John White (colonist priest)

John White
Contemporary woodcut of White
Born1575
Stanton St John, Oxfordshire, England
Died1648
Dorchester, Dorset, England
OccupationCleric
Known forPersuaded Charles I to grant a Royal Charter to the Massachusetts Bay Company for a new colony in North America.
Carved plaque over the door of the 16th-century house in Stanton St John, Oxfordshire where John White was born

John White (1575 – 21 July 1648) was an English clergyman, the rector of a parish in Dorchester, Dorset. He was instrumental in obtaining charters for the New England Company and the Massachusetts Bay Company. He took a personal interest in the settlement of New England.[1][2]

  1. ^ "White, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29255. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Rev John White (1574/5–1648)". RootsWeb. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011.