Robert White | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1688 Scotland |
| Died | 1752 (aged 64) White Farm, Hayfield, Frederick County, Colony of Virginia |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Service | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:White_Ensign_of_Great_Britain_(1707%E2%80%931800).svg){kind=small} Royal Navy |
| Years of service | early 1700s (Great Britain) |
| Rank | Captain |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Hoge |
| Relations | John White (father) Alexander White (son) Robert White (grandson) Francis White (grandson) Robert White (great-great-grandson) |
| Other work | Physician, military officer, pioneer, planter |
Robert White (1688 – 1752) was an early American physician, military officer, pioneer, and planter in the Colony of Virginia.
White was born in Scotland, the son of John White, a physician practicing in Paisley, Renfrewshire. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and later served as a surgeon with the rank of captain in the Royal Navy of the Kingdom of Great Britain. He relocated to the Thirteen Colonies between 1720 and 1730, first to Delaware, then Pennsylvania, and finally as a "pioneer settler" in present-day Frederick County, Virginia between 1732 and 1735. White was one of two physicians practicing in Frederick County, and conducted his practice from his residence near Great North Mountain. White was part of a larger wave of Scottish physicians who settled in Virginia prior to the American Revolutionary War.
White was the progenitor of the White political family of Virginia and West Virginia. He was the father of Alexander White (1738–1804), United States House Representative, and the grandfather of Virginia judge Robert White (1759–1831) and United States House Representative Francis White (1761–1826).