White, Peregrine

Peregrine (1620-1704), the first New England child of English parents. He was born November 20, 1620, on the Mayflower, then anchored in Cape Cod Harbor. His parents were William and Susanna White. His father died during the first winter at Plymouth. The marriage of the widow to Edward Winslow, governor of the colony, was the first wedding in New England. Peregrine was granted two hundred acres of land in honor of his birth. He grew up to be "vigorous and of comely aspect." He was a farmer, but he held various official positions. The Dutch cradle in which he was rocked when a child, a bond bearing his signature, and other relics of the White family are shown at Plymouth. He died in 1704. He left six children. See Pilgrims