General Notes

!Source for John Alden line: Ebenezer Alden, MEMORIAL OF THE
DESCENDANTS OF THE HON. JOHN ALDEN, Randolph MA: 1867
!Update 1998 www.alden.org/genealogy/Threegen.htm and
www.mindspring.com/~ffeldman/siner_index/wga1.html#138
! Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 16, Part One:
John Alden; Author: Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, compiler, and
Alicia Crane Williams, ed. Publication: [Plymouth MA:] The General
Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999
!John was a cooper from Southhampton England.   He was the oldest
survivor of those who signed the May Flower Compact on 11/11/1620.
(William Mullins also signed the compact but he and his wife died in 2/
1621 near Provincetown MA.)
!John Alden was an assistant for the Plymouth colony for many years,
and was deputy governor for two years.  His marriage to Priscilla Mullins
was the subject of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, "The
Courtship of Myles Standish", which although a classic has little factual
basis.  John and Priscilla were among the founders of the town
of Duxbury.  He was thought to have 11 children but only 8 were named as
heirs at the time of his death.
!In his later years, John Alden was on many juries, including even a
witch trial--though in Plymouth's case, the jury found the accuser guilty
of libel and the alleged witch was allowed to go free.  Plymouth Colony
only had two witch trials during its history, and in both cases the
accuser was found guilty and punished.
!John and Priscilla Alden probably have the largest number of
descendants of any Mayflower passenger.   Descendents include:
President John Adams and John Quincy Adams, poet Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, and vice President Dan Quayle.
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ll data has been proven. Please review it with care. All individuals are b
elieved to be linked through marriage and descendancy, however connectio
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Corrections and additions are most welcome.
Additional information on sources, locations, occupational notes and liv
ing descendants may be available from the submitters:
Karl & Barbara Edler
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PO Box 148, Accokeek MD 20607