Editing John Alden (section)

== Family ==
[[File:Priscilla and John Alden (71565).jpg|thumb|right|Early-20th-century depiction of Priscilla and John Alden]]
John and Priscilla Alden had ten children:

#[[Elizabeth Pabodie|Elizabeth]] was born in 1623 in Plymouth and died in [[Little Compton, Rhode Island]], on May 31, 1717. She married William 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.{{sfnp|Plymouth Ancestors, "John Alden"}}
#[[John Alden (sailor)|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 children.{{sfnp|Plymouth Ancestors, "John Alden"}} He became a prosperous maritime merchant. He also played a controversial role in dealings with Native Americans in [[New Brunswick, Canada|New Brunswick]] and [[Nova Scotia, Canada|Nova Scotia]] during [[King William's War]].{{sfnp|Breen|2000|p=235}} In 1692, he was accused of being a witch during the [[Salem witch trials]] and jailed, though he later escaped and fled to Duxbury.{{sfnp|Hill|2000|p=71}}
#Joseph was born about 1628 and died in [[Bridgewater, Massachusetts]] on February 8, 1696/7. He married Mary Simmons about 1660 and had seven children.{{sfnp|Plymouth Ancestors, "John Alden"}}
#Priscilla was born about 1630. Little is known about her life except for a record which indicates she was alive and unmarried in 1688.{{sfnp|Plymouth Ancestors, "John Alden"}}
#[[Jonathan Alden Sr.|Jonathan]] was born about 1632 and died in Duxbury on February 14, 1697. He married Abigail Hallett on December 10, 1672, and had six children. Jonathan was buried in the [[Myles Standish Burial Ground|Old Burying Ground]] in Duxbury. He was captain of the Plymouth Colony militia and documentation indicates that at his burial, the militia company attended in formation. During his burial, Rev. [[Ichabod Wiswall]] of Duxbury delivered a sermon. It is the first known instance of a sermon being delivered at a Plymouth Colony burial indicated changing religious customs. Prior to this, burials were simple affairs without religious ritual.{{sfnp|Plymouth Ancestors, "John Alden"}}{{sfnp|Wentworth|1980|p=30}}
#Sarah was born about 1634 and died before the settlement of her father's estate in 1688. She married Alexander Standish, son of Myles Standish, about 1660 and had eight children.{{sfnp|Plymouth Ancestors, "John Alden"}}
#Ruth was born about 1636 and died in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]] on October 12, 1674. She married John Bass in Braintree on February 3, 1658, and had seven children.{{sfnp|Plymouth Ancestors, "John Alden"}} Among her children was Hannah Bass, paternal grandmother of future United States President [[John Adams]].{{sfnp|Nagel|2002|p=297}}
#Mary was born about 1638. She was alive and unmarried in 1688.{{sfnp|Plymouth Ancestors, "John Alden"}}
#Rebecca was born about 1640. She married Thomas Delano in 1677 and had nine children. She died between June 12, 1696 and October 5, 1722.{{sfnp|Plymouth Ancestors, "John Alden"}} She is buried in Old Burying Ground in Duxbury.
#David was born about 1642 and died in Duxbury between July 2, 1718, and April 1, 1719. He married Mary Southworth by 1674 and had six children.{{sfnp|Plymouth Ancestors, "John Alden"}}