John Alden

  General Notes:

Alden, John, c. 1599-1687, Puritan settler in Plymouth Colony. He came to America on the Mayflower and was prominent as assistant to the governor of the colony. He moved (c. 1627) to Duxbury and there was a neighbor and friend of Miles Standish. Alden’s marriage to Priscilla Mullens gave rise to the romantic legend made familiar by Longfellow’s poem, The Courtship of Miles Standish. [The Illustrated Columbia Encyclopedia, 1969]

  Noted events in his life were:

• Alt. Death, 22 Sep 1687, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA. ⁶³⁰

• Occupation: cooper. ⁶³⁰

John married Priscilla Mullins, daughter of William Mullins and Alice [Unknown], on 12 May 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. The marriage ended in divorce. (Priscilla Mullins was born about 1602 in Dorking, Surrey, England and died about 1685 in Duxbury, Plymouth, MA.)