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Peregrine White
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'''Peregrine White''' (
November 20 1620-
July 20,
1704) was the first
England English child born to the
Pilgrims in the New World. He was born in
Provincetown Harbor to William and Susanna White, before the passengers of the
Mayflower had decided where they would settle. His name means "one who journeys to foreign lands." Soon after the landing, his father died, and his mother remarried to
Edward Winslow. It was the first wedding in the New World. Winslow later adopted Peregrine and made him an heir.
White's name appears frequently in the records of the colonists. Though he was an esteemed member of the community as the first white child born in
New England, he appears to have had a disolute youth, and was brought before the local court for "fornication before marriage" with his future wife Sarah. He later became a citizen of the settlement of
Marshfield, Massachusetts Marshfield,
Massachusetts, and held some minor civil and military offices.
White died in 1704 at the age of eighty-four.
Category:1620 births White, Peregrine
Category:1704 deaths White, Peregrine
Category:Mayflower passengers White
