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Peregrine White

Peregrine White

Male 1620 - 1704  (83 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Peregrine White 
    Birth Nov 1620  On board the Mayflower, Provincetown Harbor, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Jul 1704  Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 4 Feb 1897  SGEOR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID LS6Z-HZ3 
    Burial Winslow Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I4474  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father William White,   b. Abt 1577, Redenhall with Harleston, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Susanna,   b. Abt 1595, Redenhall with Harleston, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1680, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 11 Feb 1612  Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3012  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Bassett,   b. Abt 1628, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1711, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 6 Mar 1649  Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Daniel White,   b. Abt 1649, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1724, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     2. Jonathan White,   b. 4 Jun 1658, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 22 Feb 1737, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 78 years)
     3. Peregrine White, Jr,   b. 19 Dec 1662, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1727, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     4. Sarah White,   b. Oct 1663, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1755, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     5. Sylvanus White,   b. 1667, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1688, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
     6. Mercy White,   b. 3 Feb 1670, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1739, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F3011  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Nov 1620 - On board the Mayflower, Provincetown Harbor, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Mar 1649 - Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Jul 1704 - Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 4 Feb 1897 - SGEOR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Winslow Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Mayflower - Pilgrim

      Peregrine White (c. late November 1620 on the Mayflower (when anchore d a t today's Provincetown Harbor) - July 20, 1704) was the first known E ngli sh Child born to the Pilgrims in America. In 1620 his parents, Willi am Wh ite and his pregnant wife Susanna, with their son Resolved White an d tw o servants came on the historic voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower . Per egrine White was born while the Mayflower lay at anchor in the harb or a t Cape Cod. In later life he became a person of note in Plymouth Col ony , active in both military and government affairs.

      Peregrine White was an inutero passenger on the Mayflower, and was bor n o nboard the ship shortly after arrival in November 1620, while it wa s anch ored in Provincetown Harbor. He and wife Sarah lived out their liv es in t he town of Marshfield. He formally joined the Marshfield Church l ate in l ife, on 22 May 1696 at the age of 78. His death on 20 July 170 4 prompte d an obituary in the Boston Newsletter--the only known newspape r obituar y for anyone directly associated with the Mayflower's voyage:
      Marshfield, July, 22 Capt. Peregrine White of this Town, Aged Eighty thr e e years, and Eight Months; died the 20th Instant. He was vigorous an d o f a comly Aspect to the last; Was the Son of Mr. William White and Su sann a his Wife; born on board the Mayflower, Capt. Jones Commander, in C ape C od Harbor, November, 1620. Was the First Englishman born in New-Eng land . Altho' he was in the former part of his Life extravagant; yet wa s muc h Reform'd in his last years; and died hopefully.