Born 9 April 1665 in Boston, Elizabeth was the daughter of Captain John Alden and Elizabeth (Phillips) Everill, in fact the only daughter to survive to adulthood. She was baptized in 1667 at First Church, Boston. Her father left that church community and became one of the fourteen founders of Old South Church, Boston. Elizabeth first married John Walley, Jr. (son of John and Elizabeth (Wing) Walley on 9 July 1684. Together they had six children:
Sarah (1684-1690),
Abiel (1686-1759) who married Margaret Corwin,
William (1687-unknown),
John (1688-before 24 Oct. 1745) who married Elizabeth Danforth,
Elizabeth (1693-about 1721) who married Joseph Russell, and
Sarah (1695-after 18 May 1742) who married Richard Checkley.
John Walley died sometime before 30 April 1702, most likely at sea. Elizabeth was appointed to administer his estate on that 30 April date and also married her second husband Simon Willard on that same date. Simon was the son of the Rev. Samuel Willard and Abigail Sherman. The marriage was performed at Old South Church by Simon's father. Of note, there is a surviving page of the paperwork for the John Walley estate in Suffolk County Probate Records which is signed "Elizabeth Willard lait Walley." Together Elizabeth and Simon had four children:
Samuel and Abigail (twins born 19 Jan 1702/03). Samuel died young. Abigail married Boston physician and apothecary Dr. Joseph Bridgham.
Katherine (1704-1736) who married Rev. Othniel Campbell.
George (1706/07-1707)
Simon died under similar circumstances to John Walley, likely at sea and sometime between the date of his will in 1709 and the date of its probate (1713). Elizabeth was administrator and beneficiary.
Elizabeth died sometime after 1 September 1739 (when named a beneficiary in her son Abiel's will) and before 1745 (when her son John died).
Sources:
Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth MA, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999. Volume 16, Part 1: Family of John Alden. Pages 85-89: Family of Elizabeth Alden. This work is very well annotated, referring to the original sources most of which are held by NEHGS. NEHGS and the GSMD are in the process of digitizing this 31-volume work, likely in time for the 40-year anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower. Some of the sources are listed below
Records of Old South Church such as can be found easily online. The original records are accessible on microfilm at the Congregational Library in Boston. The Aldens, Walleys and Willards are all associated with that church for much of this period.
Records such as exist (from sources like the Boston Records Commission) for 17th century births, marriages, etc. in Boston as collected and stored by the New England Historic Genealogical Society(NEHGS) and accessed via AmericanAncestors.org. Specifically:
Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1630-1699 for her birth
Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston (Thwing Collection) for her parentage and both marriages
Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809 for marriage of Simon Willard and Elizabeth Walley
Boston, MA: Church Records 1630-1895 for baptism of Samuel and Abigail Willard
Boston, MA: Deaths 1700-1799 pointing to the date of the appointment of an administrator to the estate of John Walley and thus the note that he died before that date.
The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register 1893 Volume XLVII (published by the society in 1893) Genealogical Gleanings in New England p 105 re. The Walley family. Noted are the 6 Walley children and the subsequent marriage to Simon Willard and clarifies the various Walleys in Boston and connected to Old South Church
The Mayflower Descendant, an Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography 1908 volume X. Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1908. Pages 76-77 abstract the original Suffolk County Probate records relating to both John Walley Jr. and Simon Willard (husbands of Capt. John Alden's daughter Elizabeth). Following pages similarly show records of the estates of Captain John Alden and his male children.
Sarah (1684-1690),
Abiel (1686-1759) who married Margaret Corwin,
William (1687-unknown),
John (1688-before 24 Oct. 1745) who married Elizabeth Danforth,
Elizabeth (1693-about 1721) who married Joseph Russell, and
Sarah (1695-after 18 May 1742) who married Richard Checkley.
John Walley died sometime before 30 April 1702, most likely at sea. Elizabeth was appointed to administer his estate on that 30 April date and also married her second husband Simon Willard on that same date. Simon was the son of the Rev. Samuel Willard and Abigail Sherman. The marriage was performed at Old South Church by Simon's father. Of note, there is a surviving page of the paperwork for the John Walley estate in Suffolk County Probate Records which is signed "Elizabeth Willard lait Walley." Together Elizabeth and Simon had four children:
Samuel and Abigail (twins born 19 Jan 1702/03). Samuel died young. Abigail married Boston physician and apothecary Dr. Joseph Bridgham.
