Source: "Memorials of Elder John White" by Allyn S. Kellogg, 1860
"He graduated at Yale College in 1730 and was ordained Pastor of the church in Hardwick, Mass., Nov. 17, 1736. The church, consisting of 12 members, was organized on that day. During the forty-seven years of his ministry there, he received 411 persons to full communion, and 77 under the half-way covenant. He baptized 1275 adults and infants, and married 316 couples. His salary was small, never more than $300 per annum; yet he gave his children a good education, his two sons having graduated at Harvard College. Allen's Biographical Dictionary says of him, that "he was esteemed and very useful."
"History-Massachusetts Genealogical Records 1600-1800" CD526 P221
Graduate of Yale College Vol 1 1701-45 PT 2
DAVID WHITE, A.M., b. Hatfield, July 1, 1710, youngest son of John and Hannah (Wells) White; Y.C. 1730 A.B., A.M.; Ord. Hardwick, Nov. 17, 1736;settled Hardwick, 1736-1784; d. Harwick, Jan 6, 1784, age 74.
Biographical Sketches, 1730 Yale College:
David White, ninth child and youngest son of Deacon John White, Jr., of Hatfield, Massachusetts, was born in that town, July 1, 1710. His mother was Hannah, daughter of Thomas Wells, of Hadley.
He studied theology, and after shorter services elsewhere, began preaching about the beginning of July, 1736, in Lambstown, afterwards named Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, before its incorporation as a town. There he was ordained on he 17th of November following, as pastor of the church of twelve members which was organized on the same day. He lived in harmony with his people through a ministry of almost half a century, his salary, however, never rising to $300 per annum. He died in office in Hardwick, January 6, 1784, in his 74th year.
Vital Records of Hardwick note death of Rev. David White on January 6, 1784, in his 74th year and the 48th year of his ministry. "First minister of Hardwick"
Suggested Edit
Find a Grave contributor, Barbara Hanno has made the following suggested edits.
David White (119769903)
Suggested edit: I have transcribed the whole inscription for Susanna and David White's stone if you would like to use it for them. Very long (see below)
Sacred to the memory of /the Rev'd David White/who died Jan ye 6th 1784/in the74th year of his age./
He was the first minister/settled in the town and /faithfully and conscienti-/ously performed the sacred functions/of his office for/almost fifty years to the great/edification and enlargement/of his church and the uni-/versal peace & tranquility/ of the town.
Adieu to sickness pain and death
Adieu to vanities and cares;
Submissive I resign my breath;
And rise to Bliss beyond the stars.
Almighty Father hear my prayer
And send Salvation to this land:
May this my People be thy Care:
And ever dwell at thy right hand.
Sacred to the Memory of/Mrs. Susanna White/Consort of the Rev'd /David White; who died/July ye 17th 1783 in the/69th year of her age./
She lived a life of unexampled/Piety and Virtue/And of the greatest Patience/And Resignation under/ her long continued bo-/dily indisposition & died/in the firm hope of a/Glorious Immortallity.
With heartfelt joy I yield my breath
And quit a life of pain and woe:
Rejoicing pass the scene of death:
To live where Joys forever flow.
New Transports now inspire my frame
With Joys Celestial and Sublime:
O may you catch the Heavenly flame
And soar beyond the reach of time.
Epitaph at bottom for both:
Hail kindred Spirits of the etherial skie;
We come to visit your divine abode:
To spend a long Eternity on high:
And love, adore, and bless our Saviour God.
Contributor: Barbara Hanno (47011953)
"He graduated at Yale College in 1730 and was ordained Pastor of the church in Hardwick, Mass., Nov. 17, 1736. The church, consisting of 12 members, was organized on that day. During the forty-seven years of his ministry there, he received 411 persons to full communion, and 77 under the half-way covenant. He baptized 1275 adults and infants, and married 316 couples. His salary was small, never more than $300 per annum; yet he gave his children a good education, his two sons having graduated at Harvard College. Allen's Biographical Dictionary says of him, that "he was esteemed and very useful."
"History-Massachusetts Genealogical Records 1600-1800" CD526 P221
Graduate of Yale College Vol 1 1701-45 PT 2
DAVID WHITE, A.M., b. Hatfield, July 1, 1710, youngest son of John and Hannah (Wells) White; Y.C. 1730 A.B., A.M.; Ord. Hardwick, Nov. 17, 1736;settled Hardwick, 1736-1784; d. Harwick, Jan 6, 1784, age 74.
Biographical Sketches, 1730 Yale College:
David White, ninth child and youngest son of Deacon John White, Jr., of Hatfield, Massachusetts, was born in that town, July 1, 1710. His mother was Hannah, daughter of Thomas Wells, of Hadley.
