THE WHITES OWNED 2,897 ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY ANTRIM
The family of WHITE, though long settled in Ulster, was of English extraction. In the reign of CHARLES I, the family owned considerable property in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and they were seated at Hudson Hall. During the English Civil War, they threw in their lot with the King, on whose behalf they raised and maintained, at their own expense, a troop of dragoons.
When the King's cause was lost, they were involved in its ruin; and one of the family, Fulke White, or Whyte, for so he spelt his name, took refuge in Ulster.
This Fulke settled, it would appear, in the town of Antrim, where he maintained himself for many years by "teaching a classical school"; but in 1687, being then a clergyman of the Presbyterian Church, he was invited by the Presbyterians of Broughshane, a village in the valley of the Braid, to become their minister.
THE REV FULKE WHITE, of White Hall, County Antrim, Minister of Broughshane, 1687, father of
THE REV JAMES WHITE (-1761), of White Hall, father of
JOHN WHITE (-1770), of White Hall, father of
JAMES WHITE, of White Hall, Deputy Governor of County Antrim, 1793, who had issue, two sons,
JOHN, his heir;Mr White died in 1804, and was succeeded by his elder son,
JAMES ROBERT, succeeded his brother.
JOHN WHITE, of White Hall, High Sheriff of Antrim, 1845, who died in 1857, and was succeeded by his brother,
JAMES ROBERT WHITE, of White Hall, Barrister, who wedded Frances, daughter of George Stuart, of Donaghey, County Tyrone, Surgeon-General of the Army in Ireland, and had issue,
GEORGE STUART, his heir;His eldest son,
John, CB (1902), of Innispollen, County Antrim;
Frances Avone; Jane.
JAMES ROBERT, his successor;His only son,
Rose Frances b 1876;
May Constance (1884-1937).
CAPTAIN JAMES ROBERT (Jack) WHITE DSO (1879-1946), of White Hall, had issue,
DERRICK O'CLANCY WHITE (1942-2007).
First published in May, 2013.
Jack White's 'conversion' was slightly similar to that of the Irish writer Francis Stuart.
ReplyDeleteDo you know where Victoria White of White Hall, Co. Antrim fits in?
ReplyDeleteShe married Rev. Seth Drummond and they had a daughter Ann/Anne Drummond, 1720-? who married Samuel Delap (1724-1780) of Ramelton & Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.
Your site is so useful, many thanks for doing it, it must entail a lot of work.
Regards, Sylvia McClintock
Further to my earlier comment:
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Regards, Sylvia
If a member of the White family or Whitehall near Broughshane ever has a Y-DNA test, his test results can be compared to the test results of other people who have the surname White, in order to determine whether or not they belong to the same White family.
ReplyDeleteThe Duke Of Buccleuch has had a DNA test, so why not a descendant of Rev. Fulke WHITE too?
The ducal descendants of King Charles II and I belong to Haplogroup (Hg) R1b1a1a2a1a2c1a1d1a1 . We and all other (and only) descendants of Sir John Stewart of Bonkyll test positive for SNP S781. More information about our Stewart family is at https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Stuart/default.aspx .
Royal Stewarts belong to Celtic Hg R-M269 (R1b1a1a2, known previously as R1b1a2). Hamitic Pharaoh Tutankhamun (~1333 BC) did too, according to Swiss scientists who work at iGENEA (FTDNA's European affiliate).
The last common ancestor of the Duke, Pharoah Tutankamun and the Ouldémé (a Hamitic tribe that still lives in the part of the Sahel from which our Celtic ancestors migrated to the Fertile Crescent about 18,000 years ago) belonged to Hg R1b1a. The mutation known as SNP R-L754 first occurred in him (about 18,700 years ago), so all of his descendants (and only they) have that mutation. Ouldémé belong to the R1b1a1 branch of his descendants. Royal Stewarts belong to the Hg R1b1a2 branch.
Does anyone know if Whitehall is till held by the White family - if not, who are the current occupants?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Eleanor White a descendant of my grandfather john James (jack) white my grandfather.No Whitehall no longer belongs to the White family/ think
DeleteMy father was the last white to be raised there.
