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(I) Robert de Atherton was high sheriff of the county 1199-1216, under King John. He held the manor of Atherton from the Barons of Warrington. (II) William de Atherton held the manors of Atherton and Pennington in 1251. By intermarriage with the Derby family the title is now vested in that line. (III) William Atherton, of Atherton, mar- ried Agnes - -. (IV) Henry Atherton. of Atherton, married Agnes (V) Sir William Atherton, Knight, married (first) Jane, daughter of William, and sister of Sir Ralphe Woberly, Knight. He married (sec- ond) Margerie, a widow, 1396. (VI) Sir William Atherton, Knight, born 1381, died 1416; married Agnes, only daughter and heir- ess of Ralphe Vernon, Baron of Shipbroke. (VII) Sir William Atherton, Knight, married (first) Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Pil- kington, Knight. (VIII) Sir William Ather- ton, married Margaret, daughter of Sir John
Byron, Knight, and died 1441. (IX) John Atherton, married Joh, daughter of John Warren, of Poynton ; had a son George, men- tioned below ; died 1508. (X) George Ather- ton, born 1487, married Anne Ashton, 1508. (XI) Sir John Atherton, Knight, was born 1514. Married (first) Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Alexander Ratcliffe, Knight ; marriage re- corded in Visitation of 1533, where the arms were also entered. He married (second) Margaret, daughter of Thomas Caterall. He was high sheriff under three sovereigns, in 1551-55-61, and commander of the Military Hundred in 1553. (XII) John .Atherton Esq., born 1556, was high sheriff in 1583. Married (first) Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Byron, Knight; (second) Katherine, daughter and co-heiress of John, Lord Con- yers, of Hornby Castle. (XIII) John Ather- ton, of Atherton, son of John and Elizabeth Atherton, married Raphe Calvely. He had a half-brother, John, of Skelton. (XIV) John Atherton, of Atherton, son of John the elder, died 1646. He married Eleanor, daugh- tcr of Sir Thomas Ireland, of Beansey, Knight. (XV) John Atherton, high sheriff, died 1655.
(I) General Humphrey Atherton, son of Edmund Atherton, was undoubtedly of the ancient English family whose pedigree is given above. He was born about 1607-08, and lived in Winwick, Lancashire, England. He came to New England, 1635, in the ship "James," with his wife and three children, and settled in Dorchester. He signed the covenant of Dorchester church, 1636; was admitted free- man, May 2, 1638 ; deputy to general court that year, also from 1639 to 1641, and in 1653 from Springfield, when he was chosen speaker. The following year he was chosen assistant, and soon after major-general. He commanded the Suffolk regiment, and was the chief military officer in New England. He was much em- ployed in negotiations with the Indians, and made use of his influence with them in a great purchase in Rhode Island. He was thrown from his horse by riding over a cow, and died the following day, in Boston, September 17, 1661. The manner of his death is made a matter of comment by Hubbard as one of the judgments of God. He was captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- pany in 1650. He married Mary Wales sis- ter of Nathaniel Wales, probably daughter of John Wales, of Idle, England. She died in 1672. He is buried in the old Dorchester cemetery. His epitaph reads :
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"Here lies our Captain & Major of Suffolk was withal;
A godly magistrate was he, and Major General;
Two troop horse with him here comes, such worth his love did crave
Two companies of foot also mourning march to his grave,
Let all that read be sure to keep the faith as he has done
With Christ he lives now crowned, his name was Humphrey Atherton."
Children: I. Jonathan, soldier in King Philip's war. 2. Isabel, baptized at Winwick, January 23. 1630; married Nathaniel Wales, Jr. 3. Elizabeth, married, 1650, Timothy Mather, son of Rev. Richard Mather, first minister of Dorchester, and brother of Rev. Increase Mather, of Harvard College. 4. Consider, mentioned below. 5. Mary, born about 1647: married, April 9, 1667, Joseph Weeks. 6. Margaret, married, December 30, 1659, James Trowbridge. 7. Rest, baptized May 26, 1639; married, March 15, 1661, Oba- diah Swift. 8. Increase, baptized January 2, 1641-42; lost at sea about 1675. 9. Thankful, baptized April 28, 1644; married, February 2, 1665, Thomas Bird, of Dorchester. 10. Hope (rev.), baptized August 30, 1646; graduated at Harvard, 1665; married Sarah Hollister, 1674. II. Watching, baptized August 24. 1651 ; married, January 23, 1678, Elizabeth Rigby. 12. Patience, baptized April 2, 1654; married, July 7, 1685, Isaac Humphreys.
