Surname: Allen Source: History of Charlestown, NH by Rev. H. H. Saunderson p. 278 Edward Allen, the eldest know ancestor of the Allen family of Charles- town, NH is said to have been a soldier under Cromwell, and to have come to this country upon the restoration. He was of Ipswich, MA in l670, and one of the committee for settling Suffield, Ct. for which service he received from the town in l678 a grant of 60 acres of land. Suffield was settled by a colony from MA under whose jurisdiction it remained until l752. Probably Allen was one of the lst settlers. At his death on Nov. 22, l696, he held an estate valued at 256 pounds. Edward Allen married Sarah Kimball. She d. June l2, l696. Eleven children were the issue of this marriage. The youngest was Caleb Allen b. Mar 3l, l685 was a weaver. He was of Suffield from l7l7 to l725, then of Enfield from l748 to l756 when he removed to North- field he d. Sep 23, l76l. He m. l72l Hannah Eaton of Haverhill, MA who d. June 8, l786 aged 88. There were seven children by this marriage, of whom, Benjamin Allen their 3d child was b. in l724. The name Benjamin Allen was listed in the Fort No. 4 roll of Capt. Phineas Stevens company Mar. to Oct 20, l748. Also under the same officer in l749 and l750. He was a proprietor of Charlestown in Aug l753 and an elected town officer. Benjamin Allen m. Nov 6, l75l Peggy Spafford, dau of Capt. John Spafford and wife Hannah Spafford. She b. June 30, l735. Their children: l. Eunice Allen b. Aug 4, l754 m. ___Rogers of Orford. 2. Olive Allen b. Jan 5, l755 m. Simeon Church. 3. Lucy Allen b. Mar 28, l758 m. Walter Geer. 4. Asa Spafford Allen b. Nov 22, l762 m. Polly Ferguson. 5. Nathan Allen b. May 4, l768 m. l786 Deborah Farwell dau of Josiah Farwell. Their children: 1. Betsy Allen b. l787 m. l8l0 Richard Kimball. 2. Peggy Allen b. l788 m. l8l2 Josiah Hubbard. 3. Charles Allen b. l794 m. l8l9 Elizabeth White dau of Major Jotham White. She b. l798. She d. l874. Their children: l. Elizabeth Allen b. l820 m. John Agar of Claremont. 2. Joseph Allen b. l822 d. l863 at Boston. 3. Lucia Putnam Allen b. l824 d. l862 4. James Allen b. l826 d. at Rouse's Pt. l864 5. & 6. Twin girls b. and d. l828. 7. Maria M. Allen b. l830 m. Thomas Bailey, Claremont, NH. 8. Miriam H. Allen b. l833 d. l834 9. Harriet W. Allen b. l834 d. l875 l0. Robert R. Allen b. l837 m. l864 Julia Mc- Larney dau. of Patrick McLarney and wife, Anna (Moore) Mclarney of NYC l. Nathan F. Allen b. l868 2. James Ethan Allen b. l870 11. Louise Holden Allen b. l840 was a teacher. 4. Hannah Allen (dau of Nathan Allen and wife Deborah (Farwell) Allen) Hannah b. l796 m. l82l Luman H. Farns- worth. 5. Caleb Allen b. l798 Res: Wheatland, NY 6. Luke Allen b. l800 m. Seiena Putnam Res: Illinois. 7. Fanny Allen 2d b. l802 m. Rand White of Charlestown, NH 8. Sophia Allen b. l804 m. Richard Holden Res: Chicago. 9. James Allen b. l807 m. and res: Chicago, ILL. 10. Lydia Allen b. l809 m. Charles Kavenaugh Res: Chicago, ILL. Note - In the above record, the names of two children of Nathan Allen are left out - born between Peggy and Charles Allen. Their names were Benjamin Allen and Fanny Allen - both d. young and are buried in the same grave. 6. Prudence Allen (dau of Benjamin and Peggy (Spafford) Allen b. l769 m. Isaac Farwell son of William and Bethiah Farwell 7. Benjamin Allen Jr. b. l770 m. l793 Beulah Temple 8. Abigail Allen b. l774 m. Jesse Farwell son of William and Bethiah Farwell. 9. Caleb Allen b. l776 a soldier in War of l8l2 also in naval service many years. l0. Fanny Allen b. l779 m. Jonathan Burt of Windsor Vt. She d. NY age 90. p.279 The following Allen families are descended from Joseph Allen of Enfield, CN who was b. Sep 24, l727 and d. at East Windham, CN l808. He m. l755 Lois Burnham and had ten children, viz: Lois, Joseph, Asenath, Eunice, Hannah, Joseph, Benjamin, Asher, Anna and Henry Allen. p.279 Henry Allen b. at East Windsor, CN l77l m. Mary Wells b. at East Windsor l782. They settled at Charlestown NH early l800s. Their issue: l. Henry T. Allen b. l806 d. l834 2. Lewis Allen b. Charlestown NH l808 d. young 3. Newton F. Allen b. l8l0 m. l83l Sophia Willard dau of Abel Willard and Fanny (Grout) Willard. She b. l8l5 Their issue: l. Mary Allen b. l833 m. l86l Silas E. Noyes Res: Claremont, NH l. Edgar Noyes b. l864 2. Lorena Noyes b. l869 2. George H. Allen b. l836 d. l847 3. Sophia Jane Allen b. l845 m. William Henry Walker Res: Denver, CO 4. Rosie F. Allen b. l85l m. l872 Arthur E. Spencer Res: Denver, CO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: Allen, Edward Source: Savage Dictionary ALLEN, EDWARD, Ipswich, acc. a very doubtful tradit. came from Scotland, 1636, m. a Kimball, and