Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 1HKM-FN
"Families of the Pilgrims", page 18, lists his death date as 12 Sep 1687
rather than 22 Sep. This difference is probably the difference betwenthe
Calendars.
John Alden was one of the Pilgrims who left Plymouth, England,on the
Mayflower, and sailed to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. Also on the
Mayflower was Priscilla Mullins, and her father, William Mullins. The
wedding between John Alden and Priscilla Mullins has been immortalized in
"The
Courtship of Miles Standish", by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, their
3rd-great-grandson.
John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, Pilgrims of the Mayflower, are the 8th
great-grandparents of Raymond Downing, David L. Downing, Sr., Rudolph A.
Downing, Jr., and Jean Downing Wiley.
See "Families of the Pilgrims", pages 19-20 for a biography. John Alden
was the 7th signer of The Mayflower Compact, and the last survivor ofthe
signers.
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This information is from;
Debbie Ferguson
debbiestrees@@earthlink.net
Grants Pass, Oregon