{"id":102119,"date":"2025-03-06T10:22:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T15:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=102119"},"modified":"2025-03-06T10:23:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T15:23:02","slug":"mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-40-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-40-part-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 40 (part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/em><\/strong> In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, again focusing on the Munroe and Church family lines, especially Philip Allen Munroe. Melissa is a genealogist who has a website, americana-archives.com<\/a>, and a Facebook group, New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.
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Today I resume my series on \u201cMayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who,\u201d focusing on more Munroe lines that descend from Plymouth\u2019s Pilgrims.<\/p>\n

My subject for this article is Philip Allen Munroe (1821-1908), the second child born to Burden and Lydia (Baker) Munroe, who married and left descendants.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Philip Allen Munroe. Credit: \u201cA History of Rehoboth, Massachusetts; Its History for 275 Years, 1643-1918, in Which Is Incorporated the Vital Parts of the Original History of the Town,\u201d 1918.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mr. Munroe descends from Mayflower<\/em> passenger Richard Warren through several lines.<\/p>\n

In this photo, reenactors garbed in Pilgrim attire aboard the Mayflower<\/em> in Provincetown Harbor assemble in the cabin to sign the Mayflower Compact: Courtney Allen Diorama at the Provincetown Museum, 350th Anniversary, 1970.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Pilgrim reenactors signing the Mayflower Compact. Credit: Provincetown History Preservation Project Archives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He is also a direct descendant of Peregrine White, a son born on the Mayflower<\/em> to William and Susannah (Jackson) White, who married Sarah Bassett \u2013 whose family had arrived in Plymouth aboard the Fortune<\/em> in 1621.<\/p>\n

Munroe\u2019s other Mayflower<\/em> passengers include Francis and Hester (Mahieu) Cooke, whose son John Cooke married Sarah Warren, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Walker) Warren.<\/p>\n

Here is a picture of the White family cradle, 1620, on display at Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

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Photo: the White cradle. Credit: Plymouth 400 Legacy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The sign accompanying this cradle reads:<\/p>\n

White Cradle.<\/p>\n

According to tradition, Susanna and William White brought this cradle from Holland in anticipation of the birth of their child. Their son Peregrine, meaning \u201ctraveler\u201d or \u201cPilgrim,\u201d was born on board the Mayflower<\/em> in Provincetown Harbor in November of 1620. He was the first child born to the Pilgrims in America (Oceanus Hopkins was born during the Atlantic crossing).<\/p>\n

The hooded wicker cradle is typical of those made in Holland. Similar cradles can be seen in period paintings by Dutch artists.<\/p>\n

The cradle is a symbol of the Pilgrims\u2019 commitment to staying in America and raising their families.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is an obituary for Peregrine White, who died 20 July 1704, published in a Boston paper.<\/p>\n

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Boston News-Letter (Boston, Massachusetts), 31 July 1704, page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This article reads:<\/p>\n

Marshfield, July 22. Capt. Peregrine White of this town, aged eighty-three years and eight months, died the 20th instant. He was vigorous and of a comly aspect to the last. Was the son of Mr. William White and Susanna his wife; born on board the Mayflower, Capt. Jones commander, in Cape Cod Harbour, November, 1620. Was the first Englishman born in New-England. Altho\u2019 he was in the former part of his life extravagant; yet was much reform\u2019d in his last years, and died hopefully.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lineage:<\/strong><\/p>\n