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| Husband: | George ALLEN (c. 1585-1648) | |
| Wife: | unknown (c. 1585- ) | |
| Children: | John ALLEN (c. 1610- ) | |
| Robert ALLEN (c. 1614- ) | ||
| Ralph ALLEN (c. 1617- ) | ||
| George ALLEN (c. 1619- ) | ||
| Rose ALLEN (c. 1621- ) | ||
| Marriage | 1605 | Somerset, England |
George ALLEN
| Name: | George ALLEN1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1585 (est) | England |
| Emigration | 6 May 1635 (age 49-50) | from Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England to Massachusetts Bay Colony, MA, US |
| Census | 1643 (age 57-58) | Sandwich, Plymouth County, MA2 |
| Census | 1645 (age 59-60) | Massachusetts Bay Colony, MA, US2 |
| Death | 2 May 1648 (age 62-63) | Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, US |
| Burial | 2 May 1648 | Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, US |
| Probate | 7 Jun 16483 | |
| beq to wife Katharine, sons Matthew, Henry, Samuel, William and five least ch. | ||
| Name: | unknown | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1585 (est) | |
| Name: | John ALLEN | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1610 (est) | |
| Name: | Robert ALLEN | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1614 (est) | |
| Name: | Ralph ALLEN | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1617 (est) | |
| Name: | George ALLEN | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1619 (est) | |
| Name: | Rose ALLEN | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1621 (est) | |
George Allen, who was born in England about 1568, under the
reign of Queen Elizabeth, is the ancestor of that branch of the Allen family that settled in Martha's Vineyard. Of some of his descendants we give this Genealogy.
In 1635, when the Puritans were emigrating in great numbers from the
old country to escape from the persecution of Archbishop Laud, under
Charles I., George iVllen and his family came to America and settled in Saugus, Lynn. Three years before this, Samuel Allen, with his two brothers,Matthew and Thomas Allyn, came from Braintree, Essex County, England,and settled first in Cambridge, Mass. ; afterwards all three of the brothersremoved to Connecticut. (See Genealogy of Samuel Allen and his descendants, by Willard S. Allen.)
In 1637, George Allen joined with Edmund Freeman and others in the
purchase of the Township of Sandwich, and the same year settled in thatplace. When the town of Sandwich was incorporated, he was chosen Deputy, the first office in the town, and served in that capacity for several years.
He was a conscientious Puritan and a member of the Baptist Church. He had ten sons, some of whom came over from England before he emigrated to this country, and settled first in the vicinity of Boston ; but after the purchase of Sandwich, the most of them, with their families, removed to that town and settled in the vicinity of their father's residence. George Allen senior, died in Sandwich, May 2, 1648, aged about 80. In his will he named his five sons Matthew, Henry, Samuel, George, and William ; and also made provision for his "five least children," without naming them.
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Settled in Weymouth, petitioned about the ferry in 1640. Rem to Sandwich; town officer, juryman.
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George Allen was born in England about 1568 (although Allen researchers are not in agreement on the exact date, which some place anywhere between 1568-1586). He may have been born in either Somersetshire or Dorsetshire, England, or have at least resided in one of these places prior to emigrating. Lending some support for this belief is the fact that the Rev. Joseph Hull and many of the other families that emigrated with George appear to have been from one of these shires. George Allen is known to have married twice while still residing in England. The name of his first wife has not been definitely determined, although many sources cite her name as Katherine. This wife, rather than his second wife who accompanied him to Massachusetts (also named Katherine), is our ancestor. According to the roster of passengers making up the Hull party, Katherine (his second wife) was listed as being thirty years old in 1635, thereby indicating that she was probably born about 1605 in England.
Nothing is known for certain of George Allen's parentage, although some researchers believe that our George Allen was the son of John Allen of Saltford in Somersetshire, England. As with the assertion regarding George's first wife, noted below, there is no evidence that I know of to substantiate this. There is, moreover, strong evidence that indicates that this George Allen was still residing at Saltford in 1638, when he was involved in a court case regarding tenements in the Tything of Saltford. By 1638, our George Allen was already well established at Sandwich on Cape Cod. Aside from the fact that a person named George Allen was identified as living in Saltford, England during the 1630s, any connection to our George Allen appears to be based more on conjecture than supportable facts.
The same also appears to be true regarding the assertion that our George Allen was the son of Ralph Allen of Thurcaston, England. Even though there were two individuals named Ralph Allen who were associated with our George Allen in New Plymouth Colony, I am not aware of any evidence, other than name similarity, to support this contention either.
The circumstances of his arrival in Massachusetts are not in dispute. George, along with his (second) wife Katherine, sons William, George and Matthew and servant, Edward Poole, were among those who sailed from Weymouth, England on 20 Mar 1635 with Rev. Joseph Hull and his flock of 106 souls. The name of the ship that carried them is not known. They landed at Boston, Massachusetts on 6 May 1635 after a 48 day voyage. Reputedly Anapabtists, Rev. Hull and his flock were granted leave to settle at Wessaguscus Plantation on 8 July 1635 by the General Court at Boston. Wessaguscus was soon given municipal rights, at which time it was renamed Weymouth, and its inhabitants were allowed representation in the General Court at Boston.
In 1637 George Allen with Edmund Freeman and 7 or 8 others joined in buying the Township of Sandwich on the North shore of Cape Cod, an area inhabited by friendly Indians. George‘s name is on the first list of church members there in 1638, and in 1639 he was elected "Constable", a very important office, representing the entire civil authority for the orderly proceedings of the Township. In 1640-42 he was Deputy to the General Court at Plymouth and in 1641 was one of a committee to divide the land among the settlers and given 6 1/2 acres for this task. In 1646 he built his home about a quarter mile from what became the site of the Quaker Friends Meeting House on the main road down the Cape – a home which stood until 1882. George and other members of his family later became Quakers.
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Inscription:
GEORGE ALLEN
1562
WEYMOUTH, ENG
1635
TO LYNN MASS
DIED 1648
RALPH ALLEN
DIED 1659
JOSEPH ALLEN
1642-1704
JOSEPH ALLEN
1667-1735
[George Allen monument, Pierrepont Manor (Zion Church) Cemetery, Ellisburg, New York – If George is buried here, his remains must have been moved from his original resting place by his descendants when they migrated to New York. The date of birth indicated (1562) is inconsistent with information from other sources (photo used with permission of NNYGenealogy.com).]3
| 1 | Hon. William Allen, revised by Joshua Allen, "A Genealogy of the Allen Family from 1568-1882" (Chronicle Book and Job Press). |
| 2 | "MA Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Indes, 17990-1890 Record". |
| 3 | Charles Henry Pope, "Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650" (Genealogical Publishing Co, 1998). |