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Priscilla Mullins Alden
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Priscilla (Mullins) Alden | |
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 Priscilla Mullins and John Alden | |
| Born | Priscilla Mullins ca. 1602 Surrey, England? |
| Died | ca. 1685 Plymouth Colony |
| Resting place | Myles Standish Burial Ground |
| Nationality | British (Subject of King James I of England) |
| Known for | Mayflower passenger (1620) |
| Spouse(s) | John Alden (m. 1623) |
| Parent(s) | Col. William Mullins, Sr. and Alice Mullins |
| Relatives | Joseph Mullins (brother), Capt. William Mullins, Jr. (brother), Col. John Mullins (grandfather) |
Priscilla (Mullins or Mullens) Alden (ca. 1602 – ca. 1685) was a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620 when it sailed from England to North America. She married John Alden in Plymouth Colony in 1623, and bore him ten or eleven children.
The couple founded Duxbury, north of Plymouth. She died in 1685 and is buried in the Myles Standish Burial Ground. She is the heroine of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1858 poem, The Courtship of Miles Standish.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Marriage
3 Death
4 Legacy
5 References
Early life |
Her birthplace and parents are not known with certainty. She may have been born in Surrey to Col. William Mullins, Sr. and Alice Mullins. She sailed to the New World with her parents and brother Joseph. These three died the winter of 1620-1621.
Marriage |
Priscilla married John Alden in 1623 in Plymouth Colony. They had ten or eleven children. John and Priscilla Alden lived in Plymouth until the late 1630s. They then moved north to found the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts.
Death |
Priscilla Alden died about 1685, and is buried in the Myles Standish Burial Ground in Duxbury. The exact location of her grave within the burial ground has not been found.
Legacy |
She is a main character in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1858 poem, The Courtship of Miles Standish. Longfellow was a descendant of the Aldens. He romanticized a family legend for the poem.
References |
- Mayflower History: Priscilla Mullins
Categories:
- 1602 births
- 1685 deaths
- English people
- Mayflower passengers
- People buried in the Myles Standish Burial Ground, Duxbury, Massachusetts
- People from Surrey
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