Hon. Alden Spooner

1750 - 1844  (94 years)

• Name	Alden Spooner
  Prefix	Hon.
  Born	2 Mar 1749/50	Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LW84-4NP
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LW84-4NP
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	138275178
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138275178
  Group	Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
  	Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower
  Group	Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
  	DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran
  Group	Mayflower - John Alden & Priscilla Mullins
  	Descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullin of the Mayflower
  Died	28 Sep 1844	Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Buried	Aft 28 Sep 1844	Long Plain Cemetery, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I18589	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	29 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Judge Walter Spooner,   b. 1720, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts ,   d. 26 Oct 1803, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Allathea Sprague,   b. 24 Mar 1725/26, Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts ,   d. 12 May 1789  (Age 63 years)
  Married	2 Dec 1748	Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F8830	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Rounseville,   b. 17 Mar 1749/50, Long Plain, Bristol County, Massachusetts ,   d. 14 Dec 1813  (Age 63 years)
  Married	5 Apr 1770	Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Dr. Rounsevel John Spooner,   b. 23 Apr 1778, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts ,   d. 17 Mar 1844, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	27 May 2020
  Family ID	F8814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Mar 1749/50 - Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Married - 5 Apr 1770 - Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts Died - 28 Sep 1844 - Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts Buried - Aft 28 Sep 1844 - Long Plain Cemetery, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Badges		Mayflower Descendant
  		Revolutionary War Patriot or Soldier Descendant

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: Hon. Alden Spooner Aged 94 years, 6 mo. & 15 ds. Note: Birth date calculated from age engraved on the headstone from his date of death would be 13 March 1750. The Dartmouth Vital Records, Births, states a birth date of 2 March 1750. ________ Alden Spooner, son of Walter was b. in 1750, at the home above Long Plain which he inherited and on which he built the house now standing in the same door-yard where his grandfather's long house stood. Appreciating the value of a liberal education his father gave his son unusual advantages in this regard and he entered life equipped for its duties. He worked the home farm but was almost constantly in town office after he reached manhood. He was a Justice of the Peace many years and served in both branches of the State Legislature. Mr. Spooner m. Elizabeth Rounseville and had five children.