Peregrine WHITE

(bet 07-10 Dec 1620) - 1704

• Name	Peregrine WHITE  [1]
  Birth	(bet 07-10 Dec 1620)	on the Mayflower, Cape Cod Harbor (now Provincetown)   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	9 Nov 1620	,, Plymouth Colony   [3]
  	Role: Witness
  Will	14 Jul 1704
  	Will of Peregrine White The fourteenth day of July Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and four. I Peregrine White of Marshfield in ye County of Plimouth in New England Being aged and under many Weaknesses and Bodily Infirmities But of Sound disposing mind and memory praises be Rendered to Almighty God therefore yet in dayly Expectation of my Great Change Do herefore hereby make and Declare this my last Will and Testament hereby Revoking and making null any former Will or Wils by me heretofore made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament and no other-- Imprimis I Humbly Commit my Soul to Almighty God that Gave it and my Body to decent Buriall and it Shall Please him to take me hence And Touching my Worldy Estate which it hath pleased the Lord to Bless me with my Will and meaning is that ye same Shall be imployed and disposed as followeth that is to say after my just debts and funerall expenses are payd and discharged by my Executors hereafter named and same shall be Imployed as herein is expressed Item I Give and Bequeath to Sarah my welbeloved Wife all my Goods and Chattels not otherways disposed of by this my Will the same to be for her Support and Comfort for and during ye term of her naturall Life. Item I having already by Deed under my hand and Seal Dated the 19th day of August 1674 Given and Confirmed to my Eldest Son Daniel White my Tenement or Homestead with other my land and Rights of Land in ye Township of Marshfield with ye Exceptions and Reservations therein mentioned--All which lands and premisses I hereby futher Confirm unto him according to ye true meaning of ye said Deed And I do hereby further Give and Bequeath to my said Son Daniell my Great table and fourms my Joynworke Bedstead and Cupboard Also I give unto my said son Daniel ye one moiety or half of my lands and Rights of land in ye Township of Middleborough Always provided that in Consideration thereof he the said Daniel Keep for the use of my said wife both Sumer and Winter one Cow during ye life of my said wife Item I having enjoyned ye said Daniel to pay unto my Daughters Sarah and Mercy each of them ye sum of Ten pounds as in ye above Recited Deed is mentioned. It is my will tha twhat is behind and unpaid by him be duly paid to them out of his Estate according to ye meaning of ye said Deed. Item I Give and Bequeath the other moiety or half my land and Rights of land in ye Township of Middleborough to my two sons Jonathan and Peregrine to be equally parted betweene them I further Give to my said son Jonathan my Rapier and to his Eldest son I Give my Gun. Item It is my will that all my said Goods and Chattels that shall be remaining at my wife her decease be Equally parted between my four children namely Jonathan Peregrine Sarah and Mercy And further it is my will that Sarah my wife enjoy that part of ye Dwelling house that I now live in and enjoy And I hereby Give her the one third of ye Rents and profits of ye land contayned in ye above Recited Deed to hold to her during ye term of her Naturall life. And lastly I hereby nominate and Appoint my said Wife and my said Eldest Son Daniel joynt Executors of this my last Will and Testament And do Request my Good friends and Neighbors Samuel Sprague Senior and John Dogget to be overseers thereof and be helpfull in ye advising of my wife to such methods as may conduce to her comfortable subsistance while she lives In Testimony whereof and in confirmation of ye promisses I ye said Peregrine White have hereunto set my hand and seal on ye Day and year above Written. Item before sealing I Give to Each of my sd Daughters one painted chair and a cushion. Signed sealed and Declared In ye Presence of Saml Sprague Thomas Dogget Mary Joyce her mark P W The mark of Peregrine White Peregrine was the first person born to the Colony; his mother Sussana gave birth to him aboard the Mayflower in Cape Cod Harbor. He was raised by his mother and step-father, Edward Winslow, a Governor of Plymouth Colony. According to the Mayflower Families, 'Peregrine moved to Marshfield sometime after 1632 with his mother and stepfather, and apparently resided there all his life except for a brief period around 1656 when the above deed from his father-in-law places him in Scituate. 'On 7 June 1636 Peregrine White, then about 16, was one of the 'voluntaries' to join with those on Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut to fight the Pequot Indians. On 23 Oct. 1643 when he was 'of Marshfield,' he sold to Mannasses Kepton of Plymouth land at Eel River given him the previous year by his brother Resolved. Peregrine and Resolved both received land from the Plymouth Colony Court in Feb. 1664 'Leiftenant Peregrine White' having lot four on 'Pochade Necke near Namassaskett.' 