Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: LCPC-89L
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 42305569

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Daughter of Ichabod Wadsworth 1686-1745 and Margaret Marshall 1702-1773.

Mercy became the wife of Colonel Briggs Alden, son of John Alden and Hannah Briggs. She was a direct descendant of Mayflower pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Mullins.

They married 18 Nov 1741 and had at least eight children all raised in the Alden house in Duxbury, including Hannah, John, Deborah, Judah, Nathaniel, Edith, and Abigail. Other children might have been Samuel, Briggs and Amherst.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCPC-89L

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42305569

Mercy married Colonel Briggs Alden on 19 Nov 1741 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Briggs (son of Colonel John Alden and Hannah Briggs) was born on 8 Jun 1723 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Oct 1796 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried after 4 Oct 1796 in Mayflower Cemetery, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: L62B-DZ4
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 42306303
• Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
• Group: Mayflower - John Alden & Priscilla Mullins

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Son of Col. Briggs Alden and Mercy Wadsworth. Aged 94

Judah of Duxbury was an Ensign in Capt. Samuel Bradford's Company, Col. Theophilus Cotton's regiment. He enlisted 01 May 1773 and was commissioned 27 May 1775, remained for for 3 years, 3 months and 8 days of service. He was then in Colonel John Bailey's regiment in of the 2nd regiment, from 01 Jan 1777 31 Dec 1779, and a Lieutenant in Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's 2nd regiment. His commission as Captain was confirmed by Congress 06 Sep 1779.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L62B-DZ4

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42306303

Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullin of the Mayflower

Buried:
Inscription
Erected in the memory of Major Judah Alden an officer of the Revolution, who died March 12, 1845 abt 94 years

Judah married Welthea Wadsworth on 17 Feb 1780 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Welthea (daughter of Deacon Peleg Wadsworth and Lusanna Samson) was born on 21 Sep 1759 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 3 Mar 1841 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried after 3 Mar 1841 in Mayflower Cemetery, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: L4QG-V5C
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 42955534
• Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Mayflower - Henry Samson
• Group: Mayflower - John Alden & Priscilla Mullins
• Group: Mayflower - Richard Warren
• Group: Mayflower - William Brewster
• 1850 Census: 15 Aug 1850, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Notes:

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L4QG-V5C

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42955534

Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
Descendant of Henry Samson of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullin of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of Richard Warren of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of William Brewster of the Mayflower

1850 Census:
p. 74a
Daniel W. Brewster    60  M   Mariner  $1000    Mass.
Polly           "             63   F                               "
John Alden 3d           36  M   Mariner                 "
Mary W.   "               28   F                               "
John W    "                 3  M                                "

John Alden 2d          66  M   Merchant  $2000   Mass.
Mary   "                   60   F                                 "

Henry Alden             34  M   Mariner   ----         Mass.
Sarah A. "                32  F                                   "
Lucia S   "                12  F                                   "       school
Ann J      "                 9  F                                   "            "

John married Mary Winsor on 28 Jul 1811 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of William Winsor and Ann Hunt) was born in 1789 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 28 Mar 1882 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried after 28 Mar 1882 in Mayflower Cemetery, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: L4QG-LDS
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 76339395
• Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Mayflower - George Soule
• Group: Mayflower - Henry Samson
• Group: Mayflower - John Alden & Priscilla Mullins
• Group: Mayflower - Richard Warren
• Group: Mayflower - William Brewster
• Group: Veteran of Civil War - Union
• 1850 Census: 15 Aug 1850, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. E, 18th Massachusetts Infantry

The son of John and Mary (Winsor) Alden, and brother of Henry Alden, Co. E, 18th Mass. Infantry.

He married Mary W. Brewster, the daughter of Daniel W. and Polly (Hall), on May 10, 1841 at Duxbury, MA. They were the parents of John W. (1842-1846); Sylvanus A. (1845-1846); John W. born May 24, 1847; and Frank R. (1854-1904).

John was a 48 year-old Mariner from Duxbury when he enlisted in that town on May 23, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. E. He became ill prior to the Regiment leaving for Washington, DC and returned to his home in Duxbury, thus he never saw duty with the Regiment beyond that at Camp Brigham in Readville. He was discharged on a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability at Hall's Hill, VA on Feb. 23, 1862.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L4QG-LDS

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76339395

Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendant of George Soule of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of Henry Samson of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullin of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of Richard Warren of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of William Brewster of the Mayflower

Group:
Person who served in the Civil War in the Union Forces (Grand Army of the Republlic)

1850 Census:
p. 74a
Daniel W. Brewster    60  M   Mariner  $1000    Mass.
Polly           "             63   F                               "
John Alden 3d           36  M   Mariner                 "
Mary W.   "               28   F                               "
John W    "                 3  M                                "

John Alden 2d          66  M   Merchant  $2000   Mass.
Mary   "                   60   F                                 "

Henry Alden             34  M   Mariner   ----         Mass.
Sarah A. "                32  F                                   "
Lucia S   "                12  F                                   "       school
Ann J      "                 9  F                                   "            "

John married Mary W. Brewster on 10 Mar 1841 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Captain Daniel W. Brewster and Polly Hall) was born cal 9 Aug 1821 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 26 Feb 1869 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried after 26 Feb 1869 in Mayflower Cemetery, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]