A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameEleazer Alden 11
Birth27 Sep 1694, South Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Plymouth Colony, BCA
Death29 Jan 1773, South Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay, BCA Age: 78
BurialFirst Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts2576
MotherHannah Dunham (1670-1747)
Spouses
Birth6 Jan 1700, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay, BCA
Death6 Jan 1769, South Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay, BCA Age: 69
BurialFirst Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts2575
FatherJoseph Josiah Shaw (1664-1718)
MotherJudith Whitmarsh (1669-1760)
Family Media
Notes for Eleazer Alden
Inscription~
~ Lord, in the dust he must abide,
~ There sleeping by his consort's side;
~ Ye children living come and see
~ Where both your once loved parents be.
~ Then follow in the paths they trod,
~ Till you shall rest with Christ in God.

Son of Joseph Alden (1667-1747) and Hannah, nee Dunham, Alden (1670-1747).

Married May 11, 1720 to Martha, nee Shaw, Alden (1700-1769).

Father of Jonathan (b.1721), Eleazar (b. 1723), Abraham (b. 1725), David (b. 1727), Joshua (b. 1729), Caleb (b. 1731), Ezra (b. 1734) and Timothy (b.1736).

His Alden lineage:
1st gen - John Alden and Priscilla Mullens
2nd gen - Joseph Alden/Mary Simmons
3rd gen - Joseph Alden/Hannah Dunham
4th gen - Eleazar Alden

Sources: History of Bridgewater by Nahum Mitchell, page 85 (pub. 1840, 1897, 1970, 1975) and Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater Massachusetts by Williams Latham (pub. 1882).
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