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Capt. John Alden was likely born in 1626 in New Plimouth.<ref>He was named at the bottom of his family grouping in the May 1627 land division, so he was likely born shortly before this date. His gravestone states he died "Aged 75 Years (on) March (broken) 1701/2. This would make him born about 1626.</ref> He married Elizabeth Phillips and John died in 1701. They had fourteen children: Mary (1659-1667), John (1660-1663), Elizabeth (1662-1662), William (1663-1664), John (1663-1730), [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Elizabeth]] (1665-1736), William (1666-1669), Zachariah (1667-1672), Nathaniel (1668-1701 m. Hepzibah Mountjoy), William (1669-1728 m. Mary Drury), Zachariah (1672-1709 m. Mary Viall) Sarah (1675-1691), Nathan (1677-1701), Sarah (1681-1701).
 
Capt. John Alden was likely born in 1626 in New Plimouth.<ref>He was named at the bottom of his family grouping in the May 1627 land division, so he was likely born shortly before this date. His gravestone states he died "Aged 75 Years (on) March (broken) 1701/2. This would make him born about 1626.</ref> He married Elizabeth Phillips and John died in 1701. They had fourteen children: Mary (1659-1667), John (1660-1663), Elizabeth (1662-1662), William (1663-1664), John (1663-1730), [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Elizabeth]] (1665-1736), William (1666-1669), Zachariah (1667-1672), Nathaniel (1668-1701 m. Hepzibah Mountjoy), William (1669-1728 m. Mary Drury), Zachariah (1672-1709 m. Mary Viall) Sarah (1675-1691), Nathan (1677-1701), Sarah (1681-1701).
  
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Joseph Alden was born in 1627 at New Plimouth.<ref>He was not named in the cattle division dated 22 May 1627, but was named in the 1643 Able to Bear Arms list, so he was then at least 16 years old.</ref><ref>Also, the Alden family was granted 100 acres in Jan 1627/8, with 20 acres per family member. [http://www.alden.org/index.cfm?p=explore Alden Kindred website]</ref> He married Mary Simmons and died in 1696. Joseph & Mary had seven children: [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Sarah]] (1663-1738, Isaac (1666-1727 m. Mehitable Allen), Dea. Joseph (1667-1747 m. Hannah Dunham), [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Hopestill]] (1668-1753), [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Mercy]] (1670-1727), [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Elizabeth]] (1673-1705) and John (1675-1730 m. Hannah White)]
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Joseph Alden was born in 1627 at New Plimouth.<ref>He was not named in the cattle division dated 22 May 1627, but was named in the 1643 Able to Bear Arms list, so he was then at least 16 years old.</ref><ref>Also, the Alden family was granted 100 acres in Jan 1627/8, with 20 acres per family member. [http://www.alden.org/index.cfm?p=explore Alden Kindred website]</ref> He married Mary Simmons and died in 1696. Joseph & Mary had seven children: [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Sarah]] (1663-1738), Isaac (1666-1727 m. Mehitable Allen), Dea. Joseph (1667-1747 m. Hannah Dunham), [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Hopestill]] (1668-1753), [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Mercy]] (1670-1727), [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Elizabeth]] (1673-1705) and John (1675-1730 m. Hannah White)]
  
 
Capt. Jonathan Alden (1632-1697)<ref>His gravestone states he died "February ye 14th 1697[/8] in ye 66th year of his age" (that is to say age 65).</ref> married Abigail Hallett and they had six children: [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Elizabeth]] (1673-1756), [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Anna]] (1678-1705), [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Sarah]] (1679-1738), John (1681-1739 m. Hannah Briggs), Andrew (1684-c1775 m. Lydia Stanford) & Jonathan (1686-1770 m. Elizabeth Arnold & Mehitable Allen)
 
Capt. Jonathan Alden (1632-1697)<ref>His gravestone states he died "February ye 14th 1697[/8] in ye 66th year of his age" (that is to say age 65).</ref> married Abigail Hallett and they had six children: [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Elizabeth]] (1673-1756), [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Anna]] (1678-1705), [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#ALDEN |Sarah]] (1679-1738), John (1681-1739 m. Hannah Briggs), Andrew (1684-c1775 m. Lydia Stanford) & Jonathan (1686-1770 m. Elizabeth Arnold & Mehitable Allen)

Revision as of 15:33, 2 March 2021

Status summary

As of March 12, 2016:

  • Alden Kindred of America society contacted
  • Recruiting Alden for Next Generation Sequence/Whole Genome Sequence (NGS/WGS) testing

Paper trail

First Generation

John Alden was born about 1599.[1] According to Gov. Bradford's manuscript, Of Plimouth Plantation John Alden was "hired for a cooper, at South Hampton (England), where the ship victualed (brought on food for the voyage); 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." John married Priscilla Mullins (daughter of Mayflower passenger William Mullins). It is believed they were married prior to the 1623 land division (as Priscilla was not named and other single women were named in this division)[2] The Alden family was one of the original settlers who moved away from the core Plymouth settlement. He died at Duxbury on 12 Sep 1687 and was presumably buried at the Miles Standish Burying Ground in Duxbury.[3][4]

John and Priscilla had ten children: Elizabeth, John, Joseph, Sarah, Jonathan, Ruth, Rebecca, Mary, Priscilla and David.

