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John Alden

(Alden, John, 1599-1687)

Title: Priscilla and John Alden
Subjects: Pilgrims
Places: Massachusetts > Plymouth (county) > Plymouth
Notes: Title from item.
Extent: 1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
Accession #: 06_10_001274

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John Alden (c. 1598 – September 12, 1687) was an English magistrate, settler, and cooper, best known for being a crew member on the historic 1620 voyage of the Mayflower which brought the English settlers, commonly known as Pilgrims, to Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. He was hired in Southampton, England, as the ship's cooper, responsible for maintaining the ship's barrels. He was a member of the ship's crew and not initially a settler, yet he decided to remain in Plymouth Colony when the Mayflower returned to England. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact. (From Wikipedia)

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Filed under: Alden, John, 1599-1687

Pilgrim Alden: The Story of the Life of the First John Alden in America, With the Interwoven Story of the Life and Doings of the Pilgrim Colony, and Some Account of Later Aldens (Boston: J. H. Earle and Co., c1902), ed. by Augustus Ephraim Alden
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust

5 additional books about John Alden in the extended shelves:

Descendants of Daniel Alden, who was sixth in descent from John Alden, the pilgrim... (Published by the author, 1923), by Frank Wentworth 1874- Alden (page images at HathiTrust)
Alden genealogy (Alden Kindred of New York City and Vicinity, 1935) (page images at HathiTrust)
Pilgrim Alden; the story of the life of the first John Alden in America with the interwoven story of the life and doings of the Pilgrim colony and some account of later Aldens. (Earle, 1902), by Augustus Ephraim Alden (page images at HathiTrust)
The story of a Pilgrim family : from the Mayflower to the present time : with autobiography, recollections, letters, incidents, and genealogy of the author, Rev. John Alden, in his 83d year : 1620-1889 (J. H. Earle, 1890), by John 1806-1894 Alden (page images at HathiTrust)
The courtship of Miles Standish; Elizabeth. (Houghton, Mifflin and co., 1886), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (page images at HathiTrust)

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