John Alden

Abt 1599 - 1687  (~ 88 years)

• Name	John Alden  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Alternate birth	Abt 1598  [6]
  Birth	Abt 1599  [7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Sep 1687	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [6, 7, 8]
  Person ID	I9718	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2024

  
  

  Family	Priscilla Mullins,   b. Abt 1602   d. Aft 1651 (Age ~ 50 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1623	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [4, 6, 7, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Alden,   b. Abt 1624, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 31 May 1717, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island (Age ~ 93 years) + 2. Joseph Alden,   b. Aft 22 May 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 8 Feb 1697, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age < 69 years) + 3. Sarah Alden,   b. Abt 1634   d. Bef 13 Jun 1688 (Age ~ 54 years) + 4. Ruth Alden,   b. Between 1634 and 1635   d. 12 Oct 1674, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age ~ 40 years) + 5. Rebecca Alden,   b. Abt 1640   d. Bef 13 Jun 1688 (Age ~ 48 years) + 6. David Alden,   b. Abt 1642   d. Between 5 Jun 1718 and 1 Apr 1719 (Age ~ 76 years)
  Family ID	F933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Emigrated on the Mayflower, 1620. Removed to Duxbury 1632. He was a cooper, and a signer of the Mayflower Compact. A protagonist of Longfellow's "The Courtship of Miles Standish", which may or may not be grounded in actual events. He was hired at the port of Southampton, but despite the strenuous efforts of many researchers over many years, absolutely nothing has been proved about his English origins. Deputy Governor of Plymouth, 7 Mar 1665 and 30 Oct 1667. Treasurer 3 Jun 1656, 3 Jun 1657, 1 Jun 1658. Council of War 27 Sep 1642, 10 Oct 1643, 2 Jun 1646, 6 Apr 1653, 12 May 1653, 1 Jun 1658, 2 Apr 1667. Committee to revise laws 4 Jun 1645, 3 Jun 1657. Committee on Kennebec trade 3 Mar 1645, 7 Jun 1648, 8 Jun 1649, 5 Mar 1656. He was literate. "Although there is no direct evidence for his literary and educational attainments, his extensive public service, including especially his appointments as colony treasurer and to committees on revising the laws, certainly indicates that he must have been well-educated." [Robert Charles Anderson, The Pilgrim Migration, citation details below.] John Alden (1599-1687) = Priscilla Mullins (d. aft. 1651) Ruth Alden (~1640-1674) = John Bass (1630-1716) Hannah Bass (1667-1705) = Joseph Adams, Jr. (1654-1737) John Adams (1691-1761) = Susanna Boylston (1709-1797) John Adams (1735-1826) = Abigail Smith (1744-1818), 2nd President of the United States John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), 6th President of the United States John Alden (1599-1687) = Priscilla Mullins (d. aft. 1651) Rebecca Alden = Thomas Delano Jonathan Delano (~1675-1765) = Hannah Doty (1675-1764) Jonathan Delano (1701-~1745) = Elizabeth Winslow (1707-~1745) Elizabeth Delano (b. 1725) = John Penney (1721-~1756) Jonathan Penney (~1754-~1812) = Priscilla Grover (1757-~1820) Priscilla Pinney (~1778-1811) = Luther Franklin (1780-1861) Abigail Franklin (1811-1892) = Hiram D. Moor (1812-1888) Victoria Josephine Moor (1846-1885) = John Calvin Coolidge (1845-1926) (John) Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), 30th President of the United States

  
  

• Sources

  [S1642] George Ernest Bowman, "David Little: His Family and His Will." Mayflower Descendant 34:149, 1937. [S479] Little Compton Families, from records compiled by Benjamin Franklin Wilbour. Little Compton, Rhode Island: Little Compton Historical Society, 1967. Fifth edition, Baltimore: Clearfield, 1997. [S633] Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume 24, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, Part 1, Generations 1 through 4 by Barbara Lambert Merrick. Edited by Scott Andrew Bartley. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014. [S3582] Caleb H. Johnson, "Further Traces of the Mullins Family of Dorking, Co. Surrey, England." The Mayflower Descendant 61:17, Spring 2012. [S5287] The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower by Gary Boyd Roberts. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020. [S637] Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden by Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999. [S1647] The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New York Historic Genealogical Society, 2004. [S4249] The Mayflower Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth, 1620 by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020.