American AcornsHeitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army (1893), p. 432: White, William (Mass.): captain 7th Massachusetts, 1779-1781. Entry for William White: adjutant and lieutenant of the 7th Massachusetts, captain from 1 July 1779, killed October 1781.
Image · dated 1893 · source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan); heitmanregister00franrich.
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
White, William (Mass). Adjutant 7th Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777; Lieutenant, 1st October, 1778; Cap- tain, 1st July, 1779; killed October, 1781, at —.
Excerpt: the entry relevant to the family's research, not the whole page.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Officer chronology only (context for a unit named in the person's own record); the page names no Oak, and no personal service is inferred from it. Context for John Oaks of Exeter: his own 1818 declaration names nine months under Capt. White, Col. Brooks's regiment (Confirmed as his statement; the captain's identification with this White is Likely).