{"id":52327,"date":"2019-08-28T11:12:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T15:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=52327"},"modified":"2019-08-29T09:55:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T13:55:51","slug":"oldest-mayflower-obituary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/oldest-mayflower-obituary.html","title":{"rendered":"Oldest Mayflower Obituary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you realize that American obituaries go back well over 300 years, reaching right back to the Mayflower?<\/p>\n<p>For example, this is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/tree\/person\/details\/LS6Z-HZ3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peregrine White<\/a>\u2019s obituary.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52329\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2:1036CD221971FE08@GB3NEWS-105661E789F44E6F@2343645-105661E7AA2EB197@1-105661E833B0AD51\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston-news-letter-newspaper-0731-1704-peregrine-white-obituary.png\" alt=\"An obituary for Peregrine White, Boston News-Letter newspaper article 24-31 July 1704\" width=\"601\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston-news-letter-newspaper-0731-1704-peregrine-white-obituary.png 601w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston-news-letter-newspaper-0731-1704-peregrine-white-obituary-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boston News-Letter (Boston, Massachusetts), 24-31 July 1704, page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He was born 20 November 1620 onboard the Mayflower, and died in Marshfield, Massachusetts, in 1704.<\/p>\n<p>I found his obituary in GenealogyBank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/explore\/newspapers\/all?utm_source=social&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;s_referrer=social&amp;s_siteloc=blog&amp;s_trackval=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;kbid=69919&amp;pq=1&amp;prebuy=no&amp;intver=&amp;CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>GenealogyBank is your go-to resource for researching your Mayflower family kindred.<\/p>\n<p>Are you a Mayflower Descendant?<\/p>\n<p>Tell us who your Mayflower ancestors are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/full-list-of-mayflower-passengers-in-gov-bradfords-newly-restored-journal.html\">Full List of Mayflower Passengers in Gov. Bradford\u2019s Newly-Restored Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/using-the-keyword-mayflower-can-help-you-find-other-pilgrim-descended-cousins.html\">Using the Keyword \u2018Mayflower\u2019 Can Help You Find Other Pilgrim-Descended Cousins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/knowing-your-ancestors-professions-can-yield-new-insights-into-colonial-life.html\">Knowing Your Ancestors\u2019 Professions Can Yield New Insights into Colonial Life<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about Peregrine White\u2019s obituary, who was born 20 November 1620 onboard the Mayflower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12713],"tags":[12,2719,18761,2020,1084,446],"class_list":["post-52327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genealogy-research-tips","tag-genealogy","tag-genealogy-search-tips","tag-mayflower-and-pilgrims","tag-newspaper-archives","tag-obituaries","tag-peregrine-white"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/illustration-0720-2016-mayflower.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}