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DESCENDANTS OF "JOHN ALDEN" AND "PRISCILLA MULLINS" OF SHIP "MAYFLOWER"

Generation No. 2

4. Priscilla⁴ Mullins (William³, John², John¹) was born Abt. 1600 in DORKING, SURREY, ENGLAND, and died Abt. 1685 in DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. She married John Alden May 12, 1622 in PLYMOUTH, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, son of George Alden and Jan.

Notes for John Alden:
John Alden, born 1599 in Hardwick, Hampshire, England, originally a barrel cooper, was hired by the Pilgrims at Southhampton England for making repairs aboard the ship Mayflower on its voyage to America in 1620. He was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact and was one of eight men who assumed responsibility for the Pilgrim Fathers colonial debt in 1627. Shortly after the landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts ( some say that John Alden was first off the ship Mayflower to touch the shore at Plymouth rock ) married Priscilla Mullins daughter of Mayflower Pilgrim passenger William Mullins and Alice Atwood.

The supposed involvement of his friend Miles Standish Captain of the ship Mayflower was popularized in 1858 by Authur Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with his poem "The Courtship Of Miles Standish."

John Alden became a successful land owner and farmer in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and held numerous important official positions in the Massachusetts Colony. Magistrate for over 50 years twice governor assistant ( 1633-1641 and 1650-1686 ) and frequently served as acting governor of the Massachusetts Colony.

John Alden out lived all the other signers of the Mayflower Compact, died September 22, 1687 age 87 Duxbury, Massachusetts buried near the grave of Miles Standish.

Children of Priscilla Mullins and John Alden are:

	6	i.	Timothy⁵ Alden, born Abt. 1623 in PLYMOUTH, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS; died 1623 in PLYMOUTH, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
+	7	ii.	Elizabeth Alden, born 1623 in PLYMOUTH, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS; died May 31, 1717 in LITTLE COMPTON, NEWPORT COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND.
+	8	iii.	Joseph Alden, born December 24, 1624 in PLYMOUTH, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS; died February 8, 1696 in BRIDGEWATER, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
+	9	iv.	John Alden, born 1626 in PLYMOUTH, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS; died May 14, 1702 in BOSTON, SUFFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
	10	v.	James Alden, born Abt. 1627 in PLYMOUTH, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS; died Abt. 1697 in MASSACHUSETTS.
+	11	vi.	Sarah Alden, born 1629 in DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS; died August 12, 1674 in MASSACHUSETTS.
+	12	vii.	Jonathan "Captain" Alden, born Abt. 1632 in PLYMOUTH, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS; died February 14, 1697 in DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
+	13	viii.	Ruth Alden, born 1634 in PLYMOUTH, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS; died October 12, 1674 in BRAINTREE, NORFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
	14	ix.	Mary Alden, born 1636 in PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS; died October 24, 1699 in MASSACHUSETTS.
	15	x.	Zachariah Alden, born 1637 in DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS; died Abt. 1688 in MASSACHUSETTS.
+	16	xi.	Rebecca Alden, born Abt. 1638 in DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS; died June 3, 1688 in DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
	17	xii.	Lydia Alden, born April 3, 1642 in DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS; died Bef. 1719 in DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. She married John Spooner November 12, 1668 in MASSACHUSETTS.
+	18	xiii.	David Alden, born Abt. 1646 in DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS; died Abt. 1719 in DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
	19	xiv.	Priscilla Alden, born 1648 in DUXBURY, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS; died June 13, 1688 in MASSACHUSETTS. She married (1) Abraham Borden in MASSACHUSETTS. She married (2) Samuel Cheeseborough.

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