John Alden was an English cooper and later colonial magistrate, best known for being one of the passengers on the 1620 voyage of the Mayflower which brought the English settlers, commonly known as Pil
A conjectural image of John and Priscilla Alden by George Henry Boughton, 1884
Cooper by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, an 18th-century etching of a cooper holding barrel hoops
The Mayflower Compact 1620: an 1899 painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris depicts John Alden signing the document.
A view of the recreated Plimoth Patuxet, which includes a replica of John Alden's house seen second from the left
Capt. John Alden Jr. was a Colonial soldier, politician, merchant, and sailor born in the Plymouth Colony. He was a well-known public figure in his time; however, he is currently chiefly remembered as
John Alden
…Pabodie on December 26, 1644 in Duxbury and had thirteen children. Her grave and that of her husband are in the Old Commons Cemetery in Little Compton. John Jr. was born about 1626 in Plymouth and died in Boston on March 14, 1701/2. He married Elizabeth (Phillips) Everill on April 1, 1660, and had fourteen…
"Captain Alden Denounced" from an 1878 history, depicting the accusation of John Alden, Jr. during the Salem Witch Trials