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White Matlack (October 7, 1745; Haddonfield, New Jersey – January 7, 1824) 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. His siblings were Sybil, Elizabeth, Titus, Seth, Josiah and Timothy Matlack. He was a New York Quaker and abolitionist. He married Mary Hawhurst〔Some sources have Hawxhurst〕 on March 6, 1768. They had four children; White, Timothy, Mary, and Hannah.〔http://boards.ancestry.myfamily.com/surnames.matlack/92.2/mb.ashx〕 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. By the 1780s he moved into steel manufacturing.〔(George Washington Miniature ) History Detectives〕 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''.〔http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3365947〕 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 at Bay Side, near Flushing〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MATLOCK-MEDLOCK DEATH RECORDS AND OBITS )〕 on Long Island, aged 80. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「White Matlack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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