Hon. John Alden1,2

M, #400, b. circa 1598, d. 12 September 1687
Relationship10th great-grandfather of Robert Michael Damon.
ReferenceALDEN0001
     Hon. John Alden was born circa 1598; In a deposition made on 6 July 1682, John said he was aged 83 years or thereabout, yielding birth date between 6 July 1598 to 5 July 1589. At his death, on 12 sept 1597, a broadside was printed stating that he was 89 years of age, yielding a birth date between 12 Sept 1597 and 11 Sept 1598. Combined they give us a range of 6 July 1598 to 11 Sept 1598, or thereabouts.2 He married Pilgrim Priscilla Mullins, daughter of Pilgrim William Mullins and Pilgrim Alice (?), before 1623 in Plymouth, (now Plymouth County), New Plymouth Colony; Before the 1623 division of land as Priscilla is not mentioned, presumably included in John's share.2 Hon. John Alden died on 12 September 1687 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, New Plymouth Colony; Old Style.2
     He was a Cooper.2 He was titled Pilgrim in 1620. He emmigrated on 6 August 1620 on the Ship 'Mayflower'.3 Hon. John Alden immigrated in November 1620 to in Plymouth, Plymouth County, New Plymouth Colony, on the Ship 'Mayflower'.2 Hon. John Alden signed The Mayflower Compact on 11 November 1620 at Cape Cod.

Census

DatePlace
1627in Plymouth, Plymouth County, New Plymouth ColonyHon. John Alden was enumerated with Pilgrim John Howland on the census of 22 May 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, New Plymouth Colony, as John Alden.4

References

     Hon. John Alden has ID Tree 71, Individual 4 in Winslow Johnson Damon Family Tree.1
Hon. John Alden has ID Tree 104, Individual 2 in Winslow Johnson Damon Family Tree.1 Hon. John Alden is described in The Great Migration Begins.5 Hon. John Alden is described in Plymouth Colony Its History & People 1620-1691.6
Hon. John Alden has ID 242 in Margaret Orr Keen Family Tree.7 Hon. John Alden is mentioned in The Great Migration Begins under Pilgrim William Mullins.5 Hon. John Alden is mentioned in The Great Migration Begins under Captain Myles Standish.5

Family

Pilgrim Priscilla Mullins b. between 1600 and 1605, d. 12 September 1687
Children
ChartsPedigree of Robert Damon (Big)
Pedigree of Robert Damon (Limited)
Pedigree of Robert Damon (paged)
Indented Pedigree of Robert Damon (Big) (#1)
Indented Pedigree of Robert Damon (Big) (#2)
Indented Pedigree of Robert Damon (Limited) (#1)
Indented Pedigree of Robert Damon (Limited) (#2)
Descendant Chart for John Alden
Indented Descendant Chart for John Alden
Last Edited8 May 2002

Citations

  1. [S51] Edward Kennan Damon, Winslow Johnson Damon Family Tree. A tree mostly built from previous works handed down in the family. Repository: Richard Smith Damon Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in.
  2. [S75] General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 16, Part 1, John Alden, Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes(Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999). Hereinafter cited as MFT5G 16 John Alden.
  3. [S130] Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Web Pages, online http://members.aol.com/calebj/, contingents.html. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower Web Pages.
  4. [S143] The Division of Cattle, 1627.
  5. [S142] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I-III, CD-ROM (n.p.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000). Hereinafter cited as The Great Migration Begins.
  6. [S173] Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony, Its History & People (via WFT 1, Tree 4114) (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Publishing, 1986) . Hereinafter cited as Plymouth Colony.
  7. [S17] Margaret Orr Nutter Alexander, Margaret Orr Keen Family Tree Margaret Orr Keen Family Tree, 14 Dec 2000, (Repository: Richard Smith Damon), (Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in).
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