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by James E. White (Author)
A meticulous chronicle of loyalty, migration and kinship across three centuries. Names become living people again. James E. White's A Genealogical History Of The Descendants Of Peter White Of New Jersey, From 1670, And Of William White And Deborah Tilton His Wife, Loyalists collects generations of the White family into a single, readable genealogical family history, tracing the descendants of Peter White from early settlement through the upheaval of the american revolutionary war and documenting the loyalist family history of William White and Deborah Tilton. Its form is practical and unadorned: organised lineages, cross-referenced names and contextual notes that make family tree research straightforward without sacrificing scholarly rigour. Those interested in colonial new jersey families will value the careful attention to date, place and relationship; casual readers will discover human stories in the lists; researchers will find a dependable starting point for loyalist ancestry records and broader studies of 17th century America. Together the entries form a mapped portrait of continuity and change, useful whether you seek a single ancestor or the wider networks of white family descendants. Beyond its utility as a historical genealogy book, the work is a witness to a contested era: the New Jersey colonial era and the social networks that persisted despite revolution. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Collectors of classic local histories and family-history enthusiasts will appreciate a restored reference that serves equally well on the bookshelf and at the desk; genealogists seeking american revolutionary war ancestors and loyalist ancestry records will find precise leads and a mapped inheritance of names. Substantive yet approachable, this volume belongs in any heritage reference guide collection and rewards both the casual browser and the meticulous researcher. A welcome addition to local-history shelves, it honours the painstaking work of earlier compilers while making their labour accessible to modern enquiry.