(II) Consider, son of Humphrey Atherton, was born in Dorchester. He married (first) at Dorchester. December 19, 1671, Ann An- nable. Married (second) Hannah , died April 26, 1687. Children, born at Dor- chester : 1. Humphrey, January 26, 1672; men- tioned below. 2. John, May 5, 1677; died June 22, 1679. 3. Anna, born February 17, 1679. 4. Sarah, May 8, 1683.
(III) Humphrey, son of Consider Ather- ton, was born January 26, 1672, died at Stoughton, February 2, 1748. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Captain John With- ington, who died at her son's house in Dor- chester, December 24, 1765, in her ninetieth year. Children, born at Dorchester: I. Eliza- beth, April 14, 1702. 2. Captain Humphrey, June 5, 1707; died November 17, 1786. 3, Anna, born May 3, 1710. 4. John, born May 13, 1714 ; mentioned below. 5. Consider, Feb- ruary 9, 1716-17.
(IV) Deacon John, son of Humphrey Atherton, was born May 13, 1714. He mar- ried. January 26, 1741 (intentions dated Oc- tober 10. 1740). Rachel, daughter of Charles
and Bethia Wentworth. She was of Stough- ton, born March 13, 1714-15, died August II, 1798. He died at Stoughton, October 4, 1785. Children : I. Elizabeth, born May 20, 1744; married - Tucker, of Milton. 2. John, July 21, 1747 ; mentioned below. 3. William, February 7, 1721-22. 4. Samuel, April 24, 1728.
(V) Deacon John (2), son of Deacon John (I) Atherton, was born at Stoughton, July 21, 1747-48, died there July 3, 1825. He mar- ried there, July 27, 1769, Mary Adams, born February 21, 1751, died June 26, 1843, daugh- ter of Rev. Jedediah Adams, and second cousin to President John Adams. He was a soldier in the revolution, sergeant in Captain Peter Talbot's company, Colonel Lemuel Rob- inson's regiment, and answered the alarm at Lexington, April 19, 1775; also corporal in Captain Robert Swan's company, Colonel Ben- jamin Gill's regiment, 1777 ; on duty at Squan- tum when the British fleet left Boston harbor. Children : 1. John, born December 2, 1769; married, February 9, 1797, Sally Bird ; died at Savannah, Georgia, September 21, 1824. 2. Jedediah, born March 5, 1772; died January 17, 1824 ; married Hannah Drake. 3. Humph- rey, born January 30, 1774: died August 31. 1778. 4. Mary, born March 21, 1776; died August 20, 1778. 5. Rachel, born May 3, 1778; died February 26, 1798; married Abra- ham Capen. 6. Elijah born July 25, 1780; died December 13, 1852; married, April 19, 1803, Ruth Tisdale; married ( second) Har- riet Crane : (third) Laura Gilmore. 7. Sam- uel, born September 19, 1784; mentioned below. 8. Mary, born December 1, 1786; mar- ried, May 28, 1810, Abiezer Packard; died June 19, 1840. 9. Nathan, born October 25, 1788; married, July 6, 1823, Amity Morton ; died November 13, 1876.
(VI) Samuel, son of Deacon John (2) Atherton, was born September 19, 1784. He lived at the homestead at Stoughton. He was much esteemed in the community. He mar- ried, February 28, 1811, Abigail Pope, born December 5, 1785, died March 19, 1868, daugh- ter of Ralph and Abigail (Swan) Pope, of Stoughton. He was of an energetic tempera- ment, cheerful disposition, and a good con- versationalist when the impediment in his speech permitted. He was afflicted with stam- mering, and as he had a good voice and ear for music, often sang what he wished to say. He took an active part in politics, and was selectman of the town. He voted at every election from 1805 until 1876, when his last
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vote was for the Hayes electoral ticket. He and his brother Nathan were among the found- ers of the Stoughton Musical Society. He died February II, 1877. Children : 1. Mary, born August 21, 1811, died August 25, 1849; married William Belcher. 2. Vashti, born June 17, 1813, died December 10, 1882; mar- ried James Swan. 3. Samuel, born January 26, 1815: mentioned below. 4. Abigail, born November 13, 1817, died May 7, 1859; married Joseph Swan. 5. James, born May 6, 1819; mentioned below. 6. William, born January 20, 1821, died April 29, 1891.