Katherine (1704-1736) who married Rev. Othniel Campbell.
George (1706/07-1707)
Simon died under similar circumstances to John Walley, likely at sea and sometime between the date of his will in 1709 and the date of its probate (1713). Elizabeth was administrator and beneficiary.
Elizabeth died sometime after 1 September 1739 (when named a beneficiary in her son Abiel's will) and before 1745 (when her son John died).
Sources:
Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth MA, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999. Volume 16, Part 1: Family of John Alden. Pages 85-89: Family of Elizabeth Alden. This work is very well annotated, referring to the original sources most of which are held by NEHGS. NEHGS and the GSMD are in the process of digitizing this 31-volume work, likely in time for the 40-year anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower. Some of the sources are listed below
Records of Old South Church such as can be found easily online. The original records are accessible on microfilm at the Congregational Library in Boston. The Aldens, Walleys and Willards are all associated with that church for much of this period.
Records such as exist (from sources like the Boston Records Commission) for 17th century births, marriages, etc. in Boston as collected and stored by the New England Historic Genealogical Society(NEHGS) and accessed via AmericanAncestors.org. Specifically:
Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1630-1699 for her birth
Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston (Thwing Collection) for her parentage and both marriages
Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809 for marriage of Simon Willard and Elizabeth Walley
Boston, MA: Church Records 1630-1895 for baptism of Samuel and Abigail Willard
Boston, MA: Deaths 1700-1799 pointing to the date of the appointment of an administrator to the estate of John Walley and thus the note that he died before that date.
The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register 1893 Volume XLVII (published by the society in 1893) Genealogical Gleanings in New England p 105 re. The Walley family. Noted are the 6 Walley children and the subsequent marriage to Simon Willard and clarifies the various Walleys in Boston and connected to Old South Church
The Mayflower Descendant, an Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography 1908 volume X. Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1908. Pages 76-77 abstract the original Suffolk County Probate records relating to both John Walley Jr. and Simon Willard (husbands of Capt. John Alden's daughter Elizabeth). Following pages similarly show records of the estates of Captain John Alden and his male children.
Born 9 April 1665 in Boston, Elizabeth was the daughter of Captain John Alden and Elizabeth (Phillips) Everill, in fact the only daughter to survive to adulthood. She was baptized in 1667 at First Church, Boston. Her father left that church community and became one of the fourteen founders of Old South Church, Boston. Elizabeth first married John Walley, Jr. (son of John and Elizabeth (Wing) Walley on 9 July 1684. Together they had six children:
Sarah (1684-1690),
Abiel (1686-1759) who married Margaret Corwin,
William (1687-unknown),
John (1688-before 24 Oct. 1745) who married Elizabeth Danforth,
Elizabeth (1693-about 1721) who married Joseph Russell, and
Sarah (1695-after 18 May 1742) who married Richard Checkley.
John Walley died sometime before 30 April 1702, most likely at sea. Elizabeth was appointed to administer his estate on that 30 April date and also married her second husband Simon Willard on that same date. Simon was the son of the Rev. Samuel Willard and Abigail Sherman. The marriage was performed at Old South Church by Simon's father. Of note, there is a surviving page of the paperwork for the John Walley estate in Suffolk County Probate Records which is signed "Elizabeth Willard lait Walley." Together Elizabeth and Simon had four children:
Samuel and Abigail (twins born 19 Jan 1702/03). Samuel died young. Abigail married Boston physician and apothecary Dr. Joseph Bridgham.
Katherine (1704-1736) who married Rev. Othniel Campbell.
George (1706/07-1707)
Simon died under similar circumstances to John Walley, likely at sea and sometime between the date of his will in 1709 and the date of its probate (1713). Elizabeth was administrator and beneficiary.
Elizabeth died sometime after 1 September 1739 (when named a beneficiary in her son Abiel's will) and before 1745 (when her son John died).
Sources:
Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth MA, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999. Volume 16, Part 1: Family of John Alden. Pages 85-89: Family of Elizabeth Alden. This work is very well annotated, referring to the original sources most of which are held by NEHGS. NEHGS and the GSMD are in the process of digitizing this 31-volume work, likely in time for the 40-year anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower. Some of the sources are listed below
Records of Old South Church such as can be found easily online. The original records are accessible on microfilm at the Congregational Library in Boston. The Aldens, Walleys and Willards are all associated with that church for much of this period.
