White, Calvert, Strahan, Thomas, Bare & Families of PA,VA,WV

The search for the father of William George WHITE, my 3rd great-grandfather, has been a long one. William's mother, Mary STRAHAN/STRAHIN/STRAWN was thought to have been a widow, as she is listed on the 1830 Greene Twp, Greene County PA census as head of house with no adult male listed in her family. In 1999 information was found that a Washington WHITE and Mary WHITE were grated a divorce in 1831-32 in Greene County, PA. Washington did not appear for the court hearing and Mary was granted the divorce. Mary's children from her first marriage were: William George, Mary Ann, Alexander H. and Goren O. White. Shortly after the divorce Mary married a neighbor and widower, John C. HUGGINS and they moved across the PA/VA border to Preston County, VA/WV and later lived in Monongalia County VA/WV.
FLASH! In 2000 I broke the brick wall and found the parents of Washington White! Parents were John WHITE and Mary CALVERT of Frederick County, Virginia. They were married about 1789 and besides son Washington, they had the following children: Nancy, William, Madison, John C., Goren Lovett, Balty, Jesse and James S. WHITE. Mary CALVERT had a brother by the name of Jesse CALVERT born c. 1776-1864. Mary and John WHITE are buried at Burnt Factory Cemetery, located at the Burnt Factory Church in Frederick County, Virginia. Can you connect to this family???? Who were the parents of Mary and her brother Jesse CALVERT??? The CALVERT DNA project is currently trying to solve this mystery. My line does not have a male CALVERT to participate in this project since I descend from a female line- Mary CALVERT.

These families lived in Frederick County VA; Monongalia and Preston Counties VA/WV; Greene and Fayette Counties PA. Some of the direct lines are: TIBBS,BEAR/BARE,RIDENOUR,COLEBANK/COALBANK,GEIGER,BITTNER,KERSHNER,WILHELM,McKENZIE,DURBIN,SUTTON, LODGE,GOODWIN,GRIMES,PLAISTED,ERNST,KNAUSS,YOUNG, and MILLER.

Click on the Ancestor Chart link below that covers 5 generations of this family through William George WHITE's son James Madison WHITE and his son Albert Wesley WHITE through my father, Thomas Elroy WHITE.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• Genealogy Report: Descendants of John White