Samuel White (Massachusetts politician)

Samuel White (April 2, 1710 – March 20, 1769) was a prominent lawyer in the Province of Massachusetts Bay who served several terms as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

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]

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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