A y-DNA test of a male patrilineal descendant of Mr. John James (Jack) WHITE might prove that he & I are cousins.
ReplyDeleteJohn WHITE (1502-1573), MP, Lord Mayor London was my 10th great-grandfather via his following issue:
John WHITE , 2nd 1555-1645
Adam Hugh WHITE , Rev 1627-1708
William Hugh WHITE , Rev. 1665-1741
Moses WHITE 1685-1757
John Thomas WHITE 1720-1774. He and his family immigrated to South Carolina aboard the "Earl of Donegal". He had a sister Eleanor and a daughter Helen (a variation of Eleanor ?). See https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~earlofdonegal/genealogy/LIST.htm
I and John Thomas WHITE's 4th great grandson Matthew Torbit "Toby" WHITE, Jr., 1937-2023 are 5th cousins 1x removed. Toby is #229510 at https://www.familytreedna.com/public/white?iframe=ycolorized
Rosannah "Rose" WHITE married James Stewart (1745-1832). See https://www.thepeerage.com/p74885.htm#i748847
Robert "Robin" STEWART 1781-1865
Thomas Bankhead STEWART 1822-1910
James E “Big Jim” STEWART 1848-1918
Joseph Beverly STEWART 1878-1947
William James STEWART 1913-2001 is a descendant of Alexander, 4th High Steward of Scotland. See https://www.thepeerage.com/p74886.htm#i748858 and the father of William Hamilton STEWART, a 2nd cousin 10x removed of Alexander STEWART (1580–1649), 1st Earl of Galloway, https://www.thepeerage.com/p12133.htm#i121321, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Galloway
SOURCE: OBITUARY @
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21st October 2007
HERALD AND TIMES ARCHIVE
"Derrick White: Writer and political activist; Born July 7, 1942; Died September 5, 2007.
"DERRICK O'Clancy White, who has died in Spain from cancer, was a Dubliner who for the past three decades had made Scotland his home. He became well known as a political activist and parliamentary candidate, first for the SNP and then for the Scottish Socialist Party.
"He was the youngest of three sons of Captain Jack White (1879-1946), founder of the Irish Citizen Army which took part in the Easter Rising of 1916, and grandson of Field Marshal Sir George White VC, Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders, who was known for holding Ladysmith during its siege in the Boer War.
"Jack White died when White was not yet four and after attending Blackrock College, Co Dublin, White joined the Royal Navy as a boy recruit at the former HMS Ganges in Suffolk. After service in the navy as a communications specialist and marksman, he returned for a short time to Dublin around 1970, driving an ambulance for a specialist cardiac service and working in a health club.
"He then came to Scotland, where he launched his own health clubs in Queen Street, Glasgow, and Stafford Street, Edinburgh, which operated successfully for some 10 years.
"When these businesses dissolved he moved to England for several years, working for the multinational company, Canon, in training and recruitment before returning to Scotland where he set up his own training consultancy.
"During the 1990s he became active in the Scottish National Party, standing as its candidate for the Westminster parliamentary seat of Edinburgh East and Musselburgh in 1997, where he took 19% of the vote.
"Becoming disillusioned with the SNP, he joined the Scottish Socialist Party, standing unsuccessfully for the Scottish Parliament seat of Edinburgh East and Musselburgh in 1999 and the Westminster seat of East Lothian in 2001. He remained a much respected member of the SSP right to the end, staying loyal to the party after the recent split.
"White inherited his father's and mother's literary talents and wrote a series of books on training, sales, personality profiling and psychometric testing, and numerous articles on politics for the Scottish Left Review.
"He was a frequent contributor to The Herald's letters page, specialising in attacks on what he saw as political hypocrisy wherever he found it. Honed by experience as a particularly entertaining part-time bus tour guide in Edinburgh, his last published book, Scotland, Frequently Asked Questions: What Every Visitor Needs to Know (2004) is a richly humorous exploration of the sore points of Scottish history and psychology.
"Before his death he had completed a further book, giving a tongue-in-cheek view of what's wrong with Britain and justifying his move to Spain.
White fought his battle against cancer with remarkable bravery. He is survived by Andrew, his son by his first wife, Jennifer, and by his second wife, Bernice, whom he married in 1996."