In a message dated 4/3/01 7:23:04 PM, [email protected] writes: << The sources I used said that he WAS descended from the Fiddleford Whites -- apparently that is wrong too. >> Sue, What made me suspicious of the Fiddleford ancestry is that they were a "staunch Roman Catholic family." Thomas possessed a copy of the "Great Bible" which, as you probably know, was edited by Thomas Cromwell during the reign of Henry VIII and printed in 1539. The only other printing known occured the following year when it was called "Cranmer's Bible." One of my friends who is an English historian suggested that Thomas White was possibly descended from a clergyman since the Bible, as its descriptive name implied, was so large, it was usually used in church supported on a lecturn. To own this meant that it probably had been passed down through the family which, of course, would have been Protestant. The Fiddleford ancestry stated that Thomas White (immigrant) was a son of Bartholmew (B) White and grandson of Thomas White (A) of Poole, Dorset who was born around 1500 and occupied the manor house and mill at Fiddleford near Blandford Forum, Dorset. Bio info on Thomas of Fiddleford who was a member of parliament for Poole in 1553 led to a more extensive investigation. Bartholomew was in fact a son of Thomas (A) and Anne (Williams) White. The will of Bartholomew (1596) referred to his brother Thomas (B) of Fiddleford which proves the identification. However, the will of Bartholomew mentions neither wife nor children so he could not be the father of Thomas, the immigrant. Thomas (B), born around 1560 and his wife, Frances Martin had four sons- Martin who was called heir of Fiddleford in the 1631 will of his brother Henry . Martin, born around 1580 to be of age when he was admitted to the Middle Temple on 14 November 1598 as "son and heir-apparent of Thomas White of Fiddleford" ; Bartholomew White and George White. No probate was found for Bartholomew. Martin's younger brothers, born after 1580 could hardly be the father of Thomas White, the immigrant, who was born around 1599. My English researcher suggests that the Fiddleford pedigree was probably given credibility by an unsigned and undocumented pedigree at the Dorset County Museum which added Thomas and John White as sons of Thomas and Frances (Martin) White. Do you ever get the feeling you are developing shin splints in climbing so many trees?? Jan D.