 9 Sept 1682 - 19 Feb 1682(??) - To son John White, Jr, planta. where I now live & all other lands which I purchased of Col Custis adj. where I now live; son to be at age at 17. To dau. Sary Whtie (under 15) Wife Sarah Exec. Obedience Johnson & Thomas Parramore overseers. Witt: Obedience Johnson & Thomas Parramore -p325 (W&D 1676-1690vi)
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Text: Pages 333-334
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Text: Pages 333-334
Text: Page 11
POL: Y
TOB: Y
SOM: Y
Change Date: 18 SEP 2002

Sources:
Type: Book
Title: They Lived In Somerset: 17th Century Marylanders
Author: Wilmer O Lankford
Publication: Manokin Press, Princess Anne, MD
Date: 1990
Text: Vol 1, Page 110

Type: Book
Title: Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Author: Clayton Torrence
Text: Pages 461-462

Type: Book
Title: Maryland Marriages, 1634-1777
Author: Robert Barnes
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co
Date: 1976
Text: 5 SO-400

Type: Book
Title: Wills & Administrations of Accomack County, VA
Author: Stratton Nottingham
Publication: Heritage Books, Inc.
Date: 1663-1800
Text: Page 11

Type: Book
Title: Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Author: Clayton Torrence
Text: Pages 333-334

Type: Book
Title: Historic Salisbury Maryland
Author: Charles J Truitt
Publication: Country Life Press
Date: 1932
Text: Page 14

Type: Book
Title: Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Author: Clayton Torrence
Type: Book
Title: They Lived In Somerset: 17th Century Marylanders
Author: Wilmer O Lankford
Publication: Manokin Press, Princess Anne, MD
Date: 1990

Type: Book
Title: Historic Salisbury Maryland
Author: Charles J Truitt
Publication: Country Life Press
Date: 1932

Type: Book
Title: Wills & Administrations of Accomack County, VA
Author: Stratton Nottingham
Publication: Heritage Books, Inc.
Date: 1663-1800

Type: Book
Title: Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Author: Clayton Torrence
Text: Pages 331-332, 461-462
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White. John White (see ante, p. 331) married, June 27, 1672, Sarah Keyser (who married, second, Lawrence Crawford), John & Sarah (Keyser) White had issue:
(1) William (1673-1708) m. Catherine Powell;
(2) Elizabeth 1674, m. Francis Thorowgood,
(3) Tabitha, 1677, m. first, Lawrence Rieley; second, Robert Hill
(4) Priscilla (twin), (1677-1730/1) m. first, George Layfield (see ante. pg 376); second John Watts;
(5) Stevens, (1679-1718) m. first c 1710, Atalanta Whittington (see ante, p. 381); second Mrs. Katherine (Fassitt?) Hope, (she m. third James Round);
(6) Sarah, 1680, m. first, William Massey, second Francis Hamlin;
(7) Francis (1682-1683)
(8) John, c. 1684, probably died young.

(Evidence for statements in this note will be found in Somerset deeds judicials and wills in the following volumes: IKL, pp. 273 & 282; EB5, p. 125 & 185; o20, p. 173; O11 p. 125; O14, p.188, 189, & 209; O10 p. 5; O15 p. 21; & Md. Cal. Wills, III, p. 161; Ljungstedt, County Court Note Book, VIII, p18.

There has always been the traditions in Somerset County of a relationship between Col. William Stevens (1630-1687), of "Rehoboth", and the White family. The most constant form of that tradition is that Sarah, wife of John White, was a sister of Col. Stevens. This is obviously erroneous, as the record (Libe IKL, p. 273) shows that John White married 27 Jun. 1672, Sarah Keyser, and that William, Elizabeth, Tabitha, Priscilla, Stevens, Sarah & Francis White were children of John & Sarah (Keyser) White.

1687 Col. William Stevens, in his will dated Aug 29, 1687- probated 26 Mar 1688 (Liber EB5, p. 171-2) devises property to John and Sarah (Keyser) White and several of their children. Col. Stevens calls Mrs. Sarah White "My sister White" and John White "my brother John White", and two of their children he calls "cousin" (a term used for nephew of niece).

