Alden, John b. 1598 d. September 12, 1687 American Colonial Figure. One of the charter members of the Plymouth Colony in America, he arrived on the first voyage of the "Mayflower". At the time of the sailing of the vessel in 1620 for America, he was about twenty-one years old. William Bradford, second governor of the colony, wrote that John Alden was "hired for a cooper, at South Hampton (England), where the ship victualed (brought on food for the voyage); and...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Alden, Priscilla b. 1602 d. 1685 American Colonial Figure. One of the charter members of the Plymouth Colony, arriving on the first voyage of the "Mayflower", her marriage to John Alden is the third known marriage in the Plymouth colony. Born in Dorking, Surrey, England, she was a young girl of 16 or 17 at the time of the sailing of the Mayflower in 1620 for America, when she arrived with her parents. When her parents died in the first winter ashore, in early 1621, a hard time when about half of the colony perished, she...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Soule, George b. 1597 d. January 22, 1680 George Soule's origins in England have not been discovered. The most promising record found to date is the baptism of a George Soule on 9 February 1595 at Tingrith, Bedford, son of William. Other Soule families using the name George can also be found in Sudbury, Suffolk, and Flitwick, Bedford. George Soule came on the Mayflower as a servant to the Edward Winslow family, indicating he was under 25 years old at the time; however, he did sign the Mayflower Compact, suggesting he was over 21...[Read More] Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Standish, Myles (Miles) b. 1584 d. October 3, 1656 American Colonist. He accompanied the Pilgrims as the commander of their militia, but was not a Pilgrim in the religious sense of the group. He is the subject of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic "The Courtship of Miles Standish;" but the story is entirely fictitious. Born in Lancashire, England in 1584, he fought as a young man against the Spanish in the Netherlands, learning his military trade and developing his leadership. The Pilgrims, realizing that none of them really had any...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
b. 1598 d. September 12, 1687