had, as runs the same story, fifteen s. and three ds. That acco. was giv. by Hon. Samuel C. Allen to Farmer. In the Hist. of Hubbard, wh. was his neighb. the burn. of his barn, 1670, is ment. With w. Sarah, wh. d. 12 June 1696, he rem. to Suffield, having had nine ch. and there had one, b. 1683; and ano. 1685. Of seven s. the names are told, but without dates, exc. John, wh. is said to have been b. a. 1660, and was k. by the Ind. 11 May 1704 as Deerfield, where he had liv. from 1685; Edward, wh. also liv. at D. there d. 1740, leav. a fam. William, wh. d. at Suffield; 1702; Benjamin, the anc. of Hon. Samuel C. had Joseph, wh. sett. at Deerfield; David, and Samuel, both, it is said, went to N. J. and Caleb, b. 31 Mar. 1685, prob. the youngest. Four ds. too are nam. Sarah, wh. m. 21 Apr. 1685, Edward Smith; Martha, wh. m. Samuel Kent, jr.; Abigail, m. Timothy Palmer; and Mary, of wh. nothing is told. See also: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/~jslaughter/HistoryOfIpswich.html">History of Ipswich, Essex and Hamilton</A> <A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nh/sullivan/charlestown/history/fami ly">Fort 4 Surnames</A><A HREF="http://vader.castles.com/ftprints/web81011.html"> </A><A HREF="http://www.shaysnet.com/~dmemlib/">Northfield MA</A> <A HREF="http://www.co.franklin.ma.us/northfld.htm">Northfield</A> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Surname: ALLEN Source: Farnsworth Memorial p. 58 Matthias Farnsworth Jr. Line Luman Farnsworth b.ca l797 m. l82l Hannah Allen He was the son of Ebenezer Farnsworth and wife Olive (Hayden) of Charlestown NH. p.88 Matthias Farnsworth Jr. Line Howard H. Farnsworth b l8l9 son of Asa Farnsworth and wife, Abigail Brown of Lewis, NY. Howard H. Farnsworth m. (l) l852 Rhoda Barnard and m. (2) Susan Allen b. l832. p.l43 Matthias Farnsworth Jr. Line Earl E. Farnsworth b. l907 son of Willis Hooper Farnsworth and wife, Julia (Farnsworth) Farnsworth of Fairfax, Vt. Earl E. Farnsworth m. l935 Phoebe M. Allen b. l9l8 dau of Robert Allen and wife, Dorothy (Coulter) Allen of Ferrisburg, Vt. p.65 Matthias Farnsworth Jr. Line Martha Jane Farnsworth b. l846 dau of James H. Farnsworth and wife, Caroline J. (Barry) Farnsworth of Windsor, Vt. Martha Jane Farnsworth m. l868 at Windsor, Vt. Otis B. Allen. p.209 Benjamin Farnsworth Line Deborah Farwell bp. Nov. 3, l765 dau of Lydia Farnsworth and Josiah Farwell (who was son of Wm. Farwell of Groton, MA) Debroah Farwell m. Nathan Allen of Charlestown, NH p.3ll Benjamin Farnsworth Line Edith Wendell Farnsworth b. l894 dau of Edward M. Farnsworth and wife, Esther Crafts Morse. Edith Wendell Farnsworth m. (l) l9l6 Homer L. Ingram She m. (2) l920 Mitchell Allen who d. Dec. 7, l948 l. Edith Farnsworth Allen b. l922 m. l943 Charles T. Cowen son of Rawson R. and Mabel T. Cowen. (four children) p.372 Samuel Farnsworth Line Augusta S. Farnsworth b. l82l dau of Jonathan Brewer Farnsworth and wife, Sarah Slayton of Woodstock, Vt. Augusta S. Farnsworth m. Jan 4. l84l at Woodstock, Vt. Charles B. Allen. _________________________________________________________ Surname: ALLEN Source: Prescott Memorial p.l85 - John Prescott Line Amos H. Prescott b. l823 son of Oliver Prescott and his wife, Ruth Morgan. Amos H. Prescott m. l848 Pamelia C. Allen. She d. l857 He m. (2) l864 Martha H. Dygert. p.l87 John Prescott Line Julia B. Todd b. ca l8l9 m. Nov l0, l84l Samuel N. Allen. She was the dau of Jared P. Todd and his wife, Bethia Prescott. Res: Paris NY l. Henrietta Allen 2.David S. Allen 3. Alice E. Allen p.3l0 James Prescott Line Jonathan Prescott Jr. b. l793 son of Jonathan Prescott and wife, Hannah Hayes Jonathan Prescott Jr. m. Mary Allen dau of Samuel Allen of Lee, N.H. She b May l7, l793 He was a farmer Res: Epping, NH He d. l868 age 75. p.347 James Prescott Line Betsy Merrill b. ca l787 dau of Martha Prescott and Eliphalet Merrill. Betsy Merrill m. Josiah Allen of Lowell. p.4l2 James Prescott Line John Prescott Jr. b. l8l9 son of John Prescott and wife, Martha Tolman of Hermon, ME. John Prescott Jr. m. Arvilla A. Allen of Auburn, ME in l845. p.47l James Prescott Line Susanna Prescott b. l829 dau of Joseph Prescott and his wife, Susanna. Susanna Prescott m. Ebenezer Sawyer Allen Res: Garland, ME He was a farmer. _________________________________________________ Surname: ALLEN Source: Epitaphs from the Old Burial Ground, Groton, MA by Dr. Samuel A. Green pub l878 p.l50 Tombstone (Willow Tree and Urn) In Memory of Mr. Joseph Allen who died Jan. 24, l8l7 AEt. 80. p.l5l Tombstone (Willow Tree and Urn) In Memory of Mrs. Mary Allen wife of Mr. Joseph Allen, who died Nov. 3, l8l8 AEt. 72. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth