[1] Among her children was Hannah Bass, paternal grandmother of future United States President John Adams. The Adams family in America stems from the emigrant Henry Adams, who married Edith Squire and settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A gathering of friends and relatives of Alden "Jinx" Johnson, 72, a partner in the Buffalo law firm of Tillou and Johnson since 1948 and a prominent squash and tennis . I. I. Hon. Getty Images / Pictorial Parade / Archive Photos. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, July 6 1598 - Southampton, Hampshire, England, Sep 12 1686 - Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, George Joseph #7517 13X2 Alden, Mary Jane #6297 13X2 Fowlk, July 6 1599 - Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, England, Sep 12 1687 - South Duxbury, Plymouth Colony. Pedigree Chart Family Group Record Inventions from 1598-1687 1622 Marriage / Partner John ALDEN and Priscilla MULLINS 12 May 1622, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) 1627 Birth of Child, Family Tree of Sophronia Alden Miner Memorial of the Descendants of the Hon. John Adams is also a descendant of his. Philip's war in August, 1676. Alden was one of Plymouth Colony's most active public servants and played a prominent role in colonial affairs. He was about 21 years old when he was hired to be the cooper, or barrel-maker, for the Mayflower 's voyage to America. They are buried beside each other in a crypt at the United First Parish Church (also called the Church of the Presidents) in Quincy. The only certainty about his English background were Bradford's words that Alden was hired for a cooper, (barrel maker) at Southampton, where the ship victuled; and being a hopeful young man, was much desired, but left to his liking to go or stay when he came here; but he stayed, and maryed here. Author Charles Banks states that the employment of Alden at Southampton does not necessarily mean that he was a resident of the seaport and may have only been there to work temporarily when the Mayflower arrived. Duxbury Records 974.42 D9800 William Richard Cutter, Edward henry Clement, Samuel Hart, Mary Kingsbury Talcott, Frederick Bostwick, Ezra Scollay Stearns. A direct descendant of John was Scott Alden (19071977), who served as an assistant to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Original data - Various photo collections from the L Note: Ancestry.com, Library of Congress Photo Collection, 1840-2000 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007 Additional Reading, Bowman, George Ernest. 3. Speak for Yourself, John, is one of the most quoted lines from The Courtship of Miles Standish. In The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers, Charles Edward Banks suggested that John was the son of George and Jane Alden and grandson of Richard and Avys Alden of Southampton. '733-4-. Father of Elisabeth Pabodie; Capt. John Alden's House, now a National Historic Landmark, was built in 1653 and is open to the public as a museum. in the right of my wife Ruth, deceased. His house in Duxbury, MA may still be visited. Find out on FamilySearch.org. He claimed the story came down through his family. It is run by the Alden Kindred of America, an organization which provides historical information about him and his home, including genealogical records of his descendants. Later that year, Billington was hanged for his crime. Another theory is that John Alden came from Harwich, England where there are records of an Alden family who were related by marriage to Christopher Jones, the Mayflower's captain. John Alden, Capt. Adams Genealogy - President John Adams Family History Through Ruth Alden Bass, the Adams' were descended from Mayflower Pilgrims John and Priscilla Alden. Basically, if President Adams and his cousin He purchased He was hired in Southampton, England, as the ship's cooper, responsible for maintaining the ship's barrels. The currently popular theory is that John Alden came from Harwich, Essex, England.There was a sea-faring Alden family living there, who were related by marriage to Christopher Jones, captain of the Mayflower.It has ben suggested John Alden may be the son of John Alden and Elizabeth Daye, but this is not fully proven either. Deacon John (4) was brother of John Alden was an extreme ancestor to president John Adams and his family. His marriage to Priscilla Mullins was the subject of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, "The Courtship of Myles Standish," which although a classic has little factual basis. October 31, 1734. On November 9, 1620, after a month of delays in England and about two months at sea, they spotted the Cape Cod Hook. She was born About 1602 in Dorking, Surrey, England and died After 1650, daughter View Site Adams, Charles Francis I (1807-1886) - Diplomat and US Ambassador to England for Abraham Lincoln during the US Civil War, son of Pres. Harwich is an ancient North Sea port, northeast of London, which was the homeport of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower and home of its captain, Christopher Jones. Anderson, Robert Charles. These include the halberd blade discovered in the 1960 archaeological dig at the Alden first house site in Duxbury, the Alden family bible, and a mortar and pestle attributed to John and Priscilla Alden, all of which are displayed at Pilgrim Hall Museum. Another theory is that John Alden came from Harwich, England where there are records of an Alden family who were related by marriage to Christopher Jones, the Mayflower's captain. Alden became known for his later dislike of the Quakers who were settling Cape Cod. He was the youngest of the signers and the last survivor. Stratton, FASG, Plymouth Colony Its History & People 233. Ruth, born March 21, 1700; married November 21, They are also the 9th great grandparents of Vice President Dan Quayle. Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (Massachusetts) Father of Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, John Alden Jr, Joseph Alden Sr., Sarah (Alden) Standish, Jonathan Alden Sr., Priscilla Alden, Ruth (Alden) Bass, Rebecca (Alden) Delano, David Alden and Mary Alden Died 12 Sep 1687 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony Profile managers: Robin Lee [send private message], Becky Syphers [send private message], and Mayflower Project WikiTree [send private message] Alden-63 created 21 Sep 2010 | Last modified 22 Sep 2016 This page has been accessed 11,240 times. John Alden had settled with the Separatist congregation in the Plymouth Colony, though was not likely a member himself. However, Miss Nevada's boss begged her . 1 Priscilla Alden, {Seal.) In the story, Standish is too timid to express his feelings to Priscilla Mullins and therefore asks Alden to speak for him. Ichabod Wiswall of Duxbury delivered a sermon. William Bradford wrote, in his history Of Plymouth Plantation: "John was hired for a cooper (barrel maker) at Southampton where the ship (Mayflower) victualed, and being a hopeful young man was much desired but left to his own liking to go or stay when he came here; but he stayed and married here." Within a decade, though, the Separatists, concerned their children were becoming too assimilated to Dutch culture and losing their English identity, decided to found their own settlement in America. Alden was renowned for his practical leadership and integrity. He served as an assistant governor most of the time from about 1631 until he died. The Massachusetts Bay Colony took matters into its own hands, and arrested John Alden (even though he was not the one who fired the shot). It is estimated that John and Priscilla have more descendants than any of the other Mayflower passengers. [25], Plymouth Colony held a patent entitling them to a monopoly on the fur trade at the Kennebec River in what would later become Maine. William Bradford and other colonial officials were reluctant to break apart the "mother" church congregation in Plymouth but nonetheless gave permission. David Alden, {Seal.) He made no will, having distributed the greater part of his estate among his children during his lifetime. Research genealogy for John Alden of Rushall, Norfolk, as well as other members of the Alden family, on Ancestry. [20] The book made John and Priscilla Alden celebrated figures in American popular culture. Nathan Webb, of Uxbridge; he was the first settled minister, cousin. Society. He married fellow Mayflower passenger Elizabeth Tilley, whose parents, aunt and uncle all died soon after the colonists got to Plymouth. Priscilla died in Duxbury between 1651 and her husband's death in 1687. [15] The fifty colonists who survived began building a fort atop Burial Hill and small wooden houses on either side of a "street" now known as Leyden Street, named in 1823 after the town in Holland where the Pilgrims lived for several years. Rebecca was born about 1640. (1885) John Alden was among the original settlers of the Plymouth Colony. Are You a Mayflower Descendant? 