Samuel was born at Duxbury on November 7, 1712 and baptized at Scituate Second Church on May 17, 1713. He died on October 10, 1757 at the age of 45 and was buried at St. Mary's Church, Parish of Bitton, Gloucestershire, England. He married Edith Read at St. Werburgh, Bristol, Gloucestershire by license July 31, 1740. She died November 29, 1775 and was buried with Samuel on December 3, 1775. Samuel and Edith had no children. She married second George Williams of the Parish of St. James, Bristol, England.
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, John Alden, Volume 20, Part One, pp. 437-438
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, John Alden, Volume 20, Part One, pp. 437-438
Samuel was born at Duxbury on November 7, 1712 and baptized at Scituate Second Church on May 17, 1713. He died on October 10, 1757 at the age of 45 and was buried at St. Mary's Church, Parish of Bitton, Gloucestershire, England. He married Edith Read at St. Werburgh, Bristol, Gloucestershire by license July 31, 1740. She died November 29, 1775 and was buried with Samuel on December 3, 1775. Samuel and Edith had no children. She married second George Williams of the Parish of St. James, Bristol, England.
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, John Alden, Volume 20, Part One, pp. 437-438
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, John Alden, Volume 20, Part One, pp. 437-438
Inscription
Beneath this Stone,
secure from Storm or Tempest, rests at Peace,
the Body of Captain Samuel Alden, native
of New England. He was bred to the Sea
Service from his Youth, in which dangerous
Employment, by the Providence of God, he
was so successful as never to meet with an Accident.
After a Passage of Life of 45 Years,
he launched into Eternity, Oct. 10, 1757.
To whose Memory this Stone is erected by
his truly afflicted Widow
Edith Alden.
Also underneath lieth the Body of Edith,
Wife of the above Captain Samuel Alden, and
late Wife of George Williams, of the Parish
of St. James in the City of Bristol. She left this
Life on Nov. 29, 1775, aged 55 Years.
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