(VII) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Atherton, was born in Stoughton, January 26, 1815. He was educated in the common schools. Until twenty years of age he re- mained on the homestead, and in 1835 went to Boston as clerk for William Capen, shoe and leather dealer. He then established him- self in business as a retail dealer in boots and shoes on Washington street in company with Edwin Battles, under the firm name of Battles & Atherton. The firm was dissolved the follow- ing year and Mr. Atherton was employed by Caleb Stetson, wholesale shoe and leather dealer, corner of Broad and Central streets. On January 1, 1842, he was admitted into partnership, the new firm being C. Stetson & Company. Three years later Mr. Stetson re- tired from the firm, still being a special part- ner, and the business was conducted under the name of Samuel Atherton. Three years later Mr. Stetson again took an active interest, the name being S. Atherton & Company, and two years later Atherton, Stetson & Company. In 1852 James and William Atherton were ad- mitted as partners. Mr. Atherton married (first) September 16, 1841, Temperance Hol- brook, died February 24, 1849, daughter of Colonel Joseph and Mary (Rich) Holbrook, of Boston. He married (second) July 3. 1856, Susan Baker, died May 18, 1858, daugh- ter of Captain Richard and Jerusha (Rich) Baker. He married (third) October 6, 1869, Mrs. Susan M. Holton, daughter of Joseph and Margaret ( Richardson) Bassett. He re- sided a part of his married life in Charlestown. and moved to Dorchester, where he occupied a beautiful residence. He was director in the New England Bank, Prescott Insurance Com- pany, Massachusetts Loan and Trust Com- pany, president of the Dorchester Gas-Light Company, and connected with various other corporations. In politics he was a Republican. and a member of the legislature of the state
in 1867-70-77. In religion he was a Unitarian. He died April 3, 1895. He was a man of eminently social qualities and had many sin- cere friends. By his enterprise and business sagacity he won a high place in the financial circles of Boston. Children of first wife: I.
Thomas H., born 1843, died 1845. 2. George Edward, born May 2, 1845, died Oc- tober 29, 1905. He was a member of the firm with his father and uncles. He married (first ) Emma Coffin ; (second) Isabelle (King) Ray. Children of first wife: i. George Edward Jr., born February 19, 1873, married Corinne Mack, resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ii. Edith, married, February 19, 1906, Philip S. Johnson : children of second wife: iii. Ray, born March 28, 1883; iv. Emma, September 3, 1887, married, April 29, 1907, John S. Law- rence, of Boston; has one child Eloise Lawrence. born February 8, 1908. 3. Charles Francis, born May 2, 1847; mar- ried Elizabeth Bryant; one child, Elizabeth Holbrook. 4. Sarah Ann, born November 6, 1848; married George P. Sewall, of Boston ; children : Atherton, born August 23, 1873, and Mabel Atherton, January 3, 1877. Children of second wife: 5. Helen L., born April 15, 1857 : married Edward H. Hawes, of Bos- ton ; children : Prince, born July 7, 1884; Mad- aline, born March 9, 1888, married Edward W. Morse Jr., September 29, 1909; Bryant, born October 25, 1891. 6. Susan H., born April 17, 1858; married (first) W. Morton Robinson, of Lynn ; children : Ethel, born No- vember 4, 1885; Harold, born February 5; 1890; married (second) Edward K. Thayer, of Boston.
