Joseph ALDEN

Aft 1627 - 1697  (69 years)

• Name	Joseph ALDEN  [1, 2, 3]
  	He married, perhaps about 1660, Mary Simmons, daughter of Moses and Sarah (?) Simmons/Simonson, born say about 1641 (her children born in the 1660's and 1670's); died after 10 March 1696/7, when named co-executor of Joseph's estate; sister of John Simmons who married Mercy Pabodie and of Rebecca Simmons who married John Soule, son of Mayflower passenger George Soule. Moses Simmons, in his will dated 17 June 1689 and proved 15 September 1691, bequeathed to "my daughter Mary, the wife of Joseph Alden L4". Moses Simmons came to Plymouth on the Fortune, 9 November 1621. By a deed dated 1 April 1679, acknowledged 14 April 1679, but not recorded until 10 April 1700, his father "in consideration of love and natural affection: conveyed to Joseph Alden my true & natural son all that my share of land...within the township of Bridgewater" (Plymouth Co LR, 3:194). Joseph and Mary Alden sold land near the Gurnet's nose to Jonathan Alden, 2 September 1684 (Plymouth Col LR, 6:52). Joseph Alden was on the list of men from Duxbury between 16 and 60 able to bear arms August 1643, but his name is interlined and may have been added a few years after the fact (PCR, 8:189). Joseph, with his brother Jonathan, was admitted a freeman of Plymouth Colony on 3 June 1657. He served on Grand Juries in 1660, 1666, and 1685; and on a jury to "lay out all ways in Bridgewater" in 1667. he was a surveyor of highways in Bridgewater, in 1669, 1679 and 1685. At the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas held in September 1686, Joseph Alden of Plymouth was freed from military training "for bodily infirmity". The will of Joseph Alden, Sr., of the town of Bridgewater, dated 14 December 1696, proved 10 March 1696/7, was witnessed by Pallatiah Smith, Thomas Delano, and Joseph hayward. It mentions his son Isaac (50 acres which he lives upon; 10 acres of swamp, out of which he was to allow Joseph 3 acres; 2 acres of upland "which he hath taken up in liew of the upland belonging to Coasters kitchen meadows"; 1 acre of meadow at Byrams Hole "which he hath hitherto Enjoyed"; half meadow lot in Byrams Hole; and half of 60 acres between Byrams Hole and the sawmill); son Joseph (land where he lives "of which have already given him Assurance by written Deed"; and 20 acres lying on the Great River below Goodman Bayleys land); sons Joseph and John together (10 acres to be equally divided between them); wife Mary (homestead plus 10 acres on the Plaine; 2 acre woodlots on the left hand of the way to Thomas Washbourn's; and all moveables to dispose of as she saw fit); son John (use and improvement of the homestead "for his and my wife's Comfort during her life time" then to entirely to to John; 60 acres near the sawmill; and half the lot of meadow at Byrams Hole); and three sons Isaac, Joseph and John (all his right in the Majors Purchase and the undivided lands to be equally divided among them). Executors were his wife Mary and son John. The inventory of the moveable estate, amounting to L76, was taken 3 march 1696/7 by John Leonard, Joseph Snow and Samuel Allin, Jr., and it stated that he died 8 February 1696/7. It was presented to John Alden on 10 March 1696/7. (Plymouth Co PR, #138, 1:256-57' MD, 671-74). A "Genealogical Letter" written by John Alden at Middleborough on 14 April 1801 states: My grandfather whose name he thought was John) had three sons and three daughters who were married . . . The daughter's names I cannot relate. . . Two of the daughters married into the family of Snow of Bridgewater . . .the other married a Burrill of Weymouth" (MD, 6:110-11). Joseph Snow, Jr., of Bridgewater sold on 28 May 1726 to Capt. John Field, 2/3 purchase right in the seven great shares in Bridgewater and 1/3 of the 32nd lot on the Buckhil (Brickiln) Plain which fell to Joseph Alden deceased and nine acres in Snells Meadow part of the lot of Joseph Edson deceased; acknowledged 20 March 1726 (Plymouth Co LR, 21:199)/ [1]
  Birth	1624	Plymouth, Massachusetts   [4]
  Birth	Aft 22 May 1627	Plymouth or Duxbury, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	1659	Admitted a Freeman   [4]
  Will	14 Dec 1696  [4]
  Death	08 Feb 1696/7	Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Will Proved	10 Mar 1697  [4]
  Person ID	I01644	Main Tree
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	John ALDEN,   b. Bef 1598, England d. Between 12 Sep 1686 and 1687, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age > 88 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Priscilla MULLINS,   b. Abt 1602   d. Between 01 Dec 1680 and 12 Sep 1687, Duxbury (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1621  [4]
  Married	1623	Plymouth   [2]
  Family ID	F07398	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary SIMMONS,   b. Abt 1641   d. Aft 10 Mar 1696/7 (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1665  [2]
  Children	1. Isaac ALDEN,   b. Abt 1666   d. 24 Jun 1727, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts (Age 61 years)  [Birth] + 2. Joseph ALDEN,   b. Abt 1668, Bridgewater, Massachusetts d. 22 Dec 1747, Bridgewater, Massachusetts (Age 79 years)  [Birth] + 3. Elizabeth ALDEN,   b. Abt 1673, Bridgewater, Massachusetts d. 8 May 1705, Bridgewater, Massachusetts (Age 32 years) + 4. John ALDEN,   b. 1674/5, Bridgewater, Massachusetts d. 29 Sep 1730, Middleboro, Massachusetts (Age 55 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F07413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 08 Feb 1696/7 - Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S4885] Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations Vol. 16 John Alden Part 1 . [S02658] Mayflower Increasings 2nd Edition by Susan E. Roser. [S9349] Ezra Scollay Stearns, Moses Thurston Runnels, Plymouth NH Town History Committee, History of Plymouth, New Hampshire: Vol. 1 Narrative--Vol. II Genealogies. [S01988] Connecticut, 1600s-1800s Local Families and Histories: New England Families, Vol. III, Genealogies and Memorials.