He studied theology, and after shorter services elsewhere, began preaching about the beginning of July, 1736, in Lambstown, afterwards named Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, before its incorporation as a town. There he was ordained on he 17th of November following, as pastor of the church of twelve members which was organized on the same day. He lived in harmony with his people through a ministry of almost half a century, his salary, however, never rising to $300 per annum. He died in office in Hardwick, January 6, 1784, in his 74th year.
Vital Records of Hardwick note death of Rev. David White on January 6, 1784, in his 74th year and the 48th year of his ministry. "First minister of Hardwick"
Suggested Edit
Find a Grave contributor, Barbara Hanno has made the following suggested edits.
David White (119769903)
Suggested edit: I have transcribed the whole inscription for Susanna and David White's stone if you would like to use it for them. Very long (see below)
Sacred to the memory of /the Rev'd David White/who died Jan ye 6th 1784/in the74th year of his age./
He was the first minister/settled in the town and /faithfully and conscienti-/ously performed the sacred functions/of his office for/almost fifty years to the great/edification and enlargement/of his church and the uni-/versal peace & tranquility/ of the town.
Adieu to sickness pain and death
Adieu to vanities and cares;
Submissive I resign my breath;
And rise to Bliss beyond the stars.
Almighty Father hear my prayer
And send Salvation to this land:
May this my People be thy Care:
And ever dwell at thy right hand.
Sacred to the Memory of/Mrs. Susanna White/Consort of the Rev'd /David White; who died/July ye 17th 1783 in the/69th year of her age./
She lived a life of unexampled/Piety and Virtue/And of the greatest Patience/And Resignation under/ her long continued bo-/dily indisposition & died/in the firm hope of a/Glorious Immortallity.
With heartfelt joy I yield my breath
And quit a life of pain and woe:
Rejoicing pass the scene of death:
To live where Joys forever flow.
New Transports now inspire my frame
With Joys Celestial and Sublime:
O may you catch the Heavenly flame
And soar beyond the reach of time.
Epitaph at bottom for both:
Hail kindred Spirits of the etherial skie;
We come to visit your divine abode:
To spend a long Eternity on high:
And love, adore, and bless our Saviour God.
Contributor: Barbara Hanno (47011953)
Source: "Memorials of Elder John White" by Allyn S. Kellogg, 1860
"He graduated at Yale College in 1730 and was ordained Pastor of the church in Hardwick, Mass., Nov. 17, 1736. The church, consisting of 12 members, was organized on that day. During the forty-seven years of his ministry there, he received 411 persons to full communion, and 77 under the half-way covenant. He baptized 1275 adults and infants, and married 316 couples. His salary was small, never more than $300 per annum; yet he gave his children a good education, his two sons having graduated at Harvard College. Allen's Biographical Dictionary says of him, that "he was esteemed and very useful."
"History-Massachusetts Genealogical Records 1600-1800" CD526 P221
Graduate of Yale College Vol 1 1701-45 PT 2
DAVID WHITE, A.M., b. Hatfield, July 1, 1710, youngest son of John and Hannah (Wells) White; Y.C. 1730 A.B., A.M.; Ord. Hardwick, Nov. 17, 1736;settled Hardwick, 1736-1784; d. Harwick, Jan 6, 1784, age 74.
Biographical Sketches, 1730 Yale College:
David White, ninth child and youngest son of Deacon John White, Jr., of Hatfield, Massachusetts, was born in that town, July 1, 1710. His mother was Hannah, daughter of Thomas Wells, of Hadley.
He studied theology, and after shorter services elsewhere, began preaching about the beginning of July, 1736, in Lambstown, afterwards named Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, before its incorporation as a town. There he was ordained on he 17th of November following, as pastor of the church of twelve members which was organized on the same day. He lived in harmony with his people through a ministry of almost half a century, his salary, however, never rising to $300 per annum. He died in office in Hardwick, January 6, 1784, in his 74th year.
Vital Records of Hardwick note death of Rev. David White on January 6, 1784, in his 74th year and the 48th year of his ministry. "First minister of Hardwick"
Suggested Edit
Find a Grave contributor, Barbara Hanno has made the following suggested edits.
David White (119769903)
Suggested edit: I have transcribed the whole inscription for Susanna and David White's stone if you would like to use it for them. Very long (see below)
Sacred to the memory of /the Rev'd David White/who died Jan ye 6th 1784/in the74th year of his age./
He was the first minister/settled in the town and /faithfully and conscienti-/ously performed the sacred functions/of his office for/almost fifty years to the great/edification and enlargement/of his church and the uni-/versal peace & tranquility/ of the town.
