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Ch. b. (probably in Westmoreland) :
i. DELANA8 Oct. 18, 1814; d. Westmoreland, June 12, 1892; m. (1) William Clark, b. June 10, 1812; d. Oct. 31, 1862; m. (2) Daniel Norris of Dorchester; d. Westmoreland.
ii. ABEL Oct. 6, 1817; d. Kidder, Mo., May 20, 1894. (20)
iii. WILLIAM Sept. 2, 1818. (21)
iv. NOAH June 21, 1820; d. Westmoreland, Jan. 19, 1914. (22)
v. MOSES Nov. 17, 1823; went West; m. and had s. and two daus.
vi. MARTHA Feb. 10, 1829; d. Stoughton, Wis., Feb. 22, 1896; m. West- moreland, Mar. 22, 1849, Alonzo Chipman.
vii. MARY July 9, 1832; d. Newport, Mar. 15, 1877; m. Westmoreland, Dec. 21, 1859, Stillman Fletcher of Croydon.
12. DANIEL ALLEN (Abel®, Abel6, Samuel4, Sameul3, John2, Samuel1) was a farmer; res. at No. 207 until 1842/3 when he moved to No. 599 Court street, Keene, the brick house where his s. Lucius L. now (1921) lives. He was cap- tain in the state militia; served three months in the war of 1812, for which service his widow drew a pension till time of her death. He m. Dec. 29, 1816 Deidamia Wilbur, b. Westmoreland, Apr. 14, 1800; d. Keene, Aug. 11, 1899, dau. of Hananiah and Phebe (Brockway) Wilbur, q. v. Ch. b. S .:
i. PHEBE WILBUR8 Oct. 10, 1817; m. Mar. 3, 1853, Joseph Cross, b. Swanzey Oct. 25, 1824. He enl. in Co. F, 6th N. H. Reg. Vols., in Civil war
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and supposed to have d. in a rebel prison at Florence, Ala. Son of Eldad and Betsey (Heffron) Cross.
ii. SUSAN DEIDAMIA May 22, 1820; d. Alstead May 30, 1892; m. Nov. 14, 1844, Alba M. Bragg, b. Brandon, Vt., Apr. 25, 1820; d. Alstead Mar. 9, 1904, s. of Roswell and Rachel (Twiss) Bragg of Swanzey and Al- stead. Ch. b .: i. Susan D.º, b. Keene Mar. 23, 1846; d. Feb. 11, 1910, Langdon. ii. Daniel Alba b. Charlestown, Aug. 25, 1848; d. Lang- don, Sept. 12, 1854. iii. Mary Jane b. June 15, 1850; m. Dec. 6, 1869, Nathaniel H. Frisbie, b. Davisburg, Mich., May 10, 1850; d. Flint, Mich., Mar. 28, 1913. Ch. b .: 1. Luna C. D.1º b. Stoddard, Dec. 24, 1870; d Flint, Dec. 7, 1902. 2. Ernest Leroy b. Vianna, Mich., Feb. 26, 1873; d. Mar. 10, 1873. 3. Marshall Madison b. Flint, Oct. 14, 1883; m. Aug. 11, 1909, Minnie Ethel Baldwin of Flint. iv. Emily Melissa b. Langdon Apr. 27, 1853. v. Marshall Franklin b. Langdon Dec. 28, 1855; res. 1920, Alstead; a dealer in eggs, apples, etc. He m. Aug. 19, 1878, Nellie F. Parker, b. Weathersfield, Vt., Sept. 23, 1858. Ch. b .: 1. Leonard F.1º Cavendish, Vt., July 10, 1879; m. Aug. 19, 1903, Clara J. Bates. 2. Alba M. Langdon Aug. 30, 1880; m. May 28, 1912, Mary F. Cummings. 3. Benjamin H. June 5, 1889; m. May 11, 1913, Alice R. Comptois. vi. Alma Elizaº Langdon, Mar. 20, 1858; m. Nov. 24, 1881, John S. Chesnut of Flint. Ch. b .: 1. Nathan- iel H.10 18 -; m. Jan. 26, 1917, Nina Shannon. vii. Nellie Ettaº Alstead, Aug. 28, 1860; m. Sept. 19, 1879, Zenas E. Foster, b. 18-, d. Alstead Sept. 26, 1914. Ch. b .: 1. Inez S.10 Alstead, July 12, 1882; m. Hosea R. Wheeler of Langdon 2. Alma E. Mar. 5, 1885; m. 1906, Geo. R. Jennings of Walpole. 3. Ernest M. Dec. 24, 1888. 4. Emma M. Nov. 19, 1892; m. 1913, Aubury K. Elgen of Hawkinstown, Va. iii. DANIEL Jan. 2, 1822; d. S. Dec. 12, 1841.