'Recognition of Peregrine as the first English child born in New England was given on 11 Oct. 1655 when 'in Respect that hee was the first of the English that was borne in these ptes;…The court have graunted unto him two hundred Acrees of Land Lying and being att the Path that goes from Bridgwater to the bay adjoyning to the Bay line.' 'When his eldest son was to be married, Peregrine not only deeded to 'son Daniel White of Marshfield in consideration of his intended marriage my dwelling, barn, outhouses and lands in Marshfield and a share of the enlargement recently granted, from the day of my decease,' but he also provided for his own wife and daughters Sarah and Mercy White 20 pounds each when they are 18 or marry.' The deed was dated 19 Aug. 1674 and acknowledged the same day. 'The next year Josiah Winslow made his will naming his (half) 'Brother Peregrine White' who was to have his Spanish rapier and buff belt with silver clasps. 'Peregrine White fought not only the Pequot Indians but also the advances of the church, until at the age of 78 he was admitted to the Marshfield Church: 'Capt. Peregrine White the first born Child of New England born November 1620 was admitted into this Church May 22 1698 In the 78th year of his age. Mat. 20.6.7.' 'The Marshfield vitals records note the death of 'Capt. Perigrine White' on 'July ye 20:1704' and the Boston News letter of Monday July 31, 1704 gives the following obituary: 'Marshfield, July 22 Capt. Peregrine White of this Town, Aged Eighty three years, and Eight Months; died the 20th Instant. He was vigorous and of a calmly Aspect to the last; Was the Son of Mr. William White and Susanna his Wife; born on board the Mayflower, Capt. Jones Commander, in Cape Cod Harbor, November, 1620. Was the First Englishman born in New-England. Altho' he was in the former part of his Life extravagant; yet was much Reform'd in his last years; and died hopefully.' The place of his burial and that of most other Mayflower passengers is unknown.
  Death	20 Jul 1704	Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts   [2, 4]
  	"Marshfield, July, 22 [1704] Capt. Peregrine White of this Town, Aged Eighty three years, and Eight Months; died the 20th Instant. He was vigorous and of a comly Aspect to the last; Was the Son of Mr. William White and Susanna his wife; born on board the May-flower, Capt. Jones Commander, in Cape Cod Harbour, November 1620. was the First Englishman born in New-England. Altho' he was in the former part od his Life extravagant; yet was much Reform'd in his last years; and died hopefully." -- Boston News-Letter. Source: NEHGS Register 1850, Vol. 4, Page 259.
  Person ID	I7966	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William WHITE,   c. 25 Jan 1586/87, , Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England d. 21 Feb 1620/21, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age ~ 34 years)
  Mother	Susanna JACKSON,   b. Abt 1594, possibly, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England d. Between 1654 and 1675 (Age ~ 60 years)
  Marriage	Y  [5]
  	he was described as a wool carder in the Leyden Company (Holland) in 1612 in the record of his betrothal to Susanna.
  Family ID	F794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah BASSETT   d. 22 Jan 1710/11, Marshfield, Massachusetts
  Marriage	Bef 6 Mar 1648/49	Marshfield, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	1. Daniel WHITE,   b. 1649, , Marshfield, New Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Colony d. 6 May 1724, , Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Colony (Age 75 years)   2. White WHITE,   b. 1651   3. Jonathan WHITE,   b. 4 Jun 1658, , Marshfield, New Plymouth Colony County, Massachusetts Colony d. Between 14 Jul 1736 and 22 Feb 1737, , Yarmouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Colony (Age 78 years)   4. Peregrine WHITE,   b. 1660, , Marshfield, Massachusetts d. 20 Nov 1727, Boston, Massachusetts (Age 67 years)   5. Sarah WHITE,   b. Oct 1663, , Marshfield, Massachusetts d. 9 Aug 1755, , Scituate, Massachusetts (Age ~ 91 years)   6. Sylvanus WHITE,   b. Bef 1667, , Marshfield, Massachusetts d. Bef 29 Jun 1688, , Scituate, Massachusetts (Age < 21 years)   7. Mercy WHITE,   b. 1670, , Marshfield, Massachusetts d. 12 Jun 1739, , Marshfield, Massachusetts (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S259] Mayflower Families, Vol. 1 (William White), 259. (Reliability: 2). [S259] Mayflower Families, Vol. 1 (William White), 259. [S10056] List of Mayflower Passengers, 10056. (Reliability: 3). [S2366] NEHGS Register 1850, 2366. (Reliability: 3). [S3045] The English Ancestry & Homes of Pilgrim Fathers, 3045. (Reliability: 3).