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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alden, John, 1599-1687 (search)
t of the Pilgrim party to step on Plymouth Rock, but other authorities give this honor to Mary Chilton. Alden settled in Duxbury, and in 1621 was married to Priscilla Mullins. For more than fifty years he was a magistrate in the colony, and outlived all the signers of the Mayflower compact. He died in Duxbury, Sept. 12, 1687. Tife of Capt. Miles Standish. Her husband was then thirty-seven years of age. Not long after this event the brave little captain was smitten by the charms of Priscilla Mullins, daughter of William Mullins, who was a passenger on the Mayflower. Priscilla had then just bloomed into young womanhood, and Standish sent young John Alden Alden blushed, bowed, and retired, for he was faithful to his trust. His visit was soon repeated, and it was not long before the nuptials of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins were celebrated by the whole community, excepting Captain Standish, who could not readily forgive the weakness (for he knew it was not perfidy) of his young
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Standish, miles 1584- (search)
Standish visited England in 1625 as agent for the colony, and brought supplies the next year. The captain's wife, Rose Standish, was one of the victims of the famine and fever of 1621. In 1626 Standish settled at Duxbury, Mass., where he lived the remainder of his days administering the office of magistrate, or assistant, during the whole term. He also took part in the settlement of Bridgewater (1649). He died Oct. 3, 1656. A monument to his memory has Kitchen of Standish's House. been erected on Captain's Hill, Duxbury. Standish has been immortalized by Longfellow in his celebrated poem, The courtship of miles Standish, which recounts the romance of the masterful little captain in his relations with John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. Standish lives in literature and tradition as one of the most virile and picturesque figures in early American history. In Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, is preserved, among other relics of the Pilgrims, Standish's sword and the barrel of his musket.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Chapter 12: voices of the night (search)
edition of his poems, They appear to be more beautiful than on former readings, much as I then admired them. The exquisite music of your verse dwells more than ever on my ear. Life, II. 31. Their personal relation remained always cordial, but never intimate, Longfellow always recognizing his early obligations to the elder bard and always keeping by him the first edition of Bryant's poems, published in 1821. Both poets were descended from a common pilgrim ancestry in John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, whose story Longfellow has told. Bigelow's Life of Bryant, p. 3. Thus much for first experiences with the world of readers. The young professor's academical standing and services must be reserved for another chapter. But he at once found himself, apart from this, a member of a most agreeable social circle, for which his naturally cheerful temperament admirably fitted him. It is indeed doubtful if any Harvard professor of to-day could record in his note-books an equally contin
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Index (search)
Judge, 17. Mellen, Frederic, 17. Mellen, Grenville, 23. Menzel, Charles Adolphus, his History of German Literature, mentioned, 112. Mexico, 263. Middleton, Thomas, 188. Milton, John, 268. Mittermaier, Karl J. A., 112. Moliere, Jean B. P. de, 121,176. Montalvan, John P. de, 188. Monti, Prof., Luigi, 215. Moore, Thomas, 8, 62. More, Hannah, 15, 121. Morris, William, 6. Morton, Eng., 219. Motley, John L., 287. Mt. Vernon, position similar to Craigie House, 116. Mullins, Priscilla, 146. Mussey, Dr., 83. Nahant, Mass., 187, 205, 244. Naples, 53, 223. New England, 14, 36, 47, 78, 116, 131, 199; Longfellow's plan of sketches about, 51; traditions of, 130; fugitive slave agitation in, 186. New England Magazine, 67 and note, 68, 69 note. New York City, 23, 45, 69, 70, 140, 149, 164, 188, 219. New York, 149. New York University, 6. New York Independent, the, 5 note. New York Review, the, 140. Newburyport, Mass., 102. Ney, Marshal, 47. Niagara,
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Women of the Mayflower and Plymouth Colony. (search)
ndish and Mrs. Edward Winslow and Katherine Carver have won the love and admiration of all. Mrs. Christopher Martin, who was scarcely known, as she was among the passengers from London. Two pairs of mothers and daughters—Mrs. Mary Chilton and Mrs. Mullins and Priscilla—engage our attention, as Cupid's entanglements are in this serious adventure (Mary has lost an admirer and Priscilla gained one). Here is a group whom we know far less well—Mrs. Thomas Tinker and Mrs. John Rizdale, Mrs. Francis nument is the hill by the seashore on which their graves were made, and their remembrance shall last as long as Mayflowers blossom. It is indeed remarkable that even twelve women and children remained. Humility Cooper and Elizabeth Tilly, Priscilla Mullins and Mary Chilton were indeed truly alone. On the five women the care and responsibility fell heaviest, though the girls and children had their share in the division of labor. Each served when there was nursing to be done. Cooking was n<
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 26., Eliza M. Gill. (search)
Eliza M. Gill. In the recent passing of Miss Eliza M. Gill, who died at Waltham, Mass., February 10, the Historical Society of Medford loses one of its most loyal members and a frequent contributor to the pages of the register. Miss Gill was born in Melrose, April 5, 1851. She was of old New England Colonial stock, being a direct descendant of Richard Warren, John Alden and Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower company. Among her ancestors were Pete Harrington, who helped throw over the tea in Boston Harbor, and Captain John Vinton, connected with the Vintons of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and himself one of the most prominent yeomen of Revolutionary days. Miss Gill lived at the family home, 28 Ashland street Medford, for sixty-one years and during twelve years was a teacher in the public schools. A graduate of the High School, taking also an extra year of study in the classics, she had developed a fine literary and historical taste, becoming an interestin