John ALDEN b. Abt 1599 , , , England d. 12 Sep 1687 Duxbury, , Plymouth,: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

Abt 1599 - 1687 (~ 88 years)

Name	John ALDEN [1]
	John Alden: 1904 Portrait by A.S. Burbank, Plymouth, MA A.S. Burbank (1856-1946) Plymouth, MA author and businessman, was the son of Stevens & Cornelia (Doten) Burbank. Known for his historic Pilgrim Plymouth souvenirs of paper and blue Staffordshire objects commemorating the arrival of the Pilgrims in America. He was in the bookstore business in Plymouth from 1872 to 1932.
Birth	Abt 1599	, , , England [1]
Gender	Male
_UID	3479560638C444C599A635CD8671CE6377F5
Occupation	1620	Southampton, , Hampshire, England [1]
According to Bradford, "John Alden was hired a cooper at Southampton where the ship victualled, and being a hopeful young man was much desired but left to his own liking to go or stay when he came here; but he stayed and married here" [Bradford 443].
Immigration	11 Nov 1620	Plymouth, , Plymouth, [2, 3]
Mayflower Passenger from Plymouth, England 6 Sep 1620
Public Record	11 Nov 1620	, , , At Sea [4]
Signed the Mayflower Compact
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT In the name of God Amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, etc. Having undertaken for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first Colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly, and mutually, in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the end aforesaid, and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices from time to time, as shall be thought most right1 and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, Year of our Lord, 1620. I have modernized archaic words and spelling for clarity. Notes from Caleb Johnson, Mayflower History.com: The "Mayflower Compact" was signed on 11 November 1620 onboard the Mayflower shortly after she came to anchor off Provincetown Harbor. The Pilgrims had obtained permission from English authorities to settle in Virginia, whose northern border at the time extended up to what is now New York. The Pilgrims had originally intended to settle near the mouth of the Hudson River, but due to dangerous shoals and a near shipwreck on their attempt to head south, they decided instead to plant themselves outside the bounds of the Virginia Company patent--which caused some "mutinous speeches" amongst some of the passengers. The Mayflower Compact was an attempt to establish a temporary, legally-binding form of self-government until such time as the Company could get formal permission from the Council of New England. This formal permission came in the form of the Pierce Patent of 1621. The original Mayflower Compact has been lost, perhaps falling victim to Revolutionary War looting. The text was first published in London in 1622 in A Relation or Journal of the Beginning and Proceeding of the English Plantation Settled at Plymouth in New England. A copy of it is found in William Bradford's handwritten history, Of Plymouth Plantation, made about 1630. And Nathaniel Morton, secretary for Plymouth Colony, published it, along with the earliest known list of the signers, in his history, New England's Memorial, published in 1669. A list of signers is also found in Thomas Prince's 1736 book, Chronological History of New England; and Thomas Hutchinson published a list of signers in 1767 as well. It is uncertain if they had access to the original, or were basing their list of signers off Nathaniel Morton's. SIGNERS [In order of signing; our ancestors are highlighted in bold.] : John Carver Edward Tilley Degory Priest William Bradford John Tilley Thomas Williams Edward Winslow Francis Cooke Gilbert Winslow William Brewster Thomas Rogers Edmund Margesson Isaac Allerton Thomas Tinker Peter Browne Myles Standish John Rigsdale Richard Britteridge John Alden Edward Fuller George Soule Samuel Fuller John Turner Richard Clarke Christopher Martin Francis Eaton Richard Gardiner William Mullins James Chilton John Allerton William White John Crackstone Thomas English Richard Warren John Billington Edward Doty John Howland Moses Fletcher Edward Leister Stephen Hopkins John Goodman
Military	1643	Duxbury, , Plymouth, [1]
In list of [Plymouth Colony] men able to bear arms: "August 1643. The names of all the males that are able to beare armes from XVI yeares old to 60 yeares wthin the seuerall Touneshipps. Duxborrow ... Mr John Alden Sen..."
Death	12 Sep 1687	Duxbury, , Plymouth, [1]
Burial	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States [5]
	John Alden Memorial, Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Mass. Inscription: Near here lyes ye body of Mr. John Alden who died in Duxbury Sept. ye 12, 1687 aged near 88 yrs. Erected by the Alden Kindred of America 1930
	John Alden Gravestone, Duxbury, MA Added to FindAGrave Memorial #15 by williamknight57 on 9 Mar 2008 Inscription NEAR HERE LYES YE BODY OF MR. JOHN ALDEN WHO DIED IN DUXBURY SEPT. YE 12, 1687 AGED NEAR 88 YRS. ERECTED BY THE ALDEN KINDRED OF AMERICA 1930
Person ID	I3431	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	21 Oct 2023

