Talk:William White (Mayflower passenger)

New Marriage section
I have (again) reverted the additions regarding William White's marriage because it violated Wikipedia policy. First, it fails WP:V, lacking any references whatsoever. The first sentence says the relationship is "evident" from the marriage. Wikipedia editors don't get to decide what is evident and what isn't. To draw such a conclusion is WP:Original Research. Next the text of the marriage record is given, which appears to be a violation of both WP:PRIMARY and WP:NOR. Next comes more prohibited Original Research, making arguments about how many William Whites existed - information that is likewise out of place. Wikipedia is is not a place to report your personal genealogical research findings. All material should be referenced to secondary sources, not only for reasons of verifiability and avoidance of original research, but also to make sure undue weight is not being given trivial details. Agricolae (talk) 09:41, 23 November 2017 (UTC)


 * I will reference the sources of the materials and place the article back here. I am directly related to the Wife of William White whom married a Anna Fuller. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pipera (talk • contribs) 09:46, 23 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Now that concerns have been raised, it might be better to indicate your proposed changes here first. There are additional issues, as I mentioned on your Talk page, such as placement and exactly how much detail is appropriate (quoting his Dutch marriage record seems excessive and entirely unhelpful), in addition to sourcing.  Likewise, you are making an argument that runs counter to other material already in the article (which currently says Whites wife was not Anne Fuller) .  You may be right, but the way to address such a dispute is not to charge ahead and change the page to match your preferred solution, but rather to generate consensus for the change here on the Talk page first.  As to your familial relationship, I get the impression that you think this means your opinions carry more weight, but it is just the opposite.  It makes me question whether you aren't too personally invested in this to edit dispassionately, and it makes me question your motivations.  Agricolae (talk) 10:02, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

I aim to tell the truth, there has been a massive time consuming study conducted into the separation of the two William Whites here is the breakdown:

William White (b) Cambridgeshire England (d) Plymouth Massachusetts (1621) married a Susanna Jackson (Separatists) from Nottinghamshire, originally from Yorkshire. William White is related to Edward Winslow. He and Susanna joined the Mayflower from landing in England, where he was residing at the time.

William White (b) England (d) Leiden Netherlands married Anna Fuller, sister of Samuel Fuller and Edward Fuller (Mayflower) He was the witness of the marriage of William to Anna Fuller. It was established that he is also the brother in law of Samuel Fuller because he was one of the best men at his marriage to Alice his 2nd of three wives. It has been established that this William White stayed in the Netherlands, as he was witness to various marriages in Leiden Netherlands, he also had a birth of a daughter and son in Leiden Netherlands, It has been established that he was living in Leiden up until 1631. This does not make him the one that went to America on the Mayflower.

Yes I may be personally involved as I am a direct cousin of Anna White (Fuller) and Samuel Fuller and Edward Fuller from Redenhall Norfolk.

However this is historically correct. Backed up by marriage registers for Leiden Netherlands.

Thank you for reading this. Pipera (talk) 19:39, 23 November 2017 (UTC)


 * As I said on your Talk page, Wikipedia is not about what is historically correct. The rules of Wikipedia explicitly prohibit editors from carrying out their own research and drawing their own conclusions.  If you think you have something to offer, write it up in an article and get it published, then it is eligible for inclusion here.  Alternatively, send Bob Anderson a polite email that makes your case and convince him that he has it wrong, then he will publish the correct information when he next issues a revised edition, at which time his work can be cited for the information. From the perspective of Wikipedia, if it hasn't been published in a reliable secondary source, it doesn't exist. Agricolae (talk) 23:25, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Reference 14 link no longer exists
Hello, just wanted to make a note that link to reference 14 is a dead link, don't have time to change it right now.

Paulvoltairewiki (talk) 18:49, 23 June 2020 (UTC)