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Chauncey Hastings' regiment ( the eighth) by Governor Edward Everett. He was an active Whig during the Harrison campaign in 1840. In 1843 he was an aide to the governor. He was an active member of the Popular Fire Society and in various other Haverhill socie- ties and organizations. He was a pioneer in adopting gas to illuminate his house, being the first to try the new method of lighting. He was a liberal contributor to the Washington monument. He was an active, useful and honored citizen of Haverhill. He died No -. vember 24, 1891.
He married Emmeline Bartlett, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth ( Atkins ) (Gilbert) Bartlett. October 27. 1836. Children born in Haverhill: 1. Henry P., born July 23, 1838. married, first, Elvira Richards, of New York : second, Eliza Wandel, of Staten Island : three children: i. Samuel S: ii. Bertha B. ; iii. Lizzie De Hart, now deceased, who married Charles Theodore Wolf ; children: Charles P. Wolf. born April 22, 1895, and Gilbert B. Wolf, born September 22, 1900, both of whom live in New York city. 2. Maria Gilbert, unmarried.
Among the oldest surnames in ALLEN New England is that of Allen. and among the most conspicuous of the planters who came over from the mother country within the next three years following the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth was one bearing that name. and one who by his enterprise, intelligence and upright character proved an important factor in planting settle- ments, ordering their affairs and shaping the government of the region which in later years became the commonwealth of Massachusetts. In early colonial records the name Allen is variously written Alen, Alin, Allin, Alling. Allyn. Allyne and Allyng, as well as, and per- haps more frequently than, in its now almost unversally used form of Allen.
(1) The founder of the particular branch of the family intended to be treated in these annals was William Allen, an Englishman by birth and ancestry, who was born in Man- chester. in 1602, and set foot on the soil of America in 1623. being then twenty-one years old. He was one of the Dorchester company of planters that went to Cape Ann, now Glou- cester, Massachusetts, in 1623, and thence he went to Salem in 1626. About 1640 he remov- ed to Jeffries creek, in that part of Salem which afterward was set off to form the town of Manchester. He was admitted freeman May 18, 1631, and both he and his wife Eliz-
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abeth were members of the First church in Salem. He had a grant of fifty acres of land in Salem in 1636, and John Woodbury was given a warrant to lay it out. In 1638 he had an additional grant of an acre of salt marsh land, and in 1642 he and Robert Allen were granted ten acres each at the great pond. now Wenham lake.
Robert Allen, who was living in Salem in 1636, when he received a grant of land there, is said to have been a brother of William Allen. Robert received a grant of land at Jeffries creek, now Manchester, in 1638, and removed there before 1648, having been chosen constable in the year last mentioned. He went with the Gloucester company to New London, Connecticut, in March. 1651, removed to Nor- wich before 1662 and in the latter year was dismissed from the Salem church to the Nor- wich church. Soon afterward he returned to New London. His children were John. Sarah. Mary, Hannah and Deborah Allen.
In May, 1640, William Allen and sixteen others presented a petition to the general court for permission to remove to Jeffries creek and plant a settlement there, and during the years following sold his lands in the vicinity of Salem. He was one of the selectmen of Man- chester on the incorporation of that town in 1645, and probably held that office many years. He was a carpenter, and built the first house on the plain ; and tradition says he also built the first saw mill, on the stream which then took and has since retained the name of Saw- mill brook. He was progenitor of most of the numerons families of Allens who have lived in Manchester and its vicinity in Essex county during all subsequent generations from his time. In the Salem records he is mentioned as an "influential and enterprising citizen." He married first, Alice , who died March 8, 1631-2: and married second, Elizabeth Bradley, who probably survived him. His will, dated June 7. 1678, was proved April 26. 1679. Children, all born in Salem: 1. Persis. born February 1630, died less than a week old. 2. Samuel, born January 8, 1631-2: ( see post ). 3. Elizabeth, born September, 1634; married first, James Kettle : second, William Raymond, of Beverly : third. - Corning : died before 1719. 4. Deborah, born April, 1637, died Feb- ruary, 1640 ; baptized April 23, 1637. 5. Bethia, born February, 1639, died February, 1640 ; baptized November 16. 1639. 6. Onesiphorus, born June 30, 1642, died 1718: married Mar- tha -, who was living in 1711. Children, born in Manchester: Martha. April 16, 1670: i-16
Mary, May 17. 1672; Onesiphorus, July 13. 1674; William, March 7, 1677 ; John, May 17. 1679; Richard, December 10, 1684: Arabella. born October 1, 1686, died April 16, 1748; Joseph, fisherman, lived in Manchester, and subsequently was a farmer; Stephen, tailor and farmer, lived in Beverly. 7. William, bap- tized March 31, 1646, died December 29, 1696; married Hannah -; lived in Manchester. After his death his widow married Samuel Fiske, Sr., of Wenham. Children of William and Hannah Allen: William, baptized July 20, 1668; Alice, baptized September, 1675 : Sarah. baptized October 7, 1677: Elizabeth. baptized September 7, 1679. 8. Jonathan, bap- tized May 29, 1649 ; probably died young.
