John Alden's headstone NEAR HERE LYES Y BODY OF
MR. JOHN ALDEN
WHO DIED IN DUXBURY
SEPT. Y 12, 1687 AGED NEAR 88 YRS.
Erected by The Alden Kindred of America 1930
Jonathan Alden headstone This headstone obviously has been framed to preserve it.
"HERE LVES Y BODY
OF JONATIAN
ALDEN
DIED FEBRUARY
Y 14 1697
IN Y 65 YEAR
OF HIS AGE"
This inscription means that he had not yet reached his 65th birthday.
