Alden, John

1599 - 1687  (88 years)

• Name	Alden, John
  Born	1599	Laydon, , England
  Christened	(83-1682)
  Gender	Male
  OCCU	Cooper  [1]
  Buried	Feb 1686/1687	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Died	12 Feb 1686/1687	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I2029	Taylor
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2004

  
  

  Father	Alden, George Joseph,   b. Abt 1575, Southhampton, Hamptonshire, England ,   d. 1620, Southampton, Hampshire, England  (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Jane,   b. 1575, Southampton, Hampshire, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	Abt 1597	Southampton, Hamptonshire, England
  Family ID	F807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mullins, Priscilla,   b. Abt 1600, Dorking, Surrey, England ,   d. 1650, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 50 years)
  Married	Jun 1621	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Alden, Elizabeth,   b. 1623, Plymouth, Duxbury, Massachusetts ,   d. 31 May 1717, Little Compton, Newton, Rhode Island  (Age 94 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Alden was the seventh and last surviving signer of the Mayflower Compact. Served in Captain Myles Standish's Duxbury Company in 1643,was governor's assistant from 1632-1640, 1650, & 1686, was deputy tothe General Court in 1641,1642,1644 & 1649, a member of the Council ofWar in 1646, and acting deputy Governor 1644 & 1677. His house built in 1653 is still standing and is preserved and owned by Alden Kindred of America.

  
  

• Sources

  [S108] MayflowerHistory.com, (Caleb Johnson). SHIP'S COOPER: John Alden John Alden was born about 1599, most likely in Harwich, Essex, England, related by marriage to Christopher Jones and also to Mayflower passenger Richard Gardinar. Alden was hired at Southampton to be the Mayflower's cooper, the individual responsible for the construction, repair and maintenance of the ship's barrels. Alden was given the choice to stay at Plymouth, or return to England. He chose to stay, and his young blood and carpentry skills were much welcomed by the colonists. He married a year or so later to Priscilla Mullins, and raised his family at Plymouth and later helped found the town of Duxbury.