1654. Jonathan Alden. Today we are very happy to announce that Volumes 64 through 68, for the years 2016 through 2020, have been added to the database The Mayflower Descendant. The Alden Kindred of America, an association of descendants of John and Priscilla Alden, is made up of people of races, ethnicities and religions. But while looking up examples of just how many eons Biden has been aroundhe entered the United States Senate a half century ago in 1973, serving with six solons born in the 1800s, including Sam Ervin (1896-1985), the Foghorn Leghorn-like star of that year's Watergate hearingI got diverted by the question . Bradford became governor in 1621, after John Carver, the colonys first elected governor, died. She is buried in The Old Burying Ground (Myles Standish Cemetery) in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Priscilla and John Alden had ten children, with a possible eleventh dying in infancy. Jonathan was buried in the Old Cemetery in South Duxbury. John, baptized in Mendon, December 15, 1745. Braintree. The tax list of Holyrood Ward in 1602 list the names of George Alden and John's future father-in-law William Mullins. In Plymouth, William Brewster served as the colonys religious leader for many years (the Separatists Leiden pastor had remained in Europe) and also was a close adviser to Governor William Bradford. However, there are no further occurrences of the names George, Richard, and Avys in his family which would have been unusual in the seventeenth century. In his later years, John Alden was on many juries, including a witch trial--though in Plymouth's case, the jury found the accuser guilty of libel and the alleged witch was allowed to go free. [1][36], Sarah was born about 1634 and died before the settlement of her father's estate in 1688. [2], Local historians of the 19th and 20th centuries asserted that a later Alden house in Duxbury was the second home of John and Priscilla Alden and was constructed in 1653. Abigail's mother, Elizabeth Quincy, was born in 1721 in Braintree, MA, the daughter of John Quincy and Elizabeth Norton. Boston, Mass. According to the Pilgrim Society, it was likely in 1622 as Priscilla Mullins is not listed separately in the 1623 Division of Land. There, after participating in an attempted mutiny, he was sentenced to death. She died February 13, 1739, aged seventy-one years. John Adams' life is vividly interpreted by National Park Service rangers using the three historic residences that comprise the site as unique backdrops to tell the story. Hockings refused to leave, and when the party arrived at his ship by canoe to board and remove him, he shot and killed Moses Talbot. Howland was the servant of John Carver, Plymouth Colonys first elected governor. he was a statesman, diplomat, and a leader of American independence from There was a sea-faring Alden family living there, who were related by marriage to Christopher Jones, captain of the Mayflower. Her grave and that of her husband are in the Old Commons Cemetery in Little Compton. Brown, 1867, Hawthorne, Julian. Rebecca was born in 1649 and died in 1688. They have a great many living descendants. Jonathan was born about 1632 and died in Duxbury on February 14, 1697. [22] These men who averted financial ruin for the colony became known as the "Undertakers". 1688, Hannah, daughter of John and Ruth (Alden) Bass, and granddaughter of Miles Standish's Duxbury Company, a member of Council of War, Treasurer of Plymouth Colony, and Commissioner to Yarmouth. His first wife, Mary Chapin, died in 1687; the following year he married Hannah Bass (1662-1705), the daughter of John and Ruth Alden Bass. He was not involved in the fight, but was the highest ranking member of the group and took responsibility. 7. In 1623, he wed Alice Southworth, a widow whod come to Plymouth earlier that year. A small plot of land at the foot of Burial Hill near the top of the street was designated for John Alden. "The Courtship of Miles Standish", 1858, National Society of Colonial Dames. Hocking refused to leave, and when the party arrived at his ship by canoe to board and remove, he shot and killed Moses Talbot. Admittedly, this gravestone was erected in 1980 by Alden Kindred of America, but I presume that group would have been in best position to adjudicate competing claims about his birth year. Research by historian Charles Edward Banks published in 1929 theorized that John Alden may have come from the Alden family of Harwich in Essex, England. The date and place of John Alden's birth and the identity of his parents are unknown. Did you like this post? "[8], Alden was hired by Capt. Based in eastern Massachusetts, they formed part of the Boston Brahmin community. "He was probably one of the seven well persons left at one time to care for the sick and dying in that terrible first winter." In the 1650s, he built a house in Duxbury, which still stands today. A letter survives complaining that Alden was too strict when it came to dealing with them. married John Bass, Jr., son of John and Ruth (Alden) Bass. probably died young. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem The Courtship of Miles Standish about a love triangle between Alden, Standish and Priscilla Mullins. John Adams (October 30, 1735 (O.S. Mayflower History website - Caleb Johnson : accessed 24 Aug 2016. John Bass, {Seal.) "[14], 5/5/20161"In 1660 the General Court noted that 'In regard that Mr Alden is low in his estate, and occationed (sic) to spend much time att (sic) the courts on the countreyes (sic) occations (sic) and soe (sic) hath done this many yeares (sic), the Court have alowed {sic} him a smale (sic) gratuity, the sume (sic) of ten pounds, to be payed (sic) by the Treasurer' (Pilgrim Church Records) 3:195).". Pope, 1900), 12. John Alden was held in custody by the neighboring Massachusetts Bay Colony for a few days while the two colonies debated who had jurisdiction to investigate the murders. On October 25, 1764, John Adams married Abigail, the daughter of Reverend William Smith and his wife Elizabeth Quincy Smith. A rifle supposedly owned by John Alden is in the collection of the National Firearms Museum (National Rifle Association), Fairfax, Virginia: "The most valuable item in the museum's collection is a .66-caliber Italian wheel lock carbine that came over on the Mayflower in 1620 with Pilgrim John Alden.". Joseph, born in Braintree, July 4, 1729; died 1710. In later years Alden became known for his intense dislike of the Quakers and Baptists, who were trying to settle on Cape Cod. Stratton, Eugene Aubrey, FASG. The Eleventh Amendment was the first Constitutional amendment adopted after the Bill of Rights.The amendment was adopted following the Supreme Court's ruling in Chisholm v.Georgia, 2 U.S. 419 (1793). married, April 10, 1672-3 Deacon Samuel Savil, son of William Savil, who During King William's War (1689 - 1697), John Alden held a military command, while he also maintained his business . In this case, he may have been the son of John Alden and Elizabeth Daye. , who died in Mendon April 28, 1722. In 1812 they finally reconciled, and corresponded for the following 14 years. Among her children was Hannah Bass, paternal grandmother of future United States President John Adams. The Pilgrims decided to buy out the merchants for fl,800 plus the merchants debts of f600. Hampshire; second, January 3, 1760, Elizabeth Janvrin, of Greenland, New John Jr. was born about 1626 and died in Boston on March 14, 1701/2. 1694; married October Dr. Joseph, born in Mendon, August 17, 1754; In witness wheref we have hereunto subscribed and sealed this 13 day of JuneAnno Domini 1688. Benjamin Adams, son of Josiah Adams (5), was John Alden played an active role in Plymouth Colony. He lived longer than any of the other signers of the Mayflower Compact. 1:370-72, 2:1134, 4:1746. in the right of Sarah, my wife, deceased. In the book, Myles fancied Priscilla but was too shy to tell her, so he asked John Alden to relay the message. He died in Mendon, July 30, 1802. During his burial, Rev. 2. Jane, the widow, may have been his mother and Richard and Avys his grandparents". As a young man, Bradford, an orphan, was part of a group of Separatists who rejected the Church of England and in 1608 fled to Holland in search of religious freedom, eventually settling in the city of Leiden. He m. probably in 1621, Priscilla, dau. In 1627 or shortly afterward, together with the Plymouth colonist, Myles Standish, he founded Duxbury, where he lived until his death. He married Mary Southworth by 1674 and had six children. ISBN 1426485417, 9781426485411.; p.61-62, Longfellow, H.W. In the 1623 division of land among the colonists, John and Priscilla received four acres on the north side of Plymouth Colony on the first street at the base of Burial Hill. He was about 21 years old when he was hired to be the cooper, or barrel-maker, for the Mayflower's voyage to America. About 1653, he built the Alden House, which is still standing and is maintained by the Alden Kindred of America. How is John Adams related to John Alden? February 5, 1713, Seth Chapin, Jr. of Mendon; married second, Elizabeth Research: Pulled from Rootsweb.Ancestry.com See file in section O.S. [24], Alden was elected Governor's Assistant (one of a small council of advisors to the Governor) in 1632 and was regularly reelected to that office until 1640 and then again from 1650 to 1686, because he was deputy from Duxbury from 1641 to 1642, and from 1645 to 1649, and a member of Captain Miles Standish's militia company from 1643. She married John Bass in Braintree on February 3, 1657/8, and had seven children. In Boston, he was a charter member of the Old South Meeting House. Alden, and several other families, including the Standish family, founded the town of Duxbury in the 1630s and took up residence there. "Memorial of the Descendants of the Hon. She was born in Weymouth, MA, in 1744, where her father was a Congregationalist minister. by Steve Sailer. Tradition represents Priscilla to have been very beautiful in her youth; and John also was a comely person; and considering his other accomplishments, it is not surprising, that when he was sent by Captain Standish, after the death of his wife, to