John Rogers Painted Plaster Figural Group of John Alden and Priscilla, “Why Don’t Your Speak for Yourself John”
John Alden Sr. (c. 1598–1687) was a crew member on the historic 1620 voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower. Rather than return to England with the ship, he stayed and became a blacksmith at what became Plymouth Colony. He was hired in Scotland, as the ship’s cooper, responsible for maintaining the ship’s barrels
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