| Name |
John Alden |
| Birth |
1598 |
Harwich, Tendring District, Essex, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Immigrant |
06 Sep 1620 |
Plymouth, Devon Co., England |
Ship: Mayflower
Arrived: 09 Nov 1620
Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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Society of Mayflower Descendants Application - Alden
Approved Application to the Society of Mayflower Descendants (John Alden to Andrew Burdett) |
| Death |
12 Sep 1687 |
Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA |
| Burial |
Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA |
| Notes |
- American Colonial Figure. One of the charter members of the Plymouth Colony in America, he arrived on the first voyage of the "Mayflower". At the time of the sailing of the vessel in 1620 for America, he was about twenty-one years old. William Bradford, second governor of the colony, wrote that John Alden was "hired for a cooper, at South Hampton (England), where the ship victualed (brought on food for the voyage); and being a hopeful young man, was much desired, but left to his own liking to go or stay when he came here; but he stayed and married here." His trade of cooper (barrel maker) was one of the vital trades needed by the colonists. John married fellow Mayflower pilgrim Priscilla Mullins, May 12,1622. He became one of the Purchasers and Undertakers for the colony, serving also as Assistant in the Colony government, Deputy Governor, Colony Treasurer, and a member of the committee in charge of revising laws. He was one of the founders of Duxbury, Massachusetts, and owned several pieces of property. Although he died without a will, an inventory of his property at the time of his death was taken in November 1687. A legend of a rivalry between himself and pilgrim Miles Standish for Priscilla Mullins arose, and was first published in the book, "Collection of American Epitaphs and Inscriptions" in 1814, by Timothy Alden. The story was popularized by the poem, "The Courtship of Miles Standish" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1858, however, there is no documentation of such a rivalry to have existed in any of the records of the Plymouth Colony.
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| Person ID |
I4798 |
OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor |
| Last Modified |
3 Oct 2020 |
| Family |
Priscilla Mullins, b. 1602, Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England d. 1685, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 83 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1621 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Elisabeth Alden, b. 1624, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 31 May 1717, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA (Age 93 years) |
| | 2. John Alden, Jr., b. Abt 1626, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Mar 1702, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 76 years) |
| + | 3. Ruth Alden, b. 1640 d. 12 Oct 1674 (Age 34 years) |
| + | 4. Rebecca Alden, b. 1643, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA |
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| Family ID |
F719 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
18 Mar 2023 |
1598 - 1687 (89 years)
