Story of a Pilgrim Family

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The name of Alden has, for more than two centuries, been familiar to every son and daughter of New England. The Pilgrim John, who first brought it to these shores, was a man Of whom his numerous descendants are justly proud; not for his high station, great wealth or colossal intellect, but for his rectitude Of character, fidelity to duty, and his eminently pious, practical and useful life.