On this date in 1620, my 7 Great Grandfather, Peregrine White was born in Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts. He was the first English child born in New England. Don’t bother with the genealogical details. He somehow ties into the Newell clan.
I have done some fairly extensive research into my family's histories, and trust me, other than the ever popular George Custer (third cousin, four times removed), and some truly dubious ties to Abraham Lincoln (Mary Todd’s fourth cousin married my great-great-great-great-great aunt), there is no one in my family tree that anyone would have any reason to know. (I do think that calling him “Uncle Abe” is fair game. Genealogy isn’t really an “exact” science.)
I have done some fairly extensive research into my family's histories, and trust me, other than the ever popular George Custer (third cousin, four times removed), and some truly dubious ties to Abraham Lincoln (Mary Todd’s fourth cousin married my great-great-great-great-great aunt), there is no one in my family tree that anyone would have any reason to know. (I do think that calling him “Uncle Abe” is fair game. Genealogy isn’t really an “exact” science.)
So, I put Peregrine White out there as my most respected and famous relative. (No, Ryan, Peregrine White is not the the Air Force Academy's mascot. That would be a Peregrine falcon. So close, yet so far.)
This is a picture of the Peregrine White house in Marshfield, Massachusetts. Yes, I stole it off of someone else's webpage, and as such will probably spend time in a federal penetentiary.
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