( 11) Samuel Allen, eldest son and second child of William Allen and Alice --- , his first wife. born in Salem, January 8, 1631-2. (lied in Manchester, after November 21, 1702. He was a housesmith, a man of property and influence, and one of the selectmen of Man- chester in 1676-7-8, and again in 1693. 1lis wife was Sarah , her family name not being known. His will was dated November 21, 1702, and was disallowed when offered for probate December 5, 1709. Children, all born in Manchester : 1. Samuel, born August 4. 1663, died before February 4, 1744. He was a fisherman, and subsequently engaged in trade. He married, March 17, 1687. AAbigail Williams. who was living in 1720. Children: Sarah. born July 14, 1688, married Samuel Crow ; Abigail, born June 10, 1690, married Ne- hemiah Presson, of Beverly. 2. John, born February 12, 1666, died 1737. He was a fish- erman, and spent his life in Manchester. where he was selectman, 1702. He married first. Elizabeth . who died in 1725 : married second, December 8, 1727, widow Margaret Hill, who died in 1763. His children: John, born November 9, 1690: Sarah, born June 23. 1601, died young : Jacob, born March 13. 1606-7: Elizabeth, born May 18, 1690, mar- ried Robert Leech ; Hannah, born March 18. 1701, married Edward Lee : Josiah, born April 28, 1703, married first, Margaret Hilton ; sec- ond, Mary Warren: Sarah, born September 28, 1706, married James Killock, of Glon- cester : James, born August 26, 1705: Amos, born May 26, 1711. lost at sea when bound homeward from Virginia in 1754: Ezekiel, born 1716, married Sarah Harsham: Ne- hemiah, born 1734, died January 20, 1749-50. 3. Sarah, born March 12, 1668: married De- cember 4. 1684. William Hassam, of Marble- head. 4. William, born March 18, 1670, died
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in Windham, Connecticut. December 15, 1747. 5. Joseph, born June 26, 1672, died August 17, 1722. He was a farmer and always lived in Mancheser. He married first, October 28, 1696, Catherine Leech, of Manchester, who died in 1711 ; married second, January 20, 1112-13, Sarah Knowlton. Children : Joseph, born August 12. 1697, died before 1727 : Sam- uel, January 23, 1698-9, married Rachel Day, and lived in Gloucester ; Benjamin, July 15. 1702, married Mary Riggs, and lived in Glou- cester : Robert, May 8, 1705; Priscilla, April IO, 1707 ; Isaac, May 30, 1709: William, May II, I711: Catherine, December 27, 1713; Moses, October 7. 1715; Sarah Knowlton, baptized December 8, 1717; Elizabeth, born February 24, 1718, married Stephen Cross, of Manchester. 6. Alice, born September 20, 1674: married before 1702, Daniel Williams, fisherman, of Manchester. 7. Rachel, born February 19, 1677: married June 14, 1715, Samuel Hutchinson, of Windham, Connecti- cut. 8. Elizabeth. born March 18, 1679, died 1720: married November 28, 1717, Thomas Lee. 9. Benjamin, born June 4. 1681, died February 22, 1747 ; married first, 1705, Abi- gail Hill, died March 30, 1720: married sec- ond. December 8, 1720, Mrs. Sarah (Reith) Tuck. of Beverly, died September 25, 1749. Children : Abigail, born May 30, 1705, died young : Benjamin, September 13, 1706, mar- ried Remember Stone: Bartholomew, July 26, 1708, married Abigail Creesy, of Salem; Abi- gail. November 19, 1710, married Ed- wards ; Elisha, May 25, 1711, married Hannah Leach : Lydia. February 23, 1712-13, married Leach; Stephen, October 22, 1714, died December 9, 1798, married Elizabeth Lee, of Manchester ; Nehemiah, February 15, 1717. married Elizabeth Pierce, of Manchester ; Sarah, March 11, 1719-20, died April 9, 1720. IO. Jonathan, (see post).
