Excerpt from A Brief Account of the Families White and ClarkeThe statement is handed down through Uncle James White, son of Col. William White, that our first known ancestor emigrated from London to Londonderry, Ireland, just before the siege of that town in 1689. We have no record of his given name or that of his wife. He took with him an infant son named William. He was probably born in the reign of Charles II.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.