solicit her hand in marriage, she preferred the messenger to the message. Mary, bom February 6, 1683; married April, He was also one of the founders of the Plymouth Colony and the seventh signer of the Mayflower Compact. The New England Historical Genealogical Society in Boston has established that Edward Adams was the Great, Great Uncle of President John Adams. Sarah was born about 1634 and died before the settlement of her father's estate in 1688. She was alive and unmarried in 1688. The 100-foot ship had 102 passengers and a crew of about 30-40 in extremely cramped conditions. He died in 1687 at the age of 89, one of the last surviving Mayflower passengers. In Plymouth, Allerton served as an assistant governor and acted as the colonys representative with its investors in England. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. However, he may have had some incentive from a young woman named Priscilla Mullins. Both he and his wife Priscilla lie buried, interestingly enough, in the Miles Standish Burial Ground. While Alden did not take part in the fight (which left one person dead) he was the highest ranking member the Massachusetts Bay colonists could get their hands on, and it was only through the intervention of Bradford that he was eventually released. John Alden signed the document, which is an indication that he had already made the decision to remain with the settlers. At Plymouth, he quickly rose up from his common seaman status to a prominent member of the Colony. "John Alden," The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol.1. February 12. NOTE: Zachariah Alden and Henry Alden have been incorrectly identified as sons of John and Priscilla Alden in various publications. Banks, Charles Edward. (Boston: C.H. For several years, the family traveled 10 miles to Sunday church services in Plymouth. allied family. [23] The fact that Alden was among the Undertakers is indicative of his growing stature in the colony. By chance, as historian Dorothy Wentworth observed, the location was ideal as it included upland that had been partially cleared by Native Americans, woodland, and salt marshes (a good source of hay). Mary, born February 25, 1667-8, married Deacon about john alden descendants family tree please comment if we missed anything here, please let us know. Plymouth Colony Its History & People. Jonathan Alden. The Alden House in Duxbury that was built by John Alden about 1651. Even if it were accurate, Longfellow fictionalized the story to write The Courtship of Miles Standish. His many children emigrated with him, including a son Joseph. In this case, he may have been the son of John Alden and Elizabeth Daye. It was likely built by one of their children (possibly Jonathan Alden) or grandchildren. Its fitting that the 20th-century painter and illustrator known for his portraits of American life could trace his roots to Mayflower passengers. (VI) Hon. Thus, unless the gravestone is assumed to be incorrect, the overwhelming probability is that John was born in 1599, as documented by numerous sources. in Braintree, December 24. Joseph, born January 4, 1688; married born in Mendon. Christopher Jones in Southampton when he was about 21 years old to work as the ship's cooper during the Mayflower's voyage to America. John Adams (October 30, 1735 (O.S. The 12th U.S. president was a relative of Isaac Allerton, a Separatist who came to America on the Mayflower with his wife and three of their children. [1], Priscilla was born about 1630. 15, citing Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; the accompanying photographs by williamknight57 and Jenory are materially informative and provide a legible image of the inscribed data. There are two major theories that have been presented over the years: Charles Edward Banks, in his book, the English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers, 1929, [11] puts forward a theory that John is the son of George Alden and Jane and grandson of Richard and Avys (Aoys) Alden of Southampton, England. He was a cousin of Adams isn't the only president to descend from a Mayflower passengerGeorge W. Bush, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Ulysses S. Grant can also trace their ancestry to one . J ohn Alden was one of the single men who traveled on the Mayflower. By the 1660s, John and Priscilla Alden had a growing family of ten children. John Alden (c. 1598 - September 12, 1687) [1] was a crew member on the historic 1620 voyage of the Mayflower which brought the English settlers commonly known as Pilgrims to Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, US. Father of 2nd US President John Adams, Grandfather of 6th US President John Quincy Adams. This update adds approximately 1,100 new . Father, was his cousin. At least three biographical sketches were found