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Descendants of George Allen

Generation No. 1

1. GEORGE² ALLEN (JOHN?¹ *ALLEN) was born in Weymouth, Dorset, England, and died Apr 1648 in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony. He married (1) CATHERINE (WATTS?) ALLEN 26 Oct 1592 in Scraptoft, Leicestershire, England. She was born Bet. 1572 - 1575 in Scraptoft, Leicestershire, England, and died Bef. 1624 in England. He married (2) KATHERIN ALLYN Abt. 1624 in London, Middlesex, England. She was born 1605 in Woking, Surrey, England, and died Aft. Jun 1670 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony.

Notes for GEORGE ALLEN:
George and his wife sailed to America from Weymouth, England on Mar 20, 1635, Arriving in Boston on May 6, 1635. Mathew, Henry, George and William came with them. In 1637 he was a first settler in Sandwich, Massachusetts. He was a Constable there in 1639 and served as Deputy to the Deputy to the Plymouth General Court from 1640 to 1644.

The mother of his children can not be assured, and many guesses have been made and put into pint

Thanks to the WFT 12 #44 we have the following;
The following is from

"THE ALLEN'S A FAMILY PORTRAIT", PAGE 1
In 1635, when the Puritans were emigrating in great numbers to escape persecution under Charles the First, George Allen joined a company of about 100 persons under the leadership of the Rev. Joseph Hull. This company sailed from Weymouth, England, March 20, 1635, in the ship "SPEEDWELL" this name is not known to be correct, and arrived in Boston Harbor May 6, 1635. The ship's passenger list describes the family as George Allen aged (24) (dyslezic?); Katherine Allen, his wife, aged 30; George Allen, his son, aged 16; William Allen, his son, aged 8; Mathew Allen, aged 6 years.

George Allen remained in Boston until July when, with other members of the rev. Hull's company, he went to Wessaguscus or Weymouth, MA, as it was renamed, September 2, 1635. In 1636 George and his family were also in Saugus (now Lynn, Mass.) for awhile and there joined with Emund Freeman and others in the purchase of the township of Sandwich, Barnstable Co., Mass. and settled there in 1637.

Some of George Allen's sons preceded him to America, settling in the Boston area. After purchase of Sandwich, they all moved to that town and settled near their father.

George Allen was much involved in the public life of Sandwich. When Sandwich was incorporated in 1639, he was elected constable, an office of great dignity in the early colonial days, he being charged with the enforcement of all laws. In March 1639, he was chosen Deputy of the General Court, in which capacity he served until 1644. At the same time, he was also appointed one of the surveyor's of highways. His house, built in 1646, was located a fourth of a mile from the Sandwich Meeting House on the main road to the Cape and stood until 1882.

George Allen was a Baptist and a member of the First Church of Sandwich in 1638. The arrival of the Quakers in America in 1656 would have a profound influence on the children of George Allen, as six or seven eventually joined the Friends. George did not live to see this change in the family's faith as he died in Sandwich on May 2, 1648 and was buried there.

The undated will of George Allen was proved at New Plymouth, June 7, 1648, and has been a source of much trouble to the family genealogists. In the will he leaves "all of his children twelve pence apiece", and he names five sons using the expression, "five least children" (minors), the remaining of which is not clear. The five children named were Mathew, Henry, Samuel, George, and William. Other children of George were Ralph, Francis, James, Gideon, Judah and Caleb. It is possible that he was married twice, and that some of his children were by the first wife whose name is unknown. Some authorities say he also had several daughters. His widow, Katherine, married John Collins and moved to Boston.
of exert from "THE ALLEN'S A FAMILY PORTRAIT", PAGE 1

"The Family of George Allen, the Immigrant, and Its Connection with the Settlement of Dartmouth", Walter Spooner Allen, 1907

On March 20, 1635, there sailed from Weymouth England for New England a ship, whose name is unknown, carrying something over 100 persons under the leadership of Rev. Joseph Hull, and in the ship's company was George Allen, Catherine Allen his wife, his sons George, William, and Matthew, and Edward Poole his servant, and from this George Allen came the line of Allens who have been identified with old Dartmouth (Ma).

Like so many of the early shiploads of immigrants to New England, a clergyman was the head of this little company, and from the residences of those already named, it is safe to assume that this party was made up of friends and neighbors living on the borders of Sommersetshire and Dorsetshire, who decided to follow Mr. Hull into the new country across the ocean.

The religious breaking up in England, which began under Henry VIII, and which every year grew more intense, reached it's climax under Charles I, with the appointment of Archbishop Laud, and the persecution of Dissenters and Separtists who chose to meet together and worship in their own way drove many of the best blood of England to seek refuge in Holland and America.

Somersetshire was the hotbed of religious dissent. The people were distinctly republican in thought, and the contest between the Established church, controlled by the King and the Bishops, and the Non-Conformists, who sought a Republican form of ecclesiastical government, was bitter. Each wanted the mastery. Under the episcopates of John Still and James Montague, covering the period from 1592 to 1616, every attempt was made to enforce conformity and submission to authority, and heavy penalties were imposed in the Episcopal courts, but the crisis in the ecclesiastical affairs of this district came in the episcopate of William Piers between 1632 and 1670.

Piers was the son of a hatter, and subverviently followed Archbishop Laud in his attacks on the people. Speaking of this period, and English writer says; "Easily moved by kindness as the people of Somerset are, their resolute will, and their impatience of any assertion of authority over them, rendered the appointment of such a man as Piers to this see a singularly unfortunate one. The special character of the bishop himself and of the people of his diocese probably had, at least as much to do with the resistance to Pier's measures as any difference of principle."

"The Sprague Collection--Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, MA" (Winnetka Library, microfilm)

George Allen, aged 24 (dyslexic) years, Katherine his wife aged 30 years, George his son aged 16 years, William his son, aged 8 years, and Mathew his son, aged 6 years came to New England in the company of Rev. Joseph Hull sailing from Weymouth, England about March 20, 1634/5 and brought Edward Poole aged 20 as his servant. As most of this company came from Somerset Co. or Dorset Co. it is highly probable that George Allen also did.

He had land granted to him at Weymouth and was made a freeman of the Plymouth Colony September 3, 1639. He removed to Sandwich where he was one of the original church in 1638.

More About GEORGE ALLEN:
Burial: 02 May 1648, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Occupation: was a land speculor/ constable/ husbandman
Record Change: 16 Apr 2004
Religion: a Puritan but called "an Anabaptist and a Familist by his pastor"

Notes for CATHERINE (WATTS?) ALLEN:
(Said not to be Katharine Davis,)

More About CATHERINE (WATTS?) ALLEN:
Record Change: 22 Aug 2003

Notes for KATHERIN ALLYN:
(Said not to be Katharine Starkes/Slarkes.)

More About KATHERIN ALLYN:
Record Change: 22 Aug 2003

Children of GEORGE ALLEN and CATHERINE (WATTS?) ALLEN are:

2.	i.	JOHN³ ALLEN, b. 1609, Thurcaster, Leicester, England; d. 03 May 1690, Swanzy (now Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts).
3.	ii.	ROSE ALLEN, b. 1610, Somersetshire, Somersetshire County, England; d. 1691, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Colony.
4.	iii.	RALPH ALLEN, b. 1615, Thurcaster, Leicester, England; d. 1698, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Colony.
5.	iv.	GEORGE ALLEN, b. Abt. 1619, Weymouth, Dorset, England; d. 22 Apr 1693, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Colony.
	v.	ROBERT ALLEN, b. Aft. 1622, England; d. 15 May 1661, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.

Notes for ROBERT ALLEN:
at the house of his brother.

More About ROBERT ALLEN:
Record Change: 22 Aug 2003

Children of GEORGE ALLEN and KATHERIN ALLYN are:

vi.

WILLIAM³ ALLEN¹, b. Abt. 1627, Weymouth, Dorset, England; d. 01 Oct 1705, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Colony; m. PRISCILLA BROWNE, 21 Mar 1650, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Colony; b. Abt. 1627, Duxbury, Plymouth Colony; d. Aft. 1705, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Colony.

Notes for WILLIAM ALLEN:
The Sandwich Friends Monthly Meeting, held at William Allen's 4:3mo.: 1683 records on page 33. the intention of marriage of William Gifford to Mary Mills. "both of Sandwich". At the same meeting, Gifford contributed 50 shillings to the meeting for the purchase of a cow. The marriage took place at the Meeting of 16 day 5mo.: 1683, the couple "having expressed their intentions at two meetings". Both, again, are called of Sandwich", and both signed the certificate (not by mark). It is interesting to note that there were thirty witnesses: William and John Newland: George. William, Francis, Jedediah, Zachariah Allen, Stephen Wing, Edward Perry, Lodowick Hauksie, Jedediah Jones. Thomas Grennell, Isaac Turner and John Goodspeed. Also Rose Newland: Susannah, Hannah and Elizabeth Jenkins: Priscilla, Hannah, Mary and two Elizabeth Allens; Lydia Gaunt, Jane Landers, Sarah Wing. Mary Perry, Mary Hauksie, Experience Goodspeed and Mary Turner. But none of the children of William Gifford signed the document, nor did James Mills, brother of the bride.

We find no birth date of Mary Mills. but she certainly was some years younger than her husband. She was living 21 Jan. 1718/19 (see below) and the Friends records indicate that she was Mill thing in 1734. She died intestate. She was the daughter of John and Sarah Mills of Blackpoint. Mass. (now Scarborough, Me.).

More About WILLIAM ALLEN:
Record Change: 22 Aug 2003
Religion: with the Society of Friends

More About PRISCILLA BROWNE:
Record Change: 22 Aug 2003
Religion: with the Society of Friends

6.	vii.		MATTHEW ALLEN, b. 1629, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony; d. 06 Mar 1695, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Colony.
	viii.		SAMUEL ALLEN, b. 10 Nov 1632, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony; d. 18 Oct 1718, Northampton, Essex, Massachusetts.

More About SAMUEL ALLEN:
Record Change: 22 Aug 2003

7.	ix.	GIDEON ALLEN, b. 1635, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony; d. 1693, Milford, New Haven Colony.
8.	x.	HENRY ALLEN, b. 1637, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony; d. 08 Nov 1690, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony.
9.	xi.	FRANCIS ALLEN, b. 1643, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony; d. 01 Dec 1696, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Colony.
	xii.	CALEB ALLEN, b. 27 Jun 1645, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony.

More About CALEB ALLEN:
Record Change: 22 Aug 2003

xiii.

HESTER ^ALLEN, b. 08 Dec 1648, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony.

More About HESTER ^ALLEN:
Record Change: 16 Apr 2004

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