Weiss/White?

If Carey Bracewell had researched the White family instead of the Bracewell's, we might be traced back to Adam by now--he's a great researcher. But we have the next-best thing, a helpful clue from his ancestor, Cora White Price, who was the daughter of David Fisher White.

Carey wrote a book, The Ancestry of David Bracewell: Including the Allied Southern Families of Braswell, Brazil, Bay, Price, Passmore, Gage, Prillaman, and Allen. On page 231, it states Cora recalled that her maiden name, White, was originally Weiss.

This brings to mind a Preble County, Ohio White family, Adam White and Permelia Powers. Adam was born 10 July, 1790 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, the son of John White and Eve Letman. His mother, Eve, may have been the daughter of Valentine Letman and Catherine.

Valentine Ledman/Letman came from Germany. He left a will in Berkeley, Virginia, Vol. 3, dated 30 May 1802, naming his children, including a daughter, Eve, who married John Wise. I've often wondered if Wise was a variant of Weiss, which was then anglicized to White?

Some guesstimate Eve' s birth year as 1776, which works for well for the birth of Adam in 1790, but not much is truly known about her. 

So far, it looks like Carey's information might have ties to "Adam" after all!

Update: I have had the good fortune to become acquainted with Leona, a descendant of John and Rebecca Fisher White since I wrote this. According to her information, John White and Eve Letman were the parents of eleven children, including John White who married Rebecca Fisher and Henry White who married Mary Fisher.