Allen, Christian

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bgproperties="fixed" background="096f2f02egerdp.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id119.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Families Allied To Daggetts"><U>Families Allied to Daggetts</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="099f0f03.jpg"> <div> <I>Allen, Christian</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>George Allen</B></div> <div> 1562-1648</div> <div> George ALLEN of Sandwich 1637</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Birth:</B> About 1562</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Birth Place</B>: perhaps,Somersetshire, England </div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Residence: </B>1637/1648, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA (Plymouth Colony) </div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Death:</B> late Apr 1648, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA (Plymouth Colony) </div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Burial:</B> 2 May 1648 Burial Place: unknown, presumed at his Sandwich home </div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Occupation:</B> land speculator/ constable/ husbandman and farmer/ Representative to the General Court of Plymouth Colony for four years </div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Religion:</B> Puritan "Antabaptist" </div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">George Allen who departed Bridgewater, Somersetshire, England in 1636 is the first American link in the chain of Allens who extend over a period of almost 400 years and 15 generations. His is a remarkably well documented descent for an essentially middle-class American family. Among his descendants are Allens who began at the village of Sandwich and "have spread from Maine to California." George's other known sons and "least children," though less well documented, are interesting lines. Among his descendants is Richard Nixon as well as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. </div> <bR> <div> There is a document in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. which was located by Art Allen in the 1950's. This indicates that George Allen was "a land speculator" in Bridgewater, Somersetshire, before he came to America. In other records though, he is called a farmer. Some researchers speculate that George was the son of Ralph Allen of Thurcaston, Leicestershire, England.Leicestershire is some distance north and a little east of Somersetshire (north and west of London.</div> <bR> <div> The Leicestershire speculation (a rural area north of London) also makes claims regarding his parentage: </div> <bR> <div> "He [George] may have been a son of Ralph Allen of Thurcaston, Leicestershire, England, who had children baptized as follows: Walter, 9/22/1561, John 8/29/1563, William 12/8/1573, and son Anthony buried 4/23/1567. The Parish registers from 1573 to 1584 and from 1585 to 1593 are lacking, and George Allen who came to America and Ralph Allen who married 9/13/1595, Agnes Davye, were very possibly children also of Ralph Allen of Thurcaston. "</div> <bR> <div> Reverend John Allen, an unrelated English Puritan, fled the island in 1639, to Boston. There he spoke-out repeatedly in defense of the Quakers and for other unpopular causes in matters of conscience. He was one who spoke-out against the authorities who imprisoned Quakers Ralph Allen and William Allen (sons of George) who were among the 20-some ordered released by decree of Charles II immediately after the Restoration of the monarchy. </div> <bR> <div> In any event, our progenitor, George Allen, sailed 20 March 1635/6 in a ship whose name or captain were not recorded, out of Weymouth (fifty miles east of Plymouth) the largest port in Dorsetshire, bound for New England. He left with at least 106 other persons from 21 families under the leadership of Rev. Joseph Hall of Somersetshire, England. They landed at Boston, Massachusetts on the 6th of May, 1636--after spending 47 days at sea.</div> <bR> <div> The departure record, which was not discovered until late in the last century; the name of the ship or its captian were not recorded. The record indicates that "George Allin (24) was accompanied by his wife, Katherin Allyn (30) and his sons; George Allyn (16), William Allyn (8) and Mathew Allyn age six." It also says he was traveling with a twenty-six-year-old servant, Edward Poole; early Atlantic voyages were expensive, so he must have been of some means. The sale of a farm might account for the fare but so too might land speculation. Some other of his sons including Ralph, Samuel, Henry and Robert had proceeded their father to America. Other sons, and perhaps a daughter, were born in Plymouth Colony.