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State of Service: NH
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: 22 Nov 1732 Uxbridge / / MA Death: abt 1808 / Cheshire / NH
Qualifying Service Description:
He signed the Association Test in Richmond, NH on 30 Aug 1776
Additional References:
Bouton, "Documents & Records relating to the State of NH from 1776 to 1783", Vol VIII, 1874, pg 271-272
Author: Edward Lary
Enoch White is recognized for his Patriotic Service during the war for American independence. He signed the Association Test in Richmond, NH on 30 Aug 1776. Signing the Association Test was taken as a very serious act. In late June of 1776 several Richmond residents declined to sign the initial request from the Provencil (sic) Congress. They expressed concern it was not the “will of God to take away the lives of our fellow creatures”. They all committed, however, to join their brethren “to defend by arms against hostile attempts of the British fleets and Armies”. Subsequently, they all signed the Association Test on 30 Aug 1776.
Enoch White was born in Uxbridge, MA on 22 Nov 1732, the son of John White and Rachel Benson. John White was born in Mendon, MA; Rachel Benson in Rochester, MA. Enoch married Lydia Sprague in Springfield, RI on 31 Aug 1755. Lydia was born in about 1723 in Smithfield, RI. Together, Enoch and Lydia raised four children in Newport, NH: son Enoch Jr and daughters Mary, Rhoda and Rachel. Their daughter Rachel married Thomas Lane, another SAR Patriot Ancestor.
“Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Family of Richard Warren, Volume 18” includes lineage for Enoch White’s wife Lydia Sprague. This lineage, through her mother Elizabeth Barrett, proves she descends from Mayflower passenger Richard Warren.
It is reported that Enoch White brought his family from Richmond, NH to Newport, NH in 1771. He settled first in the village of Newport, farming 400 acres near the Claremont road. Later he sold that land and purchased another farm in Newport on Thatcher hill with less risk of frost damage. Enoch and Lydia remained in Newport for the remainder of their lives.
We do not know precisely when either Enoch White or his wife Lydia died. We do know that Enoch was still living on 20 Sep 1807 when he sold a lot in Newport, NH to his son Enoch. We also know that Lydia was already deceased when mentioned in her brother Enoch Sprague’s will on 20 Dec 1807. We do not yet know either of their burial locations.
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