The Funerals of John & Priscilla Alden: Burials in Plymouth Colony (online)
John Alden was among the last surviving Mayflower passengers, living into the 1680s. His funeral, gravesite, and the mourning customs that accompanied his death and that of his wife Priscilla who predeceased him were products of Plymouth Colony’s culture. Join historian Stephen O'Neill as he explores all the elements of a 17th-century colonial burial, from...