John ALDEN

Abt 1598 - 1687  (~ 89 years)

• Name	John ALDEN
  Born	Abt 1598	England
  Gender	Male
  Migration	11 Nov 1620	“Mayflower”
  Occupation	Cooper
  Immigrant?	Y
  Mayflower Flag	Y
  Died	22 Sep 1687	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Buried	Miles Standish Burial Grounds, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I5202	Main
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family	Priscilla MULLINS,   b. Abt 1603, Dorking, Surrey, England ,   d. Bef 1687  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	1621	Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Ruth ALDEN,   b. Abt 1637, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 12 Oct 1674, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 37 years) + 2. Elizabeth ALDEN,   b. Abt 1624, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 31 May 1717, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island  (Age ~ 93 years)   3. Capt John ALDEN,   b. 1626, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts ,   d. 14 Mar 1702, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts  (Age 76 years) + 4. Joseph ALDEN,   b. Aft 22 May 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 Feb 1697, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age < 69 years)   5. Priscilla ALDEN,   b. Abt 1630, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 13 Jun 1688, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 58 years)   6. Capt Jonathan ALDEN,   b. Abt 1632, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts ,   d. 14 Feb 1697, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 65 years) + 7. Sarah ALDEN,   b. Bef 1640, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef 13 Jun 1688  (Age < 48 years)   8. Rebecca ALDEN,   b. Abt 1643, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 13 Jun 1688, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 45 years)   9. David ALDEN,   b. 1646, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef 1 Apr 1719, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age < 73 years)   10. Mary ALDEN,   b. Abt 1648, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 13 Jun 1688, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F1875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1598 - England Married - 1621 - Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Died - 22 Sep 1687 - Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Buried - - Miles Standish Burial Grounds, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Histories

  The Good Ship Mayflower 1620 Passenger list

  
  

• Notes

  JOHN ALDEN came from England in the Mayflower in 1620, but did not belong to the Leyden group. As Governor Bradford wrote, he "was hired as a cooper at South-Hampton, wher the ship victuled; and being a hopfull yong man, was much desired , but left to his owne liking to go or stay when he came he re; but he stayed and maryed here." John was the youngest to sign the Mayflower Compact. His wife was Priscilla Mullens, daughter of William and Alice Mullens, and they married about 1622. Mr. Bradford wrote of them in1650: "both living, and hath 11 children. And their eldest daughter is maried, and hath 5 children." John died at his home in Duxbury September 22, 1687 "in a good old age," the last male survivor of those who came in the Mayflower and signed the compact in her cabin in 1620. He left no will and his third son, Jonathan, as administrator, made a final settlement with the family June 13, 1688, which was signed by the heirs but does not account for eleven children. Priscilla died before her husband. —— Of the one hundred and two passengers aboard the Mayflower, half died the first winter, and the remainder represent twenty-three families "known to have left descendants." Thus everyone who claims John Alden as ancestor has in fact four Mayflower ancestors, John, his wife Priscilla, and her parents, William and Alice Mullins. The late Governor General Lewis E. Neff, through research in England and Holland had obtained names of children of Mrs. John Carver, of a daughter of John Turner, of some children of Bartholomew Allerton, of eight grandchildren of John Crackstone, and of nine children and some grandchildren of Moses Fletcher. None of these genealogical finds has yet resulted in locating present day descendants of these additional passengers and the official list continues to number twenty-three families. A number of members have proved descent from half or more of the passengers, but no one has yet proved descent from all twenty-three families. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 124:140.