The history of Androscoggin County has the following passage on Benjamin Alden:
"Benjamin Alden, a descendant of John Alden, was one of the early settlers. He was a native of Connecticut, and having served in the Revolution, came to this town soon after its close. He located on lot 241, afterwards occupied by Lewis Gilbert, who married his daughter Eunice. Beside the land owned by him in Greene, he bought and cleared extensive tracts in Turner near Keen's Mills. To each of his four sons he gave a valuable farm. He was a blacksmith and followed the business in connection with his clearing and farming. He belonged to the Society of Friends, was in good standing among his fellow-townsmen, and served as selectman sixteen years; and when he died, at the age of 84, it was said that he never had an enemy."
The Greene town history, which is the source of Benjamin's date of death, also says that he was a selectman for 16 years and Representative to Mass. General Court in 1804. Benjamin built his house in 1791. He married Betty Hayford of Turner in 1785. They had twelve children from the years 1786 to 1827.
"Benjamin Alden, a descendant of John Alden, was one of the early settlers. He was a native of Connecticut, and having served in the Revolution, came to this town soon after its close. He located on lot 241, afterwards occupied by Lewis Gilbert, who married his daughter Eunice. Beside the land owned by him in Greene, he bought and cleared extensive tracts in Turner near Keen's Mills. To each of his four sons he gave a valuable farm. He was a blacksmith and followed the business in connection with his clearing and farming. He belonged to the Society of Friends, was in good standing among his fellow-townsmen, and served as selectman sixteen years; and when he died, at the age of 84, it was said that he never had an enemy."
The Greene town history, which is the source of Benjamin's date of death, also says that he was a selectman for 16 years and Representative to Mass. General Court in 1804. Benjamin built his house in 1791. He married Betty Hayford of Turner in 1785. They had twelve children from the years 1786 to 1827.
The history of Androscoggin County has the following passage on Benjamin Alden:
"Benjamin Alden, a descendant of John Alden, was one of the early settlers. He was a native of Connecticut, and having served in the Revolution, came to this town soon after its close. He located on lot 241, afterwards occupied by Lewis Gilbert, who married his daughter Eunice. Beside the land owned by him in Greene, he bought and cleared extensive tracts in Turner near Keen's Mills. To each of his four sons he gave a valuable farm. He was a blacksmith and followed the business in connection with his clearing and farming. He belonged to the Society of Friends, was in good standing among his fellow-townsmen, and served as selectman sixteen years; and when he died, at the age of 84, it was said that he never had an enemy."
The Greene town history, which is the source of Benjamin's date of death, also says that he was a selectman for 16 years and Representative to Mass. General Court in 1804. Benjamin built his house in 1791. He married Betty Hayford of Turner in 1785. They had twelve children from the years 1786 to 1827.
"Benjamin Alden, a descendant of John Alden, was one of the early settlers. He was a native of Connecticut, and having served in the Revolution, came to this town soon after its close. He located on lot 241, afterwards occupied by Lewis Gilbert, who married his daughter Eunice. Beside the land owned by him in Greene, he bought and cleared extensive tracts in Turner near Keen's Mills. To each of his four sons he gave a valuable farm. He was a blacksmith and followed the business in connection with his clearing and farming. He belonged to the Society of Friends, was in good standing among his fellow-townsmen, and served as selectman sixteen years; and when he died, at the age of 84, it was said that he never had an enemy."
The Greene town history, which is the source of Benjamin's date of death, also says that he was a selectman for 16 years and Representative to Mass. General Court in 1804. Benjamin built his house in 1791. He married Betty Hayford of Turner in 1785. They had twelve children from the years 1786 to 1827.
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