Second Generation

Capt. John Alden was likely born in 1626 in New Plimouth.[5] He married Elizabeth Phillips and John died in 1701. They had fourteen children: Mary (1659-1667), John (1660-1663), Elizabeth (1662-1662), William (1663-1664), John (1663-1730), Elizabeth (1665-1736), William (1666-1669), Zachariah (1667-1672), Nathaniel (1668-1701 m. Hepzibah Mountjoy), William (1669-1728 m. Mary Drury), Zachariah (1672-1709 m. Mary Viall) Sarah (1675-1691), Nathan (1677-1701), Sarah (1681-1701).

Joseph Alden was born in 1627 at New Plimouth.[6][7] He married Mary Simmons and died in 1696. Joseph & Mary had seven children: Sarah (1663-1738), Isaac (1666-1727 m. Mehitable Allen), Dea. Joseph (1667-1747 m. Hannah Dunham), Hopestill (1668-1753), Mercy (1670-1727), Elizabeth (1673-1705) and John (1675-1730 m. Hannah White)]

Capt. Jonathan Alden (1632-1697)[8] married Abigail Hallett and they had six children: Elizabeth (1673-1756), Anna (1678-1705), Sarah (1679-1738), John (1681-1739 m. Hannah Briggs), Andrew (1684-c1775 m. Lydia Stanford) & Jonathan (1686-1770 m. Elizabeth Arnold & Mehitable Allen)

David Alden (1646-1718) married Mary Southworth and they had six children: Sarah (1671-1739), Ruth (1674-1758), Elizabeth (1675-1771), Priscilla (1679-1736), Benjamin (a1681-1741 m. Hannah Brewster), Alice (1685-1774) and Capt. Samuel (1688-1781 m. Sarah Sprague)


  1. ↑ The year of his birth is inferred from a deposition made at Plymouth, 6 Jul 1682, in which he stated he was then aged 83.
  2. ↑ Some sources state they were married 12 May 1622 but the source for this date is not known.
  3. ↑ This was the only town cemetery at this time. It is remotely possible John & Priscilla may have been buried on their family farm.
  4. ↑ The Alden Kindred of America erected a memorial marker for him at the cemetery which bears the following inscription: "Near here lyes ye body of Mr. John Alden who died in Duxbury Sept ye 12, 1687 Aged Near 88 years; erected by the Alden Kindred of America 1930, being one of the last surviving Mayflower Passengers."
  5. ↑ He was named at the bottom of his family grouping in the May 1627 land division, so he was likely born shortly before this date. His gravestone states he died "Aged 75 Years (on) March (broken) 1701/2. This would make him born about 1626.
  6. ↑ He was not named in the cattle division dated 22 May 1627, but was named in the 1643 Able to Bear Arms list, so he was then at least 16 years old.
  7. ↑ Also, the Alden family was granted 100 acres in Jan 1627/8, with 20 acres per family member. Alden Kindred website
  8. ↑ His gravestone states he died "February ye 14th 1697[/8] in ye 66th year of his age" (that is to say age 65).

DNA Results R1b-P312

Previous testing

The Mayflower DNA Project lists three all male line descendants of John Alden. None of the three individuals have done any SNP testing. One individual has tested 67 Y-STRs. FTDNA has only predicted where the family falls under the R-M269 Haplogroup. Plugging in the 67 Y-STRs in the Nevgen Y-DNA Haplogroup Predictor gives a result of either U152 or DF-27.[1]

Next Generation Sequence testing

NGS testing of direct male-line descendants would further refine the haplogroup assignment for this family and also likely separate descendants of his sons (given enough individuals with the appropriate lineages test).


  1. ↑ Both Haplogroups fall under the STR based clade of Z38841

Related Families

The following families married daughters of John Alden.[1]

William Pabodie[2] married Elizabeth Alden

John Bass married Ruth Alden

Thomas Delano married Rebecca Alden


  1. ↑ Each of these individuals had brothers who also lived in Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies.
  2. ↑ surname later morphed into Peabody

References and External Resources

  • Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, edited by Alicia Crane Williams, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, vol. 16 Alden General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. Part 1 (first four generations of descendants) 1999
  • Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, edited by Alicia Crane Williams, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, vol. 16 Alden General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. Part 3 (Fifth Generation for John, Joseph & Jonathan) 2004
  • Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Passenger References (from contemporary records & scholarly Journals) [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing], Canada. Second Edition 2015
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