As a matter of fact, the relationship of Col. Stevens to the Whites seems to have been through Steven's wife Elizabeth.

After Stevens' death his widow Elizabeth married George Layfield

and after her death George Layfield married Pricilla White, daughter of John & Sarah (Keyser) White. The marriage of Layfield to Priscilla White created quite a sensation because, as it was said, "Mr Layfield... perstists in marrying of his neice... "Priscilla White, who Layfield married as his second wife, was not his own blood-niece, but the niece of Layfield's first wife, Madam Elizabeth Stevens. (For a full account of Layfield's marriages, see ante, p. 376), Such marriages were forbidden by eccleslastical law of the established church. Madam Elizabeth Stevens-Layfield was, before either of her marriages, no doubt Elizabeth Keyser, sister of Sarah Keyser, the wife of John White, and therefore aunt to Priscilla White who married George Layfield as his second wife.

There was a Benjamin Keizer (or Keyser) of Somerset County (who died in 1691), who in his will names "my father George Keizer," brothers Elizer and John Keizer, sister May Mould and "my cousins [Nieces and Nephews?] Tabitha White, Priscilla White, Sarah White, Stevens White and William White".

He also left small legacies to Lawrence Crawford and George Layfield, and refers to land which Col. William Stevens, of "Rehoboth", in his will, also devised property to Edmund Howard and his son William Stevens Howard, not mentioning any relationship.

William Stevens Howard was the son of Edmund Howard & Margaret Dent (IKL).
John White, in his will, probated 3 Oct 1685, calls William Stevens Howard "my cousin". The relationship is unexplained beyond the reference.
(Liber EB5, p. 126))

Grantor* 11 Aug 1684 "Entrance", Somerset Co., MD, USA; for 5sh to son William Stevens Howard

(Torrence, Old Somerset On Eastern, "Entrance" 1688 William STEVENS willed 400 acres to Edmund HOWARD & to his son William Stevens HOWARD

11 Aug 1684 Edmund & wife Margaret HOWARD sold this to William Stevens for 5 sh.)


Heir: 1 Jun 1685, Somerset Co., Maryland, USA. (4) John White Pocomoke Somerset Co.,
1 Jun 1685-3 Oct 1685. To Eldest Son William & Heirs 800 acres part of "Buckingham" and 500 acres part of Partners Choice. 2nd son Stevens & heirs Colicott at decease of wife Sarah. To thrid son John eld dau Elizabeth youngest dau. Sarah and their heirs 700 a Buckingham and 650 an Unity should any died without issue suvivor or suvivors to inheiret deceased protion. Daus Tabitha & Pricillia twins 700 a Newport Pannell. William Train & Cousin William Stevens Howard personalty. Wife Sarah exectrix residue of estate real & personal. Test Eliza Stevens, Robert Paine, Henry Ayres John Vigerous, Edmund Harward.


Will:
John White Pocomoke Somerset Co., 1 Jun 1685-3 Oct 1685.

To Eldest Son William & Heirs 800 acres part of "Buckingham" and 500 acres part of Partners Choice.
2nd son Stevens & heirs, Colicott at decease of wife Sarah.
To third son John, eld dau Elizabeth, youngest dau Sarah, and their heirs 700 a Buckingham and 650 an Unity should any died without issue survivor or survivors to inherit deceased portion.
Daus Tabitha & Pricillia twins 700 a Newport Pannell. William Train & Cousin William Stevens Howard personalty. (NOTE: possibly John White's father-in-law brother to William Stevens Howard's paternal grandmother. NOTE: at this time Wm Stevens Howard 1 yr old!)
Wife Sarah exectrix residue of estate real & personal. Test Eliza Stevens, Robert Paine, Henry Ayres John Vigerous, Edmund Harward

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probable relation of John White to Edmund & son Wm Stevens Howard:
Edmund Howard's mother believed to be sister to George Keyser Jr. so...
George Keyser Sr.
George Keyser Jr.
.....Sarah Keyser White (John's wife)
.....Elizabeth Keyser Stevens (William Stevens' wife)
sister (FNU) to George Keyser believed to be Edmund Howard's mom
......Edmund Howard
........ William Stevens Howard
(John White's wife's cousin)
John White's will states Cousin William Stevens
Howard personalty.