(VII) James, son of Samuel (2) Atherton, was born at Stoughton, May 6, 1819, died March 4, 1879. He had a common school and academic education, and taught several winter terms in the village school. Soon after marriage he began the manufacture of boots with his brother William under the firm name of J. & W. Atherton. This firm was finally merged with the firm of Atherton, Stetson & Company, the Athertons being the three brothers-Samuel, James, William. Although his health was never robust, James Atherton was a man of energy, and devoted his time to his business with zeal. He was a quick and ready speaker, and in early life took an active interest in debating societies. He was a great reader, and kept abreast of the times. In politics he was a Whig and later a Republican. He attended the Universalist church. He
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married ( first) May 5, 1853, Phebe Reed, born February 9, 1831, died March II, 1868, daughter of John and Phebe Reed, of Bos- ton. Her father was a civil engineer of Bos- ton many years. He married (second), June 1, 1869, Mary B. Marshall, of Boston, who died February 5, 1880. Children, all by first wife: I. James, born July 26, 1854; edu- cated at Public schools and Dean Academy. 2. William, born April 30, 1859; educated in public schools and commercial college; assist- ant treasurer of Bay State Trust Company. 3. Walter, born March 18, 1863; educated in public schools and Phillips Andover Academy ; graduated at Harvard, 1885; with degree of C. E. in Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy, 1886, architectural department ; studied two years in Paris and different parts of Europe. He is a fellow of the Boston So- ciety of Architects, member of the American Institute of Architects and of the Society of Beaux Art Architects. A Republican in poli- tics and a Unitarian in religion.
(VII) William Atherton, son of Samuel (I) Atherton, was born at Stoughton, Massa- chusetts, January 20, 1821; died in Boston, April 29, 1891. Shortly after coming to Bos- ton as a young man, he joined the firm of Atherton, Stetson & Company, dealers in leather, and remained a member of the firm until his retirement from active business. The firm was one of the most successful in its line in Boston. Three of the members of the firm subsequently became presidents of national banks. William Atherton was for many years vice-president of the Home Savings Bank, and an active director of the First Na- tional Bank. He was of a kindly and humor- ous disposition. He married, 1862, Mary Ed- wards Dwight, daughter of William R. and Mary Warren (Fiske) Dwight, of Brooklyn, New York. Children: I. Mary Louise, born September 1, 1863, died June 23, 1908. 2. Frederic William, born August 6, 1865 ; grad- uated from Philips Academy, Andover, 1882; from Harvard, 1886; is occupied as a trustee of property in Boston. 3. Edward Dwight, born in Boston, June 2, 18 -; studied at Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania. 4. Percy Lee, born in Boston, September 25, 1872; studied at Boston Latin School; graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, 1889; from Harvard, 1893; spent three years, 1893-96, in Munich and Berlin, studying musical theory and composition, and later in other continental cities. Has published many vocal and instru- mental compositions.
(For preceding generations see Joseph Morse 1). (IV) John (2) Morse, son of
MORSE Deacon John (I) Morse, was born March 15, 1669-70, in Lan- caster or Watertown. He lived in Watertown and Needham, Massachusetts. He was ad- mitted a freeman, June 2, 1699-1700, and was living in Needham in 1718. He married (first) January 8, 1689-90, Elizabeth Goodin, (Godding), died November 21, 1701. He married (second) January 7, 1701-02, Hepse- bath Stone. His first wife owned the cove- nant at the church, October 3, 1697. Children of first wife : I. John, baptized October 3, 1697. 2. Susannah, born January 5, 1694-95. 3. Isaac, February II, 1696-97, mentioned below. 4. William, November 18, 1699. Children of second wife: 5. Hepsebath, born February 14, 1702-03. 6. Henry, September 14, 1704. 7. John, 1705. 8. Rebecca, November 16, 1706. 9. Sarah, June 3, 1708. 10. Sarah, died March 26, 1714. II. Elizabeth. 12. Abigail, baptized March 5, 1709-10. 13. Susanna, born October 9, 1712 ; died March, 1714. 14. Mary, baptized June 19, 1715.
(V) Isaac, son of John (2) Morse, was born February II, 1696-97, at Watertown, and baptized October 3, 1697. He was received in the church at Cambridge, 1737, and lived for a time in Attleboro. He married Eliza- beth Turner. Children: I. Elisha, born No- vember 2, 1727, died young. 2. Elisha, No- vember 2, 1741, mentioned below.
(VI) Elisha, son of Isaac Morse, was born November 2, 174I, at Needham. He was a soldier through the entire revolution. He was a private in Captain Joseph Morse's com- pany, Colonel Samuel Bullard's regiment, at Lexington, April 19, 1775, and afterwards, in Captain James Miller's company, Colonel Jonathan Wood's regiment, later in 1775; in Captain Amos Perry's company, Colonel Haw's regiment, 1778, Rhode Island; in Cap- tain Joshua Fisk's company, Colonel Abner Perry's regiment, 1780; was enlisted for three years in the continental army. He lived at Natick, Massachusetts. He married, 1762, Jemima Tomblin, born April 6, 1742. Chil- dren, all born at Natick: I. Mehitable, June 4, 1763. 2. Lurana, May 3, 1765. 3. Isaac, February 3, 1769. 4. Elisha, June 2, 177I. 5. Arnold, May 15, 1774, mentioned below. 6. Rebecca, October 1, 1778. 7. Persis, April I, 1780. 8. Reuben, October 4, 1782. 9. Bet- sey, October 27, 1786.
(VII) Arnold, son of Elisha Morse, was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, May 15, 1774.
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He resided in his native town and in Millbury, Massachusetts. He married (first) Betsey Hunting, who died in 1816. Married (sec- ond) - Children of first wife : Lucy S., Sarah H., Timothy H., Arnold, Leonard L., Mason H., Betsey, William G., Willard A., Arthur H. Children of second wife: Cary F., George, Joseph, Albert.
(VIII) Willard Aldrich, son of Arnold Morse, was born at Pomfret, Connecticut, July 14, 1814. When he was but two years old his mother died. His father remained in Pom- fret, but he was taken to Hopkinton, Massa- chusetts, to live with his sister Lucy S., who had married Willard Aldrich, and there he grew to manhood and received his education in the common schools. When he was about twenty years old he went to Boston and worked at the blacksmith's trade, which he learned of his brother-in-law at Hopkinton. Afterward he was in the employ of the Bos- ton & Worcester Stage Company, as farrier, but when the railroad was built the stage line was discontinued. He then went to work at his trade in a shop in Millbury. He had a general blacksmithing business here and re- mained a number of years. He was deemed an expert in horse-shoeing. He was for a year in Springfield. Massachusetts, then in Grafton for a time, and at Rockford, Illinois, where he worked for the Manny Mowing Ma- chine Company at his trade for about eight years. Thence he went to Fairfield, Iowa. and worked one year at Blacksmithing. Then for a time he worked at Spencer and Mill- bury. He was associated for three years with his father-in-law, Captain Hall, of Grafton. During the next three years he was employed in Worcester and finally at Hopkinton, where he built a house on the homestead and lived until he retired from active business. For a short time he lived on a farm at Norfolk, Massachusetts, then removed to Brookline. Massachusetts, where he died, May 12, 1886. He married ( first) Sarah Simmons, who died in Millbury. He married ( second) Susan E. Hall, daughter of Samuel and Sophia (King) HIall. Her Grandfather King owned a large tract of land in Newton, Massachusetts. Chil- dren of first wife : 1. Lucy F., married, in 1872, Luther W. Bixby, of Roxbury, a merchant on Washington street, Boston ; no children. 2. Charles N., died young. Children of second wife : 3. Mason H., married Alice Nimms and had Willard E., who had two children. 4. Charles William, born September 13, 1850; mentioned below.
5. George, died in infancy.
6. Emily Jane, married (first ) George A. Na- son ; (second) Frank A. Childs. 7. Frank Al- ford, married Tillie Hathaway ; had five chil- dren.
