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Birth: May 22, 1627
Plymouth
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA Death: Mar. 14, 1702
Boston
Suffolk County
Massachusetts, USA

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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..

Captain John Alden, Jr., and The Salem Witch Trials

Parents - John /Alden/ and Priscilla /Mullens/

Wife - Elizabeth /Phillips/

Link to contributor profile: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=47137929
Their suggestion:
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Hello,
Just some added info for you:
John's wife was the Widow Everill, having been married previously to Abiel Everill. Her maiden name was Phillips.
Linda



Family links:
Parents:
John Alden (1598 - 1687)
Priscilla Mullins Alden (1602 - 1685)

Children:
John Alden (1663 - 1730)*

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Note: my 7th Great Grand Uncle (brownell/Alden) eb Burial:
Old South Church
Boston
Suffolk County
Massachusetts, USA
Maintained by: EBdeebee
Originally Created by: John Gwinn
Record added: Apr 10, 2009
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