1Winifred Lovering Holman, Hope Allen and Granddaughter Deborah (Wager) Henchman, NEHGR Vol. 102, pp. 177-178 (Jul. 1948).
"HOPE1 ALLEN, currier, probably born in England, about 1625, died in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, testate, between 18 June and 21 July 1677. He married first, about 1649, RACHEL -------, who died about 1667; secondly, about 1669, MARY -------, who died about 1670; and thirdly, after Sept. 1671 and before January 1672, HANNAH (TOWNSEND) HULL, born in Boston 4 April 1641, living Aug. 1721, daughter of William and Hannah (Penn) Townsend, sister of Col. Penn Townsend and widow of Thomas Hull.
As this lineage descends from the third wife, we are, therefore, interested in her various marriages, for she had four husbands:
There is an able account of the family of William Townsend of Boston, by H. F. Waters, published in the Collections of the Essex Institute (1882), 19: 269, which clearly proves her identity. Her mother was a sister of James Penn, Marshal General of the Colony and Ruling Elder of the Church in Boston. Her father, William Townsend, died in Boston 17 Sept. 1668, and the administration of his estate was granted his widow 29 Oct. 1669. However, Hannah (Penn) Townsend, died in Boston 17 Jan. 1699-1700, aged ninety-two, as see Sewall's Diary† before she could complete her trust, and an administration de bonis non was granted her son, Col. Penn Townsend 6 Feb. 1699.".