Death
Peregrine White lived until July of 1704, dying at Marshfield aged 83.
He was buried in 1704 at Marshfield Hills Cemetery in Marshfield, Massachusetts. His wife Sarah Bassett White was buried in 1712 at Winslow Cemetery in Marshfield. Winslow Cemetery has a substantial stone monument to "The Early Settlers of Green Harbor Marshfield" with the names of Peregrine, his brother Resolved and their wives. Also named are their mother Susannah (White) and her second husband Edward Winslow.
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