White, Peregrine

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Peregrine White, b. Nov. 30, 1620, d. July 22, 1704, was the first child to be born of English parents in New England. The son of William and Susanna White, he was born on the Mayflower in Cape Cod Bay. White subsequently held minor public offices in Plymouth Colony.

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