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Hon. John Alden OF THE -DESCENDANTS OF THE HON. JOHN ALDEN. BY EBENEZER ALDEN, M. D., KEllBZB OJ' THB .Ui:EBiCAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, NBW ENGLAND msro:aiti &ENEALOOICAL soctETY, ,.-c. RANDOLPH, MASS. PRINTED BY SAMUEL P. BROWN, l'OB THE J'AXILY. 1867. INTRODUCTIOX. Genealogy 'is family history ; to some a chaos of isolated facts ; verg dry; to others, facts revealing prin­ ciples, laws, methods of the divine government. Genealogy has its lessons for such as will study them; uses for such as can appreciate and interpret them. The family precedes the state. Lov~ of kindred under­ lies true patriotism. · HoN. JoHN ALDEN was one of the principal persons~ and the last male survivor of the band of Pilgrims, who came to Plymouth in the May Flower in 1620. With few exceptions, and these mostly of recent date, all persons in this country bearing the name of ALDEN are his descendents. Of each of these who is at the head of a family, it is the plan of this work to give, as far as the facts are at hand, the name, residence, occupation of males over twenty-one years of age, date of birth, and, if deceased, of death, parentage and social position. Descendents of the common ancestor bearing other names are noticed in connection with the families from which they originated. :Families are usually numbered consecutively. In a few instances, individuals are so numbered. Numbers following the name of a head of a family, refer back to his or her parents. Numbers following the name of a child refer forward to his or her own family. Some abbreviations are used, which will be readily understood by the reader ; such as, b. for born ; d. for died: s. son; dau. daughter &c. INTRODUCTION. Errors in a first edition of a work like this are una­ voidable. Persons discovering mistakes, or omissions, particularly, in relation to their own families, will confer a favor, by correcting the one and supplying the other; and by making a memorandum of the same, and enclos­ ing it by mail to th<t author of this Memorial at Ran­ dolph, Mass., by whom it will be carefully preserved, so that the next edition, when called for, may be more worthy of patronage than the present. Should sufficient materials be collected, they will be issued in the form of a supplement. Correspondents and all others who have kindly co;ri­ tributed facts to this work, or have intimated their wish to obtain copies of it when printed, will please accept the thanks of the author ; also custodians of public records, through whose courtesy he has had free access to their archives. Two hundred and forty-six years have passed since the Pilgrims, driven from their homes in the old world, found a refuge in the new. They came not for con­ quest, nor for fame ; but to secure for themselves and for their posterity civil and religious freedom. In the hour of peril they trusted in God, and He sustained them. "A little one has 'become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation." They "still live," in their principles; may I not add, in their posterity 1 What we have received at so great cost, let us transmit to others as a sacred trust. It will be a power in the fu­ ture, as it has been in the past. Doing this, we shall not have lived in vain. E. A. Randolph, Mass., Dec. 22, 1866. J\IEJ\fORIAL. l. I. Ho~. JOHN ALDEN, ancestor of most persons bearing the name of Alden in this country, was one-of·the Plymouth Pil­ grims, and the la.st male-surviv:or of those who came in the May _ Flower, and signed·the compact in her-cabin in 1620; He was not of the Leyden Ghurch, but, as Bradford· in his '• History of Plimouth Plantation " informs us, "was hired for & eooper. at Southampton, where the ship. victuled; and. being a hopful yong man was much-desired, but left to his own liking to go or.stay when he came.here; but he stayed and marycd here.'.' He was distinguished for practical wisdom, integrity and de:­ cision, and early acquired and retained dYring his long life a commanding influence over his associates. He was much em­ ployed in public business ; was an assistant to the Gove:rnor· for. many years: and in every position he occupied fulfilled his. duti~ promptly and.to. the satisfaetion of his employers. His ancestors in England have not been traced, so far as is kl1.own to the writer. He was i>o:rn in 1599, and· died at Duxbury 12th September 1687, "in &r-good old age, an old man, and full of years; anci was gathered to his people,-a.nd his sons buried him."~ Hem. probably in 1621, Priscilla, dau. of Mr. William Mo­ Unes, or Mullens, who with his wife came also in th~ May Flower,. and both_ died in the Ftbruai;y succeeding tooir-landing.