ALDEN, John
1599 - 1687 (87 years)
Great Migration: John Alden (1599-1687)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/rd/12107/21/235171134
John was a member of the Mayflower’s crew, working as a cooper to maintain the ships barrels, and he was among the signers of the Mayflower Compact. John was given the choice by his employers to stay in America or return to England after the voyage, and he chose to stay and marry Priscilla Mullins, who had lost her entire family the first winter in Plymouth. The couple’s love was immortalized in an 1858 bestselling poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - a direct descendant of John and Priscilla - titled ‘The Courtship of Miles Standish’.
We are descended through our Laviolette (DeRochemont) branch. After fully documenting our lineage, I was accepted as a member of The General Society of Mayflower Descendants. This means that other family who wish to join are able to do so by using that same documented line.
| File name | Great Migration John Alden (1599-1687).pdf |
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| Linked to | ALDEN, John; MULLINS, Priscilla Sarah |
| Albums | Great Migration |