 | | | The Hon. John Alden was one of the Pilgrims of Leyden who came to Plymouth in 1620. He was then about 22 years of age and was one of those who signed the original contract formed and adopted by the first adventurers at Cape Cod Harbor on the 15th of November. He was the stripling who first leaped upon the rock as mentioned by President Adams in a certain communication. He was an inmate in the family of Captain Miles Standish who having lost his wife and desirous of marrying Miss Priscilla Mullins, a daughter of Mr. Wim. Mullins, according to the custom of those times, he requested John Alden to ask Mr. Mullins for permission to visit his daughter for that purpose. The old gentleman said that it was perfectly agreeable to him but the young lady must also be consulted. Whereupon she was called into the room, and John Alden who is said to have been a man of most excellent form with a fair and ruddy complexion, arose and in a very courteous and prepossessing manner delivered his errand. Miss Mullins, listened with respectful attention, and at last, after a considerable pause, fixing her eyes upon him with an open and pleasant countenance said, “Prithee John, why do you not speak for yourself?”. He blushed and bowed and took his leave, but with a look that indicated more than his diffidence would permit him otherwise to express. However, he soon renewed his visit and it was not long before their nuptials were celebrated in simple form. From them are descended all of the name Alden in the United States. The aforesaid John Alden was born in some part of Great Britain in 1597. He was for many years a Magistrate in Plymouth Colony, settled and died in Duxborough. He was distinguished by his holy life and conversation. He was meek, humble, sincere, pious and faithful follower of the Blessed Redeemer. And ended his useful life on the 12th of September, 1687, aged 90 years. | | | | FAMILIAE TESTIMONIUM | | | | Generation 1 Hon. John Alden
Born 1597 Ejus Uxor, Miss Priscilla Mullins
Died Sept.12th 1687 | | | 1. John | 5. Elizabeth | | 2. Joseph | 6. Sarah | | 3. David | 7. Ruth | | 4. Jonathan, Capt. | 9. Mary | | | | | Generation 2 Joseph Alden, 2nd Filius John, Ist Gen.
Ejus Uxor, Miss Mary Simmons
Born 1624
Died 1697 | | | One of the original settlers
of Bridgewater, Mass. | | 1. Isaac | | 2. Joseph | | 3. John | | | | | | | Generation 3 John Alden, 3rd Filius John, 2nd Gen.
Ejus Uxor, Miss Mannah White
Born 1664
Died Sept. 29,1730 | | | Settled in Middleborough, Mass. | | 1. David | 8. Joseph | | 2. Priscilla | 9. John | | 4. Thankful | 10. Ebenezer | | 5. Lydia | 11. Samuel | | 6. Mary | 12. Nathan | | 7. Abigail | 13. Noah, Rev. | | | | | | | Generation 4 Joseph Alden, 8th Proles John 3rd Gen.
Ejus Uxor, Miss Hannah Hall
Born Sept.11,
1716 Died Jan. 26,1787 | | | | | Settled in
Middleborough, Mass. | | 1. Ebenezer | 9. Lois | | 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. | Died at an early age | | 7. Fear | 8. Eunice | | 10. Abner | 11. Eliab | | | | | | | Generation 5 Eliab Alden, 11th Proles, Joseph 4th Gen.
Ejus Uxor, Miss Mary Hathaway
Born Mar. 24, 1761
Died Mar.1844 | | | Married Mar. 6, 1782
Settled in Cairo, NY | | 1.Eliab | 4. Charles H. | | 2. Abner | 5. Mary | | 3. Levi H. | 6. Joseph, Rev. | | | | | | | Generation 6 Eliab Alden, Jr. , 1st Proles, Eliab 5th Gen.
Born Dec. 9, 1785 Ejus Uxor, Miss Mehetable Stevens
Died Mar. 4, 1861 | | | Settled in Cairo, NY | | 1. Amanda | 5. M. Fayette | | 2. Abner | 6. Henry J. | | 3. Charles | 7. Oramel | | 4. John | | | | | | | | Generation 7 Oramel B. Alden, 7th Proles, Eliab, Jr. 6th gen.
Born Nov. 26, 1832 Ejus Uxor, Miss Sarah J. Story
Died Feb. 15, 1866 | | | Born, lived & died
in Cairo NY | 1. John S. | | | | | Generation 7 Henry J. Alden, 6th Proles, Eliab, Jr. 6th gen.
Born April 2, 1830 Ejus Uxor, Mrs Sarah J. (Story) Alden
Died Sept. 3, 1895 | | | Born in Cairo NY,
lived several years
in Aldenville, PA.
Returned to Cairo
where he died | | 1.Lizzie J. | 3. Charles A. | | 2. Abner M. | 4. Amos H. | | | | | | | Generation 8 Abner M. Alden, 2nd Proles, Henry J. 7th gen.
Born June 17, 1870 Ejus Uxor, Miss Alice Travis
Died in 1954 | | | Born In Aldenville,
PA Lived as a farmer
in Freehold, NY | | 2. Margurite | born June 26, 1898 | | 1. John Henry | born Aug 30, 1900 | | 3. Clifton Travis | born March 6, 1903 | | | | | | | Generation 9 Clifton Travis Alden, 3rd Proles Ablner, Gen 8
Born March 6,1903 Ejus Uxor, Miss Elizabeth MacDougall | | | Moved to Long Island NY
Died while March 8, 1971
while vacationing in AZ.
| | 1. Clifton Travis, Jr. | born Feb 4, 1933 | | 2. Lawrence Cameron | born July 28, 1940 | | 3. John Robert | born March 6, 1944 | | 4. Joan Elizabeth | born .April20,1950 | | | | | | | Generation 10 Clifton Travis Alden, Jr. 1st Proles Clifton, Gen 9.
Ejus Uxor, Miss Donna Rose Houser | | | Born in Mineola, NY
Married 1955
Moved to Stuart, Fl. 1986 | | 1. James Warren | born April 24, 1956 | | 2. Barbara Ann | born Jan. 25, 1958 | | 3. Janet Elizabeth | born April 29, 1961 | | | | | | | Generation 11 James Warren Alden, 1st Proles Clifton, Gen 10
Born in Mineola, NY Ejus Uxor, Miss Kathleen Spellman
Married 1979 | | | | Moved to South Florida in 1986. Remarried in 1989 | | | 1. James Clifton | born Aug. 29, 1984 | | 2. Michael Scott | born Oct. 21, 1985 | | | | | | | | Ejus Uxor, Miss Shara Lee Dennehy | | | | | | 3. David Joseph | born Feb 26, 1993 | | | |
