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Thanks Dawn, I will let you know if I hear back from Harrow.I feel sure there should be something on him as Burke's Peerage mentions his existence, just no details to help. I will have a look at the Stanmore churches you mention.
Best wishes
Philippa

Hi Valda,
It looks as if it is most likely to be Harrow on the Hill, although it could I suppose be the one in Pinner. I emailed Harrow local studies library yesterday, and am keeping my fingers crossed that they can help. The family papers are, I suspect, a mixture of fact and myth, there is a family tree which comes from either a sister or perhaps niece of Thomas White's second wife and letters written around the 1900s from someone born in the 1860s quoting something his father told him. I can't thank you enough for all your help. I really appreciate it.
Best wishes
Philippa

Hi Dawn,
Thank you so much for trying. I guess my only hope now is that someone has been through the graveyard and made a note of the headstone's before erosion made them illegible.
Best wishes
Philippa

Hi Valda,
The name of the wife in the will of John White of White Cross Street is Judith. I don't know the name of the wife of my John White. All we know is that he was "a celebrated hunting squire of Harrow Weald" and that he is supposed to be buried in the church in Harrow but we don't know when he died. Thomas was born c1732, possibly in Harrow Weald, he is a younger son and he is buried n Saint Luke Old Street, Finsbury. So we are looking for a John White born c1700 perhaps who was presumably married in the 1720s. We need to find out if there are any burial records for Harrow Weald around that time and see if there is a White family recorded.
Best wishes
Philippa

Hi Valda,
Thank you so much for the information. I will certainly have a look at John White of South Weald, but I suspect that Essex is just too far away from Harrow Weald. The will of the Thomas White you mention is correct. He is a younger son of John White who moved away from Harrow to White Cross Street. Unfortunately I don't know who were the other siblings of Thomas and need all the help I can get to track the family down.
Best wishes
Philippa