Alden Bradford Weston was born 17 January 1805 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States to Ezra Weston (1772-1842) and Jerusha Bradford (1770-1833) and died 1880 United States of unspecified causes. He married Phoebe A Hammond (1814-1869) 9 June 1860 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.
Biography
King Caesar House
King Caesar House
King Caesar House - the family home, was a Federal style house, completed in 1809, and built for Ezra Weston (1772-1842) and his wife, Jerusha Bradford Weston (1770–1833). Located at 120 King Caesar Road, Duxbury, Massachusetts. It is operated today as a non-profit museum by the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society.
From the King Caesar House, Ezra Weston II directed the affairs of his fleet and presided over a ten acre shipyard, a farm, a ropewalk, a sailcloth mill, and a large work force of sailors, carpenters and laborers.
In 1842 the King Caesar House passed to the second son, Alden Bradford Weston (1805-1880). After the firm ceased operation, the family fortune was rapidly spent by Alden Weston’s two brothers while Alden lived an austere lifestyle in the King Caesar House. Alden Weston married late in life but had no children. He died alone in the King Caesar House in 1880.
Marriage and Family
Alden Bradford Weston, was a Marine Merchant, born 17 Jan 1805, died 01 Jun 1880 at Duxbury, Massachusetts. Light complexion, light hair, thin about five feet 8 inch high.
Married at St. Louis on 09 June 1860 to Phoebe A Hammond, daughter of Samuel Aderton and Phoebe Dunham of Freeport, Maine (b. 21 Oct 1814 - died 29 Jan 1869.) No children. In 1842 Alden entered into the family business.
Siblings
Vital Records
References
- Tour Historic Duxbury MA - Notable Families of Duxbury
- History of the Town of Duxbury MA - Free on Google Books
- King Caesar House DuxburyHistory.org
References
- Gershom B Weston at Find A Grave #102165835
- Weston, Edmund B. (1916). In Memoriam: Hon. Gershom Bradford Weston and Deborah Brownell Weston. Retrieved March 26, 2010. (Free on Google Books)
- Tour Historic Duxbury MA - Notable Families of Duxbury
- History of the Town of Duxbury MA - Free on Google Books
- DuxburyHistory.org
- Alden Family Kindred Society
- Gershom Weston - disambiguation
- See Forbes and Greene, Rich Men of Massachusetts, and Weston, in Memoriam 31-32.