John ALDEN

1599 - 22 Sep 1687

• BIRTH: 1599, Southhampton, Hampshire, England [4258] [4259] [4260]
• DEATH: 22 Sep 1687, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA [4261] [4262]
• EVENT: 1599, Harwich, Co. Essex, England
• EVENT: 12 Sep 1687, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA
• EVENT: Cooper

• MARRIAGE: 12 May 1622, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA [5938] [5939] [5940]

1.  Elizabeth ALDEN
2.  Timothy ALDEN
3.  Joseph ALDEN
4.  John ALDEN
5.  Sarah ALDEN
6.  Jonathan ALDEN
7. +Ruth ALDEN
8.  Mary ALDEN
9.  Priscilla ALDEN
10.  Rebecca ALDEN
11.  David ALDEN
12.  Lydia ALDEN

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[4263] The Alden Kindred of America
http://www.alden.org/

According to Bradford, "John Alden was hired a cooper at Southampton where the ship victualized, 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" [Bradford 443]. Held a number of public offices in Plymouth and Duxbury. "Assistant" 1631-40. Deputy for Duxbury to Plymouth General Court 1641,42,44, 46-49. Asistant again from 1650-1686. Acted as Deputy Governor on two occasions. Treasurer 1656-58. Others. One of the original group to establish Duxbury in 1632.

John Alden came over on the Mayflower and first settled in Plymouth, called Patuxet by the Indians, when the Pilgrims arrived there in 1620. Here he married Precilla Mullens in 1622.

John Alden was from Harwich, Essex, England, and th 7th signer of the Mayflower Compact. A member of the Church of England, he converted to the Pilgrim faith after arriving in the New World. He became one of the colony leaders. He served as an assistant governor most of the time from about 1631 until he died. He also served as treasurer from 1656 until 1658. In 1634 he was held on a charge of murder because he had favored defending a Plymouth outpost against attack, which resulted in the death of two men. He was aquitted of the charges. A stern, unyeilding man, he led the persecution of Quakers and Baptists. About 1632 he moved his family to Duxbury, Massachusetts. His homesite has been preserved.

His offspring include Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, and John Adams, and John Quincy Adams.

[4264] [S275] Joseph Alden GEDCOM File : ~AT7355.ged

[4265] [S277] GEDCOM File : d123.ged

[4266] [S273] David Copeland GEDCOM File : ~AT1272.ged

[4258] [S276] Mayflower Increasings, 2nd. ed.

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[4259] [S274] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633

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[4260] [S272] Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 16, Part One: John Alden

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[4261] [S276] Mayflower Increasings, 2nd. ed.

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[4262] [S274] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633

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[5938] [S277] GEDCOM File : d123.ged

[5939] [S279] The Story of a Pilgrim Family from the Mayflower to Present Time

[5940] [S275] Joseph Alden GEDCOM File : ~AT7355.ged