When Benjamin Alden was born on 2 October 1798, in Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Noah Alden, was 30 and his mother, Irena Helen Heath, was 20. He married Abigail Cross on 30 October 1823, in Milo, Yates, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Howard, Howard, Steuben, New York, United States for about 30 years. He died on 10 October 1880, in Howard, Steuben, New York, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Howard, Steuben, New York, United States.
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English: from a Middle English personal name. This is either Aldwin, Aldin (representing Old English Ealdwine with loss of -w-) or Middle English Alwin with an intrusive -d- (see Alwin ), or Aldan, a variant of the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Healfdene (see Haldane ).
Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in western Norway, so named because of its situation below a high mountain Alden, from an unattested word ‘high, standing out’.
History: John Alden (c. 1599–1687) was one of the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He moved from Plymouth to Duxbury, MA, c. 1627. Many of his descendants were merchant seamen, among them James Alden (1810–77), who twice circumnavigated the globe.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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