(III) Jonathan Allen, youngest child of Samuel and Sarah Allen, was born in Man- chester, and spent his life on a farm in that town. In 1709 he married Mary Pierce, who died in 1762. He died in 1768. Children, all born in Manchester: 1. Miriam, born August 27, 1710; married November 24, 1729, An- drew Hooper. 2. David, born May 25, 17II ; married January II, 1732-3, Mary Hibbard ; one child, Elizabeth, born October 16, 1734, married first Samuel Sample, second, Eleazer Crafts. 3. Jonathan, born March 24. 1713: married December 24, 1734, Priscilla Lunt, of Ipswich. Children: David, born October 25, 1736. died November 8, 1752; Rachel, January
8. 1738-9, married January 5, 1758, Jonathan Herrick, Jr., of Manchester ; Jonathan, March 16, 1742, married May 29, 1764, Sarah Dodge, of Beverly : Priscilla, November 6, 1746, mar- ried December 25, 1765, Andrew Lee ; Henry, November 30, 1749, died November 13, 1752; David, baptized September 16, 1753; Henry, born June 3. 1755, died July 30, 1757; Molly, September 29, 1759, died October, 1764. 4. Azariah, born December 9, 1714, died 1756; married January 15, 1735-6, Lydia Hooper, who survived him and became a tailoress. He was a husbandman, and lived in Manchester. Children: Azariah, baptized January 1, 1737, died in infancy; Lydia, October 28, 1739: Isaac (twin). May 24, 1741 ; Azariah (twin), May 24, 1741 ; Abner, May 22, 1743, died De- cember 2, 1760; Anna, December 29, 1745. married December 7, 1762, Moses Bennett ; Ed- ward, October 2, 1748, died same month ; Lois, October 29, 1749. married December 31, 1767, Daniel Moyan; Lydia, September 2, 1753, married December 11. 1770, James Brown. 5. Malachi, born December 19, 1716, clied September 6, 1717. 6. Malachi, born No- vember 25. 1718, lost at sea in November or December, 1752; he was a mariner ; married February 28. 1739-40, Priscilla Hooper, who (lied November 17, 1752. Children : Malachi, born March 10, 1741 ; Priscilla, June 8, 1743; Babbet (or Elizabeth), June 4, 1746; Simeon, July 12, 1750, mariner of Manchester. 7. Jacob, born June 13, 1721, (see post). 8. Dea- con John, born August 4, 1723, died February 28, 1788. He was a yeoman and innholder, and lived on the homestead which his father had willed him; was selectman seven years, town clerk two years, and deacon of the church from 1758 until the time of his death. He mar- ried first, February 26, 1744-5, Lydia Osment, died November 6, 1777. married second, Octo- ber 12, 1780, Elizabeth Pitman, died August 24, 1794. Children : John, born August 26, 1746; Nehemiah, baptized November 13, 1748, died young: Lydia, born December 5, 1750, married Samuel Edwards ; Nehemiah, Novem- ber 24, 1753 ; David, February 10, 1755 ; Annis, May 1, 1757; Ruth, October 8, 1759; Joanna, September 29, 1760; Molly, baptized June 19, 1763: Elizabeth, born January 9, 1767, mar- ried Thomas Stevens, of Marblehead. 9. Luke. baptized June 12, 1726. 10. Joseph, born Sep- tember 3. 1727, died young. II. Joseph, born July 6, 1729. 12. Mary, born July 18, 1730; married September 6, 1753. Jacob Lee.