Family Priscilla MULLINS, b. 1602, , , , England d. Between 1651 and 1687, Duxbury, , Plymouth, (Age 49 years)

Marriage 12 May 1622 Plymouth, , Plymouth, [1, 6]

Children

+	1. Elizabeth ALDEN, b. Abt 1624, Plymouth, , Plymouth, d. 31 May 1717, Little Compton, Bristol, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 93 years)
	2. Capt. John ALDEN, b. Abt 1626, Plymouth, , Plymouth, d. 14 Mar 1701/02, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 76 years)
+	3. Joseph ALDEN, b. Abt 1627, Plymouth, , Plymouth, d. 8 Feb 1696/97, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 70 years)
	4. Priscilla ALDEN, b. Abt 1630, Plymouth, , Plymouth, d. Aft 1688 (Age ~ 59 years)
	5. Jonathan ALDEN, b. Abt 1632, , , Massachusetts, d. 14 Feb 1696/97, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 65 years)
	6. Sarah ALDEN, b. Abt 1634, Duxbury, , Plymouth, d. Bef 1688 (Age ~ 53 years)
	7. Ruth ALDEN, b. Abt 1636, Duxbury, , Plymouth, d. 12 Oct 1674, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 38 years)
	8. Mary ALDEN, b. Abt 1638, Duxbury, , Plymouth, d. Aft 1688 (Age ~ 51 years)
	9. Rebecca ALDEN, b. Abt 1640, Duxbury, , Plymouth, d. Between 12 Jun 1696 and 5 Oct 1722 (Age ~ 56 years)
	10. David ALDEN, b. Abt 1642, Duxbury, , Plymouth, d. Between 2 Jul 1718 and 1 Apr 1719 (Age ~ 76 years)

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Last Modified 13 Sep 2021

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	Mayflower Passenger Came over on the Mayflower.
	John Alden 1904 Portrait by A.S. Burbank, Plymouth, MA Added to Findagrave Memorial #15 by Joel Farringer on 14 Jan 2008 A.S. Burbank (1856-1946) Plymouth, MA author and businessman, was the son of Stevens & Cornelia (Doten) Burbank. Known for his historic Pilgrim Plymouth souvenirs of paper and blue Staffordshire objects commemorating the arrival of the Pilgrims in America. He was in the bookstore business in Plymouth from 1872 to 1932. His date of birth was 1852 or 1856.

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1599 - , , , England
	Occupation - 1620 - Southampton, , Hampshire, England
	Immigration - Mayflower Passenger from Plymouth, England 6 Sep 1620 - 11 Nov 1620 - Plymouth, , Plymouth,
	Public Record - Signed the Mayflower Compact - 11 Nov 1620 - , , , At Sea
	Marriage - 12 May 1622 - Plymouth, , Plymouth,
	Military - 1643 - Duxbury, , Plymouth,
	Death - 12 Sep 1687 - Duxbury, , Plymouth,
	Burial - - Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I3431&tree=tree1: accessed 4 April 2025), "John ALDEN."

Sources

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[S2673] "2020 Mayflower Passengers." Database with images., (American Ancestors. https://mayflower.americanancestors.org/passenger : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2022.), (https://mayflower.americanancestors.org/passenger : accessed 21 Mar 2022); John Alden; The Pilgrim Migration by Robert Charles Anderson, Boston: NEHGS, 2004-.
[S2686] Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC, ISTG., (https://www.immigrantships.net/index.html : 1998-2022), accessed 6 Apr 2022), Mayflower, 1620, Plymouth, England to Plymouth [Mass.]
[S160] Johnson, Caleb, MayflowerHistory.com., (http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/index.php : 1994-2020.), accessed 16 Jul 2021), The Mayflower Compact
[S1075] "Find a Grave Memorials." Database and images., (Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com : 2019.), (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 Feb 2020); John Alden, Sr (1598–12 Sep 1687) Memorial ID 15; citing Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Mass.
[S2523] "Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N. E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2010)), accessed 3 Apr 2021), William Mullins sketch; citing Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2: 1315-1316.