John Alden
Mayflower passenger and New World colonist (1599-1687) · Politicians · Died at 88
John Alden was an English cooper and later colonial magistrate, best known for being one of the passengers on the 1620 voyage of the Mayflower which brought the English settlers, commonly known as Pilgrims, to Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts.
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Cooper by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, an 18th-century etching of a cooper holding barrel hoops![The Mayflower Compact 1620: an 1899 painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris depicts John Alden signing the document.[9]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/The_Mayflower_Compact_1620_cph.3g07155.jpg/1280px-The_Mayflower_Compact_1620_cph.3g07155.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
The Mayflower Compact 1620: an 1899 painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris depicts John Alden signing the document.[9]
A view of the recreated Plimoth Patuxet, which includes a replica of John Alden's house seen second from the left
A romanticized, early-20th-century depiction of John and Priscilla Alden's courtship
Alden House Historic Site, likely built by John and Priscilla's son Jonathan Alden, c. 1700
The historic marker at John Alden House
Early-20th-century depiction of Priscilla and John AldenAbout this person
He was hired in Southampton, England, as the settlers' cooper, responsible for making and maintaining the barrels that the colony would need. He was on Governor Bradford's list of settlers and was one of the original signers of the Mayflower Compact. He had the choice to return to England but decided to remain in Plymouth Colony and married there. He was the seventh and last surviving signatory to the Mayflower Compact.
