Alden (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
As of March 12, 2016:
- Alden Kindred of America society contacted
- Recruiting Alden for Y Elite test
Paper trail
First Generation
John Alden is believed to have been born about 1599. He was employed by the Mayflower company as a cooper (barrel-maker) and given the ability to decide whether he would remain with the colonists at New Plimouth or return to England with the Mayflower crew in 1621. John decided to stay at New Plimouth and 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). 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, being one of the last surviving Mayflower Passengers.
John and Priscilla had ten children, four sons & six daughters (Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Priscilla {not believed to have ever married}, Ruth & Rebecca)
Second Generation
Elizabeth Alden (1623-1717) married William Pabodie[1]. They had thirteen children (two sons & eleven daughters: Elizabeth (1647-1678 m. John Rogers), Mary (1648-1728 m. Edward Southworth), Mercy (1649-1728 m. John Simmons), Martha (1650-1711 m. Samuel Seabury & William Fobes), Priscilla (1652-1652), Priscilla (1653-1724 m. Rev. Ichabod Wiswall, Isaac Averill & Michael Sprague), Sarah (1656-1740 m. John Coe), Ruth (1658-1725 m. Benjamin Bartlett), Rebecca (1660-1702 m. William Southworth), Hannah (1661-1723 m. Samuel Bartlett, John Churchill & Daniel Bartlett), & Lydia (1667-1748 m. Daniel Grinnell).
Sarah Alden (aft 1627-1677) married Alexander Standish. They had eight children (three sons & five daughters: Lorah (1661-1725 m. Abraham Sampson), Elizabeth (1663-???? m. Samuel Delano), Mercy (1665-1729 m. Caleb Sampson), Sarah (1666-1739 m. Benjamin Soule), & Lydia (1669-1734 m. Isaac Sampson)
Mary Alden (????-1688) married Dea. Samuel Allen. Only known to have had one son.
Ruth Alden (1643-1674) married John Bass. They had eight children (four sons & four daughters: Ruth (1662-???? m. Peter Webb), Hannah (1667-1705 m. Joseph Adams), Mary (1669-1716 m. Christopher Webb, William Copeland & Ebenezer Spear) & Sarah (1672-1751 m. Ebenezer Spear)
Rebecca Alden (1649-1689) married Thomas Delano. They had nine children (five sons & four daughter: Deborah (1672-1717 m. John Weston), Mary (1680-1756 not believed to have been married), Sarah (1682-1746 m. John Drew) & Ruth (1684-1722 m. Samuel Drew)
- ↑ later male line descendants changed the surname to Peabody
Results
Previous testing
The Mayflower DNA Project lists three direct male line descendants of John Alden, but none of them have done any SNP testing. FTDNA only predicts the family falls under M-269. However, punching in the 67 STR results in the Nevgen Y-DNA Haplogroup Predictor indicates the family likely fall under either U152 or DF27[1]. Futher SNP testing will refine the Haplogroup and define the Alden family clade.
- ↑ both clades fall under a clade defined by a STR Z38841 below R-P312
