Major John White ( 1745 – October 1777) was a native Irish soldier in the

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. He died from a gunshot wound shortly after October 4, 1777, while acting as a volunteer aide under General John Sullivan during the

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. He was shot during the attempted burning of Chew House, also known as Cliveden. Battle of Germantown#Casualties White was a merchant prior to the war. In 1765 or 1766, he married Sarah Moore, daughter of Alexander Moore. Before her death on October 15, 1770, they had three children: Alexander, William, and John Moore White. He left his family and business in

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in order to participate in the war.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:White, John 18th-century births 1777 deaths United States military personnel killed in the American Revolutionary War