A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameCapt John Alden Sr 
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11Death14 Mar 1702, Boston, Suffolk Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay, BCA11 Age: 75
BurialOld South Church, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts11
FatherJohn Blunden Alden Sr (1599-1687)
MotherPriscilla Mullins (1602-1685)
Notes for Capt John Alden Sr
BIOGRAPHY: Alden_Gen, Violet Main Turner and E. Huling Wordworth, (The Alden Kindred of New York City and Vicinity, New York NY, 1935), Page 40 (Reliability: 3)
During the height of the witchcraft delusion, he was one of the accused. He was taken to jail in Salem, and managed to escape just before the execution of 9 of the victims
He was hidden out by relatives in Duxbury until the madness subsided, after which he turned himself in and was bound over to the Superior Court. When no one appeared to prosecute, he, along with some 150 others, was discharged by proclamation, and all judicial proceedings brought to a close..
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John's wife was the Widow Everill, having been married previously to Abiel Everill. Her maiden name was Phillips.
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This graves and two others were placed in the 19th century upon the outter wall of the Old South Church on the Boylston Street side. This is the resting spot of the gravestone, not the remains of the individuals.
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Records state that tombs and pews were purchased at Old South.11
During the height of the witchcraft delusion, he was one of the accused. He was taken to jail in Salem, and managed to escape just before the execution of 9 of the victims
He was hidden out by relatives in Duxbury until the madness subsided, after which he turned himself in and was bound over to the Superior Court. When no one appeared to prosecute, he, along with some 150 others, was discharged by proclamation, and all judicial proceedings brought to a close..
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John's wife was the Widow Everill, having been married previously to Abiel Everill. Her maiden name was Phillips.
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This graves and two others were placed in the 19th century upon the outter wall of the Old South Church on the Boylston Street side. This is the resting spot of the gravestone, not the remains of the individuals.
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Records state that tombs and pews were purchased at Old South.11