iv. HANANIAH WILBER Dec. 11, 1823; d. Alstead; m. Apr. 28, 1855. Lydia Ann Long, dau. of Joseph of Swanzey; settled in Alstead. Ch. b .: i. John H.º Sept. 14, 1865. ii. Edward L. May 28, 1867; res. 1917, Alstead; unm.
v. EMILY Oct. 5, 1825; d. S. July 24, 1831, of "Canker Rash."
vi HIRAM BRITTON Apr. 20, 1828; d. California; m. Elizabeth Orsborne of Peterboro. Ch. b .: i. Etta V.". ii. Irving E. iii. Mary.
vii. JOSHUA BRITTON Jan. 19, 1830; d. Keene Jan. 14, 1909; m. Nov. 29, 1877, Lydia Ann Marden, b. Lancaster Sept. 24, 1836, dau. of John and Mary Ann (Chamberlain) Marden. He lived on Allen Court, Keene.
viii. EMILY TRYTHENA Jan. 26, 1832; d. Keene Feb. 6, 1917; m. Jan. 21, 1869 Dr. Azro Hebard Reynolds, b. Tunbridge, Vt., Dec. 14, 1838; d. about 1885; s. of Joseph and Eliza (Cleveland) Reynolds. Ch. b .: i. Zoe Emily" Barnston, P. Q., Dec. 20, 1869; d. Washington, D. C., June 28, 1906; m. Sept. 26, 1892, Daniel Cooksley, Jr., b. Cambridgeport, Mass., 1868; s. of Daniel and Eliza (Cooper) Cooksley. Ch. b .: 1. Alfred Reynolds10 18 -. ii. Josephine Diedamia Tunbridge, Apr. 8, 1873; res. Keene; m. Keene, June 20, 1899, Edwin Cyrus Kingsbury, b. Keene, Oct. 1, 1865; d. Keene, Oct. 19, 1911. Ch. b. Keene: 1. Zoe Emily10 May 4, 1902.
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ix. LEVI Jan. 18, 1834; d. Keene Feb. 6, 1907; a farmer in Keene; m. Dec. 20, 1882, Sarah Diantha Smith, b. Franklin, Vt., Sept. 29, 1856; dau. of John Minor and Diantha (Sornberger) Smith. Ch. b. Keene: i. Nina Cecilº Aug. 20, 1887; m. May 22, 1907, Julius Dexter Perham, b. Hinsdale, 1878, s. of Dustin L. and Martha (Knapp) Perham. Ch. b. Keene: 1. Elwin Allen10 Sept. 13, 1908. 2. Alton Levi Aug. 18, 1912. 3. Chester Julius May 23, 1915; d. Nov. 8, 1915.
x. SARAH JANE Apr. 13, 1836; d. Alstead Feb. 23, 1873; m. Apr. 2, 1863 Henry Rockwell Thayer, b. Acworth Jan. 18, 1839; s. of Larned and Serena (Fay) Thayer. Ch. b. Alstead: i. Albert Larned' Sept. 13, 1866; m. Apr. 4, 1900, Alice E. Phillips; divorced Oct. 30, 1905. He m. (2) Sept. 13, 1906 Alice M. Hayward. Ch. b .: 1. Ina (or Iva) Sarah10 Mar. 22, 1901. 2. Charles Hermon Mar. 20, 1903; d. Jan. 6, 1907. Ch. by 2d m .: 3. Leon Henry Apr. 13, 1909. 4. Anna Adeline Sept. 30, 1914. ii. Jennie Serena Sept. 14, 1868. iii. Addie Maria Sept. 19, 1870.
