Samuel White (Massachusetts)

Samuel White
Member of the Governors Council for the Province of Massachusetts Bay[1]
In office 1767–1769
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office May 30, 1759,[2] May 25, 1764,[2] May 29, 1765[2] – May 28, 1760,[2] June 1, 1764,[2] May 28, 1766,[2]
Preceded by	Thomas Hubbard Timothy Ruggles Thomas Clap[2]
Succeeded by	James Otis, Sr. Thomas Clap James Otis, Jr.[2]
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts[1]
In office 1749, 1756, 1764[1] – 1753, 1759, 1765[1]
Personal details
Born	April 2, 1710[1] Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony[1]
Died	March 20, 1769[1]
Spouse(s)	Prudence Williams (m. November 1735)[1] d. June 8th, 1808 at age 98 in Norton, Massachusetts[3]
Residence	Taunton, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1]
Alma mater	Harvard 1731[1]
Occupation	Lawyer[1]

Samuel White (April 2, 1710 – March 20, 1769) was a prominent lawyer in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Biography

White was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts to Samuel and Ann (Bingley) White, .^[1]

Marriage

In November 1735 White married Prudence Williams daughter of Samuel Williams of Taunton, Massachusetts.^[1]

Notes

1. Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, p. 149.
2. Caphen, Nahum (1847), The Massachusetts State Record and Year Book of General Information 1847, Boston, MA: James French, p. 34.
3. White Family Bible, 1748

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