Information on the Loyalists
Loyalist Directory: Gideon White
(For a short explanation of each row, click on the row title ex. "surname")
| Surname : | White |
| Given name : | Gideon |
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| Where Resettled : | Shelburne Nova Scotia |
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| Regiment : | Duke of Cumberland Regiment |
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| Date & Place of Birth : | March 1753 in Plymouth, Massachusetts to Captain Gideon and Joanne Howland White, both being Mayflower descendants. |
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| Wife Name : | Married at Christ Church, Shelburne, on 17 April 1787, to Deborah Whitworth, daughter of Dr. Miles Whitworth of Boston. |
| Children : | Nine children including: Nathaniel Whitworth Cornelius John Dean Whitworth Thomas Howland |
| Biography : | Some biographical details from Eleanor Robertson Smith. |
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| Family History : | The papers of this "historically-minded" family were donated to the Public Archives of Nova Scotia in 1938. In 2008 they were made availabledigitally on the N.S. Archives web site at www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/white/ |
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| Other Info : | Information from Eleanor Robertson Smith. |
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