George Alden

Charles Edward Banks, in his book The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers, 1929, puts forward a theory that John is the son of George ALDEN and Jane (---) and grandson of Richard and Avys ALDEN of Southampton, England. Since BRADFORD says John ALDEN was hired in Southampton, this would be a logical place to start looking for ALDENS. No other supporting evidence has been found, and it has been noted by many researchers that the names George, Richard, and Avys do not occur anywhere in John ALDEN's family. Naming children after parents and grandparents was an extremely common practice in the seventeenth century, and the absence of such a name is nearly enough evidence to disprove this theory.

The currently popular theory is that John ALDEN came from Harwich, Essex, England. There was a sea-faring ALDEN family living there, who were related by marriage to Christopher JONES, captain of the Mayflower. It has been suggested John ALDEN may be the son of John ALDEN and Elizabeth DAYE, but this is not fully proven either.

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George Joseph Alden

Born about 1573 in Southampton, Hampshire, England

Son of Richard Alden [uncertain] and Amy (Wydoo) Alden [uncertain]

Brother of Robert Alden and John I Alden [half]

Husband of Jane Essex (Fowke) Alden — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of John Alden Sr., Rachel Alden, Elizabeth (Alden) Chandler, Elizabeth Fowlk Alden, Barbara (Alden) Babington, Catherine Fowlk Alden and Elizabeth (Alden) Gregg

Died about 12 Sep 1620 in Southampton, Hampshire, England

Profile last modified 28 Aug 2019 | Created 27 Sep 2010

Caution

The relationship of George to the Mayflower Pilgrim, John Alden is not clear. Possibly George may have been his brother.[1]

Biography

George Alden, also known as George Joseph Alden. Date and place of birth as found in the merged profiles:

1573 at Scrooby, Herts, England abt. 1573-1574 at Scrooby, Hertfordshire, England 1574 England 1575 no place given 1575 at Southampton, Hampshire, England Date and place of death as found in the merged profiles:

1620 Death place missing 1620 at Southampton, Hampshire, England 1619 at Southampton, Hampshire, England Possible parents: Richard Alden and Aoys Olive. Possible wives: Jane Fowlk, Jane Unknown, or Jane Jones. The above information about George Alden comes mainly from Ancestry Family Trees and other resources on Ancestry.com [2] [3]. Source by anonymous Purcell: Endowed (LDS) 9 Mar 1999. Baptized (LDS) 29 Oct 1999. Parents: RICHARD ALDEN, JR and Amy Aoys

Sources

Source: Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Online at Ancestry.com address: http://www.Ancestry.com Source: Title: Millennium File Author: Heritage Consulting Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.Original data - Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting. Online: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Source: Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Author: Yates Publishing, Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived. Source: S127 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry Members. Repository: #R2 NOTE this information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Repository: R2 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number: Source: S144 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived; Repository: #R2 Source: S145 Author: Heritage Consulting Title: Millennium File Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.Original data - Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting. Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Repository: #R2 ↑ See Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford and Williams, Alicia Crane, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 16 Part 1 of 3, John Alden, Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002 ↑ Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com ↑ www.ancestry.co.uk Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kelly Stamper for creating WikiTree profile Alden-1530 through the import of Kelly Holtz Family Tree_2013-02-11.ged on Feb 11, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Kelly and others.