Jonathan Alden (bef. 1733 - 1825)

Born before 11 Oct 1733 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Experience (Washburn) Alden II — married 26 Nov 1766 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Hannah (Green) Alden — married 4 Dec 1777 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1825 after age 91 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Jonathan Alden served with Civil Service, Massachusetts during the American Revolution.

Name: Jonathan Alden Birth Date: 11 Oct 1733 Birth Place: Bridgewater Father's First Name: John Gender: Male Source: Vital Records of Bridgewater ^[1]

Name: Jonathan Alden Event Type: Death Birth Date: abt 1733 Death Date: 18 Feb 1825 Death Place: East Bridgewater, Massachusetts Death Age: 92 ^[2]

Massachusetts Colony

• From John Maltby:

Experience Washburn, second daughter of Cornelius and Experience (Richards) Washburn, married Jonathan Alden, son of John and Hannah (Kingman) Alden, of East Bridge­water,^[3] on 26 Nov. 1766 in Bridgewater.^[4] He was baptized on 11 Oct. 1733 in East Bridgewater,^[5] a grandson of Isaac and Mehitabel (Allen) Alden,^[6] and of Henry and Bethiah (Haward) Kingman.^[7] Jonathan Alden joined other heirs of John Alden, late of Bridgewater, in the sale of his father’s homestead to Hugh Orr, blacksmith, on 27 Feb. 1769.^[8]

Experience (Washburn) Alden died on 26 Dec. 1775 in East Bridgewater, “in child bed,” aged 31 years,^[9] and Jonathan Alden remarried to Hannah (Green) White, widow of Thomas White, of Abington,^[10] and probably daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Jackson) Green, of Abington,^[11] on 4 Dec. 1777 in East Bridgewater.^[12] She was born on 27 Sept. 1747 in Abington.^[13] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census.^[14] She died on 19 Feb. 1811 in East Bridgewater, of “pleurisy” or “consumption,” aged 63 years.^[15]

Jonathan Alden died intestate on 18 Feb. 1825 in East Bridgewater, aged about 92 years, of a “great cold.”[51] Administration of his estate was granted to his son, Isaac Alden, on 24 Feb. 1825, and the distribution, dated 20 Feb. 1826, mention his heirs: Isaac Alden, Ezra Alden, John Alden, Cyrus Alden, Jonathan Alden, Mehitabel Jack­son, and Mary Barrell. A second distribution, dated 3 Oct. 1826, mentioned portions distributed to Ezra Alden, Isaac Alden, Edward Vinton for Cyrus Alden’s portion, John Alden's portion, and Mehitabel Jackson’s portion, Christopher French for Jonathan Alden’s portion, the widow Rhoda Alden for Samuel Alden’s heirs, Abel Barrell for Mary Barrell’s portion, and David Alden.[52]

Experi­ence (Washburn) Alden had at least 5 chil­dren,[53] and Jona­than Alden had possi­bly 6 more children by Hannah Green,[54] order uncer­tain:

Sources

1. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
3. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 86, 88; Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, and Alicia Crane Williams, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999, [hereinafter MF5G: Alden, pt. 1], p. 335-6.
4. ↑ Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 386.
5. ↑ East Bridgewater VRs, p. 12.
6. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 85; MF5G: Alden, pt. 1, pp. 97-99.
7. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 217.
8. ↑ MF5G: Alden, pt. 1, p. 336, from Plymouth County Deeds, Vol. 55, p. 116.
9. ↑ East Bridgewater VRs, p. 332, buried in the Old Central Cemetery in East Bridgewater.
10. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 88, 334; Vital Records of Abington, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1912, [hereinafter Abington VRs], Vol. 2, p. 226, the marriage of Thomas White, of Bridgewater, and Hannah Green, of Bridgewater, on 2 June 1772 in Bridgewater; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 398, the marriage of Thomas White, of Abington, and Hannah Green, of Abington, on 2 Jan. 1772 in Bridgewater.
11. ↑ Abington VRs, Vol. 2, p. 86, the marriage of Samuel Green and Hannah Jackson on 25 Apr. 1745 in Abington.
12. ↑ East Bridgewater VRs, p. 154.
13. ↑ Abington VRs, Vol. 1, p. 90.
14. ↑ Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 165, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Jona Alden household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 4 free white males under 16, and 5 free white females.
15. ↑ East Bridgewater VRs, p. 332, buried in the Old Central Cemetery in East Bridgewater.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 3 Feb 2018), "Record of Jonathan Alden", Ancestor # A001033.

• Jonathan Alden on Find A Grave: Memorial #40952098 retrieved 15:23, 6 January 2018 (EST)

• Alden Family Database

• John A. Maltby Genealogies - Experience Washburn

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRM-GMB : accessed 30 January 2022), Jonathan Alden, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 68, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 16; FHL microfilm 205,617.