Ann White ¹³

  Noted events in her life were:

• Surname Derivation. ²² Variations include Whitt, Whyte, Witt, Witte, Witts.
Several derivations are likely.
i) A nickname from the Olde English hwit, meaning "white" with reference to fair hair or complexion. This name was well established before the Norman Conquest and was very common after. Examples are:-
Whita, 1066, Suffolk.
Wit filius Willelmi, 1198, Norfolk.
Ordgar se Wite, 1070, Somerset.
Uuiaett Hwite, 1097, Staffordshire.
William le Wytt, 1327, Yorkshire.

ii) From the Olde English wiht, meaning a bend or curve. Therefore, a person who lives near a bend or curve in a river or road. An example is John atte Wyte, 1296, Sussex.

iii) From a development of the word wait, being 'ambush', 'a place where one lies in wait', or denoting 'a place where one watches' or a 'lookout post' eg Adam atte Wayte, 1330, Devon.

Ann married John Pepper on 30 May 1765 in Nottingham St Mary, Nottingham, England. (John Pepper was born in 1740 in Nottingham, England,³¹ died in Sep 1818 in Nottingham St Mary, Nottingham, England ³¹ and was buried on 11 Sep 1818 in Nottingham St Mary, Nottingham, England ³¹.)