HENRY ADAMS, Devonshire. | --------+-----+--------- | PETER, JOSEPH, HENRY, ----, EDWARD, SAMUEL, JONATHAN. | ----------------------------+------------------ | JONATHAN, HENRY, JAMES, JOHN, ELISHA, EDWARD, ELISHAB. | ------------------------+----+--------------------------------- | OBADIAH, JOHN, THOMAS, JEREMIAH, ELEAZER, ABRAHAM, DANIEL, PHINEHAS, EDWARD. | ----------+-----+--------- | BENJAMIN, JOHN, ELEAZER, SETH. | --------------------+------+---------------------------- | JOHN, JUDE, JOEL, PHINEHAS, JAMES, ELIAS, HEZEKIAH, ELEAZER. | --------------+-----+------------------ | ASAHEL, BARZILLAI, PHINEHAS, WILLIAM, LOWELL. | ----------------+-+---------- | ASAHEL, ASAHEL, PHINEHAS, ASAHEL. | ---+---+ | PHINEHAS. NATHANIEL WHITE. The ancestors of NATHANIEL WHITE were among the hardy pioneers who settled New England two hundred and fifty years ago, William White, the founder of the family in this country, having come from England and landed at Ipswich, Mass., in 1635. The descendants of William were among the earliest settlers of northern New Hampshire. Nathaniel White, the subject of this sketch, the oldest child of Samuel and Sarah (Freeman) White, was born in Lancaster, February 7, 1811. His childhood was passed under a tender mother's care; and to her strict religious training he was indebted for the noble character which led him untainted amid the temptations of youth, and unspotted through a long career of usefulness. At home were those principles of integrity, honesty, temperance, philanthropy, and generosity inculcated which led to a long life rounded by Christian virtues, adorned by humanitarian graces, and free from vices.