(IV) Jacob Allen, sixth son and seventh child of Jonathan and Mary ( Pierce ) Allen,
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born in Manchester, June 13, 1721, died there ter, widow of Thomas Wells. Children of March 23. 1805, aged eighty-three years. He was a housewright by business occupation, an upright man, and much respected in the town where his life was spent. Ile was a private in Captain Andrew Marster's company which marched from Manchester to Medford on the occasion of the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, and received pay for three day's service. It is reasonably certain that he again entered the army, and it is understood that he served at various periods during the struggle for inde- pendence, although there is no present means to determine the full period of his service on account of the fact that the revolutionary rec- ords contain the names of twenty-four men of the name Jacob Allen who entered the army as soldiers of Massachusetts. Jacob Allen married first, January 3, 1743-4, Sarah Lee. who died in July, 1765. He married second, Mary Tarring, of Manchester, (marriage in- tentions published October 13. 1765). She died August 18, 1815, aged seventy-five years. Six children were born of his first and one of his second marriage, all in Manchester : I. Sarah. born November 14, 1746; married (\') Deacon Nathan Allen, youngest child of Jacob Allen, and only child of his second marriage, was born in Manchester, in 1768, and spent the whole of his useful life in that town, living on his father's old home farm in that part of Manchester which was then called North Yarmouth. He was a joiner and house- wright by trade, and a farmer by principal occupation. He was an upright man in his daily walk. perfectly honest, and was greatly respected throughout the town. For about thirty years he was deacon of the church. He married, July 5. 1792, Elizabeth Perry, of Manchester, died February 26, 1856, aged eighty-seven years. Children, all born in Man- chester: 1. Nathan, born January 13, 1794, ( see post ). 2. John Perry, born April 12, 1795, ( see post ). 3. Deacon Enoch, born May 24. 1797. died July 8, 1842: married first, June 10. 1824. Susan Marsten, born March II. 1805. died November 4. 1826 ; married second, Elizabeth Peabody. of Bradford, died July 16. 1833: married third. June 17, 1834, Abigail W. Rogers, of Maine. Deacon Allen was a farmer, and held his office in the church from April, 1809, until his death. He had one child by his first and two children by his second wife: Susan M., born Salem March 22, 1825, married October 27, 1846, Moses P. Green- leaf ; an infant, born and died in 1830; Char- lotte. born April 13, 1831, died single. Novem- ber 13, 1861. 4. Mehitable, born May 30. 1799: March 12, 1765, John Hill. 2. Captain Jacob, born April 23, 1749; lost at sea, 1780. Ile was a fisherman, master of a vessel, and al- ways lived in Manchester. He married, May 3. 1772, Elizabeth Norton, of Manchester, who survived him and died in 1794. Children : Elizabeth, born August 24, 1772, married May 22, 1787, Nathan Lee, of Manchester ; Annis. May 3. 1774, died September 24, 1775; Annis, January 12, 1776, married August 19. 1792. Daniel Low, Jr., of Manchester ; Jacob, Aug- ust 4. 1777, died August 21. 1777 ; Patty, April 6, 1779, died September 16, 1844: Jacob, April 7. 1781, died August 1, 1812, married August 3. 1807, Polly Batchelder. 3. Lucy, born No- vember 3. 1751 ; married first, September 13. 