Saturday, March 28, 2015

Surname Saturday -- ALLEN (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1101 who is  Mary Allen (1641-1702) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations in this ALLEN family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)


68.  Aaron Smith (1765-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)

136.  Moses Smith (1732-1806)
137.  Patience Hamant (1735-1780)

274.  Timothy Hamant (1699-1774)
275.  Hepzibah Clark (1699-1791)

550.  Joseph Clark (1664-1731)
551.  Mary Wight (1667-1705)

1100.  Joseph Clark, born 27 July 1642 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 04 September 1702 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2200. Joseph Clarke and 2201. Alice Fenn.  He married 25 June 1663 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1101.  Mary Allen, born 11 December 1641 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 05 May 1702 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Joseph Clark and Mary Allen are:
*  Joseph Clark (1664-1731), married (1) 1686 Mary Wight (1667-1705); (2) 1706 Abigail LNU.
*  John Clark (1666-1691).
*  Jonathan Clark (1668-1690).
*  Esther Clark (1670-1703), married 1693 Thomas Thurston (1658-1704).
*  Thomas Clark (1672-1690).
*  Mary Clark (1674-1675).
*  Daniel Clark (1676-1694).
*  Lya Clark (1676-1676).
*  Solomon Clark (1678-1748), married (1) 1698 Mary White (1675-1740); (2) 1740 Elizabeth Adams (1693-1766).
*  David Clark (1680-1714), married 1703 Mary Wheelock (1686-1714).
*  Moses Clark (1685-1685).
*  Aaron Clark (1685-1759), married 1705 Mary Morse (1685-1771).

2202.  James Allen, born about 1614 in Colby, Norfolk, England; died 27 September 1676 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 16 March 1638 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2203.  Anna Guild, born about 1616 in Scotland; died 29 March 1673 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of James Allen and Anna Guild are:
*  John Allen (1639-1696).
*  Mary Allen (1641-1702), married 1663 Joseph Clark (1664-1702).
*  Martha Allen (1641-1734), married 1663 William Sabin (1609-1687).
*  Sarah Allen (1644-1715), married 1667 Domingo White (1642-1713).
*  William Allen (1645-1738), married 1668 Elizabeth Twitchell (1648-1717).
*  James Allen (1646-1691), married (1) 1670 Elizabeth Partridge; (2) 1672 Lydia Adams (1653-1731).
*  Benjamin Allen (1647-1687).
*  Nathaniel Allen (1648-1718), married (1) 1675 Mercy Sabin (1652-1677); (2) 1677 Mary Frizzell (1656-1746).
*  Joseph Allen (1654-1703), married 1673 Hannah Sabin (1654-1729).

Information about the Allen family was obtained from:

*  William S. Tilden (editor), History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886 (Boston, Mass. : Geo. H. Ellis, 1887).

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/03/surname-saturday-allen-england-to.html

Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver


No comments: