Person:William White (295)

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Bishop William White, of Pennsylvania
b.1748 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
d.1836 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. May 1747
  1. Bishop William White, of Pennsylvania1748 - 1836
  2. Mary WhiteAbt 1750 - 1827
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Bishop William White, of Pennsylvania1748 - 1836
  • W.  Mary Harrison1750 - 1797
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Facts and Events
Name Bishop William White, of Pennsylvania
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1748 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage to Mary Harrison
Death[1] 1836 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Research Notes

  • William had 2 brother-in-laws who were signers of the Declaration of Independence.
    • Robert Morris, married to his sister, Mary White.
    • William Paca, married to Mary Chew and Anne Harrison (relationship to William needed).
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Papenfuse, Edward C; Alan F Day; David W Jordan; and Gregory A Stiverson. A Biographical dictionary of the Maryland legislature, 1635-1789. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Johns Hopkins University Press, c1979-1985)
    426:380.

    ... William White (1748-1836), first Protestant Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Pennsylvania. ...

  2.   Maryland Historical Society. Maryland Historical Magazine. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Maryland Historical Society)
    1:53, Mar 1906.

    ... By a second marriage, Col. White had two children, William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, and a daughter [Mary] who married Robert Morris, the celebrated financier of the Revolution. Bishop White was chaplain to Congress, the pastor of George Washington, the Rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia, the bells of which chimed first on the 4th of July, 1776, and on every 4th of July since. ...

  3.   MATRICULATES. 1765., in University of Pennsylvania, Biographical Catalogue of the Matriculates of the College: Together with Lists of the Members of the College Faculty and the Trustees, Officers and Recipients of Honorary Degrees, 1749-1893. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1894)
    12.

    + WILLIAM WHITE, A. M., 1767. D. D., 1783.
    b. Phila., Mch. 24, 1747 or 8; d. Phila., July 17, 1836.
    s. Col. Thomas White and Esther Newman, nee Hewlings.
    Entered May 3, 1762.
    Clergyman Ch. of Eng.
    Asst. min. of the United Chs., Christ and St. Peter's, Phila., 1772, and rector of same, 1779-1836.
    Trustee, 1774-1836, and Pres. of the Trustees, 1790-91.
    Chaplain to Cong., 1777-85, 1789-1801.
    Bp. Penna., 1787-1836, and from 1796 until his death was the Presiding Bp. P. E. Ch. in U. S. Mem. Am. Phil. Soc, 1765.
    Was Pres. or mngr. of various institutions.
    Author " Memoirs of the P. E. Ch. in the U. S. of America;" "Lectures on the Catechism;" "Comparative View of the Controversy between the Calvinists and the Arminians," etc., and addresses, sermons and pastoral letters,
    m. Mary, dau. Capt. Henry Harrison, Mayor of Phila.
    ?e. Life by Rev. Dr. Bird Wilson. Sprague. Appleton. Montgomery's Col. Thomas White and his Descdts.

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