we Whites were part of the Trojan Diaspora that settled Rome and got a land grant in then Etrurian lands of Tuscany, finally ending in Florence, Italy, via Arezzo and Siena and Val d’ Elsa, Italy. Our marker for this project is M-17.
--From the "Ancestry & Descendents of William White" by Lucinda Six-Kinley: Page 6: "... 1. FITZGERALD: Otho, or Other, a rich and powerful lord in the time of King Alfred, descended from the dukes of Tuscany, a baron of England, according to Sir William Dugdale, in the 16th year of KING EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, ..."
--From the "Ancestry & Descendents of William White" by Lucinda Six-Kinley: Pages 1-5: "Where did the name WHITE originate?"
- The name White has been distributed over the greater part of England but relatively infrequent in the extreme north and in most of the Eastern Counties. Families mostly crowded together in the Southwest and in the Midlands.
- The Southwest of England is, however, the principle home of the name White. The counties of Devonshire, Somerset, Dorset, Wiets and Hants are especially remarkable for the number of Whites. Derbyshire and Worchestershire are the chief centers of the Midland Whites but the name is also well represented in Warwichshire, Bucks, Golucestershire, and Oxfordshire. There would appear to be also secondary centers in the North and East Ridings and in Kent. Although used comparatively infrequent in the extreme north of England, it has established itself in fair numbers in Scotland, south of the Forth and the Clyde, and there the Whytes have their home. Whytes are half as numerous as the Whites. It is probably in the majority of cases, that the name is derived from the Anglo Saxon "hwit" referring to fairness of complexion and in fact, we find it Latinized as Allius in the Hundred Rolls of six centuries ago.
- It should not be forgotten, as Lower also points out, that it may in some instances have taken its origin from the Anglo Saxon "Hwita" an armorer or swordsmith of Canutes time. White comes from "Hwita" (the white fair) an ancient English baptismal name of Saxon origin. Hwita originally indicated a person of light, fair complexion.
- In a document dated 1024, we find "Tovi Hwita" (Tovi the White). White is sometimes a shortened form of Whiting. - White is also Anglicized from the German Weiss (White) or from the French Blanch and Blanchard. In Middle English, the Old English Hwita becomes Wyte, usually written "Lewyte".
- The Middle English Wiht (brave) may be another source of White. The names Wynn, Winn, Wynne are all Welsh cognates of White when not Wynne are all Welsh cognates of White when not from the Old English Wyn meaning "friend protector". (a portion of HIstorical Sketches
- The Name White - written by C. E. Allen and published in The Taylorsville Times, North Carolina - Jan 9, 1975).
- If you are to ask a White his nationality, he or she may well say Scotch, Irish, English, Welsh, German, or French and all be correct depending on how far they have traced the ancestry.
- Rev. Walter White, Columbia City, Indiana stated the following in his White Family History. "In tracing down our White Family, one of our senior members, Sherman Rittenhouse of Peru, Indiana gave me a valuable clue. He recalled the nationality of his grandparents ancestors. The family is Scotch-Irish. This is to say (Richard) Elisha White's ancestry is Scotch, while his wife; Nancy M. (Clay) White, is descended from the Irish. Scotland is a very interesting country. Its' history is made up of the history of its' clans. (a clan being the same as a family). Of all the clans in Scotland, there are only two which have a Sept by the name of White and they are the MacGregor clan and the Lamont clan. The term "Sept", refers to a direct line of descendents of a clan that, for some reason or other, no longer have the last name of the clan.
- A little history about these two clans is in order: The MacGregor clan traces itself back to King Alpin, King of Seats. He ruled about 787 A.D. The clan claims descent from this King through his third son: Gregor.
- Their crest is; a lions head rased, crowned with an antique crown proper. Motto; Royal is my Line, Pipe Music; The Chase of Glen Furin.
- In the reign of King James VI, clan Gregor was forbidden to use its' name, because they felt that even being able to have their name gave them too much power. The MacGregor held their land by the sword. The Campbell clan was always trying to get the MacGregor and the Lamonts land away from them. In turn, make it look like they, and not the Campbells were breaking the trust. The Whites got their name because the MacGregor and the Lamont clan were threatened with death if they did not stop using their name. For the most part, the Campbells were the greatest danger. If they found anyone with those names they would kill them. The law was not as effective as the Campbells, in taking away their powers, as well as their land.
- A typical example of how some of the new names were formed is: a few of the MacGregor clan were running for thier lives, with some Campbells after them. They reached a river that carried the name of Dochart. In doing so, they were able to swim across. This saved their lives and greatful for the river, they took on the last name of Dochart.
- Thus, some started using as their last name Black; others, White, etc. In this way they were more able to travel a field, fearing less, and encounter with an enemy.
- After the Campbells destroyed the famous Toward Castle, of the Lamont clan, they sought a peace conference. They demanded that both sides come to the talks unarmed. One side did, the clan Lamont. Two hundred of the clan, including 36 of the clans special Gentleman, were slaughtered. Clan Campbell burned Toward Castle in 1646".
- The Rev. W. White went on to state he didn't have any positive proof of his elder relatives claim of Scotch ancestry. Our Dr. I. C. White became very interested in the White Family History and studied it for many years. Through his contact with John Barber White and his wife Emma Siggins White, he was able to make a connection of our immigrant ancestor, Stephen White to a White Family in England. I shall include here some excerpts from the book GENESIS OF THE WHITE FAMILY AND THE SCOTTS OF SCOT'S HALL
- compiled by Emma Siggins White - assisted by Martha Humphreys Maltby - Published by Tiernan - Dart Publishing Co., Kansas City, MO. - 1920.
- In this book, she was tracing the ancestry of John Barber White but included other White family records. Mrs. White states in the forward to her book: "The WHITE family derives its descent from Roderick the Great whose descendant, Rhys ap Tudor, King of South Wales (or Deheu-barth), was slain in 1093, and from Ortha, living in the time of Edward the Confessor. Nesta, daughter of Rhys ab Tudor, by her alliance with Gerald Fitz-Walter united the two lines, and they were the ancestors of Walter White who accompanied Strong Bow into Ireland in 1168."
- "The almost insurmountable difficulty in the compilation of this genealogy was the frequent repetition of the name JOHN WHITE; even two brothers, John White, Bishop Winchester, and John White, mayor of London, bearing the same name. We have been able to identify them by the same method as did the signer of the Declaration of Independence who wrote Charles Carroll "of Carrollton"; and so we style them John White, "the mayor of London"; John White, "Bishop of Winchester"; John White, "The Patriarch of Dorchester"; John White, "the Councillor" or "Century White"; John White, "of Staunton St. John"; John White, "of Hulcote"; John White, "Governor of Virginia"; John White, "the immigrant"; and our own John White, "of Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.", whose interest in genealogical research and preservation of historical data must forever endear him to posterity."
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