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     Abigail Adams was born on 27 February 1658 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.¹ As of circa 1687,her married name was Bass.¹ She married John Bass, son of John Bass and Ruth Alden, circa 1687.¹ Abigail Adams died on 26 October 1696 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at age 38.¹ She was buried at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.¹

     Rebecca Savil was born on 3 May 1672. As of 17 May 1698,her married name was Bass. She married John Bass, son of John Bass and Ruth Alden, on 17 May 1698. Rebecca Savil died after 30 November 1724 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

     Ebenezer Bass was born in 1702. He was the son of John Bass and Rebecca Savil.

     John Bass was born from 1630 to 1650 in Saffron Walden, Uttlesford District, Essex, England.¹ He married Ruth Alden, daughter of John Alden Sr., in 1656 or 1657 at Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.² John Bass died on 12 September 1716 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.¹

     Ruth Alden was born on 28 November 1637 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of John Alden Sr.² Ruth Alden married John Bass in 1656 or 1657 at Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.¹ As of 1656 or 1657,her married name was Bass.¹ Ruth Alden died on 12 October 1674 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at age 36


Mayflower Descendant - Ruth was the sixth or seventh born child of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins who came to America on the Mayflower in the year 1620.

Her parents married in Plymouth, Mass. in 1622 or 1623 and it was the first European-American wedding to take place. They are buried in the small town of South Duxbury that is north of Plymouth, at an old pioneer cemetery called Miles Standish Burial Ground. It is located south of where they settled in the town of Duxbury, on their 169 acre farm.

They were two of my 2,248 ancestral grandparents going back eleven generations from just one parent. Now, try and imagine how many aunts, uncles and cousins we all have had over the same time frame, and how related we all are. For every generation you go back, the number doubles again and the population continues to decrease as you go back further and further in time. It doesn't take much of a leap from there to imagine how we're all part of the same human family, going all the way back to east Africa. Grandma Ruth was the younger sister of Elizabeth; Sarah, John, Joseph, and Jonathan and the older sister of Priscilla, David, Mary, and Rebecca.

Ruth married John Bass on February 3,1657, when she was 22 or 23 years of age and they had eight children together. The United States 2nd. President John Adams (1797-1801) and 6th. President John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) are two of their descendants.

Children: John Bass Jr, Samuel Bass, Ruth Bass Webb, Joseph Bass, Hannah Bass Adams, Mary Bass Webb Copeland Spear, Sarah Bass Thayer, and Philip Bass.

I am a descendant of them and their son Samuel Bass [1660-1751]; a 3rd generation descendant, who was born in Braintree, Mass. Ruth died when she was about 40 years of age...

Authorship of this bio: *Barbara from Mich*.¹


She was buried at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.¹

     John Alden Sr. was born in 1598 in Harwich, Tendring District, Essex, England.¹ He married Priscilla Mullins in 1623.² John Alden Sr. died on 12 September 1687 in South Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts,


American Colonial Figure. One of the charter members of the Plymouth Colony in America, he arrived on the first voyage of the "Mayflower". At the time of the sailing of the vessel in 1620 for America, he was about twenty-one years old. William Bradford, second governor of the colony, wrote that John Alden was "hired for a cooper, at South Hampton (England), where the ship victualed (brought on food for the voyage); and being a hopeful young man, was much desired, but left to his own liking to go or stay when he came here; but he stayed and married here." His trade of cooper (barrel maker) was one of the vital trades needed by the colonists. John married fellow Mayflower pilgrim Priscilla Mullins, May 12,1622. He became one of the Purchasers and Undertakers for the colony, serving also as Assistant in the Colony government, Deputy Governor, Colony Treasurer, and a member of the committee in charge of revising laws. He was one of the founders of Duxbury, Massachusetts, and owned several pieces of property. Although he died without a will, an inventory of his property at the time of his death was taken in November 1687. A legend of a rivalry between himself and pilgrim Miles Standish for Priscilla Mullins arose, and was first published in the book, "Collection of American Epitaphs and Inscriptions" in 1814, by Timothy Alden. The story was popularized by the poem, "The Courtship of Miles Standish" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1858, however, there is no documentation of such a rivalry to have existed in any of the records of the Plymouth Colony.

Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson.¹


He was buried at Standish Burial Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹

     Priscilla Mullins was born in 1602 in Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surry, England.¹ As of 1623,her married name was Alden.¹ She married John Alden Sr. in 1623.¹ Priscilla Mullins died in 1685 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ She was buried at Standish Burial Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹

     Elisabeth Alden was born in 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Alden Sr. and Priscilla Mullins. Elisabeth Alden died on 31 May 1717 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island.

