Elizabeth Alden

Abt 1625 - 1717  (~ 92 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Alden
  Born	Abt 1625	Plymouth Colony, MA
  Gender	Female
  FindaGrave	Address: 6868310
  _AMTID	390151095324:1030:116238515
  Died	31 May 1717	Little Compton, RI
  Buried	Little Compton, RI
  	Address: Old Commons Burial Ground
  Person ID	I16174	Puffer Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	John Alden, MAYFLOWER,   b. 1599, Southampton, Hampshire, England ,   d. 12 Sep 1687, Duxbury, MA  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Priscilla Mullins, MAYFLOWER,   b. Abt 1600, Dorking, Surrey, England ,   d. Between 1651 and 1687, Duxbury, MA  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Married	Abt 1623	Plymouth, MA
  Family ID	F2257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William John Pabodie,   b. Abt 1620, England ,   d. 13 Dec 1707, Little Compton, RI  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Married	26 Dec 1644	Duxbury, MA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Pabodie,   b. 24 Apr 1647, Duxbury, MA ,   d. Abt 1679, Duxbury, MA  (Age 31 years)   2. Rebecca Pabodie,   b. 16 Oct 1660, Duxbury, MA ,   d. 23 Dec 1702, Little Compton, RI  (Age 42 years)
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2018
  Family ID	F3122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Folk Figure. Long acclaimed as the first child of European parents to be born in New England. Born the eldest child of noted Mayflower passengers Priscilla Mullins and John Alden in the Plymouth colony (present day Massachusetts). She was described by those who knew her as “a woman of great character, and fine presence, very tall and handsome." She married William Pabodie on December 26, 1644 and settled in Duxbury, Massachusetts where he served as town clerk. The couple had thirteen children before moving to Little Compton, Rhode Island. She died there at about age 94. Among her descendants was the poet most credited with making famous her parents through his work, 'The Courtship of Miles Standish,' Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Her name has also been recorded as Elizabeth Paybody.