John Alden (abt. 1704 - 1783)

Born about 1704 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Thankful (Parker) Alden — married 26 Nov 1728 in Needham MA

Descendants

Died 14 Jul 1783 at about age 79 in Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

John was born about 1704 probably in Dedham, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of Henry Alden and Deborah Streeter. He married Thankful Parker 26 Nov 1728 in Boston. Their children were: Jemima (d.y.), John, Alice, Henry, Silas, Samuel, Moses (d.y.), Moses, Thomas, Thankful, and Mary. He passed away in 1783 and was buried in the Needham Cemetery, Needham, Massachusetts.

Sources

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC8-QQ9X : 11 May 2022), John Alden and Thankfull Parker, 26 Nov 1728; citing Marriage, Needham, Norfolk, England, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009661.
• Alden, Ebenezer. Memorial of the Descendants of the Hon. John Alden (S.P. Brown, Randolph, Mass., 1867), p. 64.
• Clarke, George K., Needham Marriages, 1720-1798, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1902) Vol. 56, p. 31., "Nov. 26, 1728. John Alden and Thankfull parker."
• Clarke, George K., Baptisms Recorded by the Ministers of the First Church in Needham, 1720-1821, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1903) Vol. 57, p. 27., "Feb: 14. 1731. ... Jemima, Daughter of John Alden."
• Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County); Probate Place: Suffolk, Massachusetts, Vol. 82, 1783, Case 18034.(John Alden's will mentions his wife, his sons: John, Henry, Samuel, Thomas and Silas and his daughters, Jemima Pratt, Alice Capron, Mary Paine, and a granddaughter, Lydia Smith.) https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9069&h=368155&tid=&pid=&queryId=5bfe5704a5e1e5540593c627b083721f&usePUB=true&_phsrc=us1-192799&_phstart=successSource
• Townsend, Mrs. Charles Delmar, Robert S. Wakefield, and Margaret Harris Stover. Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume Eight, Family of Degory Priest. (Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1994), p. 85.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #60250976

Gravestone Inscription:

"In memory of Mr. John Alden who died July 14, 1783 in the 79th year of his age."