     Captain John Alden Sr. was born on 22 May 1626 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Alden Sr. and Priscilla Mullins. Captain John Alden Sr. died on 14 March 1702 in Boston, Suffix County, Massachusetts, at age 75


BIOGRAPHY: Alden_Gen, Violet Main Turner and E. Huling Wordworth, (The Alden Kindred of New York City and Vicinity, New York NY, 1935), Page 40 (Reliability: 3)

During the height of the witchcraft delusion, he was one of the accused. He was taken to jail in Salem, and managed to escape just before the execution of 9 of the victims
He was hidden out by relatives in Duxbury until the madness subsided, after which he turned himself in and was bound over to the Superior Court. When no one appeared to prosecute, he, along with some 150 others, was discharged by proclamation, and all judicial proceedings brought to a close..

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John's wife was the Widow Everill, having been married previously to Abiel Everill. Her maiden name was Phillips.
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This graves and two others were placed in the 19th century upon the outter wall of the Old South Church on the Boylston Street side. This is the resting spot of the gravestone, not the remains of the individuals.

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Records state that tombs and pews were purchased at Old South.

     Sarah Alden was born in 1627 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Alden Sr. and Priscilla Mullins. Sarah Alden died on 13 June 1688 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

     Jospeh Alden was born on 22 May 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Alden Sr. and Priscilla Mullins. Jospeh Alden died on 8 February 1697 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, at age 69.

     Captain Jonathan Alden was born in 1632 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Alden Sr. and Priscilla Mullins. Captain Jonathan Alden died on 14 February 1697 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

     Mary Alden was born in 1638 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Alden Sr. and Priscilla Mullins.

     David Alden was born in 1646 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Alden Sr. and Priscilla Mullins. David Alden died on 1 April 1719 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

     Rebecca Alden was born in January 1649 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Alden Sr. and Priscilla Mullins. Rebecca Alden died on 12 September 1688 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, at age 39.

     Bettie Sue Taylor married Harold Lee Bagwell, son of Cyrus Lee Bagwell and Nona Patrick, on 27 November 1957.

     Howard Lee Bagwell was born on 23 April 1931 in Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas. He was the son of LaFaye Monaetta Slater. He served in the US Air Force. Howard Lee Bagwell married Anita Elaine Edmondson before 1949. Howard Lee Bagwell died on 13 March 2017 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, at age 85. He was cremated.

     Anita Elaine Edmondson was born on 8 March 1933 in Simpson, Mitchell County, Kansas. As of before 1949,her married name was Bagwell. She married Howard Lee Bagwell, son of LaFaye Monaetta Slater, before 1949. Anita Elaine Edmondson died on 26 July 1952 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, at age 19. She was buried on 30 July 1952 at Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.

     Dorothy Bagwell is the daughter of Howard Lee Bagwell and Anita Elaine Edmondson. Dorothy Bagwell married (?) Guy after 1968.

     Howrd Leroy Bagwell died in 1952. He was born in 1952. He was buried at Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. He was the son of Howard Lee Bagwell and Anita Elaine Edmondson.

     LaFaye Monaetta Slater was born on 3 March 1909 in Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon. As of before 1940,her married name was Groom. She married Ora Groom before 1940. LaFaye Monaetta Slater lived in 1988 in Downs, Kansas. She lived in Fremont, Colorado. She died on 5 August 1995 at age 86.

     (?) Guy married Dorothy Bagwell, daughter of Howard Lee Bagwell and Anita Elaine Edmondson, after 1968.

     Ora Groom was born on 11 June 1906 in Rooks, Kansas. He married LaFaye Monaetta Slater before 1940.

     Donald Eugene Groom was born circa 1935. He was the son of Ora Groom and LaFaye Monaetta Slater. Donald Eugene Groom died on 28 August 1988 in Downs, Kansas. He was buried at North Oak Creek Cemetery, Lenanon, Smith Creek, Kansas.

     David Kyle Bagwell is the son of Arvel Dean Bagwell and Dorothy Lillian Brumm. David Kyle Bagwell married June Marie Chamley in June 1991.

     Pamela Ruth Bagwell is the daughter of Arvel Dean Bagwell and Dorothy Lillian Brumm.

     Andrew McCager Bagwell is the son of Benjamin Lanier Bagwell. Andrew McCager Bagwell married Karina (?) after 2007.

     Karina (?) married Andrew McCager Bagwell, son of Benjamin Lanier Bagwell, after 2007.

     Mathis Bagwell is the daughter of Benjamin Lanier Bagwell.

     Brian Leedene Bagwell is the son of Lanier Charles Bagwell and Elizabeth Diane Nalley. Brian Leedene Bagwell married Jennifer Charo (?) after 1988.