John Alden was hired in Southampton, England as the ship's cooper, responsible for maintaining the ship's barrels.
28 Facts About John Alden
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John Alden was annually elected to the Governor's Council nearly every year from 1640 to 1686.
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John Alden served as Treasurer of Plymouth Colony, Deputy to the General Court of Plymouth, a member of the colony's Council of War, and a member of the colony's Committee on Kennebec Trade, among other posts.
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The only definite primary source evidence regarding John Alden's background comes from Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford's history Of Plymouth Plantation.
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Bradford wrote that John Alden "was hired for a cooper, at South-Hampton, wher the ship victuled; and being a hopefull yong man, was much desired, but left to his owne liking to go or stay when he came here; but he stayed, and maryed here".
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Banks cited research by certain historians and genealogists who offered theories as to John Alden's origin based on inconclusive but possibly relevant evidence.
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One such theory was proposed by historian and genealogist B Carlyon-Hughes who found evidence of an Alden family living in Harwich in Essex, England during the 17th century.
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John Alden signed the document, which is an indication that he had already made the decision to remain with the settlers.
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John Alden was the youngest of the signers and the last survivor.
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John Alden built a primitive house in this location and lived there for about seven years with his wife Priscilla and his growing family.
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Eight of the Plymouth colonists, including John Alden, agreed to collectively assume, or undertake, the debt in exchange for a monopoly on the fur trade from the colony.
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The fact that John Alden was among the Undertakers is indicative of his growing stature in the colony.
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John Alden was elected Governor's Assistant in 1632 and was regularly reelected to that office until 1640 and then again from 1650 to 1686, because he was deputy from Duxbury from 1641 to 1642, and from 1645 to 1649, and a member of Captain Miles Standish's militia company from 1643.
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John Alden served as Deputy Governor on two occasions in the absence of the Governor in 1665 and 1677.
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John Alden served on the colony's Council of War, an important committee to decide on matters pertaining to the defense of the colony, in 1642,1643,1646,1653,1658 and 1667.
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In 1634, a man named John Alden Hocking from Piscataqua Plantation in New Hampshire interloped in the trade provoking a confrontation between him and traders from Plymouth Colony at Kennebec.
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Grants were drawn by lot, so the location of John Alden's farm was not his selection.
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In 1632, John Alden was one of several men who petitioned the colony to have Duxbury set off as a separate church congregation with their own minister.
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John Alden became one of the leading men of the new town of Duxbury and a key figure in the colony.
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John Alden served as Deputy from Duxbury to the General Court for most of the 1640s.
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John Alden played a controversial role in dealings with Native Americans in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia during King William's War.
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John Alden married Mary Simmons about 1660 and had seven children.
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John Alden was captain of the Plymouth Colony militia and documentation indicates that at his burial, the militia company attended in formation.
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John Alden married Alexander Standish, son of Myles Standish, about 1660 and had eight children.
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John Alden married Thomas Delano in 1677 and had nine children.
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John Alden is buried in Old Burying Ground in Duxbury.
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John Alden married Mary Southworth by 1674 and had six children.
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Several artifacts attributed to John Alden are exhibited at major museums.