Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Alden, Ichabod

ALDEN. Ichabod, soldier, b. in Duxbury, Mass., 11 Aug.. 17;J9; d. 10 Nov., 1778. He was a great-grandson of John Alden of the original Plymouth colony. Before the revolution he was lieutenant-colonel of the Plymouth regiment, and he held the same rank in Baldwin's regiment at the siege of Boston. Subsequently he was promoted to the colonelcy of the 7th Massachusetts regiment. He was killed by Indians at Cherry Valley, N. Y.