John Alden

John Alden was hired as a cooper by the London merchants who financed the expedition to the New World. Priscilla Mullins went to America with her parents and younger brother. The other three members of her family died during the terrible first winter of the…

William Brewster, and John Alden. Named for Duxbury Hall in Lancashire, England, seat of the Standish family, it was incorporated in 1637, becoming the second town in the Plymouth colony. Following the American Revolution, shipbuilding and fishing were significant activities. The town is now mainly residential, and many…

According to one of them, John Alden was the first colonist to set foot on it.

…the company’s interests; these included John Alden and Myles Standish.