Saturday, October 8, 2016

Surname Saturday -- ALLEN (England to colonial New England)

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 #1483, who is Elizabeth ALLEN (1651-1714) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of 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)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia E. White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

46.  Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872)
47.  Amy Champlin (1798-1865)

92.  Joseph Oatley (1756-1815)
93.  Mary Hazard (1765-1857)

184.  Benedict Oatley (1732-1821)
185.  Elizabeth Ladd (1735-1814)

370.  Joseph Ladd (1701-1748)
371.  Lydia Gray (1707-????)

740.  William Ladd (1665-1729)
741.  Elizabeth Tompkins (1675-????)

1482.  Nathaniel Tompkins, born about 1650 in probably Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died before 19 May 1724 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 2964. Nathaniel Tompkins.  He married 15 January 1671 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
1483.  Elizabeth Allen, born July 1651 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died 24 March 1714 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

Children of Nathaniel Tompkins and Elizabeth Allen are:
*  Robert Tompkins (1673-????).
*  Elizabeth Tompkins (1675-1729), married 1695 William Ladd (1665-1729)
*  Nathaniel Tompkins (1676-1748, married 1696 Elizabeth Ladd.
*  Mary Tompkins (1677-????).
*  Priscilla Tompkins (1679-1732), married 1703 Samuel Lyndon (1676-1750).
*  Samuel Tompkins (1681-1760).
*  Rebecca Tompkins (1685-1688).
*  Mercy Tompkins (1685-1736), married 1707 William Bowdish (1673-1753).
*  Sarah Tompkins (1689-????), married Benjamin Gifford (1685-1754).
*  Hannah Tompkins (1695-1773), married 1717 Timothy Gifford (1691-1780).

2966.  John Allen, born about 1621 in England; died 30 October 1708 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 5932. Ralph Allen and 5933. Hester English.  He married 10 October 1650 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
2967.  Elizabeth Bacon, born about 1625 in Stretton, Rutland, England.  She was the daughter of 5934. William Bacon and 5935. Ann.

Children of John Allen and Elizabeth Bacon are:
*  Elizabeth Allen (1651-1714), married 1671 Nathaniel Tompkins (1650-1724).
*  Mary Allen (1653-????), married 1676 Rowland Robinson (1655-1716).
*  John Allen (1654-1712), married 1695 Rebecca Prince (1675-1749).
*  Mercy Allen (1656-????).
*  Priscilla Allen (1659-????).
*  Samuel Allen (1661-????).
*  Christopher Allen (1666-????).

Information about this Allen family was obtained from:

*  Carl Boyer, 3rd, Ancestral Lines, Third Edition (Santa Clarita, CA : the author, 1998).

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2 comments:

Geolover said...

Randy, it is always hard to avoid typos, but in the last group of Allen children you list here, Mary could not have married Rowland Robinson in the year he was born.

Randy Seaver said...

You're right. I guess I could say that I put typos in intentionally to see who the careful readers are...you qualify many times over. Thanks - I will fix it.