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Samuel White (Massachusetts politician)

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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 byThomas Hubbard
Timothy Ruggles
Thomas Clap[2]
Succeeded byJames 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
BornApril 2, 1710[1]
Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony[1]
DiedMarch 20, 1769[1]
Spouse(s)Prudence Williams (m. November 1735)[1] d. June 8th, 1808 at age 98 in Norton, Massachusetts[3]
Residence(s)Taunton, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1]
Alma materHarvard 1731[1]
OccupationLawyer[1]

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.

Biography

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

Marriage

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

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, p. 149
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h 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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Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
May 30, 1759–May 28, 1760
Succeeded by
Preceded by Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
May 25, 1764-June 1, 1764
Succeeded by
Preceded by Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
May 29, 1765-May 28, 1766
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Massachusetts State Representative
for Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

1749–1753
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Massachusetts State Representative
for Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

1756–1759
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Massachusetts State Representative
for Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

1764–1765
Succeeded by