Mary (Simmons) Alden (abt. 1641 - aft. 1697)

Born about 1641 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Wife of Joseph Alden — married 1660 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died after 10 Mar 1697 after about age 56 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mary Simmons, b. about 1638, was the daughter of Moses Simmons and his wife, Sarah.^[1]

Mary Simmons married Joseph Alden about 1660. He was the son of John Alden, who came on the Mayflower and Priscilla, his wife. The Simmons were parents of seven children - Sarah, Isaac, Joseph, Mercy, Hopestill, Elizabeth, and John. Some sources assign an eighth child to this marriage, Mary Alden. So far, no contemporary seventeenth or eighteenth century sources have been cited for a child name Mary being born to these parents.

The family lived first at Duxbury, and then removed to Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Mary Simmons Alden outlived her husband, who died February 8, 1697. She was made co-executer of his estate on March 10, 1697, so was still alive on that date.

Children b. in Bridgewater, Massachusetts^[2]

• Sarah Alden b. c. 1665
• Isaac Alden before 1666
• Joseph Alden b. 1667
• Hopestill Alden b. about 1671
• Mercy Alden b. about 1669
• Elizabeth Alden b, about 1678
• John Alden b. about 1680

• Mary Alden-1666

Sources

1. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston: NEHGS, 1995, vol. 3, pp. 1681-1683. AmericanAncestors.org($): profile of Moses Simonson.
2. ↑ *Alden.org website. (Link via Wayback Machine, capture date 14 May 2021.)

• Alden, Ebenezer. Memorial of the Descendants of the Hon. John Alden (S.P. Brown, Randolph, Mass., 1867) Page 4

• Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford and Williams, Alicia Crane, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 16 Part 1 of 3, John Alden, Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002.

• Alden Kindred website

• Anderson, Robert C., The Pilgrim Migration, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004. p.419-422

• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004)

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998) Family History Library Address: 35 N West Temple Street CONT Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #55330250