Husband Henry ALLEN
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Husband James ALLEN
Born: - Norfolk, England
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Died: 27 Sep 1676 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Marriage: 16 Mar 1638 - Dedham, Massachusetts
Wife Ann GUILD
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Father: John WHITMORE (1592- )
Mother: (WHITMORE) (Abt 1585- )
Other Spouse: William HURLBUT ( - ) - Northampton, Massachusetts
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1 M James ALLEN
Born: 28 Apr 1646 - Dedham, Massachusetts
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Died: 1691 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Buried: - Old Cemetary, Medfield, Massachusetts
Spouse: Lydia ADAMS ( - )
Marr: 12 Dec 1673
2 M Joseph ALLEN
Born: 24 Jun 1652 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Died: 14 Jan 1703 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Hannah SABINE (1654-1730)
Marr: 10 Nov 1673 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts
3 F Sarah ALLEN
Born: 25 Jun 1663 - Dedham, Massachusetts
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Died: 1715 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Domingo WHITE ( - )
Marr: 15 Jan 1666
4 F Mary ALLEN
Born: 11 Dec 1641 - South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Christened: 11 Oct 1646 - Dedham, Massachusetts
Died: 7 Apr 1712 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Buried: 8 May 1702 - Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Mass
Spouse: Joseph CLARK (1642-1702)
Marr: 25 Jun 1663 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
5 M John ALLEN
Born: 4 Dec 1639 - Dedham, Massachusetts
Christened: 11 Oct 1646 - Dedham, Massachusetts
Died: 3 Jul 1696
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6 F Martha ALLEN
Born: 11 Dec 1641 - Dedham, Massachusetts
Christened: 11 Oct 1646 - Dedham, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Wiliam SABINE ( - )
Marr: 22 Dec 1663
7 M Nathaniel ALLEN
Born: 29 Aug 1648 - Dedham, Massachusetts
Christened: 3 Sep 1648 - Dedham, Massachusetts
Died: 1718 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Mary SABINE (1652-1674)
Marr: Apr 1674
Spouse: Mary FRIZZELL ( -1746)
Marr: 10 Apr 1677 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
8 M William ALLEN
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9 M Benjamin ALLEN
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General Notes (Husband)
Joseph Allen, Genealogical Sketches of the Allen Family. 1869.
James Allen, the progenitor of the Allen Family of Medfield, came over, with his wife Anna, in 1639 [freeman in 1647], adn settled in Dedham; of which town his cousin (uncle), John Allin, was the first minister. Here he lived about ten years; and here, Dec. 4, 1639, his eldest son, John, was born.
James was one of a company formed, in 1649, to found a settlement in teh western part of Dedham, bordering on Charles River, which, the following year, was incorporated by the name of "Medfield." The company consisted of fifty persons, each of whm was to have a house-lot of not more than twelve acres of upland, and as many of meadow. Other grants were subsequently made, which, together with purchases from time to time, constituted the Allen farm, which has remained in the family more than two hundred years, and is now in the possession of descendants of James, of the exith and seventh generation.
That James was a relative of Rev. John Allen, appears from the following clause in the last will and testament of the latter: "I give and bequeath to my cousin James Allin, of Medfield, twenty shillings," &c. The will was made Aug 23, 1671, three days before his death, which took place Aug. 26, 1671, at the age of seventy-five.
Note -- Rev. John Allin was born in 1596; came over and settled in Dedham in 1637, of which town he became the pastor in 1639. "He had," says Cotton Mather, "an easy sickness of ten days. His beloved wife Katherine died there days after, and they were both buried in the same grave." She was his second wife, the widow of Governor thomas Dudley, and was married to Rev. John Allin, Nov. 8, 1653, only three months after the death of Governor Dudley, and a little more than six onths after the death of Margaret his first wife. By his second wife he had three sons, - Benjamin, Daniel, and Eliezer. Rev. John Allen was from Wrentham, Suffolk County, England, whose name was given to a part of Dedham.
In the old recodrs, the name is spelled variously, -- Allen, Allin, and Alin.
Genealogical and Historical Sketches of the Allen Family of Dedham and Medfield, Mass., 1637 - 1890. Frank Allen Hutchinson. 1896.
James Allin was a grandson of Reginald Allin of Colby, Norfolk, England, and probably cmae to Dedham with his uncle, the Rev. John Allin, about 1637. He is first mentioned in the records of that town under date 6 Apr 1638, when --
Jeames Allin accepted to ahue six acres layd out for himin y corner by Jeffery Myngery yf ther it may be fownd fitt.
He received other grantrs at various times; was admitted to the church 2 Oct., 1646, and made free 26 May, 1647. In 1648 his estate was valued at 2 pounds, his tax for that year amounting to 3 shillings 5d. From a vote of teh selectmen in February, 1650, we learn -
Leift Fisher is deputed to treate wth Joshua Kente & conclude wth him for the beateing of the Drume: he is desired to put the Deacons in minde to put the worke that Jaems Allen now [ ] into the hands of the said Joshua [ ] that he may carefully attend the shutting the meetinghouse doores & the keepeing out of the doggs.
In 1649 some of the inhabitants of Dedham formed a company for the purpose of beginning a settlement at Boggestow, upon the Charles river, now known as Medfield. James Allin was one of the first thirteen proprietors of the new town and the fifth to be granted land. The affairs of the infant settlement were at first conducted by a committee, who, 19 June 1650, laid out the thirteen house-lots and in their records we read: --
5. To James Allen, seven acres abutting upon the waste lands upon all the sides there of round about."
This lot was on South st. near the rpesent residence of Mr. Rhodes. In the town valuation for 1652 we find the following:
James Allin -- his estate
psons 8 80 0 0
Hwose 20
acres br: 5 1/2 22
unbro: ac 1/2 3
Cowes 2 12
yearl I 2
sume - 139 pounds.
About 1653 he was granted land as follows:
Meadfield granteth to James Alin the six Acres of upland that lieth on the north plaine Abutting toward the west on Stony Winter Brook, against the lands of Thoams Wight, and on the waste lands on all other parts. --- Hen Adams
Thsi grant was near the house-lot of his son Joseph. He received other grantsat subsequent times and owned land on both sodes of the river. His will was dated 23 Sept 1676, in which he gives house, barn, etc., to his son-in-law, Joseph Clark, from which fact it is beileved he owned two places, having given the homestead to his son Nathaniel, who is known to have lived in the estaet on South street. James m. in Dedham 16 Mch, 1638, Ann Guild.
Introduction.
The family in which we are interested appears to have located in the parish of Colby, Norfolk, Enlgand, where we find in the latter part of the 16th century one Reginald Allin, an extensive land owner. At the time of his son John's matriculation at Caius College, Cambridge, in 1612, he is styled "Gentleman," but in his will, proved at the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Norwich, 27 Jan 1615-6, he is called "yoeman." In this will he refers to the fact of having received certain lands in Colby "from Richard Allin, my father" We have been unable to fully identify this Richard, though we have record of the will of one Richard Allin dated 27 Feb., 1558, and proved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Norwich, 18 May, 1559, but unfortunately his residence is not given. He mentions son John "the elder," to whom he leaves hosue and land, daughter Johan and sons Robert and Richard. He may have been the garndfather of Reginald, but certainly not his father, for Reginald was not married until abotu 1583-4, and assuming that he was then wtenty-five years of age wuold make his birth about 1559. He is not menitoned in Richard's will, and to ahve received land from him he must have been of age previous to 1559, which would make him forty or more years old at time of marriage.
Reginald Allin, of Colby, Norfolk, England, is the earliest to whom we can trace. He was a son of Richard Allin and was probably born about 1559. He appears to have been a man of subsance, owning landin seven parishes and two counties. (Cites two articles in NEHGR, below) He was buried in Colby, 9 Nov., 1615, his will being proved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Norwich, 27 Jan , 1615-6, and was witnessed by a James Allen. the will mentions his wife, Margoria, and most of their children, as will appear rpesently.
the list of children includes John but not James; there are 13 children.
John, bapt 22 May, 1597, to erceive a certain sum at stated periods towards "maintaining him at college at Cambridge". He was the first pastor of the church in Dedham, Mass.
The connection between our ancestor -- James Allin of Medfield -- and the foregoing family is based upon the following clause in the will of Rev. John Allin of Dedham, Mass., who was a son of Reginald Alin of Colby: "To my Cozen James Allin of Medfield twenty shilling ot be delivered to him in Country paymnt within three months after my decease." This was dated 23 Aug., 1671, and from contemporary sources we shall see that the term cousin was synonymous with nephew, in support of which statement, I cite the following: -- Robert Eames, died in Dracut, Mass., about 1671 adn by will bequeathed certain property to "my cousin Richard, son of my sister Dorothy Newman", etc., also, the Rev. Thomas Parker of Newbury, Mass., had for an assistant one John Woodbridge, whom we know to have been his nephew; yet, in a deposition sowrn to in the court in Ipswich, and dated 30 March, 1669, we read -- "Afterwards Mr. Parker exprsesed thus -- Thsoe taht are for the continuance of my cousin Woodbridge in the way of preaching as formerly he hath done," etc., The ocnnection being thus established it remains only to ascertain which of Reginald's sons was father of our ancestor.
We also find one Robert Allin in Dedham, whom the Rev. John Allin calls a "naer kinsman" in his will already noted. He was admitted to the church in Dedham in February, 1667, made free 31 May 1671, and d. in Dedham 22 Sept 1690. He was unmarried, as the following extracts from the Dedham records will show:
25 Aug 1663 "Robt Allin is allowed to sorjune at John Bacons"
14 april 1669 "Robert Allinengage to iiue further account when he is agreed where to sojourne.
In 1663 he was taxed 3s 4d in the country rate adn the same the enxt year. His name appears in the list of legal votes for 1666.
Appendix A.
John Allen was a son of Reginald Allin of colby, Norfolk county, England, and was baptized there 22 May, 1597, and matriculated at Caius College, Cambridge, teh record reading -
Allen, John, of Colby, Norfolk, son of Reginald Allen, gent: School, North Walsham, under Mr. Tyllas, three years, age 16. Admitted Scholar, litt. grat. April 27, 1612. Tutor and surety Mr. Thomas Weatherell, fellow.
He took bacelor's degere in 1615 and master's in 1619.
The paper by the late Professor William F. Allen of Madison, Wis. seems to leve no doubt as to the identity of John Allin of Colby and the ifrst minister of Dedham Massx.,
One of the strongest argumetns in its favor being the similarity of hte signatures.
It is difficult to determine in what year he sailed for America, as he was forced to leave England in disguise and probably under an assumed name. He came in company with Mr. Fiske (who related he actually came aboard ship in disguise) , who was susequently the first minister of Chelmsford, Mass., and we learn that after passing the Land's End "tehy entertained the passengers with two sermons a day, besdise other aggreeable discourse adn devotional exercises.." in other words, these were nuts of a feather who got along extremely well. Rev. Fiske is my own ancestor.)
The subject of this sketch first appears in Dedham under date 18 July 1637, when he --
with diverse otehrs being pponded to sit downe with us, onely in the same condicon thay are accepted to doe pvided y they breng c'tificate from ye magestrates according to the order of Court as they ought to doe. (Spelling like that of teh Fiskes in Suffolk.)
The above conditions complied with, we find him present at a town meeting held 28 Nov. following, from which time he took an active part in town affairs, and it is probable that he at once began the formation of a church, though it was not fully organized until 1638. The proceedings were written out by him as "A brief history of y Church of Christ (gathered) in his name, at Ddha' in New England y 8th day of y 9th month 1638." The manuscript...
He became a man of much proinence in the colony, serving as a member of many important committees. Some difficulty asrising between teh colony and the mother country, teh matter was referred to the ruling elders of the several churches, adn he was made chairman and delivered their opinion. On the 17 Oct., 1643, the general Court granted him land as follows: --
Mr. John Allin the pastor of Dedham is granted soo .. of land to be layd out by ..
This grant was located at "Bogastow", on the Charles river, at the present town of Medfield. When the Synod met in Cambridge - 15 Sept 1648 -- for the purpose of forming a system of church government, he was appointed to preach teh sermon, taking his text from Acts xv., the discourse being "a very godly, learned and partiuclar handling of near all the doctrines an dapplications concerning that subject, with a clear refutaton of such errors, objections and scruples as had been raised about it by some young heads in the country."
He was elected an Overseer of Harvard college 18 Oct 1654, and at the October session of the General Court in 1656 was chosen with Mather, Bulkley, Chauncey adn Whiting on a commttee of thirteen to meet 5 June 1657, "to consult and debate" the so-called thirty questions.
Receiving large grants of land from teh town he became, like many ministers of that day, a well to-do-farmer, possessing a goodly stock of cattle, adn a house consisting of a parlor, kitchen adn buttery on teh first floor, with sleeping rooms above.
He was married in Wrentham, Suffolk County, England, 22 Oct 1622, to Margaret Morse, and had baptized there 24 Oct 1624, a son John, at which time he appeasr to have been a rsident of Denton, a vilage near Wrentham. His wife Margaret died in Dedham, 1 May 1653, and he married sec ondly, 8 Nov following, Katherine, widow of Gov. Dudley; and died 26 Aug 1671...
Wiliam F. Allen, Rev. John Allen, or Allin, the first minister of Dedham. NEHGR, 1887.
Dr. Lamson, in a note to the sermon preached upon the fortieth anniversary of his ordination, published in 1859 (p46) asys; "I despair of ever being able to clear up the English part of the history of John Allin o fDedham.
At this time just two facts were known with certainty in regard to his lifein England.
First, his birth in 1596.
Secondly, the birth of his eldest son, Rev. John Allin, of Rye, Sussex, a graduaet of Harvard College of the year 1643. The fact of his birth at Wrentham, Suffolk, Oct 13, 1623, was known from a Scheme of Nativity, which reads as foolows: Joannes, filius Joannis et Marareta Allin, natus est apud Wrentham , Suffocia, Oct 13, 15.14.00.36 p.m. anno 1623. this has led to the assertion that John Allin the father lived at Wrentham at this time, and was clergyman of that parish. This, however, was not the case, as wil be shown prsently. Rev. John Phillip, who also cmae to dedham, was the clergyman of Wrentham, where he was settledin 1609, and deprived in 1638.
Dr. Lamson inclines to the belief that he was settled in Opswich, where it is nkown that a clergyman of his name was silenced by Bishop Wren in 1637, and afterwards emigrated to America: and this statement is positively made by Dr. A.B. Grosart, in the article relative to John Allen, in the first volume of the English Biographical Dictionary.... pub in 1885. Dr. Grosart is not, however, eable to tell me upon what authority he made this statement. It is entirely probable, an dI can find no mention of any other Rev. John Allen who came to this country at that time.
I learn from Rev. C. H. Evelyn White, of Ipswich, that Rev. John Allen was instituted at teh Church of St. Mary at teh Quay in taht town in 1620 - and never left. There is no date of his leaving. As our John Allin was born in 1596, this date, 1620, was teh earliest at which he cuold have been instituted; the probablity is therefore very great that this was the man.
I find in the Parish Register of Wrentham the marriage of John Allen and Margaret Morsse, Oct 10, 1622, adn I have learned from teh late Rev. John Browne, of Wrentham, that this register contains also the baptism (which I overlooked) of "John Allen, son of Mr. John Allen of Denton and Margaret his wife." Oct 24, 1623. This is certainly our man; but how reconcile his residence at Denton (a villae near teh southern border of Norfolk, only a few miles from Wrentham) wiht his settlement at Ipswich? The name Allen does not occur in the list of rectors of Denton.
It was once believed that this was the John Allen, son of Robert Allen, of Hawley, Oxfordshire, who matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1623. But this is impossible, as his eldest son was born in this year.
Mr. White, reminding me that Cambridge was teh Puritan University, and Caius (pr Keys) the East Anglian College, advised me to consult the matriculation lists of that colege. In these we erad: "Allen, John, if Colby, Norfolk, son of Reginald Allen, gent: School, North Walsham under Mr. Tyllas, three years. Age 16." Admitted Scholar, litt. grat., April 27, 1612. tutor and surety Mr. Thomas Weatherell, fellow." (P 121 of proof-sheets of the Admission Register now in press). The University records give John Allen of Caius College AB 1615, AM 1619. These dates correespond perfectly wtihteh age of our John Allin. colby is a parish in Norfolk, at some distancenortheast of Norwich, and North Walsham is near it.
1637 ejected by Bishop Wren is consistent with these dates.
Rev. John Allin of Dedham. Prof. William F. Allen . NEHGR 188.
Report on research by James Allen descendants ith help of Dedham Historical Society and an experienced Englsh genealogist and antiquarian.
1. John Allen of Dedham was certainly NOT the Ipswich clergyman.
1. Rev. John Allen of Ipswich was ordained by Thomas, Bishop of Peterborough, Wept 21, 1618. The rules of the English church do not permit ordination before age 24, but John Allen who according to Mather's Magnaila was born in 1596, cannot have been more than 22 at this date.
2. The parish register of Wrentham, for Oct 13, 1623, mentions him as "Mr. John Allen o fDenton". If he was residing at Denton he could not have been in charge of a church in Ipswich.
3. the handwriting of the Ipswich clergyman bears no resemblance to that of our Dedham minister.
The evidence seems to show that Mr. Allin was never ordained in England. thsi is stated positively in Worthington's History of Dedham (p 48) and is confirmed by the account given of the formation of the church in Dedham, in Chap IX of the same work. From this it appears that Mr. Allin was one of the original members of the church, but was not selected as pastor or teacher until "until nearly two years trial of the gifts and graces of each person in the church." (p 101) He was then ordained in accordance with pure congregational principles; the ruling elder, "John Hunting, with the two brethren, laid hands on his head and pronounced the wods of ordination." Mr. Worthington pertinently asks (p 104) if he had been ordained in Engald, would ...not somene have objected which ordination was valid.
His friend, Rev. John Phillip, wom the Dedham people had wished for their pastor, is known to have been the rector of Wrentham, of which parish he had been deprived in 1638,and to which he returned in 1641. If Mr. Allin had had a similar English experience, it is probable that it wuold have been mentioned.
Second, the reserchaers found that the identity of our John Allin with John Allin, son of Reginald Allin of Colby, matriculated at Caius College, Cambridge, in 1612, and admitted tothe masters degreein 1619, seems to be established bythe hand-writing, which is almost identical -- a remarkable similarity, considering that the one was at teh age of about twenty, and the other of fifty or sixty.
General Notes (Wife)
Ann Guild came from Scotland with her two brothers, John and Samuel, in 1637-8, giving rise to a tradition that the family was from Scotland, and Scottish names in the family like James.
General Notes for Child James ALLEN
He lived in Medfield, and his house was burned by the Indians in Feb, 1675/6, his name appearing among those who petition the General Court -- 23 May, 1677 -- to withhold assessing them "in the next rate."
General Notes for Child Joseph ALLEN
Settled in the northern part of the otwn on Catle Hill, sicne known as the Allen Place. In 1673, he was grantred two lots of land, one between land owned by his father -- below Samuel Wight's -- and the road leading to "Goodman Morse's;" the other between his father's land and that owned by Samuel Wight, buonded on the east by the highway to Natick. He was a cooper by trade, his house and shop having been built before King Philiops war. On 21 Feb, 1676, the Indians attempted to burn the town and his house was among the first to receive their attention. According to tradition the savages took shavings from the shop, and piling them upon the kitchen floor, applied the torch. Fortuantely they had been placed upon a trap door, which being consumed, let the burning pile fall into the cellar where the flames were soon extinguished, thus doing no further damage. All of the other houses in this part of the otwn were destroyed. The 2 Sept, 1676, he received from his father six acres of upland and one acre of meadow, evidently his share in teh estate, as his name does not appear in his father's will, dated two days later. His name appears among list of propritors in 1675 and 1701. He was made free11 Oct 1682; sealer of weights and measures in 1688, adn admitted with his wife to the first aprish in 1697. He married in Seakonk (Rehoboth).
General Notes for Child John ALLEN
Said to have never married.
General Notes for Child Nathaniel ALLEN
He resided i Medfield on the original homestead in South Street, and erceived various legacies by his father's will. He was married the second time by Gov. Leverett in Boston.
General Notes for Child William ALLEN
Listed only by Joseph Allen, said to have had four children of whom two lived.
General Notes for Child Benjamin ALLEN
Listed only by Joseph Allen, asid to have had three children.
Husband Robert BERT
Born: 1526 - Stradbroke, Suffolk, England
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Father: William BERT (Abt 1496-1556)
Mother: Johan GODBOLD (Abt 1500-Bef 1541)
Marriage: 22 Nov 1575 - Stradbroke, Suffolk, England
Other Spouse: Christina ( -1569) - 7 Aug 1557 - Stradbroke, Suffolk, England
Wife Johanna ALLEN
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Husband John ALLEN
Born: 4 Dec 1639 - Dedham, Massachusetts
Christened: 11 Oct 1646 - Dedham, Massachusetts
Died: 3 Jul 1696
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Father: James ALLEN ( -1676)
Mother: Ann GUILD ( -1673)
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Husband John ALLEN
Born: 28 Aug 1656 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
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Father: John ALLEN (Abt 1631-1711)
Mother: Sarah ( -1702)
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Husband Jonas ALLEN
Born: 1 Nov 1699 - Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Father: Benjamin ALLEN (1661-1721)
Mother: Frances RICE (1669-Abt 1767)
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Husband Joseph ALLEN
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Died: 9 Sep 1721 - Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Father: Walter ALLEN (Abt 1601- )
Mother: Rebecca ( - )
Marriage: 11 Oct 1667
Wife Anne BRAZIER
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A cooper . Lived in Watertown near both Concord and Sudbury.
Husband Joseph ALLEN
Born: 18 Mar 1660 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
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Father: John ALLEN (Abt 1631-1711)
Mother: Sarah ( -1702)
Marriage: 5 May 1687
Other Spouse: Martha ( - )
Wife Abigail MYRICK
Born: - Charlestown, Massachetts
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Husband Joseph ALLEN
Born: 24 Jun 1652 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Died: 14 Jan 1703 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Father: James ALLEN ( -1676)
Mother: Ann GUILD ( -1673)
Marriage: 10 Nov 1673 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Wife Hannah SABINE
Born: 22 Oct 1654 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts
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Died: 1730 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Settled in the northern part of the otwn on Catle Hill, sicne known as the Allen Place. In 1673, he was grantred two lots of land, one between land owned by his father -- below Samuel Wight's -- and the road leading to "Goodman Morse's;" the other between his father's land and that owned by Samuel Wight, buonded on the east by the highway to Natick. He was a cooper by trade, his house and shop having been built before King Philiops war. On 21 Feb, 1676, the Indians attempted to burn the town and his house was among the first to receive their attention. According to tradition the savages took shavings from the shop, and piling them upon the kitchen floor, applied the torch. Fortuantely they had been placed upon a trap door, which being consumed, let the burning pile fall into the cellar where the flames were soon extinguished, thus doing no further damage. All of the other houses in this part of the otwn were destroyed. The 2 Sept, 1676, he received from his father six acres of upland and one acre of meadow, evidently his share in teh estate, as his name does not appear in his father's will, dated two days later. His name appears among list of propritors in 1675 and 1701. He was made free11 Oct 1682; sealer of weights and measures in 1688, adn admitted with his wife to the first aprish in 1697. He married in Seakonk (Rehoboth).