John Alden

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main reference

  • TITLE: John Alden and Priscilla Alden (English colonists)
    John Alden was hired as a cooper by the London merchants who financed the expedition to the New World. Priscilla Mullins went to America with her parents and younger brother. The other three members of her family died during the terrible first winter of the Plymouth Colony. Probably in 1623 she and John were married. They lived in Plymouth until about 1631, when they and others founded the...

history of Duxbury

  • TITLE: Duxbury (Massachusetts, United States)

role on “Mayflower” voyage

  • TITLE: Pilgrim Fathers (United States history) finance a pilgrimage to America. Approximately two-thirds of those making the trip aboard the Mayflower were non-Separatists, hired to protect the company’s interests; these included John Alden and Myles Standish.