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Ann White married [P2] John Wigham at Stockton on the 4th June 1807.2
She was a convinced Friend, and a considerable heiress. Her elder brother much resented her joining Friends and her marriage, and left his money to a younger brother; but on the death of the latter, Ann inherited both fortunes.3
Ann and John had only one child: [P1] Jane, born at Edinburgh in 1808.4
She was delicate, and needed much loving care. She died on the 5th November 1823, and was buried at Edinburgh on the 9th.5
She was the daughter of [P8] Robert and [P9] Jane White .6
2 PRO RG 6/203, /527; Dictionary of Quaker Biography
3 Journal of the Friends' Historical Society 10:2 1913
4 DQB; Strath Maxwell
5 DQB; JFHS 10:2 1913; Strath Maxwell; The Edinburgh Advertiser 14 Nov 1823
6 DQB; RG 6/203
Robert White may have been baptised on 7 August 1747, at the High Street Presbyterian Chapel, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham.0
Robert White married [P9] Jane Gibson on 16 November 1772, at Gainford, Durham. Their children included an elder son, [P7] Ann, and a younger son.1
He is believed to have made his fortune in India.2
He became a farmer in Hopewell, Durham; and he died before 1807.3
If the baptismal entry is a correct identification, Robert White was the son of [P8A] Robert and [P8B] Ann White.4
0 TNA PRO RG 5/481 f85
1 Dictionary of Quaker Biography; Joiner marriage index; http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/Transcriptions/DUR/GAI1720.html
2 Journal of the Friends' Historical Society 10:2,1913
3 PRO RG 6/203, /527
4 RG 5/481 f85
Robert White married [P8B] Ann ____.1
1 TNA PRO RG 5/481 f85
Ann ____ married [P8A] Robert White. Their children were: John (1745), William (1746), and [P8] Robert, all baptised at Stockton-on-Tees.1
1 TNA PRO RG 5/481 f85
Jane Gibson married [P8] Robert White on 16 November 1772, at Gainford, Durham.1
Their children included an elder son, [P7] Ann, and a younger son.2
She lived in Hopewell, Durham, and died before 1807.3
1 Joiner marriage index; http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/Transcriptions/DUR/GAI1720.html
2 Journal of the Friends' Historical Society 10:2 1913
3 PRO RG 6/527; Dictionary of Quaker Biography
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