Individual Details
Gowen White
(Bef 23 May 1607 - Bef 3 Mar 1664/65)
Gowin left England before May 1637, but first appears in the records of Plymouth Colony at his marriage in 1638. He could bear arms in 1643, and was propounded freeman 5 Jun 1644, the same day he took the oath as constable of Scituate. He was a planter and one of the Conihasset partners in 1648.
Gowen White was one of the Conihasset partners in 1646. In 1650, he purchased a considerable farm from William Richards, who removed to Weymouth (White, 72). It was on the south of Till's or Dwelley's creek. His neighbors were William Randall and Robert Stetson. His neighbor William Randall was a litigious man and his wife Elizabeth Barstow seems to also have a temper. Plymouth records show that William prosecuted his neighbors over land boundaries and was accused of slandering Deacon Tilden. In 1654 a Plymouth record says, "Wee present Elizabeth Randall, of Scittuate, for teling of a lye to the detterment of Gowin White." They must have settled their differences, for in 1660 in the Plymouth Colony deed book there is recorded "Gowin White, one of the Conihasset partners, 1646, to William Randall of Scituate, Dec 22 1658. Land in Scituate - "a Certain Dwelling house, together with a Certaine tract of upland and a pcell of Meddow land", etc. "in Consideration of a suffiecient sume of money in full Satisfaction to me." etc. (Randall, 5).
There is no record of the family of Gowin White, be we find Joseph and Timothy to be his sons and heirs: also Sarah, who may have been his daughter, married John Bailey 1672.
Gowen White was one of the Conihasset partners in 1646. In 1650, he purchased a considerable farm from William Richards, who removed to Weymouth (White, 72). It was on the south of Till's or Dwelley's creek. His neighbors were William Randall and Robert Stetson. His neighbor William Randall was a litigious man and his wife Elizabeth Barstow seems to also have a temper. Plymouth records show that William prosecuted his neighbors over land boundaries and was accused of slandering Deacon Tilden. In 1654 a Plymouth record says, "Wee present Elizabeth Randall, of Scittuate, for teling of a lye to the detterment of Gowin White." They must have settled their differences, for in 1660 in the Plymouth Colony deed book there is recorded "Gowin White, one of the Conihasset partners, 1646, to William Randall of Scituate, Dec 22 1658. Land in Scituate - "a Certain Dwelling house, together with a Certaine tract of upland and a pcell of Meddow land", etc. "in Consideration of a suffiecient sume of money in full Satisfaction to me." etc. (Randall, 5).
There is no record of the family of Gowin White, be we find Joseph and Timothy to be his sons and heirs: also Sarah, who may have been his daughter, married John Bailey 1672.
Events
| Birth | Bef 23 May 1607 | England, United Kingdom | |||
| Baptism | 23 May 1607 | West Quantoxhead, Somerset, England, United Kingdom |  | ||
| Marriage | 15 Oct 1638 | First Parish Church, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America - Elizabeth Ward |  | | |
| Death | Bef 3 Mar 1664/65 | Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Ward (1597 - ) |
| Child | Timothy White (1640 - 1704) |
| Child | Elizabeth White (1642 - ) |
| Child | Joseph White Sr. (1644 - 1711) |
| Child | Sarah White (1646 - 1698) |
| Father | Thomas White / Whitt (1570 - 1630) |
| Mother | Joan Cooksley (1575 - 1636) |
| Sibling | Richard White (1599 - 1637) |
| Sibling | Agnes White (1601 - ) |
| Sibling | George White (1604 - 1620) |
| Sibling | Avis White (1609 - 1636) |
| Sibling | Gabriel White (1611 - 1620) |
| Sibling | Joan White (1616 - 1623) |
Notes
Marriage
Goeing and Elizabeth 'Servaunt to Mr. Hatherlye'Endnotes
1. David Pane-Joyce, compiler, Pane-Joyce Genealogy Web Page (
2. Anonymous, Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909, 909 pgs.).
3. Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts: from its first settlement to 1831 (Boston, MA: J. Loring, 1831), 383; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com/ : accessed 26 October 2009.