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Alden (JOHN a magistrate)

JOHN, a magistrate of the Plymouth colony, born in 1599. His name is familiarized by the poem of Longfellow, "The Courtship of Miles Standish." He was originally a cooper of Southampton, was employed in making repairs on the ship "Mayflower," and came over in her with the Pilgrim Fathers. He was for over 50 years a colonial magistrate. He died in 1687.

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