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Alexander White   see FAMILY TREE
Born: Abt. 1550 Nottinghamshire, England  
   
Married: 1570  
   
Died: Bef. 6 May 1596 Sturton-le-Steeple, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England Will written 15 Mar 1594 and proved 6 May 1596.

FATHER

Thomas White

In his will written Oct 14, 1579, Sturton-le-Steeple, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England, Thomas White mentions Alexander Whyt, "my eldest son." Mentions sons John and William, daughters Elizabeth, Mary and Jane.

MOTHER

WIFE

Eleanor Smith

CHILDREN

1. Catherine White
    b. Abt. 1578 Nottinghamshire, England
    m. Bef. 1599 George Leggett
    m. bef. May 1615 John Carver
    d. Bef. Jun 1621 Plymouth Colony

2. Charles White
    b. Abt. 1580

3. Bridget White
    b. Abt. 1582 Nottinghamshire, England
    m. 15 Feb 1603/4 John Robinson
    d. Aft. 28 Oct 1643 Leiden, Netherlands

4. Thomas White
    b. Aft. 1585

5. Roger White
    b. Abt. 1586

6. Edward White
    b. Abt. 1587

7. Frances White
    b. Abt. 1587

8. Jane White
    b. Abt. 1590

https://www.geni.com/people/Eleanor-White/6000000003219901795 

• i. Catherine (q.v. Katherine) White; m. 1) George Leggett before 1599 and 2) before May 1615, John Carver. Catherine had one child, dau. Marie, by George Leggett, but the fate of husband and dau. are unknown. She and 2nd husband John Carver had one known but unnamed child who was buried at Leiden Nov. 11, 1617. John Carver and Catherine White were passengers of the 1620 Mayflower passage to Plymouth, Mass. where they both died by June 1621. John Carver, brother-in-law by marriage to Rev. John Robinson, was designated the first Gov. of the Plymouth Colony, but upon his death was succeeded by William Bradford, the historically celebrated Gov. of the Plymouth Colony.

• ii. Charles White; d. testate at Beauvale Abbey, Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England between the Mar. 1, 1733/4 and Oct. 9, 1634 writing and probate of his will. His will includes his wife Elizabeth (who is not identified by name), who was appointed executor of his estate; he had at least two children who are included in his will: son Charles, who was to inherit his father's lease at Beauvale Abbey, and daughter Anne, who married William Thompson of Roxholme, Lincolnshire, at Greasley, by license dated Feb. 11, 1631/32.

• iii. Bridget White; m. Feb. 15, 1603/4 at St. Mary's Church, Greasley, Nottinghamshire, Rev. John Robinson, s. of John and Ann Robinson of Sturton-Le-Steeple; she d. testate after Oct. 28, 1643, the date her will was written at Leiden, Holland.

• iv. Thomas White; a minor under 14 years of age at the time of his mother's 1599 will; no further record of him has been uncovered as the Sturton-le-Steeple parish records do not exist prior to 1629.

• v. Roger White; a minor under 14 years of age at the time of his mother's 1599 will; m. Mar. 13, 1620/1 at Leiden, Holland, Elizabeth Wales and was a tobacco merchant at Leiden living in Mar. 1633/4 when named in his brother Charles White's will. After the sailing of the Mayflower in 1620, he was a Deacon of the remaining congregation of his brother-in-law Rev. John Robinson's Leiden church.

• vi. Edward White; a minor under 14 years of age at the time of his mother's 1599 will; no further record of him has been uncovered as the Sturton-le-Steeple parish records do not exist prior to 1629.

• vii. Frances White; m. Jan. 24, 1604/5 at Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England as his 1st wife, Francis Jessop; was living in Leiden on Oct. 27, 1628 when she witnessed the betrothal of Thomas Nash; Dexter claims she died in 1636 possibly at Beccles in Suffolk, England.

• viii. Jane White; m. Apr. 26, 1611 at Leiden, Holland, Randalf Thickens. Prior to marriage, her legacies from her father and mother were used as a 1/4 share of the purchase of the Groenport home at Leiden of her brother-in-law Rev. John Robinson. Following her marriage husband Randalf took Jane's place as one of four named purchasers. In June 1621 Thickens, called a mirror maker in the Leiden record, gave brother-in-law Robinson a power of attorney to sell his 1/4 share of the Leiden property as he then intended to return to England.[1] Dexter and the Leiden Pilgrim Archives consistently call Randalf by the English name of Ralph (Ralph in Dutch is Roelof or Rolfe, Randall in Dutch is Randolph, and Ralph in Latin is Rodolphus.) In the Rare Book division of the British Library at London is an original copy of John Robinson's 1614 published Of Religious Communion, Private & Publique, with substantial hand-written marginal notes and underlined passages. Across the center of the title page in a clear and careful hand is written Randalf Thickins.[2] Obviously Randalf Thickens never was "Ralph" Thickens.

 

 

Will of Alexander White: Extracted from the district probate registry at York attached to His Majesty's High Court of Justice: "In the name of God Amen the XXVth day of Mche in the yeare of o'r lord 1594                 I Alexander White of Sturton... Item I give unto the Children of my brother John White and Will'm White... Item I give unto my sonn Charles White... Item I give to every one of my yong'r Sonnes Thomas, Roger and Edward White... Witnesses Robert Poole Charles White... On the 6th day of May 1596 the Will of Alexander White late of Sturton in the County of Notts was proved by the Oath of Ellenore White Widow the Relict and sole Executrix.

 

The will of his wife Eleanor was written 7 Apr 1599 and proved 2 Aug 1599.  It names daughters: Janie, Frances, Bridget, sons Charles, Thomas, Roger and Edward.  She refers to her son-in-law Legatt married to her daughter Catherine and their daughter Marie who is under 10. Her nephew Thomas Dysney, sister Mounson and 2 cousins.