White, William

   Another name for William was White, William "Mayflower Compact."

  General Notes:

Life Sketch
For many years, the parentage and origins of William White have been unclear. Now four researchers claim to have cleared up these questions. The results of their findings were presented on 12 September 2017 to the Mayflower Society and subsequentl y published in The American Genealogist journal 89.2:

William White, "Mayflower" Passenger

William White was one of the signers of the signers of the Mayflower Compact.
According to the 1945 Book Saints and Strangers, by George F. Willison, page 122,
William White's occupation is given as " Wool Comber".

Also Known As:"Pilgrim William White", "William", "Mayflower Compact", "White"
Birthdate:before circa January 25, 1587
Birthplace:Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Death:February 21, 1621
Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts (Died soon after arrival in Plymouth)
Place of Burial:Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Immediate Family:
Son of Edward White, of Wisbech and Thomasine White
Husband of Susanna Winslow, "Mayflower"

For many years, the parentage and origins of William White have been unclear. Now four researchers claim to have cleared up these questions. The results of their findings were presented on 12 September 2017 to the Mayflower Society and subsequen tly published in The American Genealogist journal 89.2:

William White, "Mayflower" Passenger

William White was one of the signers of the signers of the Mayflower Compact.
According to the 1945 Book Saints and Strangers, by George F. Willison, page 122,
William White's occupation is given as " Wool Comber".

Also Known As:"Pilgrim William White", "William", "Mayflower Compact", "White"
Birthdate:before circa January 25, 1587
Birthplace:Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Death:February 21, 1621
Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts (Died soon after arrival in Plymouth)
Place of Burial:Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Immediate Family:
Son of Edward White, of Wisbech and Thomasine White
Husband of Susanna Winslow, "Mayflower" Passenger
Father of Resolved White, "Mayflower" Passenger and Peregrine White, "Mayflower" Passenger
Brother of Martha White
Half brother of Henry May, of Wisbech; Jacomine May; John May, Il, of Wisbech; Mary May and Barbara May
Occupation:Mayflower passenger
Reference: http://mayflowerhistory.com/white-william/

The origins of William White in England were just discovered in 2017 in a collaborative research project by Caleb Johnson, Sue Allan, and Simon Neal. William White was baptized on 25 January 1586/7 at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, the son o f Edward and Thomasine (Cross)(May) White. His mother, Thomasine, was married to John May, and was therefore was also the grandmother to Mayflower passenger Dorothy May.

William's mother Thomasine was buried on 10 November 1591 at Wisbech. His father Edward died about 1594 when he was seven, and he went to live with his maternal grandmother Jacomine and her second husband Thomas Robinson. Thomas Robinson died i n 1595, so widow Jacomine raised her grandchildren William (and sister Martha) White. Martha died and was buried at the age of 19 in 1608, and (turning 21 that year) William headed off with his half-siblings Henry and Jacomine May to Amsterdam (h e was given permission to reside in Amsterdam in June 1608), where they joined the church congregation of Henry Ainsworth. William White witnessed the marriage of his half-sister Jacomine to Amsterdam printer Jan l'Ecluse on 5 May 1609.

He married Susanna Jackson, daughter of Richard and Mary (Pettinger) Jackson. Susanna was likely born and raised in Scrooby, and her father held a lease for a portion of Scrooby Manor. She may have fled with her father to Amsterdam in 1608, an d there married William White.

William and Susanna had their son Resolved about 1615, and son Peregrine was born sometime the last three days of November 1620, after arrival and anchorage off Provincetown Harbor, but before the Pilgrims had explored and found Plymouth.

William died the first winter, 21 February 1620/1, on the same day as three other passengers, including William Mullins. His wife Susanna remarried to Edward Winslow a few months later, on 12 May 1621, being the first marriage to occur at Plymout h.

Caleb Johnson, Sue Allen, Simon Neal, The English Origin and Kinship of Mayflower Passengers William1 White and Dorothy1 (May) Bradford of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire in The American Genealogist (Hanover, PA, TAG, April 2017) 89.2:82-94

At issue is whether or not these findings should be added to William White's record here on this page. Please discuss this below. There is a need to come to a consensus on this.
Bill Harms
12th Great Grandson of William and Susanna.
REF: http://americangenealogist.com/contents/recent-issues/
http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/new-research-shows-wisbech-couple-were-on-board-mayflower-1-5205487
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/46113/who-was-the-wife-of-william-white-and-edward-winslow?show=217997
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Ye Compacte
Signed in Ye Cabin of Ye Mayflower
Ye 11 of November
Anno Dominie 1620

In ye name of God, Amen.-We whose names are underwritten, the loyall subjects of our dread and soveraigne Lord, King James, by ye grace of God, of Great Britain, France, & Yreland king, defender of ye faith, &c., haveing undertaken for ye glorie o f God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour to our king and countrie, a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Viriginia, doe by these presents solemnly and mutually in ye presense of God, and one of another, coven ant and combine ourselves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances, Acts, constitut ions, & offices from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for ye generall goode of ye Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. Yn witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cap-Codd ye 11 . of November, in ye year of ye raigne of our soveraigne lord, King James, of England, France, & Yreland ye eighteenth, and Scotland ye fiftie fourth, Ano: Dom. 1620.

John Carver
William Bradford
Edward Winslow
William Brewster
Isaac Allerton
Myles Standish
John Alden
Samuel Fuller
Christopher Martin
William Mullins
William White
Richard Warren
John Howland
Stephen Hopkins
Edward Tilley
John Tilley
Francis Cooke
Thomas Rogers
Thomas Tinker
John Rigdale
Edward Fuller
John Turner
Francis Eaton
James Chilton
John Cracston
John Billington
Moses Fletcher
John Goodman
Degory Priest
Thomas Williams
Gilbert Winslow
Edmond Margeson
Peter Brown
Richard Britterige
George Soule
Richard Clark
Richard Gardiner
John Allerton
Thomas English
Edward Doty
Edward Leister

William married Susanna Tilley Fuller, daughter of Rev. Edward Robert Fuller and Ann Paine Hopkins, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. (Susanna Tilley Fuller was born in 1592 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, christened on April 22, 1577 in Redenhall with Harleston, Norfolk, England, died on October 1, 1680 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA and was buried in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.)