Records such as exist (from sources like the Boston Records Commission) for 17th century births, marriages, etc. in Boston as collected and stored by the New England Historic Genealogical Society(NEHGS) and accessed via AmericanAncestors.org. Specifically:
Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1630-1699 for her birth
Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston (Thwing Collection) for her parentage and both marriages
Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809 for marriage of Simon Willard and Elizabeth Walley
Boston, MA: Church Records 1630-1895 for baptism of Samuel and Abigail Willard
Boston, MA: Deaths 1700-1799 pointing to the date of the appointment of an administrator to the estate of John Walley and thus the note that he died before that date.
The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register 1893 Volume XLVII (published by the society in 1893) Genealogical Gleanings in New England p 105 re. The Walley family. Noted are the 6 Walley children and the subsequent marriage to Simon Willard and clarifies the various Walleys in Boston and connected to Old South Church
The Mayflower Descendant, an Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography 1908 volume X. Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1908. Pages 76-77 abstract the original Suffolk County Probate records relating to both John Walley Jr. and Simon Willard (husbands of Capt. John Alden's daughter Elizabeth). Following pages similarly show records of the estates of Captain John Alden and his male children.
Sarah (1684-1690),
Abiel (1686-1759) who married Margaret Corwin,
William (1687-unknown),
John (1688-before 24 Oct. 1745) who married Elizabeth Danforth,
Elizabeth (1693-about 1721) who married Joseph Russell, and
Sarah (1695-after 18 May 1742) who married Richard Checkley.
John Walley died sometime before 30 April 1702, most likely at sea. Elizabeth was appointed to administer his estate on that 30 April date and also married her second husband Simon Willard on that same date. Simon was the son of the Rev. Samuel Willard and Abigail Sherman. The marriage was performed at Old South Church by Simon's father. Of note, there is a surviving page of the paperwork for the John Walley estate in Suffolk County Probate Records which is signed "Elizabeth Willard lait Walley." Together Elizabeth and Simon had four children:
Samuel and Abigail (twins born 19 Jan 1702/03). Samuel died young. Abigail married Boston physician and apothecary Dr. Joseph Bridgham.
Katherine (1704-1736) who married Rev. Othniel Campbell.
George (1706/07-1707)
Simon died under similar circumstances to John Walley, likely at sea and sometime between the date of his will in 1709 and the date of its probate (1713). Elizabeth was administrator and beneficiary.
Elizabeth died sometime after 1 September 1739 (when named a beneficiary in her son Abiel's will) and before 1745 (when her son John died).
Sources:
Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth MA, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999. Volume 16, Part 1: Family of John Alden. Pages 85-89: Family of Elizabeth Alden. This work is very well annotated, referring to the original sources most of which are held by NEHGS. NEHGS and the GSMD are in the process of digitizing this 31-volume work, likely in time for the 40-year anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower. Some of the sources are listed below
Records of Old South Church such as can be found easily online. The original records are accessible on microfilm at the Congregational Library in Boston. The Aldens, Walleys and Willards are all associated with that church for much of this period.
Records such as exist (from sources like the Boston Records Commission) for 17th century births, marriages, etc. in Boston as collected and stored by the New England Historic Genealogical Society(NEHGS) and accessed via AmericanAncestors.org. Specifically:
Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1630-1699 for her birth
Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston (Thwing Collection) for her parentage and both marriages
Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809 for marriage of Simon Willard and Elizabeth Walley
Boston, MA: Church Records 1630-1895 for baptism of Samuel and Abigail Willard
Boston, MA: Deaths 1700-1799 pointing to the date of the appointment of an administrator to the estate of John Walley and thus the note that he died before that date.
The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register 1893 Volume XLVII (published by the society in 1893) Genealogical Gleanings in New England p 105 re. The Walley family. Noted are the 6 Walley children and the subsequent marriage to Simon Willard and clarifies the various Walleys in Boston and connected to Old South Church
The Mayflower Descendant, an Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography 1908 volume X. Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1908. Pages 76-77 abstract the original Suffolk County Probate records relating to both John Walley Jr. and Simon Willard (husbands of Capt. John Alden's daughter Elizabeth). Following pages similarly show records of the estates of Captain John Alden and his male children.
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