Editing John Alden (section)

== Final days and legacy ==
[[File:John Alden and Priscilla Alden grave in Miles Standish Burial Ground in Duxbury MA.JPG|thumb|right|Commemorative headstones placed in 1930 to honor John and Priscilla Alden|alt=Two gravestones partly covered with moss and a small sign which reads "John Alden Burial Place"]]

John Alden was the last survivor of the signers of the Mayflower Compact.{{sfnp|Wentworth|1980|p=20}} He died in Duxbury on September 12, 1687.{{sfnp|Plymouth Ancestors, "John Alden"}}<ref name="BDA1906p71"/> Both he and his wife Priscilla were buried in the Old Burying Ground in South Duxbury.{{sfnp|Wentworth|1980|p=23}} The precise location of their graves is not known as markers either were not placed or have crumbled away. In 1930, the Alden Kindred of America placed commemorative slate stones at the estimated location of their graves near the headstone of their son, Capt. Jonathan Alden.{{sfnp|''New England Today'', October 8|2019}}

Several artifacts attributed to John Alden are exhibited at major museums. 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.{{sfnp|Pilgrim Society, "Arms and Armor"}}{{sfnp|Pilgrim Society, "Religion}} A [[wheel-lock]] [[carbine]] attributed to John Alden is housed at the [[National Firearms Museum]]. Of early-17th-century Italian make, the carbine was found in the Alden House during a 1924 restoration.{{sfnp|NRA Museums}}

The Alden Kindred of America, initially a society composed strictly of Alden descendants, was established in 1906. It is now an incorporated non-profit organization welcoming both Alden descendants and non-descendants to its membership. The organization manages the Alden House Historic Site in Duxbury, Massachusetts.{{sfnp|Alden Kindred}}

According to the Alden Kindred of America, John Alden had more than one million living descendants as of 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Sydney |title=It's all relative to the 1 million strong Alden clan |url=https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2008/11/27/it-s-all-relative-to/40195684007/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=The Patriot Ledger |language=en-US}}</ref>