Little Compton Commons, containing the gravestones of William and Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, cut by John Stevens I of Newport. Photo from a genealogy book in the NHS library.
According to a monument in the Little Compton Commons Cemetery, Elizabeth Alden is believed to be the first white woman born in New England. Born in Plymouth, MA in 1624 or 1625 to Mayflower passengers John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, she married William Pabodie in 1644 and settled at Saconnet (later Little Compton) in 1686. She had 13 children and her grandson Benjamin Pabodie served as Deacon of Newport’s Second Congregational Church. On 31 May 1717, at age 93, she died in Little Compton.