Adieu to sickness pain and death
Adieu to vanities and cares;
Submissive I resign my breath;
And rise to Bliss beyond the stars.
Almighty Father hear my prayer
And send Salvation to this land:
May this my People be thy Care:
And ever dwell at thy right hand.
Sacred to the Memory of/Mrs. Susanna White/Consort of the Rev'd /David White; who died/July ye 17th 1783 in the/69th year of her age./
She lived a life of unexampled/Piety and Virtue/And of the greatest Patience/And Resignation under/ her long continued bo-/dily indisposition & died/in the firm hope of a/Glorious Immortallity.
With heartfelt joy I yield my breath
And quit a life of pain and woe:
Rejoicing pass the scene of death:
To live where Joys forever flow.
New Transports now inspire my frame
With Joys Celestial and Sublime:
O may you catch the Heavenly flame
And soar beyond the reach of time.
Epitaph at bottom for both:
Hail kindred Spirits of the etherial skie;
We come to visit your divine abode:
To spend a long Eternity on high:
And love, adore, and bless our Saviour God.
Contributor: Barbara Hanno (47011953)
"He graduated at Yale College in 1730 and was ordained Pastor of the church in Hardwick, Mass., Nov. 17, 1736. The church, consisting of 12 members, was organized on that day. During the forty-seven years of his ministry there, he received 411 persons to full communion, and 77 under the half-way covenant. He baptized 1275 adults and infants, and married 316 couples. His salary was small, never more than $300 per annum; yet he gave his children a good education, his two sons having graduated at Harvard College. Allen's Biographical Dictionary says of him, that "he was esteemed and very useful."
"History-Massachusetts Genealogical Records 1600-1800" CD526 P221
Graduate of Yale College Vol 1 1701-45 PT 2
DAVID WHITE, A.M., b. Hatfield, July 1, 1710, youngest son of John and Hannah (Wells) White; Y.C. 1730 A.B., A.M.; Ord. Hardwick, Nov. 17, 1736;settled Hardwick, 1736-1784; d. Harwick, Jan 6, 1784, age 74.
Biographical Sketches, 1730 Yale College:
David White, ninth child and youngest son of Deacon John White, Jr., of Hatfield, Massachusetts, was born in that town, July 1, 1710. His mother was Hannah, daughter of Thomas Wells, of Hadley.
He studied theology, and after shorter services elsewhere, began preaching about the beginning of July, 1736, in Lambstown, afterwards named Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, before its incorporation as a town. There he was ordained on he 17th of November following, as pastor of the church of twelve members which was organized on the same day. He lived in harmony with his people through a ministry of almost half a century, his salary, however, never rising to $300 per annum. He died in office in Hardwick, January 6, 1784, in his 74th year.
Vital Records of Hardwick note death of Rev. David White on January 6, 1784, in his 74th year and the 48th year of his ministry. "First minister of Hardwick"
Suggested Edit
Find a Grave contributor, Barbara Hanno has made the following suggested edits.
David White (119769903)
Suggested edit: I have transcribed the whole inscription for Susanna and David White's stone if you would like to use it for them. Very long (see below)
Sacred to the memory of /the Rev'd David White/who died Jan ye 6th 1784/in the74th year of his age./
He was the first minister/settled in the town and /faithfully and conscienti-/ously performed the sacred functions/of his office for/almost fifty years to the great/edification and enlargement/of his church and the uni-/versal peace & tranquility/ of the town.
Adieu to sickness pain and death
Adieu to vanities and cares;
Submissive I resign my breath;
And rise to Bliss beyond the stars.
Almighty Father hear my prayer
And send Salvation to this land:
May this my People be thy Care:
And ever dwell at thy right hand.
Sacred to the Memory of/Mrs. Susanna White/Consort of the Rev'd /David White; who died/July ye 17th 1783 in the/69th year of her age./
She lived a life of unexampled/Piety and Virtue/And of the greatest Patience/And Resignation under/ her long continued bo-/dily indisposition & died/in the firm hope of a/Glorious Immortallity.
With heartfelt joy I yield my breath
And quit a life of pain and woe:
Rejoicing pass the scene of death:
To live where Joys forever flow.
New Transports now inspire my frame
With Joys Celestial and Sublime:
O may you catch the Heavenly flame
And soar beyond the reach of time.
Epitaph at bottom for both:
Hail kindred Spirits of the etherial skie;
We come to visit your divine abode:
To spend a long Eternity on high:
And love, adore, and bless our Saviour God.
Contributor: Barbara Hanno (47011953)
Inscription
(Left side of marker for Rev. David White, right side for wife, Susannah White)"Memento Mori" on crown. The inscription is very long and hard to read due to fading and lichen growth.
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