1772. George Towgil (or Towzit or Tousit) : married second, before 1804. Whit- ney. 4. Bethiah, born February 5, 1755 ; mar- ried first, December 1, 1772, Samuel Driver. of Manchester: married second. before 1804. Aaron Lee. 5. Isaac, born February 6, 1758. died September 26, 1841. He was a mariner and sailed from his home port of Manchester. During the revolution he served seventeen months as private in the Massachusetts land forces, and eight months as seaman on board the transport schooner "Endeavor." He mar- ried first, March 30, 1779, Rebecca Tewks- bury, of Manchester, died September 10, 1807 : married second, January 12, 1808, Mary Fos-
Isaac Allen and Rebecca Tewksbury, all born in Manchester: Rebecca, born February 24, 1780, married April 28, 1805, William Tuck; Sarah, October 16, 1781. died Lynn May 6. 1835, married September 14, 1802, John Wood- bury of Lynn, who died in 1876; Elizabeth, October 14, 1783, died October 16, 1862, mar- ried September 10, 1810, Seth Dodge of Bever- ly, who died May 4, 1873; Annis, December 25, 1785, died November 23, 1844. married October 4, 1807, Isaac Galloupe, of Beverly ; Isaac. February 28, 1788, died March 9, 1790 ; Jacob. August 20, 1780, died August 2, 1852. married January 29, 1809. Lucy Galloupe, of Wenham, who died April 9. 1871 (Isaac Allen was a clergyman, and lived in Beverly, Wen- ham and Lyn, Massachusetts. Cavendish, Vermont, and Ticonderoga and Elizabethtown. New York ) ; Amos. August 18, 1792, died .August 19. 1795; Lucy. April 28, 1795, died June 1. 1797: Lucy, June 27, 1797, married November 6, 1829, James Austin, of Salem. 6. Amos, born June 8, 1761, lost at sea, March, 1770. 7. Nathan, (see post ).
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married first, December 23. 1824, Daniel Allen ; married second, July 4, 1832, Joseph Allen. 5. Elizabeth, born February 25. 1801, died March 25. 1876 ; married, January 14, 1840, John Pea- body, of Bradford. 6. Foster, born April 26. 1803, died March 21, 1839 ; married December ¿, 1824, Sally Dodge, who died May 24, 1838; no children. 7. Mary, born October 6, 1856, died August 7. 1876: married first November 17. 1825. Obed Carter : one child, died in infancy : married second, James Carter : no children. 8. Jacob, born September 11, 1808, died March 1, 1835 : married November 17. 1831, Hannah Marsten, who died February 19, 1851; no children. 9. Naomi, born November 10, 1810, died November 18, 1810. 10. Israel, born August 14, 1812, died in California, July 29. 1850; married September 25, 1834. Maria Driver, who died October 2, 1858. Children : Maria P., born June 25. 1835, died December 25, 1849; Israel F., December 24. 1836. died June 27. 1846: David D., April 17, 1838, died Angust 22, 1839 : David B., June 3, 1842, mar- ried first. June 15, 1864. Mary E. Edes, died Jamary 3, 1869, married second, February 27, 1872, Esther G. Brooks; Nathan, June 17. 1845, died August 8, 1846; Mary B., July 25. 1848.
(VI) Nathan Allen, eldest child of Deacon Nathan and Elizabeth ( Perry ) Allen, born in Manchester, January 13, 1794, died there No- vember 9, 1826. Although he died while in the prime of young manhood, he had made a good start in life and had come to be recog- nized as one of the most enterprising and cap- able men of the town. His father gave him a good education in the town schools, and after leaving school he served an apprentice- ship to the trade of carpenter and joiner, which he followed for some time and later began work as a cabinet maker. Later on, in com- pany with his younger brother John Perry Allen, he engaged in the manufacture of furniture, and was so employed at the time of his death in 1826.
