The story of a Pilgrim family from the Mayflower to the present time : with autobiography, recollections, letters, incidents, and genealogy of the author, RevJohn Alden, in his 83d year . t (r-^ 5 .^/Ui ?- ?? tY?-^??- i • ^ \i)(- IM!.- C:;c^^-*-3 ^^-rss^.^ \re \ CHAPTER OF THE ALDEN FAMILY. COL. BRIGG3 ALDEN, !p?^?f ON of Col. John and Hannah Briefers Alden, wasII^^^S^I) ^°^ ^^ ^^^ °^^^ homestead. Duxbury, June 8, 1723,^•^^^ where he bved and died. His wife was }>lercyWadsworth (who belonged to the family of Wadsworthancestors of the Poet Longfellow, on the maternal side ).
The story of a Pilgrim family from the Mayflower to the present time : with autobiography, recollections, letters, incidents, and genealogy of the author, RevJohn Alden, in his 83d year . t (r-^ 5 .^/Ui ?- ?? tY?-^??- i • ^ \i)(- IM!.- C:;c^^-*-3 ^^-rss^.^ \re \ CHAPTER OF THE ALDEN FAMILY. COL. BRIGG3 ALDEN, !p?^?f ON of Col. John and Hannah Briefers Alden, wasII^^^S^I) ^°^ ^^ ^^^ °^^^ homestead. Duxbury, June 8, 1723,^•^^^ where he bved and died. His wife was }>lercyWadsworth (who belonged to the family of Wadsworthancestors of the Poet Longfellow, on the maternal side ).He was father of nine children. He died at the age ofseventy-four. His son Samuel was mortally wounded in anexpedition to the Penobscot river against the British, in177S, under command of Gen. Lovell. The second officerin command was Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, who built a beau-tiful mansion in Portland, Me., afterward occupied by hisson-in-law, Stephen Longfellow, father of the poet. Briggs Alden was youngest son of Col. John. He earlydeveloped the military tastes inherited from his father andgrandfathers, and became an officer in the local militarycompany. In
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