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- William White died late in the first winter, on 21 February in 1621. With the death of her husband Susanna White, with newborn Peregrine and five-year-old Resolved, became the only surviving widow out of the many families who perished that winter.
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W illiam White traveled on the Mayflower with his wife, Susanna (Jackson) White and five-year-old son Resolved; they were accompanied by two servants, William Holbeck and Edward Thomson who died soon after landing. Susanna gave birth to son, Peregrine, while still on board the Mayflower.
Children of Susanna's first marriage with William White who became Edward Winslow's step-sons: Resolved White – born ca. 1615. Married 1640 (1) Judith Vassall, daughter of William Vassall, and had eight children. Resolved married 1674 (2) to widow Abigail Lord. She died 1682. He died 1687.
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Recent research by Sue Allan and Caleb Johnson discovered that Susanna White’s parents were Separatist Richard and Mary (Pettinger) Jackson. Susanna was born around 1595 and probably at Scrooby Manor, Nottinghamshire, where her father was once bailiff and receiver, as well as a leaseholder. She married William White and together they had a son, Res...
Edward Winslowwas born in Worcestershire, in the town of Droitwich Spa, in 1595. Winslow travelled on the Mayflower with his wife Elizabeth, his brother Gilbert plus a servant called George Soule and a youth named Elias Story. Also in their care was a girl called Elinor More - one of four children from the More family of Shipton in Shropshire who t...
The first harsh winter in North America took a heavy toll on the group, with more than half losing their lives. William White, Susanna’s husband, died in February 1621, and a month later, Elizabeth Winslow, Edward's wife also passed away. Susanna, now with a newborn son and a five-year-old to care for, was the only widow who survived those perishin...
Watch our short film to discover more about marriage in the 17th century In the time of the Mayflower, women played a critical role within the colonial experience. Many of these women were married to men of power and played a key role in keeping secrets. During this period, for reformed Christians, they were ground-breaking in the way they experien...
The group eventually settled in Plymouth at the beginning of a bitter first winter that would claim more than half of the population. In February 1621, William White died, living his widow Susanna White and their sons Resolved and Peregrine, who was the first child born in the colony. On March 24, despite surviving that harsh winter, Edward's wife ...
Edward Winslow was elected Governor of Plymouth Colony on a number of occasions and was deputy Governor every year he was not. He travelled to England to trade and pay bills and negotiated the buyout of the Merchants in 1627. In 1645 he was sent to represent New England in a number of Parliamentary Committees. Edward spent nine years in the UK and ...
In total Susanna had seven children: two with William White and five with Edward Winslow. However, only four survived – two from each marriage - to adulthood. Susanna had 22 grandchildren when she passed away. She is last known to be alive when recorded in a petition presented to Oliver Cromwell in 1656. She is buried in Winslow Cemetery in Marshfi...
William White died late in the first winter, on 21 February in 1621. With the death of her husband Susanna White, with newborn Peregrine and five-year-old Resolved, became the only surviving widow out of the many families who perished that winter.
Susanna White was pregnant when she traveled on Mayflower and delivered her second son, Peregrine, while the ship was anchored on Cape Cod. Her husband William and their servants died during the first winter. Susanna later married fellow passenger Edward Winslow, who was also widowed during the first winter, in the first marriage in Plymouth ...
Nov 25, 2019 · While the ship lay at anchor off Cape Cod at what is now Provincetown, Susanna’s husband, William White, on November 21, 1620, with the 40 other men signed the Mayflower Compact — the document that envisioned a government of laws, not men, a government that took its consent from the governed.
“After her first husband William White died that first winter, Susanna underwent the first marriage in New England – to Edward Winslow who became three times Governor of the Plymouth Colony.” Elizabeth Hopkins.
