RE: John (3) White, son of Joseph and Lydia (Rogers) White. I show that John (3) was born on 3 December 1668 and died between 2 September 1709 when he sold land to his brothers and 4 June 1818 when his widow remarried (see "The Fammily of John 3 White of Mendon, Mass" by Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 152, pages 184-185 pub April 1988). John married Sarah (maiden name unknown) who married second, at Mendon on 4 June 1718 Joseph Chilson (Mendon MA VRS., 267). On 15 December 1724, John White, late of Mendon, but now of Providence, Rhode Island, relinquished to his father-in-law [stepfather] Joseph Chilson, late of Providence and now of Mendon, for £60, his right as eldest son in the land of his deceased father John White of Mendon, also 6 acres bought from Jacob Aldrich (Suffolk County Land Record, 38:141) acknowledged 2 April 1725, recorded 6 July 1725. This deed provides proof that it was the widow Sarah, and not the daughter, who married Joseph Chilson. On 6 July 1725 Chilson was appointed to settle the estate of John White with the approval of his brothers, Joseph and Thomas White. She was living on 23 August 1744 when an order, approving the distribution made on 2 June 1731` of the land of Joseph Chilson to his eldest son Jeremiah, he paying £100 to the widow (Suffolk County Probate #5113). This doesn't help much on whether they were Quakers, or not- again, I have a copy of someone's marriage record (Quaker) which includes Whites as witnesses but still packed away until this weekend. Mary, if you remind me next week, I will try and pull that out. Maybe the above will help a bit. Jan Delorey