Joseph Alden was born probably at Bridgewater, about 1668 (age of death); died at Bridgewater, 22 December 1747, in his 80th year, buried in Old Graveyard and the gravestone calls him "deacon" (VR, 2:424; MD, 3:143; Alden's Epitaphs, 2:208).
He married before 29 January 1690 (birth of first child), Hannah Dunham, daughter of Daniel Dunham (TAG, 30:145), born at Plymouth about 1670 (age at death); died at Bridgewater, 14 January 1747/48, in 78th year, buried in Old Graveyard and the gravestone calls her "native of Middleboro" (VR, 2:242; MD, 3:143; Alden's Epitaphs, 2:208).