</div> <div> Obviously there is something wrong with George's age as recorded in the departure record. George might have been prolific, but he was certainly older than eight when he fathered son George. I am at a loss to explain this; if he was born in 1568 he would have been 68 years old--hardly 24--and 80 at his death. At 68-years-of-age, he would have been the oldest migrant in the records of the first wave of Puritans to the Massachussets Bay. One thing might explain the "24"--perhaps he was dyslexic and wrote the "5" up-side-down which would have made him 54. This is why his birth is recorded in our records as "about 1582." There are reported cases of dyslexia (learning disabilities) among several lines of descendants through different sons--including Winston Churchill, England's wartime Prime Minister (George's 8th grandson) through his beautiful American mother, Jenny Jerome.</div> <bR> <div> Massachussetts Bay Colony records indicate that in March 1635/6 George Allen accompanied the "minister aged 40" Joseph Hall [not Hull] to Wessagusset, now called Weymouth. George and his son Ralph are recorded as land holders in Weymouth that year but, apparently George did not remain there for long as in 1636 he was in the town of Saugus [unsubstantiated] which became Lynn, Massachusetts in that year. Then in 1637, he is recorded among the founders Sandwich. There his name appears as a member of the First Church of Sandwich in 1638, and one year later, he was admitted freeman and at the same time was appointed a Constable of Sandwich. This is credible proof that he was literate as that was a requirement of the job. In 1640/41 he was appointed the first deputy to the General Court at Plymouth from Sandwich, and he was a member of the committee to divide the land at Sandwich. He, himself, was granted 6 1/2 acres and at a later date, from the second division of land, he acquired another 62 acres of pasture (meadow) in the Sandwich area. </div> <div> In 1646, two years before his death, he built a substantial house in Sandwich "about a quarter of a mile from the Quaker Meeting House on the Main road to the Cape." This house became a landmark and remained standing until about 1882/1890 at which time it either burned or was torn down and replaced upon the original foundation. During the War of 1812, there is a record that "the George Allen home was hit by cannon fire from a British Man of War off shore." In 1923 it is recorded that another house "standing on the foundation of the George Allen house is owned by a Mr. Packard." [The Packards are an allied family of the Allens and, there are nearly 70 known descendants with that surname.]</div> <div> Here is an entirely different speculation as to the roots of George Allen's family in England. In August 1996 it was finally possible for the compiler to obtain a microfilm copy of the private, unpublished notes on the Allen family from the Charles E. Banks collection in the Library of Congress through the efforts of an Arizona Congressman. "Allen" is the only surname used as the title among the nearly 50 bound volumes. It is important to point out before presenting what was found, that the group with Reverend Hall, above, were "gathered mostly from the parishes of Batcobe and Broadway in Somerset" <U>The Planters of the Commonwealth</U>. Among Banks' papers, was the following 1885 letter--received long before Dr. Banks began tracing the English roots of the emigrants, and even before he became involved in the New England Historical and Genealogical Society. Indeed, the author of the letter refers him to that organization. The edges, tops and bottoms of the pages have rotted away, and the signature itself is missing; here is the bulk of the letter:</div> <div> Banks (<U>Allen</U>:38) letter dated 5 May 1885, signature unreadable, to--</div> <div> Dr. Chas. E. Banks at Maine Hospital, Chelsea, Mass. My line of "Allen" ancestors in America begins with George Allen, who, with his wife Catherine, sons George, William and Matthew, and servant Edward Poole, was a member of that party who, in Old England, at Weymouth, "ye 20th March 1635" were "bound for New England." (See Hottens' lists of <U>Emigrants to America</U>, 1600-1700 p.286/7) This company came over with its minister Joseph Hall (or Hull) of Somerset Co. and contained 106 persons in 21 families [line missing at bottom of page] a parish and hamlet in the eastern part of Somerset in the Hundred of Wetstone, 3 miles N. by E. from Bouton [sp?, handwriting] & 9 miles west from Frome. (Among the rectors of Batcome was Richard Alleine, born 1611 at the Village of Dickiat [sp?] Somerset Co. where his father was Rector. R.A. was installed at Batcome 1641.) In the <U>Mass. Bay Col. Recs</U> vol. 1, p. 45, you will find that July 8, 1635, "There is leave granted to 21 ffamilies to sitt down at Wessaguscus vz. [unreadable--presumably Weymouth] (record which origionally contained names is lost.) Also Sept 2, 1635, "The name of Wessaguscus is also changed, and hereafter to be called Waymouth" & Sept. 3,1635 (p. 15) "Ordered that Waymouth shall have a deputy this court." Upon a glance at the first grants of land in severalty at Weymouth 163? [piece missing at edge of paper] we find almost all of the party of March 20, 1635 and lands granted among others to John Allen, Ralph Allen, George Allen and Edward Poole (who lived, had a large family & died there). The Allens, however, did not remain at Weymouth, for, if we may trust Freeman (<U>Hist. of Cape Cod</U>., vol. 2, p. 37) "The first circumstantial account of a church at Sandwich shows eleven male members, of whom are George and Ralph Allen." Sandwich was first settled in 1637, and Ralph and George Allen are placed in the list of first settlers. (Freeman's <U>Hist. of Cape Cod</U>, 2 vols.) is full of [line missing at bottom of page] family origionated) George Allen was admitted Freeman at Sandwich, Sept. 3, 1639, "and after also sworn Constable of Sandwich for the remainder of this year." (<U>Plym. Col. Recs.</U>) He represented Sandwich at the General Court at Plymouth in 1640 & served four years. He was too old to bear arms however in 1643 and is not in the list at Sandwich which includes Francis, George, Jr., Matthew, Ralph & Samuel. (William was under 16. See ages in Hotten Lists [?] p. 288) "George Allen senior buried the 2cond of May (1648)" say the <U>Plym. Col. Recs</U>. in which the return is made from Sandwich, so he probably d. there. The Hon. prefix "Mr." is used of him in the Sandwich Recs. ["Mr." was an honorific used originally to indicate the ability to read and write]. Savage (<U>Gen. Dict. of New Eng</U>.) says he was of Lynn 1636 but I have examined Lewis' <U>Hist of Lynn</U> & the Essex Co. records at Salem and can not find any trace of him as being there. In 1638, Samuel, a George & Ralph & Edward Poole were admitted freeman at Newport, RI (<U>R.I. Col. Recs</U>., vol. 1.) but they could not have remained there for we find them at Sandwich & Weymouth (Poole) very soon after. George Allen's will was adm. to probate at Plymouth, 7 June, 1649 as of "George Allen the elder of Sandwich." In it he mentions his sons Matthew, William, Henry & Samuel, and his "five least children," makes his wife, Catherine Extrix. and Ralph Allen & ano. overseers. His inventory [this time part of the bottom line is visable] (<U>Plym. Col. Records,</U> wills vol. 1 ??648) taken 22nd Sept 1648 filed 8 [???]. Catherine Collins appears to have married {John} Collins after George Allen's death, for in <U>Plym. Col. Records</U>, Deeds Vol 3, p.7, dated 10 July, 1656, Henry and Samuel Allen, of Boston, heirs to land at Sandwich "given us by our father George Allen, deceased, we Henry and Samuel with consent of our mother, --to say now Katheren Collins, who hath interest therein during her life." (although it would appear that her subsequent marriage lost it to her) have sold to George Allen of Sandwich. This deed is witnessed by John Collins and John Sanford. I find that (<U>Suffolk Co. mars Prob. Recs</U>., vol. 7, p.7) Gideon Allen presents the inventory of John Collins, Sen. who died 29 May 1670. £56.18.00.</div> <div> [Continues with information on the children--recorded under each.] </div> <div> The Batcombe, Shepton Mallet, Somerset records have yet to be throughly searched, but it makes more sense for George to have migrated with a group from his own hometown than to have aligned himself with a group of total strangers when he himself apparently resided in Saltford, Somersetshire. It seems that the author of the letter had made some enquiries, however he may have been of the opinion that George was 24 instead of 54 when he immigrated. Still this seems the most credible of all the suppositions. Apparently, Banks had forgotten this letter when he began his treaties on the English homes as he cites only Saltford in that work for George. [Banks was searching for a progenitor, Hannah Allen, and that search is what prompted the letter. By the way, the compass directions given in the letter aren't quite right, but close enough.] </div> <div> There is reason to believe that George Allen was married twice, but the name of his first wife remained a mystery to researchers for a long time. The problem was that they were both named Catherine, 'though with different spellings. The first was Katharine Davis. John K. Allen [who may have been the author of the letter above] "who [Banks says] probably has researched George Allen more thoroughly than any individual" wrote a treaties, "George Allen of Weymouth 1635, of Lynn 1636 and Sandwich, Massachusetts 1637-48, together with some of his Descendants." </div> <div> In this manuscript, J.K. Allen states that sometime between 1619 and 1624 George's first wife died and in 1624 he wed Catherine Stark[es?] for his second wife--he would have been 56 at the ceremony. In any event, after his death according to the author, Catherine was married again to a John Collins and died after her second husband, a shoemaker--in Boston. A second marriage would seem to indicate that she was still a reasonably young woman--I believe that she was substantially younger than George, as she bore Mr. Collins three children, so her age in the departure record as 30 in 1636 would appear to be correct. There is a reliable record of the 1632 birth of James Allen which records the names of his parents as George Allen and Catherine Starke. For this first marriage, thankfully the record exists and is quite clear. George Allen married Katherine Davis in 1598 at Bridgewater, Somersetshire. There is also a clear record of Samuel Allen's birth to these parents the same year.</div> <div> None the less, George Allen died in closing days of April 1648; he was buried the 2nd of May 1648--that is inscribed in stone, so to speak as the exact location of his burial site is unknown--probably at his homestead. In his will, the record of which exists, the following was written:</div> <div> "I give to all my children twelve pence apiece. I give unto my sonne Matthew one calfe and five shillings. I give unto my wife the ould cow. I leave my house and household stufe to my wife during the time she continuith unmarried. [If she remarried, as she did--the remaining goods and land were to be divided between "the five least children." There is a record of the lands being transfered to the adult sons.] I give to my five least children a Cow apiece. I give unto my sonn, William, the meadow I bought of Peter Gaunt being in the 2nd Division for my lands and the rest of my meadow I give to my sons Henry and Samuel for my adventure in the barque, Heave to my wife and the least children. Wittness my hand, George Allen. In presence of William Loveridge, John Vincent, Richard Bourne." </div> <div> The Richard Bourne mentioned was the founder of the Bourne Colony which evolved into the town of Sandwich. He is remembered in the historical record for his equitable treatment of the Indians and for his efforts to convert them. His great-granddaughter Mary (1678-1722) married George's great-grandson James, 2nd, (1674-1723/24). The William Loveridge should be "Leverage," the pastor at the Puritan church at Sandwich, and apparently there was a difference of opinion between he and George. Leverage had been one of the 'judges' of Anne Hutchinson before he left Boston to start the church at Sandwich. It was Leverage who bestowed the disparaging epithet of "anabaptist" on George, and George may well have been on of the unnamed settlers which the Reverend complained about in his letter to the colonial authorities. An "anabaptist" wasn't a follower the the breakaway Lutheran sect of the preceding century, but was instead one of the vocal detractors of the practice of total immersion baptism of infants in winter. They believed it was dangerous, if not cruel--often it was necessary to break the ice before the baptism. The Puritan authorities, however regarded the very idea of the complaint as dangerous and the term, "anabaptist," by association with the German group became a derogatory epithet. Finally the Reverend became so embroiled in controversy that he left the Sandwich church and, it was more than 20 years before another minister would come there--in the meantime, the Friends got their foothold in America.</div> <div> The land that bequeathed to William in his father's will, he later donated to the Quaker church, the Sandwich Monthly Meeting, he helped found, the first in America, for the "Meeting House" mentioned above in reference to George's home and as a Friends' burial ground. He and Ralph are both buried there; the original Meeting house was replaced, but the second still stands.</div> <div> We know with absolute certainty from his will and the departure record the names of four older, English-born sons--namely, Samuel, Matthew, George and William. We know from other records that Ralph was his son, they owned land jointly, and he calls William "brother" in his will, though George senior and Ralph's relationship is disputed by people who think that there is nothing amiss with there being an, at least, 33-year difference in the ages of these "brothers," George and Ralph.</div> <div> Oddly, George and Matthew are not mentioned in the will though they traveled with their father from England; had they died? was there bad blood? or had they wandered off? "Disowned" perhaps? Henry is mentioned, and presumably is of age, not being lumped together as one of "the five least children," a common enough designation in 1648 for <I>minors</I>. Ralph received nothing, though he was an overseer of the estate. What were the names of these least children? Ralph, George and William were well-established, perhaps even prosperous adults--it only makes sense that they would not get what the "least children" needed. This I believe is what George was saying in his will with the remark "for my adventure in the barque, Heave to my wife and the least children."</div> <div> These questions are intriguing and well be addressed under each of the brothers listed as George's children. But the mystery has spawned more problems; seemingly every family-history researcher who can't locate a progenitor Allen, tacks their relatives on as one of the "least children." Others, namely the descendants of Joan Allin (20) and Thomas Allin (19) who embarked from London aboard the ship Safety on August 10th 1635 "bound for Virginia" (a generic term for America) have adopted George with no known theory or proof. There were at least four John Allens who made the arduous crossing and sorting them out isn't easy; it's extremely difficult, 400 years later, as many writers can't seem to copy things correctly, or were deliberately "dreaming" or as some say, "praying for an answer" and recording their "answered" prayers as fact.</div> <div> George seems to have set-out to seperate from the group he came with, almost immediately. Regarding the "Rev. Joseph Hull ®57 (247) (called Hall in passenger list) of Somerset, a minister, ae. 40, with wife Agnes, ae. 25, ch. Joane, ae. 15, Joseph, ae. 13, Tristram, ae. 11, ae. Elizabeth, ae. 7, Temperance, ae. 9, Grissell, ae. 5, Dorothy, ae. 3; and servants Judith French, ae. 20, John Wood, ae. 20, and Robert Dabyn, ae. 28, came from Weymouth, Eng. March 20, 1635. Hull was allowed by the General Court of 8 Aug 1635, to sit down at Wessaguscus, after called Weymouth, and 21 families with him. He became a Freeman there 2 Sep 1635. He removed to Hingham. One of the company to assist magistrates 6 Jul 1638; deputy. 'Gave his farewell sermon May 5, 1639." [Rev. Peter Hobart, <U>Records of Hingham Churh</U>, Diary.] Removed to Barnstable. Freeman and deputy Plymouth Colony, 1639. Removed to Yarmouth and became pastor of the church. Children: Benjamin, baptised at Hingham. March 24, 1639, Naomi baptised in 1639, Ruth baptised May 9, 1641, Sarah died in 1647."</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> George's Chronology </div> <div> 20 Mar 1635 from Weymouth [on the list of passengers] "It is well to remember that ages were not always given exactly at the custom house, and in regard to George, Sr., there is evidently a mistake. Some of George Allen's children came in a different vessel, evidently." This must have been the case with Ralph, George, Henry, Samuel and Robert and John.</div> <div> Perhaps "settled first at Martha's Vinyard" [not substantiated]. </div> <div> 1636 at Lynn [not substantiated]. </div> <div> at Weymouth, granted land 1636. </div> <div> 1637 "Sandwich. He moved thence this year" </div> <div> 1638. He was one of the eleven origional members of church established this year at Sandwich. (Earlier than this a George (the son?) and Ralph were members of the church at Roxbury.) </div> <div> 4 Jun 1639 the General Court appointed him Constable at the same time they made him a Freeman. For a short time in this year a George, or perhaps his son George, was at Newport, RI with Ralph and Samuel and Poole. </div> <div> 1640 Surveyor of Highways, and the same year received 6 1/2 acers in a division of land to settlers. </div> <div> "petitioned about the ferry in 1640"  [not substantiated]. </div> <div> 1640/41, '42, '43 and '44 Deputy to the General Court. </div> <div> 1641 He and Edward Dillingham were "nominated to appraise swine that William Newland hath in execuition of Thomas Applegate." </div> <div> 1 Mar 1642 He entered complaints against Edward Wolleston, Gent., and attached 2 swine for damages of £1. </div> <div> 1643 His name does not appear in the list of those able-to-bear-arms between the ages of 16 and 60, "hense he was now quite aged." </div> <div> 20 Aug 1644 "Licensed to cut hay at pond beyond Sandwich Plains, if he give not the Indians anything for it without the approbation of the Bench." </div> <div> 1646. His house built in this year was still in good repair 1860, and occupied at that date. </div> <div> 26 Feb 1647. He and five others were "a committee on behalf of town, who received deed from Edward Freeman." </div> <div> 2 May 1648 George was buried. Various accounts intimate he was aged. Bowden's <U>History of Friends</U> gives us the information that George was an "Antibaptist," and of his family it is further stated that "there were six brothers and sisters of Ralph who joined the Friends; the father George had laid down his bead in peace before Friends had visited these parts. His children had resided upwards of twenty years in Sandwich and vicinity, and were much respected by their neighbors." </div> <div> May 1648 Sandwich (Bourne Colony) Town Records--"Robert Allen bolted from the covenent of his father," George; Robert later committed suicide at John's house in Rehoboth. [treated at length under Robert] What on earth happened? Why would the whole town choose to record a domestic squabble, presumably a run-away, in their records--after George's death? Perhaps, it caused the death. </div> <div> Inventory 22 Sept 1648 </div> <div> Probate 7 Jun 1649 Ply. Prob. (1:48) </div> <div> Catherine m. (2) John Collins <U>Ply. Col. Rec</U>. I.84 </div> <div> It should be remembered that Sandwich had the earliest Monthly Meeting of Friends in America; and here came very early, those pioneer Friends Christopher Holder and John Copeland, from London. George Fox , the founder of the sect recorded that "In 1656, truth broke forth in America," and it was in the next year that Holder and Copeland were at Sandwich.</div> <bR> <div> The fines wrested (in 1658 and 1659) from four of the sons of George Allen by sales of their property aggregated £229.8s. and all for the offences of attending Quaker meetings, refusing to take oath and similar crimes against the Puritan State--Plymouth Colony had been absorbed into the United Colonies in 1643 and the Massachussetts Bay faction predominated. Of the amount mentioned, Ralph Allen suffered to the extent of £68 (collected by the sale of 3 oxen, 4 cows, 1 steer, 1 horse, and one mare and colt); George Allen £25.15s.; William, £86.17s.; Matthew £48.16s. William Allen was especially obnoxious to the authorities as the meetings were often held in his home; part of his fine being £40 for holding 20 meetings at his house. They left him but one cow out of "pretended pity" as the chronicler says (having taken 18 head of cattle and a mare). John Allen eventually sold his father's homestead, or rather traded it for a cow, and some months later he bought a large tract of land (along with several of the brothers) at Rehoboth in partnership, ironically, with several of the very people who had persecuted them--just in time for the King Phillip's War with the Indians thereabouts.) </div> <bR> <div> The family of George Allen scattered almost immediately at George's decease. His son Matthew moved to Dartmouth; James to Tisbury; Henry to Milford and later Stratford, CT, and Gideon to Milford. His sons Ralph, William and Francis all died at Sandwich and left wills. (Ralph in his will dated 18 Dec 1691 mentions John, Joseph, Increase, Ebenezer and Zachariah, daughter Patience, and "brother William." He desired that his body should be placed in Friends' burying place at William Allen's. William in his will 17 Feb 1698, leaves his nephew Daniel, son of brother George, his housing, lands, etc., "he to allow testator's wife Priscilla competent maintenance for life." Francis in his will 18 Feb 1696 mentions his daughter Abiah and her husband Zachariah Jenkins, and other daughters Dinah, Rachel, Abigail, Hannah and Rebecca.</div> <div> Catherine, widow of George, married for a second time, John Collins. (10 Jul 1656) Henry and Samuel Allen mention in deed to (brother) George Allen "our mother [step-mother] Catherine Collins" and the deed is witnessed by John Collins (27 Jul 1670). Administration on John Collin's estate was given at Boston to Gideon Allen.) </div> <div> 1648. Will--proved 7 Jun 1649. Ex., wife Catherine. Overseers, Ralph Allen and Richard Bourne. Witnesses, Wm. Leverage, John Vincent, Richard Bourn.  "To her also the house and household stuff for life, but if she marries they are to be disposed of and divided to the 5 least children." To William a meadow. To sons Henry and Samuel rest of meadow. Inventory, £44, 16s. (including 5 cows and 4 calves £23, etc, etc. "Probably he had already given his sons Ralph and George their portion, as they had married [and had grown children] before their father died." </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> As for the 1638 record from Newport, a Ralph [possibly the son of George] was in Sandwich 1638 and again in 1643, so I suspect the Ralph of Newport was the same Ralph who moved to Weymouth about 1639 [where Edward Poole, John son of George Sr., etc. were also resident], and 1643 to Rehoboth.</div> <bR> <div> Concerning the wives of George Allen and their children, including "my five least children."<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>Concerning George, it appears doubtful that his first wife was Katherine Davis, based on some data in the Guilford book [which I need to confirm!]. Also, as you are aware I don't believe his second wife was Katherine Starkes, although I do think Katherine __?__ was his second wife. As for his children, I now believe they included John, Robert, Ralph, George, Francis & Rose by his first wife, and William, Matthew, Henry, Samuel & Gideon by Katherine [the 5 "least children"]. </div> <bR> <div> Prior to 1648, the records that mention Ralph Allen fall into two groups. Several records refer to a Ralph Allen who appears to have resided in Sandwich during this period. The first is the inclusion of Ralph and George Allen among the first 11 members of the church organized at Sandwich in 1638. </div> <div> This list was related by Rev. Benjamin Fessenden in a letter to Dr. Prince in about 1750, cited by Frederick Freeman in his "Annals of Sandwich" Reverend Fessenden apparently also stated that both Ralph and George had earlier been members of the church in Roxbury , but this cannot be confirmed from surviving records. The second record is the mention of Raph Allen of Sandwich in the 1643 list of Plymouth Colony men aged 16-to-60 able to bear arms "Miscellaneous" 8:192). The final record in this period is that of the birth in Sandwich of "Jediah" [Jedediah] Allen, "son of Ralphe Allen" the 3d of Jan 1646[/7] </div> <bR> <div> The other set of records for this period begins with the listing of Samuel Allen, George Allen and Ralph Allen among a list of inhabitants admitted to the town of Newport, RI after the 20th day of the 3d month 1638.Because this record is approximately contemporaneous with the first record of Ralph Allen in Sandwich, it appears likely this record applies to the other Ralph. The next record is that of 4 Jun 1639, in which Ralfe Allen was fined 10 shillings in the Massachusetts Bay Colony for releasing an indentured servant before the expiration of his time  This record probably refers to the Ralph Allen who was resident up to about 1643 in Weymouth, MA, a plantation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A listing of the Weymouth lands owned by this Ralph Allen, probably prepared between 26 Oct 1642 and 21 May 1644  includes 30 acres of land, of which 22 were first granted to George Allen 1:188).<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> About 1643, Ralph Allen of Weymouth joined the party of Reverend Samuel Newman who settled Seaconk, shortly renamed Rehoboth. Ralph Allen was one of the more prosperous settlers, with an estate of £270  "Arnold" :910 calculated based on the value of his estate in Weymouth plus £12 per person  "Bowen" 4:3).</div> <div>  In Rehoboth, Ralph received land in the division of the woodland lots  "Arnold :911) 31st day 4th month 1644, the division of the great plain "Arnold", :913) (9th day 4th month 1645) and the division of the new meadow   \l "Arnold"<B>.</B>, :913-4) 18th day 12th month [Feb] 1646[/7], and was one of the signers of the first covenant  \l "Arnold, :911) 3rd day 5th month 1644. </div> <div> The listing for Ralph in the division of the new meadow is the last mention of Ralph in Rehoboth  "Allen" aside from later mention in deeds and other records of land in Rehoboth that formerly belonged to Ralph.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Between Feb 1646/7 and Mar 1650/1, there are only two mentions of Ralph Allen in the records of southeast Massachusetts.</div> <div>  The first is a deed, dated 12 Feb 1648[/9?], from John Freeman of Nausett [Yarmouth] to Ralph Allen of Sandwich for 15 acres of land in Sandwich purchased by Freeman from Richard Chadwell  "Sandwich Proprietors records" :32). </div> <div> The second is the mention of Ralph Allen, together with Richard Bourne, as overseers to the will of George Allen of Sandwich "Plymouth Colony Wills, 1:84-85) proved 7 Jun 1649, inventory dated 22 Sep 1648.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> There are two other oblique references which are associated with Ralph Allen. There is a listing in the Plymouth Colony records of the birth 10 Feb 1649[/50?] in Sandwich of Ebenezer Allen (HYPERLINK  \l "Shurtleff "Miscl" "Miscellaneous" 8:9) possibly the son Ebenezer mentioned in the 1691 will of Ralph Allen (HYPERLINK  \l "Barnstable", 2:75-6). There is also the record of the birth 8 Dec 1648 of a Hester Allen, again thought to be a daughter of one of the Ralph Allens (HYPERLINK  \l "Barnstable" 2:76).<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 2. Records between 4 Mar 1650/1 and about 1667</div> <div> Between 4 Mar 1650[/1] and 7 Jun 1659, there are numerous mentions of Ralph Allen of Sandwich in both Sandwich and Plymouth Colony records. In almost all cases, these records include qualifiers such as "<U>Sr</U>.," "<U>Jr</U>." or "<U>mason</U>" to distinguish between the two Ralphs, although there is no record indicating which was Ralph the son of George and which was the other Ralph. These include the births of two children: Experience "the daughter of Ralphe Allin <U>mason</U>," b. 14 Mar 1651[/2], and Ephraim "the son of Ralfe Allin," b. 26 Mar 1656 "Kardell", 1:12).<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Ralph Allen <U>Jr</U>. was involved in a case against Anthony Wright 4 Mar 1650/1 "Shurtleff " and 7 Jun 1651"Shurtleff  was among those who contributed 1 Mar 1654 towards the building of a mill and was sworn as a member of the Grand Enquest 6 Jun 1654 subscribed 29 May 1655 along with Ralph Allen Sr. to the building of a new public meeting house  lost a judgment of 12 pence plus court costs to Thomas Dexter Jr. 5 Mar 1655/6 and was cleared 2 Mar 1657/8  of charges of "tumultuous carriage" at a Quaker meeting, but fined 20 shillings for wearing his hat in court"] This is the last mention of Ralph Allen <U>Jr</U>. in either the Sandwich or Plymouth Colony records.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  In the period before 1646, the evidence indicates that one Ralph was resident in Sandwich, while the other moved from Newport, RI, to Weymouth and Rehoboth, MA. There is no direct evidence during this period indicating which Ralph was the son of George, and which was the other Ralph. John K. Allen  suggested that Ralph of Sandwich was the son of George, residing in Roxbury and Sandwich with his father, and that it was the other Ralph who resided in Weymouth and Rehoboth. He further suggested that this other Ralph moved to Sandwich about 1645-1646 based on the record of the birth of his son Jedediah in Jan 1646/7. John Allen therefore suggested that this Ralph received land in Rehoboth in the land division of 18 Feb 1646/7, over a month after the birth of Jedediah in Sandwich, as a non-resident proprietor. This is certainly possible, as witness the fact that John and George Allen both received land in the 1651 division in Weymouth several years after both moved to other towns. However, it is interesting that qualifiers such as <U>Sr</U>., <U>Jr</U>. or <U>mason</U> were not used for the Ralph Allens of Sandwich until 4 Mar 1650/1, when Ralph <U>Jr</U>. was involved in the case against Anthony Wright.</div> <div> The key question is whether Ralph of Rehoboth moved to Sandwich prior to or after the birth of Jedediah. It would be well worth checking the original records of Rehoboth for this period, which I have yet not been able to access, to try to determine if Ralph was really resident in Rehoboth after 1646. If Ralph of Rehoboth did not move to Sandwich until after the birth of Jedediah, then this would suggest that it was Ralph of Rehoboth who was the son of George, consistent with the observation that about 2/3 of the land of Ralph Allen of Weymouth was first granted to George Allen. On the other hand, if Ralph of Rehoboth removed to Sandwich prior to the birth of Jedediah, then it is possible that it was this Ralph who was the father of Jedediah, and Ralph son of George who was resident with his father in Sandwich prior to 1645.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> After about 1649, the two Ralphs were resident together in Sandwich up until at least Jun 1659, when the designations <U>Jr</U>. and <U>Sr</U>. basically disappear from the records. It is unclear if it was Ralph <U>Sr</U>. or <U>Jr</U>. who was the son of George. John K. Allen suggested it was Ralph <U>Jr</U>. who was the son of George. This was based primarily on the idea that John Allen of Newport was a son of the other Ralph and probably born by about 1630, somewhat earlier than the data suggests any of the children of Ralph, son of George, were born. Also, the difference of over 30 </div> <div>  interpretation might also be consistent with the observation that Ralph of Weymouth apparently received more land from his father George than Ralph's probable brother John Allen, who had only 17 acres of land of which 15 acres were first granted to, or purchased by, George. The approximate dated of birth of this John Allen is known from his will of 12 Mar 1689 in which he stated that he was in his "85th year" suggesting he was born in about 1605. The difference in land holdings might suggest that Ralph was older than his brother John and that it was Ralph Allen son of George who resided in Newport and Weymouth.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>John Allen</B></div> <div> 1604-1689</div> <bR> <div>      John Allen was born in England in the year 1604.</div> <div>      He and his wife Christian emigrated to New England in the Winthrop Fleet about 1630 in the ship "Abigail".</div> <div>      He settled in Scituate, MA upon his arrival. By 1633, he was living in Scituate and he also owned lands in Plymouth, MA. He owned land in Springfield, MA in 1639.</div> <div>      John  was one of the original settlers of Rehoboth. He was granted land there in 1643. His homelot was  located next to that of John Miller and Obediah Holmes. John was is Newport, RI in 1651, and in Swansey, MA in 1669.</div> <div>      John and his wife had at least, four children.</div> <div>      He died in Swansey at the age of eighty five on March, 12, 1689. His will was probated on May 27, 1690. He mentioned his wife Christina, and also his sons, John, Isack, Daniel and his daughter Deborah [Allen]Buckland. He also mentioned his grandchildren, John and Samuel, sons of his son Daniel, and Deborah Buckland Cole, wife of Hugh Cole.</div> <div>      Christina died after 1690.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Daniel Allen </B></div> <bR> <div>   </div> <div> Daniel Allen was born about 1642 in MA, the son of John and Christian Allen.</div> <bR> <div>      On October 12, 1670, banns were published announcing the coming marriage of Daniel to Mary Dexter, the daughter of Thomas Dexter of  Sandwich, MA.They married on December 17, 1671, and moved to Swansea, MA.  During the Indian Wars, Daniel and Mary stayed in  the town of  Sandwich which was an safe haven for settlers. </div> <bR> <div> Our ancestor, Christian Allen, who was named for her grandmother, married Nathaniel Peck of Swansea in 1696.</div> <bR> <div>      Mary and Daniel  had other children born in Swansea. They were Elizabeth, John and Samuel.</div> <bR> <div>      Daniel’s will was published in the Bristol County Probate Records of 1687-1745. The page is torn, and the inventory page is missing. His was Inventory #370, Vol. 3  Part 2.</div> <div>      The dates of his and Mary’s death have not been found.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>