John WHITE  (c.1605 - 1683/4)

He embarked for New England aboard the ship "Lyon" which set sail on 22 
June 1632, and arrived at Boston on 16 September 1632. He resided first 
at Cambridge; being made freeman on 4 March 1633. He removed to Hartford, 
Conn. about June, 1636. He was one of the original proprietors of the 
settlement. He removed to Hadley, Mass. upon the founding of that settle-
ment. He was a Representative to the General Court for that town in 1664 
and 1669. He owned a share of the mill in Hadley.  About 1670, he returned 
to Hartford, Conn. where he was an Elder of the South Church. He was a 
strict Puritan.

Source: 
"Genealogies of Hadley Families", p.152, Lucius M. Boltwood, Amherst,
Mass., 1862.