John Alden (sailor)
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| Born | ca. 1626/1627 (before June 1, 1627 [O.S. May 22, 1627]) Plymouth Colony |
| Died | March 25, 1702 [O.S. March 14, 1701] (aged 75) Province of Massachusetts Bay |
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| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Shipmaster, Merchant, Soldier, Politician, Sailor |
| Known for | Written account of the Salem witch trials |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Phillips Everill |
| Children | 14 |
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Capt. John Alden, Jr. (ca. 1626 or 1627 – March 25, 1702 [O.S. March 14, 1701]) was a 17th-century American soldier, politician, merchant, and sailor. He was a well-known public figure in his time but is now chiefly remembered as a survivor of the Salem witch trials, of which he wrote a much quoted account.
John Alden, Jr. was the son of Capt. John Alden, Sr.and Priscilla Alden (née Mullins), who settled in Plymouth Colony (present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts) in 1620, arriving on the Pilgrim ship Mayflower. He was born in Plymouth in about 1626 or 1627. He and his older sister Elizabeth are listed in the records of the division of cattle among the residents of Plymouth, which occurred on June 1, 1627 [O.S. May 22, 1627].
He was a sea captain, a merchant in Boston, and a charter member of Rev. Samuel Willard's Old South Meeting House and Third Church in Boston, and held a military command during King William's War and was involved in the Naval battle off St. John (1691). He married Elizabeth Phillips Everill in 1660 and they had twelve children:
Alden, Jr. died on March 25, 1702 [O.S. March 14, 1701] in what was then the Province of Massachusetts Bay. His gravestone reads "Here lyeth ye body of John Alden Senior aged 75 years deceased March ye 14 1701∕2" ("Senior" in this context indicates that he was himself father of a third John Alden). The stone is preserved at the portico of the present Old South Church in Boston after having been discovered during excavations where it had been dumped after the removal of the graves.
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