1Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, p. 494 (1907).
"Joseph Alden, son of Joseph Alden (2), born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1667; died January 22, 1747. He was deacon of the church there and a prominent man. His will was dated November 12, 1743. He lived at South Bridgewater. He married, 1690, Hannah Dunham, daughter of daniel Dunham, of Plymouth. She died January 13, 1748, aged seventy-eight. Their children were: 1. Daniel, born January 29, 1691, married, 1717, Abigail Shaw and settled in Stafford, Connecticut. 2. Joseph, born August 26, 1693, died December 9, 1695. 3. Eleazer, born September 27, 1694, married, 1720, Martha Shaw; he died January 30, 1773. 4. Hannah, born 1696, married (first) Joseph Alden; married (second), 1722, Mark Lothrop, of Easton. 5. Mary, born April 10, 1699, married, second, 1719, Timothy Edson. 6. Joseph, born September 5, 1700, died October 5, 1700. 7. Jonathan, born December 3, 1703, died November 10, 1704. 8. Samuel (see forward). 9. Mehitable, born October 18, 1707, died April 11, 1737. 10. Seth, born July 6, 1710, died September 6, 1784; married Mehitable Carver; settled at Bridgewater.".