White, Peregrine

(1620–1703) colonist; born on the Mayflower in Cape Cod Bay. His parents were William and Susanna White. He was the first English child born in New England (another child, Oceanus Hopkins, had been born at sea). He became a captain of militia and settled in Marshfield, Mass.

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