Eleazer Alden Jr. (1723 - 1803)

Born 30 Aug 1723 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Whitman) Alden — married 22 Nov 1748 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 2 May 1803 at age 79 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Eleazer was born on 30 Aug 1723 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States^[1] He was the son of Eleazer Alden 1st and Martha P. Shaw

On 22 Nov 1748 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts he married Sarah Whitman. They had the following children, ^[2]

Martha Alden born 6 Jul 1752 ^[3]

Mary Alden born 2 Jul 1754 ^[4]

Abigail Alden born 1756

Sarah Alden born 29 Mar 1759 ^[5]

Hannah Alden born 1762

Eleazer Alden born 21 Mar 1767 ^[6]

In 1790 he was living in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

1798 paid taxes for living in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts^[7]

1800 he was living in 1800 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, ^[8]

On May 2, 1803, at the age of 80 Eleazer passed away in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. ^[9] He was laid to rest at the First Cemetery in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

^[10]

Eleazer made his Will on 27 March 1802 and it was proven on the 1 August 1803. To his wife Sarah he left 1 cow, all of the movable in the house forever as long as she remains widow, keeping of a cow, sufficiency of meat, 9 bushels of corn, 3 bushels of rye, and $3.00 annually.

To his wife and daughter Mary he left on half of his pew, the easterly front room as well as the chamber above it, as well as the buttery and the cellar that goes with it. Full use of the kitchen and firewood. The estate was to go to his son Eleazar after the death of Sarah and Mary.

To Mary he left one cow and a good featherbed, a set of drawers, a great wheel, a foot wheel, a low cheats kitchen table set, for use for her forever as well as, long as she remained unmarried, sufficient meat, 9 bushels of corn and 3 bushels of rye.

To his daughters Martha Blossom and Abigail Snell, each $60.00 .

To his daughter Hannah Latham he gave $2.00. The remaining of his estate went to son Eleazar who was the executor of his estate. ^[11][12]

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVK-KX6M : 27 July 2019), Eleazer Alden, 1803; Burial, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, First Cemetery; citing record ID 23054678, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
2. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/48618/127/68981427
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5FG-Y9L : 14 January 2020), Eleazer Alden in entry for Martha Alden, 1752.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5FP-ZZQ : 14 January 2020), Eleazer Alden in entry for Mary Alden, 1754.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NC-QJV : 14 January 2020), Eleazer Alden in entry for Sarah Alden, 1759.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NC-4VY : 14 January 2020), Eleazer Alden in entry for Eleazer Alden, 1767.
7. ↑ United States 1790 Census. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Original index: United States Census, 1790. FamilySearch, 2014.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB541/rd/18282/69/269545986
8. ↑ United States 1800 Census. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (Original index: United States Census, 1800. FamilySearch, 2015.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1559/rd/22042/58/438647806
9. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7667/423/143186562
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 July 2020), memorial page for Eleazer Alden (30 Aug 1723–2 May 1803), Find a Grave Memorial no. 23054678, citing First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Nan (contributor 46795555) .https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23054678
11. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/48618/128/68981428
12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-XFDM : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1801-1813 vol 38-39 > image 194-195 of 544; State Archives, Boston.