(IX) Charles William, son of Willard Al- drich Morse, was born at Grafton, September 13, 1850. He was educated in public and pri- vate schools. On account of rather frail health he went to live on a farm in Connecti- cut, after he completed his schooling, and the outdoor life fully restored his health. At the age of eighteen he began to learn the trade of watchmaker and jeweler and served an ap- prenticeship of four years in the store of E. H. Fairbanks, of Jamaica Plain, Massachu- setts. Afterward he engaged in the same line of business on his own account at Hopkinton, Massachusetts, for seven years. Then he lo- cated at Brookline, Massachusetts, where he has been in the jewelry business for more than thirty years. He has been very successful in business and he is well known and highly re- spected in the trade. He is a member of the Highland Congregational Church of Roxbury. He was a director and one of the founders of the Monumental Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany of Baltimore, Maryland. He is a mem- ber of the Sons of the American Revolution ; Roman Eagle Lodge, No. 22, Free Masons ; the French Astronomical Society of France and a life member of the Massachusetts Chari- table Mechanics' Association. Mr. Morse is an astronomer and has a diploma awarded to him by the French Astronomical Society of Paris and signed by M. Flammarion, the presi- dent. He is the author of two pamphlets en- titled : "Is the Earth in Motion or at Rest?" and "Is the Earth a Level Stationary Plain or a Whirling Globe?" In politics he is a Re- publican, and in religion a Congregationalist. IIe married, January 20, 1873, Annie G. Cross, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, daughter of Benaja and Annie Goodale (Lamson) Cross. Her uncle. W. P. Lamson, was an expert ac- countant. Children: 1. Ada Hall, born Au- gust 7, 1875. 2. Hattie Lamson, May 16, 1877 : married, September 11, 1907, Rev. Will- iam J. B. Cannell, a Baptist clergyman. 3. Lilla Nason, May 8, 1885. 4. Carrie Ellen, July 4. 1887.
(For preceding generations see Robert Morse 1).
(XI) Warren Thomas Morse,
MORSE son of Willard and Eliza ( Glo- ver ) Morse, was born in Sharon.
Massachusetts, July 4, 1846, on the farm ceeded to his ancestor. Gilead Morse, of Ded-
Chas M. Morse
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ham, Massachusetts, in 1762. He was edu- cated in the public schools, taking a commer- cial college course in Boston. In 1867 he es- tablished the firm of W. T. Morse & Company, manufacturers of paper boxes and paper specialties, on Bromfield street, Boston, later forming a partnership with his brother, Elijah G. Morse, under the style of Morse Brothers, where for a period of thirty-six years the partnership continued. In 1903, purchasing the interest of his brother, he incorporated the business as the Morse Brothers Paper Box Company, of which company he is president. He resides in Medford, Massachusetts, where he is a well-known citizen, prominent in pub- lic affairs, serving on the board of assessors of that city for many years. He is a member of the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In religion he is an active mem- ber of the First Parish Unitarian Church there, serving on -the parish committee for many years and as chairinan of the board of trustees of the ministerial fund of the parish. In poli- tics he has been a life-long Democrat. He married Melissa L. Britton, November 14. 1869. She was born in Stoughton, Massachu- setts, May 31, 1845, daughter of Joshua and Olive (White ) Britton. Child: Marion War- ren, born August 21, 1873; married Edwin Hadley Jr., of Medford, October 12, 1896; children : Doris, born April 10, 1899; Pauline, June 9, 1900: Edwina Morse, March 28, 1905, deceased : Warren Little, October II, 1906; Edwin Morse, December 31, 1907.
ALLEN The name of Allen has always been prominent in New England and is well known throughout the country. The immigrant ancestors of the families of this name number well towards a score, and, their descendants being numerous, there is a bewildering maze in their genealogies which seems almost impossible to penetrate, and the task of tracing special pedigrees is quite perplexing and ofttimes discouraging. The name in early times was spelled Allin, Alline, Allyn, Allein and Allen, but Allen is the orthography almost universally used at the present day. The earliest ancestor found in the lineage traced in the following sketch was John Allin, a record of whom is found in Mar- blehead, Massachusetts, under date of 1685, when four of his children were baptized at the First Church. June 21. This would seem to indicate that he was an immigrant at that time and settled in Marblehead, although it is possible that he may have removed from
some other town in New England. His occu- pation is given in a later record as that of a weaver. The name of his wife is unknown, although a "Mary Allen, wife of John," is recorded as having died at Marblehead in January, 1726-7, but it cannot be deter- mined whether she was the wife of this John. Children of John Allen, the first four baptized June 21, 1685. 1. John. 2. Thomas. 3. Miriam. 4. Nicholas. The others with bap- tismal dates: 5. Richard, August 21, 1687; married, November 20, 1709, at Marblehead, Elizabeth Clifford. 6. Abraham ; see forward. 7. Ebenezer, January 1, 1692-3. 8. John, Oc- tober 13, 1700. 9. Mary, December 13, 1702. IO. Miriam, April 13, 1707. 11. Samuel, Feb- ruary 26, 1709-10. 12. Hannah, August 15, 1714.
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