Pilgrim Susannah White Winslow -  Part 1
Channel: Central Texas Mayflower Colony
Date: 16/08/2021

The Saga of the Plymouth Colony Told By The Women Who Lived It."

The story of Susannah (Jackson) White Winslow is reenacted by Ann Bell, a member of The Central Texas Mayflower Colony of the Society of Mayflower descendants.  

Susannah Jackson was born in 1592 at Scrooby, England. Her parents were strict Puritan Separatist and in 1608 my father took us to Amsterdam, Holland with William Bradford so they could practice religion without interference from the Church of England. 

Susannah married William White, a fellow member of their congregation in Holland and later had a son whom they named “Resolved” because as a family they were resolved or “determined” to make a new life for themselves. 

Susannah was seven months pregnant with their second child when they finally left England on the Mayflower in 1620.

Soon after the Mayflower docked in Plymouth Harbor William and Susannah had their second son. They named him Peregrine which is a French and Middle English word for "pilgrim.”  Sadly, William White died that February during their first devastating winter in the America leaving Susannah alone with two small children.