- Tradition represents Priscilla to have been very beautiful ia her youth; and John also was a comely person; and consider:­ hig his .o.ther accomplishments, it is not surprising, that when he was sent. by Captain Standish, after the death of his wife, w . 1 2 ALDEN MEMORIAL. solicit her hand in marriage, she preferred the messenger to the message. " .As he warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent language, Quite forgetful of self, and full of the praise of bis rival, .Archly the 111aiden s!Tiiled, and, with eyes ove=ning "ith laughter Said, in a tremulous voice, • 'Why don't you speak for yourself, John?'" Their residence after a few years was in Duxbury, on the north side of the village, on a farm. which is still in possession of their descendants of the seventh generationt having never been alienated. He made no will, having distribated the greater part of his estate among his children during his life time. Jonathan, his third son with whom he resided on the old homestead, adminis_ tered on his estate, and mide a final settlement with the heirs June 131 1688. The settlement is as follows: " We whose names are Sllbscribed, per~onally interest~d in the estate of John Alden senior of Duxbury. Esquire, lately deceas­ ed, do hereby aknowledge ourselves to have received, each of us our full pcr­ eonal proportion thereof from Jonathan Alden, Administrator thereof, do by these presents for ourselves, our heirs and executors acquit, discharge fully the laid Jonathin .Alden, his heirs forever of and from all rights, dues, demands whatsover, relating to the aforesaid eseate. In witness wherefwe have hereunto subscribed and sealed this 13 day of .June- .Anno Domini 1688 • .JOHN Ax.D:nr, (Seal.) r~ c '.,· , .JOSEPH: .Al.DU, (&al.) DAVID ALDu, (Seal.) '"'- r •. ~ . .;. ? )•' P•ISCILU. ALDEN, (Seal.) , ••. /"'"' ' ' WILLIA?,[ PAYBODY, (Seal.) ·, ·. ' ,, · • • r": C • ALEXANDER ST.A.NDISH, (Seal.) in the right of SilJ.11, my wife, deceased • .ToHN l3J.Sa, (Seal.) in the right ofmy wife RUTH, deceased. M.i.RY ALDEN, (Seal.) . • , , , ;. , ''·". Taous l)ILLANO, (Seal.);,,·~·· 1· • '; · r ; , ,· C, •,- '- ,: t I l'), As only eight children are named in this instruttent, it was supposed until recently that he had no more. Bradford, how­ ever, states in his history1 that at the time of his writing, John Alden and his wife, Priscilla were both living, and had eleven children; and that their eldest daughter was living, and had :five children. In the document copied t.bove1 her name is writ.. ten Priscilla. (:( h c , 1 0 ., • ! \ . \ . · " CHILDREN. ·1. ,lohn b. abt. 16~ (2) 76. Ruth f;r.:cs.r.) (7) . S • .Joseph b. 1624 (3) 7. Mary '-- · . (B)· -3. Elizabeth b. 162A: 3,. '. .. , ·, ., , (4) 8. Davi.<L (9) t. 1OJJathan ' ; ( 6) 9. l O. a.1. flllnte/ 1111.bioton. Ii. Sarah . (6) J; . 1\ ti; I' 1 Sc · . , '! r- r , lfr'.1_ "t(;f_,'. r' 'l: SECOND GENERATION. 3 SECOND GENERATION. 2. ll. CAPT. JoHN .ALDEN of Boston, eldest son of John (1.) was b. in Plymouth in 1622; was admitted freeman in 1648; was a mariner, and about 1659 removed from Duxbury to Boston. Ile was an original member of the Old South Church in Boston at its organization May 12th and 16th, 1669. His residence was in Alden Lane, now Alden Street. He was a man of sound judgment, active business habits and unexcep­ tionable moral character, and acquired considerable property. During the witchcraft delusion in 1692, he was accused and taken to Salem for examination, where he acquitted himself ad­ mirably, yet was imprisoned in Boston for several weeks, when he escaped and went. to Duxbury, but soon returned and gave himself up, and was under bonds until the delusion had passed away, and he with all others similarly accused was legally dis­ charged. He d. 14 March, 1702, a. 80. His will was dated 17th of Feb. 1701-2. • . His estate was divided into five parts. 1. To John Alden, his eldest son. 2. William Alden. 3. Zachariah Alden. 4. dau. Elizabeth Walley. 5. Unto the children of my son Nathaniel Alden deceased, equally ;-lives with his dau. Walley, to whom he gives his house after his decease. His 'sons John and William are named executors. For eleven years after he was admitted freeman in 1648, we have no account of his residence or pursuits. Probably he was then as afterwards a mariner. - Dec.17, 1659 a dau. Mary was born to him by his wife Eliz­ abeth --- "April 1, 1660 John Aldine was married to Elizabeth Everell widow, the Relict of Abiell Everell deceased by Jno.
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