in the merged profiles. To pay off the last f400, John Alden and Miles Standish sold 300 acres of land. 3. After the death of her first husband, Susanna married Lt. John Hall. He married fellow Mayflower passenger Priscilla Mullins, whose entire family perished in the first winter in Plymouth Colony. WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. : Samuel P. Brown, 1867. John Alden, "Mayflower" Passenger father Elisabeth Pabodie sister About Ruth Bass Ruth Alden (born abt 1637 - died 12 Oct 1674) was the sixth or quite possibly the seventh born child of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins Alden who came to America on the Mayflower in the year 1620. Duxbury was incorporated as a separate town in 1637. The woman who taught Americans the art of French cooking likely wouldve been underwhelmed by the dining options aboard the Mayflower (ship goers of that era typically subsisted on such items as salted meats and dried grains) but she did have a number of relatives, including William and Mary Brewster, who as passengers aboard the vessel wouldve had no choice but to eat up. Library of Congress Photo Collection, 1840-2000. [41][42] A wheel-lock carbine attributed to John Alden is housed at the National Firearms Museum. In 1634, John Alden was on the Kennebec River assisting in the forceful removal of John Hocking who was illegally fishing and trading on land that had been granted to the Pilgrims. He served as Duxbury's deputy to the Plymouth Court throughout the 1640s, and sat on several committees, including the Committee on Kennebec Trade, and sat on several Councils of War. of Mr. William Molines, or Mullens, who with his wife came also in the May Flower, and both died in the February succeeding their landing. died January 27, 1657. about john alden mayflower family tree please comment if we missed anything here, please let us know. The settlement is as follows - "We whose names are subscribed, personally interested in the estate of John Alden senior of Duxbury, Esquire, lately deceased, do hereby aknowledge ourselves to have received, each of us our full personal proportion thereof from Jonathan Alden, Administrator thereof, do by these presents for ourselves, our heirs and executors acquit, discharge fully the said Jonathin Alden, his heirs forever of and from all rights, dues, demands whatsover, relating to the aforesaid eseate. The site of Alden's first house in Plymouth was marked in 1930 with a boulder and bronze plaque placed by the Alden Kindred of America. 6. He was given the option to stay in America, or return to England; he decided to stay. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Ancestral Summary: Extensive research has been done into the ancestry of John Alden, but nothing has conclusively been found. joint editors. Children of Joseph and Hannah (Bass) Adams. The book spread like wildfire in both the United States and the United Kingdom. spend time with our direct grandparents too. The Adams Surname Y-DNA project has confirmed two suspected [by some see W030] family connections and found several other connections. The Hollywood star (Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon) was a descendent of John Howland, who traveled aboard the Mayflower as an indentured servant. The definitive modern survey of each of them was published by Alicia Crane Williams in 1989-1991. John Alden Jr. Before the Salem Witch Trials. Bradford's History "Of Plymouth Plantation," Boston: Wright & Porter Printing Company, 1898. Detailed biography - http://www.alden.org/our_family/aldenbiography.htm, Crew Member of the Mayflower, signer of the Mayflower Compact, [http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/John_Alden_(c1599-1687)]. 1783, Dolly Kinnicut, of Providence; second. Captain John Alden Jr, the son of Mayflower pilgrim John Alden, was a merchant from Boston who was accused of witchcraft by a local child during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. 6. Descendents of John Alden 1st Generation 1. Despite her loss, John Alden and Priscilla Mullins became one of the first couples to get married in the new colony. Shaeffer-Boutte, Kimberly (1985-2021) Mother. New York: Lewis historical publishing company, 1911. Hobart, of Braintree. John and Priscilla had the following children who survived to adulthood: Elizabeth, John (accused during the Salem witch trials), Joseph, Priscilla, Robert, Jonathan, Sarah, Ruth, Mary, Rebecca, and David. In every position he occupied, he fulfilled his duties promptly and to the satisfaction of his employers." Capt. July 21, 1697. Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford and Alicia Crane Williams. Farmer, Hingham, 1835) Page 9 Caleb Johnson's Mayflower History at [1], MEMORIAL. 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