White Matlack
White Matlack (October 7, 1745; Haddonfield, New Jersey – January 7, 1824) was a New York Quaker and abolitionist. He was born to Elizabeth Martha Burr Haines and Timothy Matlack: a couple that had both lost their first spouses. His grandparents were William Matlack and Mary Hancock; and Henry Burr and Elizabeth Hudson.
White Matlack
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- White Matlack was born on 7 October 1745.
- Died
- White Matlack died on 7 January 1824.
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- watchmaker
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White Matlack (October 7, 1745; Haddonfield, New Jersey – January 7, 1824) was a New York Quaker and abolitionist. He was born to Elizabeth Martha Burr Haines and Timothy Matlack: a couple that had both lost their first spouses. His grandparents were William Matlack and Mary Hancock; and Henry Burr and Elizabeth Hudson.
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His siblings were Sybil, Elizabeth, Titus, Seth, Josiah and Timothy Matlack. He married Mary Hawhurst on March 6, 1768. They had four children; White, Timothy, Mary, and Hannah. White was a watchmaker and silversmith in New York City from around 1769 to 1775. In 1775, he also worked in Philadelphia. Then he ran a brewery located not far from the Fraunces Tavern. In 1782, he and Isaac Howell signed a document titled The memorial and remonstrance of Isaac Howell and White Matlack, in behalf of themselves, and others, who have been disowned by the people called Quakers, &c. White and his brother Timothy had been disowned by Orthodox Quakers for their support of the American Revolution. They formed a group with others called the Society of Free Quakers. In 1786, he signed a letter to the Senate and assembly of the State of New York, against the shipping of African slaves through the port of New York. Three years later he became a member of the New York Manumission Society. In 1787, the society founded the African Free School. He died in Bay Side, near Flushing on Long Island, aged 80.
White Matlack (1745–1824) was a watchmaker.
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1745
White Matlack was born on 7 October 1745.
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White Matlack died on 7 January 1824.
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- 1.Some sources have Hawxhurst
- 2.O'Callaghan, E. B. Names of Persons for whom MARRIAGE LICENSES Were issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York Previous to 1784. Weed, Parsons and Company. 175. 1860.
- 3.Re: Timothy Matlack - Matlack - Family History & Genealogy Message Board - Ancestry.com.
- 4.Voss, Wm Erik. White Matlack. Rootsweb. 2005.
- 5.George Washington Miniature History Detectives
- 6.Printed by Francis Bailey?. To the representatives of the freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met: The memorial and remonstrance of Isaac Howell and White Matlack, in behalf of themselves, and others, who have been disowned by the people called Quakers, &c. 1782.
- 7.Harker, John Balderston. Betsy Ross's Five Pointed Star. 2004.
- 8.MATLOCK-MEDLOCK DEATH RECORDS AND OBITS.
- 9.Jervey, Elizabeth Heyward. Marriage and Death Notices from the City Gazette of Charleston (Continued). The South Carolina Historical Magazine. South Carolina Historical Society. 55. 1. 48–51. Jan 1954. 27565947.
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