New Jersey Genealogies volume II

Allen/Alling

This name, with its variants of Allan, Allin, Alleyn and several others, is among the most common American surnames, and many different Allen families are found in New Jersey prior to 1750. The principal groups are those descended from the following, and the counties in this state where their descendants were chiefly located in early colonial days are indicated.

Charles Allen of Elizabethtown, New Jersey

Descendants mainly found in Essex (Union) County

Edward Allen of Ipswich, Massachusetts

Descendants mainly found in Morris County

George Allen of Sandwich, Massachusetts

Descendants mainly found in Monmouth County

Matthew Allen of Chester, Burlington County, New Jersey

Descendants mainly found in Burlington County

Ralph Allen of Sandwich, Massachusetts

Descendants mainly found in Monmouth, Burlington and Salem Counties

Roger Alling of New Haven, Connecticut – some of the descendants used the spelling Allen, but for the main, used the Alling spelling.