Thomas White (ca. 1820–1899)

  • Born ca. 1820 in Dublin, Ireland to Thomas White and Jane ?

New York State Department of Health, death certificate no. 44630 (1899), Thomas White; Vital Records Section, Albany. [Genealogical research copy requested and received in 2014.]

Biographical History of Westchester County, New York, Illustrated, 2 vols. (Chicago, Illinois: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), 2: 582; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 11 June 2023).

  • Married Mary Harrisson ca. 1847 in Dublin, Ireland
  • Father of the following children:

1. Patrick White
2. Thomas White
3. Jennie White
4. Katherine A (White) Kingsley
5. Julia A (White) Johnson Smith
6. Michael H White
7. John W White

  • Military Service & Draft Registration Records:

“U.S., Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 09 June 2023), entry for Thomas White, 10th Congressional District, sub-district 19, Harrison Township, Westchester County, New York; citing Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865, NAID 4213514; Records of the Provost Marshall General’s Bureau, Record Group 110; National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. [Entry is in volume 2 of 2 which contains Class II enrollments arranged alphabetically by sub-district.]

  • Lived in the Town of Harrison, Westchester County, New York from 1860–1899

1860 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, population schedule, Harrison Township, pp. 14–15 [penned], dwelling 566, family 604, Thomas White; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 07 June 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 882.

Westchester County, New York, Land Records, Index Books, 1680-1898, Thomas White from Nathaniel Hopper, 27 April 1863; digital images, Office of the Westchester County Clerk (www.westchesterclerk.com : accessed 08 June 2023); citing Record of Deeds, vol. 498: 451.

Westchester County, New York, Land Records, Record of Deeds, vol. 498: 451, Nathaniel Hopper to Thomas White, both of Harrison Township; consulted as “United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975,” digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 08 June 2023), images 742–744; citing Westchester County Clerk’s Office, White Plains.

Westchester County, New York, Land Records, Record of Deeds, vol. 498: 452–453, Nathaniel Hopper to Thomas White.

Westchester County, New York, Land Records, Record of Deeds, vol. 498: 454, Nathaniel Hopper to Thomas White.

Westchester County, New York, Land Records, Mortgagors Index, vol. W-Z: [arranged alphabetically], Thomas White to Nathaniel Hopper [cancelled 30 April 1869]; citing Record of Mortgages, vol. 331: 330; consulted as “United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975,” digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 08 June 2023), image 257; citing Westchester County Clerk’s Office, White Plains.

Atlas of New York and Vicinity (New York, New York: F.W. Beers, A.D. Ellis, & G.G. Soule, 1868), 45, “Towns of Harrison and Rye, Westchester Co., N.Y.”; digital images, David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (www.davidrumsey.com : accessed 09 June 2023), image 0065.028. [T. White is written in the lower-right region of District No. 2.]

Westchester County, New York, Land Records, Index Books, 1680-1898, Thomas White from John W Lounsbury, 07 April 1869; citing Record of Deeds, vol. 709: 227.

Westchester County, New York, Land Records, Record of Deeds, vol. 709: 227, John W Lounsbury of Rye Township to Thomas White of Harrison Township; images 119–120.

Westchester County, New York, Land Records, Record of Deeds, vol. 709: 228–229, John W Lounsbury to Thomas White.

Westchester County, New York, Land Records, Mortgagors Index, vol. W-Z: [arranged alphabetically], Thomas White to John W Lounsbury [cancelled 01 April 1879]; citing Record of Mortgages, vol. 477: 216.

1870 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, population schedule, Harrison Township, p. 17 [penned], dwelling 128, family 134, Thomas White; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 07 June 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1117.

Westchester County, New York, Land Records, Index Books, 1680-1898, Thomas White to Patrick White, 27 January 1875; citing Record of Deeds, vol. 889: 126.

Westchester County, New York, Land Records, Record of Deeds, vol. 889: 126–127, Thomas White to Patrick White, both of Harrison Township; images 316–317.

Westchester County, New York, Land Records, Record of Deeds, vol. 889: 128, Thomas White to Patrick White.

1880 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, population schedule, Harrison Township, enumeration district 104, p. 21 [penned], dwelling [blank], family [blank], line 40, Thomas White; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 07 June 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 946. [Farm listed on Lincoln Avenue; may be part of the Owen McMannion household, dwell. 183, fam. 196.]

Atlas of Westchester County New York (New York, New York: Geo. W. & Walter S. Bromley, 1881), 81, “Part of Towns of Harrison and Rye”; digital images, David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (www.davidrumsey.com : accessed 09 June 2023), image 1613.020. [T. White is shown on Harrison Avenue and Lincoln Avenue.]

  • Died 20 November 1899 in the Town of Harrison, Westchester County, New York

New York State Department of Health, Death Index, 1899: 854, no. 44630, Thomas White; consulted as “New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 May 2023); citing Vital Records Office, Albany.

New York State death certificate no. 44630 (1899), Thomas White.

“Mr. Thomas White . . .,” The Port Chester (New York) Journal, 23 November 1899, p. 4, col. 1, para. 8; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 06 June 2023), The Port Chester Journal, 1868-1911.

Map of the Greater Portion of Westchester County New York and the Towns of Greenwich and Stamford, Conn. (Brooklyn, New York: Hyde & Company, 1900), plate no. 4, “Map of White Plains, Harrison and Rye”; digital images, David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (www.davidrumsey.com : accessed 09 June 2023), image 4204.005. [T. White estate is shown in the top-right portion of area No. 2 in Harrison.]

“New York Probate Records, 1629-1971,” digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 June 2023), Westchester [County], Wills and letters index 1813-1983, Welch, Catherine – Wilde, Arthur E, image 2134, Thomas White, file no. 634-1900; citing Westchester County Clerk’s Office, White Plains. [Index card references Letters of Administration, vol. X: 36.]

Westchester County, New York, Probate Records, Letters of Administration, vol. X: 36, Thomas White (intestate); consulted as “New York Probate Records, 1629-1971,” digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 June 2023), image 330; citing Westchester County Clerk’s Office, White Plains. [Michael H White appointed administrator of estate.]

Westchester County, New York, Probate Records, Estate file no. 634 (1900), Thomas White; consulted as “New York Probate Records, 1629-1971,” digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 09 June 2023), images 1112–1159; citing Westchester County Clerk’s Office, White Plains.

  • Buried 23 November 1899 in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Village of Rye Brook, Town of Rye, Westchester County, New York