Alden, Noah

Alden, Noah a Baptist minister, was born at Middleborough, Mass., May 30,1725. At 19 he married and removed to Stafford, Conn., connecting himself at that time with the Congregational Church. In 1753 he became a Baptist, and was ordained in 1755 pastor of the Baptist church in Stafford. In 1766 Mr. Alden was installed pastor of the church in Bellingham, Mass.; from which place he was sent as a delegate to the convention which formed the constitution of the state. He was also a member of the convention to which was submitted the Constitution of the U. S. Mr. Alden remained pastor at Bellingham until his death, May 5, 1797. — Sprague, Annals, 6, 67.