John married Sarah Keyser on 27 Jun 1672 in Somerset Co, Maryland. Sarah (daughter of George Keyser, Jr. (immigrant) and Elizabeth Holyoke, (immigrant)) was born about 1650; died after 1696 in Kent Co, Maryland (prob). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1 Apr 1671, Province of Maryland

Notes:

Sarah is not confirmed as a sister to Benjamin -- however he referred to and bequeathed to her children as neices and nephews. This suggests that Sarah was his sister and she predeceased him, resulting in his bequeathing her her children rather than to her.

Notes:

Married:
marriage performed by Robert Maddox, Clerk 6-27-1672 (sources: 11, 3, 1) as listed in notes of John White)

Thomas married Elizabeth Fisher about 1606 in England. Elizabeth was born about 1583; died before 7 Aug 1627 in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Some say George immigrated with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 but there are no records confirming. We received the following after Tom Yarington's request to the Keyser Society for more information:
Friday, December 12, 2003
"Gentlemen; Mr. Yarrington has asked me about the arrival of George Keyser (correct spelling, as attested to by a sample of his signature which has survived) in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. My information indicates that George arrived there sometime before 1638 when he appears in the official records of the colony in connection with a court case. I too have a copy of Banks' book and, indeed, it does NOT make any mention of a George Keyser or anyone with a similar sounding name. Nor, to the best of my knowledge, does any other known source on this period. That George Keyser should arrive without any record of his transit or arrival is, I understand, not all that unusual as the known records for those times are far from complete.

In addition, it is alleged that some persons emigrated under assumed names for various reasons, not all of which are nefarious. I do not know the origin of the assertion that George Keyser was on the Winthrop fleet, but Leon Keyser in his Keyser Families of New England does make this assertion. He cites Banks' book as his source but, as I have said, this is groundless. At least until new arises, we cannot know for sure that George Keyser was NOT on the Winthrop fleet but we certainly do not know that he was. In any event, we do know that he did emigrate and we do know, at least beyond a reasonable doubt, that he came from Leighton Buzzard, England.

His father, George Keyser Sr., lived and died in that hamlet, but it is reasonably certain that he was not born there. The Keyser name seems to have come "originally" from southern Germany. The name and its homonyms well known in Germany to this day and many other members of this clan emigrated to North America over the centuries. It is not even certain that George Keyser Jr. was the first "Keyser" in North America as I have seen references to another Keyser in the immigration records for Virginia for the 1620s.

I hope that this information is of some use to you. Best wishes to you both.
Geoff B. Geoffrey R. Browning"
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=greysteel&id=I35239

George married Elizabeth Holyoke, (immigrant) about 1640 in Massachusetts (?). Elizabeth (daughter of Rev. Edward Holyoke, (immigrant) and Prudence Stockton) was born in 1614 in St. Lawrence, Jewry, England; was christened in 1615; died in 1659 in Massachusetts (?). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth Keyser (born Morris Holyoke), 1615 - 1659 [sic Holyoke-Morris)
Elizabeth Keyser (born Morris Holyoke) was born on month day 1615, at birth place, to Edward Holyoke and Prudence Holyoke (born Stockton).
Edward was born on February 15 1586, in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England.
Prudence was born on December 20 1584, in Alcester, Warwickshire, England.
Elizabeth had 8 siblings: Ann Stockton Putnam (born Holyoke), Capt Elizur Holyoke and 6 other siblings.
Elizabeth married Thomas Morris in 1640, at age 24.
Thomas was born in 1620, in Waltham Holy Cross, Essex, England.
They had 8 children: Hannah Morris, Elizabeth Gott (born Morris) and 6 other children.
They divorced.
Elizabeth married George Keyser in 1645, at age 29 at marriage place, Massachusetts.
George was born in 1610, in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.
They had 7 children: Eleazer Keyser, John Keyser and 5 other children.
Elizabeth passed away on month day 1659, at age 44 at death place, Massachusetts.
She was buried in month 1659, at burial place, Massachusetts.
https://www.myheritage.com/names/elizabeth_holyoke

Edward married Prudence Stockton. Prudence was born on 20 Dec 1584 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]