John Alden

1598 - 1687  (89 years)

• 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
  		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 County, Massachusetts
  Burial	Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  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.
  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 County, Massachusetts (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1621
  Children	+ 1. Elisabeth Alden,   b. 1624, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts d. 31 May 1717, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA (Age 93 years)   2. John Alden, Jr.,   b. Abt 1626, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts d. 14 Mar 1702, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 76 years) + 3. Ruth Alden,   b. 28 Nov 1637, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts d. 12 Oct 1674, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 36 years) + 4. Rebecca Alden,   b. 1643, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts + 5. David Alden,   b. 1646, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts d. 1 Apr 1719, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F719	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2024

  
  

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  Immigrant - Ship: Mayflower Arrived: 09 Nov 1620 Plymouth, Massachusetts - 06 Sep 1620 - Plymouth, Devon Co., England Death - 12 Sep 1687 - Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Burial - - Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth