1Descendants of William Allen of Salisbury, The Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 3, p. 18 (Feb 1899).
"BENJAMIN ALLEN2, born in Salisbury in 1652. He was called a seaman in 1684, a wheelwright in 1680, 1686, and 1688-89, and a planter in 1674, 1675 and 1681. He lived in Salisbury until 1694, when he moved to Rehoboth. He married, first, Rachel, widow of Henry Wheeler, of Salisbury Sept. 3, 1686. She died at Rehoboth, and was buried May 5, 1694. He married, second, Hopestill Leonard of Rehoboth Nov. 13, 1695; and she died in Rehoboth Aug. -, 1729. He died there Sept. 3, 1723.
Children:--
28--I. ELIZABETH3, b. Sept. 6, 1687, in Salisbury.
29--II. BENJAMIN3, b. May 20, 1689, in Salisbury.
30--III. SQUIRE3, b. March 26, 1691, in Salisbury; was a physician; and lived in Rehoboth, where he died March --, 1726-7. He married Rebecca Hunt of Rehoboth Nov. 6, 1718.
31--IV. JEREMIAH3, b. March 25, 1692-3, in Salisbury; living in Rehoboth, blacksmith, in 1736-7.
32--V. JOSEPH3, b. May 25, 1697, in Rehoboth; was a boatman, and lived in Barrington, in Bristol county. He m. Sarah May of Barrington Oct. 6, 1720. Capt. Joseph Allen d. Oct. 17, 1754.
33--VI. JEMIMA3, b. April 1, 1698, in Rehoboth.
34--VII. JOHN3, b. Aug. 21, 1699, in Rehoboth.
35--VIII. MARYAug. 22, 1700, in Rehoboth; m. Ephraim Dean of Taunton May 7, 1724.
36--IX. ANNE3, b. March 29, 1704, in Rehoboth; m. Joseph Hayward of Ashford Nov. 25, 1731.
37--X. RACHEL3, b. March 31, 1705-6, in Rehoboth.
38--XI. DAVID3, b. Dec. 9, 1707, in Rehoboth; yeoman; lived in Rehoboth; m. Hannah ------ before 1732; and d. June 21, 1751. She d. June 18, 1751.
39--XII. MARTHA3,b. July 18, 1711, in Rehoboth.".