Nathan Allen was a coast guard in the war of 1812-15 : an attendent of the Congregational church ; and in politics was allied to the old original Republican party, which with the Democratic party of that day was arraigned on the side of President Madison in resisting the Federal party in its attempts to discourage the second war with Great Britain. He was a loyal American patriot, and took up arms in resisting British oppression. He married. Feb- ruary 8, 1817, Lucy Storey Allen, born Janu- ary 1. 1797, died April 26, 1889: she married,
second, January 7. 1830, Captain Benjamin Leach. She was a daughter of Aaron Allen, born August 28, 1765, died March 31. 1839. and his wife Lucy Storey, whom he married December 3. 1789. She was born September 5. 1771, and died March 24. 1794. Aaron Allen was a son of Malachi Allen, born March 10, 1740-1, died December 8, 1829, and mar- ried January 12, 1762, Ruth Edwards, born January 2, 1740-1. died September 19, 1823. Malachi Allen was a son of Mallaca ( Malachi ) Allen, who was born November 25. 1718, was lost at sea in 1752, and married February 28. 1739-40. Priscilla Hooper, born March 24, 1720, died November 7. 1752. Mallaca Allen was a son of Jonathan Allen, whose wife was Mary Pierce and brother of Jacob Allen, whose wife was Sarah Lee (see ante ). Nathan and Lucy ( Storey) Allen had children : 1. Na-
than S .. born November 18, 1818, died April 21. 1824. 2. Nancy C., born August 3. 1820, (lied AApril 26, 1824. 3. Lucy MI., born Octo- ber 18, 1822, died April 27. 1824. 4. Nathan, born June 28, 1824, died June 12, 1841. He was a sailor, and on his return from a voyage was taken sick and died. 5. George Forster, born September 10, 1826; (see post).
(\1) John Perry Allen, second son and child of Deacon Nathan and Elizabeth ( Perry ) AAllen, born in Manchester, Massachusetts. April 12, 1795. died there January 30, 1875, after a long and deservedly successful business career. He undoubtedly was one of the most capable business men the town of Manchester has produced, and his rise in life was due wholly to his own personal effort, for his be- ginning was small and his capital was limited. but he wrought well on foundations laid by himself. He was a man of great determina- tion of character, and early in life gave ample proof of a capacity to originate, build up and successfully direct large enterprises.
He was the pioneer of cabinet making in Manchester, beginning at once in the manufac- ture of furniture to be used in the Boston public market in 1816, when he had just at- tained the age of twenty-one years. For many years he was the leading manufacturer of the town, and until his death his brother Nathan had an interest in the business, but John was always the active head of the concern as he had been its founder. Having been in business several years Mr. Allen found that the work of sawing veneers by hand was slow, expen- sive. and in a measure unsatisfactory, and this embarrassment to the best results he under- took to remedy, in the year 1826, by purchas-
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ing the old Carter grist mill on Central square in Manchester and utilizing its water power for operating saws to cut the veneer woods. The experiment cost considerable money and much valuable time, but the result attained fully war- ranted the outlay and worked complete revolu- tion in the manufacture of furniture on a large scale. Mr. Allen was the first man to engage in the business, and afterward for many years he stood at its head, doing the greater part of the sawing of veneers for the entire country. In August. 1836, during his absence from home, his residence and factory buildings were burned to the ground, causing him heavy losses in a financial way: but before another year had passed new and larger buildings were erected and the business resumed on a larger scale than ever before. Fourteen years later. about 1850, Mr. Allen discontinued his con- nection with the furniture manufacturing con- cern and afterward engaged somewhat exten- sively in the manufacture of barrels with ma- chinery ; but this enterprise proved unsuccess- ful and was abandoned. Having closed out his interest in the barrel factory Mr. Allen retired from active pursuits, but he never lost sight of the fact that his native town still held claims upon him for the promotion of interests of a public character. In years gone he had been prominently identified with every mea- sure proposed for the welfare of the town of Manchester, its institutions and its people, and so long as he lived his interest in this respect never abated. His sympathies were large, his emotions generous and his heart charitable, and he, of his abundant means, gave liberally to many worthy causes. The solid mahogany pulpit in the Congregational church in Man- chester was donated by him. Mr. Allen was in the truest sense a gentleman of the old school, and always it was a pleasure to meet him in any presence, and those whose good fortune it was to meet him at his own fire- side and receive his cordial welcome and gen- crous hospitality will always cherish his memory and honor him for his many noble qualities and high moral character.
On November 28, 1816, John Perry Allen married Ruth Allen, born September 4. 1798. died June 13. 1875, eldest child and only daugh- ter of John Allen, born January 1. 1776, died August 27, 1834, and was a famous shipmaster. His wife, whom he married December 26. 1797. was Ruth Leach, born April 17. 1778. died October.13. 1843. John Allen was a son of Azariah Allen, baptized May 24. 1741, and was lost at sea with Captain Collon in 1777.
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