Jacomine Robinson

From Caleb Johnson at http://mayflowerhistory.com/white-william/ updated Sept 2017

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 of 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 in 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 (he 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.

In the will of Jacomine (___) (Cross) Robinson dated 13 Nov 1608: "I give unto Peregrine Cross the daughter of John Cross ten shillings." [Consistency Court of Ely, VC 23:43] William Whit had a female first cousin named Peregrine namesake to his own son.

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+

• http://americangenealogist.com/tag-89-2-leads-off-with-new-mayflowe...
• http://mayflowerhistory.com/bradford-dorothymay
• http://mayflowerhistory.com/white-william/
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 11 2017, 12:32:04 UTC