<P> Martín de Argüelles , Jr. , born in the Spanish colony of St. Augustine , Florida , was the first white child known to be born in what is now the continental United States . Born in 1566 , his father was a hidalgo and one of the expeditioners who went to New Spain with Captain General Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in 1565 . St. Augustine , Florida , is also the oldest continuously occupied European - founded city anywhere in the United States excluding Puerto Rico . </P>
<P> Martín de Argüelles , Jr. , born in the Spanish colony of St. Augustine , Florida , was the first white child known to be born in what is now the continental United States . Born in 1566 , his father was a hidalgo and one of the expeditioners who went to New Spain with Captain General Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in 1565 . St. Augustine , Florida , is also the oldest continuously occupied European - founded city anywhere in the United States excluding Puerto Rico . </P>
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Martín de Argüelles , Jr.
Martín de Argüelles , Jr.