John Alden 1599–1687 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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John Alden, 1599–1687 (aged 88 years)

Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882).

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John Alden

Name: John /Alden/
Surname: Alden
Given names: John

Sex Male

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Family with Priscilla Mullens
himself	Links Birth: 1599 — Southampton, Hampshire, England Marriage: 1623 Death: 1687 — Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Priscilla Mullens David Alden John Alden 1599–1687 Birth: 1599 — Southampton, Hampshire, England Death: 1687 — Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
wife	Links Birth: 1602 Marriage: 1623 Death: 1685 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Alden David Alden Priscilla Mullens 1602–1685 Birth: 1602 Death: 1685
Marriage	Marriage — 1623 —
son	Links Death: Unique identifier: 7BD468DC3EB78E44B92AB666039304D3C67D Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mercy (or Mary) Southworth Benjamin Alden David Alden …–… Death:

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Birth	1599 Southampton, Hampshire, England
Marriage	Priscilla Mullens — View this family 1623 (aged 24 years)
Death of a wife	Priscilla Mullens 1685
Death	1687 (aged 88 years) Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Last change	13 January 2023 – 12:10:38 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	He was one of the Pilgrims. He went to America on the Mayflower in 1620 and was a signer of the Mayflower Compact. He was one of the founders of Plymouth, the first permanent English settlement in New England. In 1627 or shortly afterWard,together with the Plymouth colonist Myles Standish, he founded Duxbury, where he lived until his Death. Alden was active in the affairs of Plymouth Colony, serving alternately as assistant to the governor and as deputy from Duxbury. He livedLonger than any of the other signers of the Mayflower Compact. Alden's fame rests chiefly on the romantic tale written by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Courtship of Myles Standish" (1858). In the poem, Alden, deeply in Love with Priscilla Mullens, proposes to her on behalf of his shyfriend Standish, whereupon she inquires, "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?".

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He was one of the Pilgrims. He went to America on the Mayflower in 1620 and was a signer of the Mayflower Compact. He was one of the founders of Plymouth, the first permanent English settlement in New England. In 1627 or shortly afterWard,together with the Plymouth colonist Myles Standish, he founded Duxbury, where he lived until his Death. Alden was active in the affairs of Plymouth Colony, serving alternately as assistant to the governor and as deputy from Duxbury. He livedLonger than any of the other signers of the Mayflower Compact.

Alden's fame rests chiefly on the romantic tale written by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Courtship of Myles Standish" (1858). In the poem, Alden, deeply in Love with Priscilla Mullens, proposes to her on behalf of his shyfriend Standish, whereupon she inquires, "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?".

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Media object	Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882). Note: The Mayflower was the ship that transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, (which would become the capital of Plymouth Colony), in1620. There were 102 passengers and a crew of 25–30.