Person:Joseph Alden (2)
Joseph Alden
b.Aft 22 May 1627 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
d.8 Feb 1696/97 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 12 May 1622
  1. Elizabeth Alden1623 - 1717
  2. Capt. John Alden, Jr.Abt 1626 - 1701/02
  3. Joseph AldenAft 1627 - 1696/97
  4. Sarah AldenBet 1630 & 1640 - Bef 1688
  5. Capt. Jonathan AldenAbt 1632 - 1697
  6. Ruth AldenAbt 1634/35 - 1674
  7. Mary Alden - Aft 1688
  8. Priscilla Alden - Aft 1688
  9. Rebecca AldenBef 1643 - Aft 1696
  10. Dea. David AldenAbt 1646 - Bet 1718 & 1719
  11. Unknown AldenEst 1651 - Est 1651
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Joseph AldenAft 1627 - 1696/97
  • W.  Mary SimmonsEst 1641 - Aft 1696/97
m. Abt 1660
  1. Sarah AldenAbt 1665 - Bef 1713
  2. Isaac AldenAbt 1666 - 1727
  3. Deacon Joseph AldenAbt 1668 - 1747
  4. Mercy AldenAbt 1668 - Aft 1727
  5. Hopestill AldenAbt 1671 - Aft 1753
  6. Elizabeth AldenAbt 1673 - 1705
  7. John AldenAbt 1674/75 - 1730
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Facts and Events
Name Joseph Alden
Gender Male
Birth[7][8] Aft 22 May 1627 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Abt 1660 to Mary Simmons
Death[6][7] 8 Feb 1696/97 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

He inherited land at Bridgewater, where he settled, and also at Middleboro, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman 1659.

He was one of the early settlers of Bridgewater, in 1654. His posterity are very numerous throughout the Bridgewaters.

In 1911, two thirds of those Americans bearing the lastname Alden could be traced to Joseph.

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References
  1.   William Ward Wight. WIGHT: The Wights. (Milwaukee, WI, Swain & Tate Printers, 1890).
  2.   National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century.
  3.   National Society Sons of Colonial Wars.
  4.   William Kenneth Rutherford & Anna Clay (Zimmerman) Rutherford. Genealogical History of Our Ancestors. (Privately printed Lexington, Missouri 1971).
  5.   Sons and Daughters of America's First Families.
  6. ↑ "Joseph Alden's Will and Inventory", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
    6:71.

    Will of "Joseph Alden sen'r of ye Town of Bridgwater", dated 14 Dec 1696, proved 10 Mar 1697/97, mentions "my three sons Isaac Joseph and John", "Mary my wife executris & my son John Joynt executo'r". [No daughters mentioned.] "The Inventory of ye estate of Joseph Alden sen'r who deceased ye 8th of ffebr 1696/7" taken 3 Mar 1696/97 by John Leonard, Joseph Snow and Samuel Allin Jun'r.

  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Joseph Alden, in Find A Grave.

    [No photo. Claims that:]
    Birth: May 22, 1627 Plymouth [sic, after this dateN1]
    Death: Feb. 8, 1697 Bridgewater

  8. ↑ Joseph's birth is known to be after 22 May 1627 because he is not listed in the Pilgrim's Division of Cattle on that date. See, for example, Source:MD, 1:150 or Source:Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, vol. 10 (Deeds), p. 10, which gives the fourth lot as containing only John, Prissilla, Elizabeth and "Joh." Alden.
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