xi. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Dec. 2, 1838; d. Keene Mar. 13, 1918; a printer and farmer in Keene. He m. Rutland, Vt., Jan. 1, 1867 Nellie Irene Webster, b. Gilsum Nov. 20, 1840; d. Keene Mar. 10, 1915, dau. Hezekiah and Irene (Sumner) Webster. NOTE: Hezekiah Webster was 8th child of True Webster, Sr., q. v. Ch. b. Keene: i. Frank Websterº b. Sept. 15, 1870; d. instantly of heart trouble, Nov. 5, 1905, unm. ii. Ida Mary Mar. 11, 1874; m. Jan. 1, 1902 Charles Arthur Kingsbury, s. of Edward A. Kingsbury, q. v.
xii. WILLIAM BROCKWAY Feb. 14, 1841; d. Dorchester, Mass., June 1, 1919; bur. Keene. He m. May 29, 1865 Kate Elizabeth Smith, b. Cheshire, Mass., May 1, 1848, dau. of John Minor and Diantha (Sornberger) Smith. Ch. b. Keene: i. Cora Bella Oct. 28, 1866; d. Sept. 6, 1869. ii. Arthur Smith Sept. 6, (7 family record), 1877; m. Sept. 5, 1898 Violet G. Bishop. iii. Bessie G. June 27, 1880; m. Mar. 1, 1899 Benj. H. Bowen. Ch. b .: 1. F. Gerard Sept. 18, 1900. 2. William Eaton June 14, 1902; d. July 18, 1902.
xiii. DANIEL June 28, 1843; d. Boston, Mass., Jan. 14, 1912. A tailor in Boston. He m. Nov. 5 (or 6), 1874, Margery Rutledge. No. ch.
xiv. LUCIUS LORENZO Sept. 26, 1845; res. on old homestead in Keene, 1920. He m. Aug. 25, 1883, Delia Darling Merrill, b. Haverhill, Feb. 14, 1855, dau. of Samuel and Sally (Blake) Merrill. (NOTE: Sally (Blake) Merrill m. (2) Hiram Britton q. v.) Ch. b. Keene: i. Bertha May9 Nov. 23, 1885; m. Dec. 7, 1907 Burpee L. Hudson, b. Nova Scotia 1882, s. of Charles W. and Susan A. (Neaves) Hudson. Ch. b. Keene: 1. Ernest Allen10 July 19, 1908. 2. Florence Alberta Dec. 16, 1909. ii. Minnie Bernice June 4, 1887; d. May 16, 1893. iii. Alberta Deidamia Feb. 12, 1892; m. June 27, 1911, Fred W. Ball.
13. JOSEPH ALLEN (Abel6, Abel5, Samuel', Samuel3, John2, Samuel1) was a M. E. preacher and circuit-rider in Vermont until 1844, when he came to S. and engaged in farming. He is called "Rev. Joseph" and "Joseph 2nd." He represented S. in N. H. legislature, is believed to have owned and lived in more houses in S. betwen 1845 & 1875 than any man in the whole history of the town. He d. at No. 62. He m. Mar. 5, 1820 Lyna Abbott, dau. of Daniel, q. v. Ch. b. i, S .; ii, Groton, Conn .; iii, Salem, N. H .; iv, Deering, N. H .; v, vi, Winhall, Vt .; vii, Peterboro, N. H .; viii-x, Hartland, Vt .:
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LYNA (ABBOTT) ALLEN
1800-1882
JOSEPH ALLEN 1798-1877
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i. LUCY HARVEY8 Jan. 10, 1821; d. Winhall, Vt., Mar. 25, 1831.
ii. LOUISA JANE Dec. 20, 1822; d. S. Oct. 18, 1862; m. 1848, Ashley Win- chester, q. v.
iii. ADALINE PAGE June 17, 1825; d. Deering, Nov. 28, 1826.
iv. ANDREW JACKSON Oct. 11, 1827; d. by accident on R. R. Oct. 14, 1861. (23)
v. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON Dec. 10, 1829; d. N. Y. City Apr. 26, 1893. (24)
vi. FRANCIS ASBURY Apr. 19, 1832; d. Hartford, Vt., May 13, 1833. vii. FRANCIS ASBURY Oct. 19, 1834; d. Portsmouth Aug. 20, 1889. (25)
viii. LUCY ADALINE May 22, 1839; d. S., Jan. 8, 1909; m. Marshall B. Brit- ton, q. v.
ix. GEORGE WASHINGTON Sept. 25, 1841; d. Northfield, Mass., Aug. 20, 1902. (26)
X. JOHN HENRY Dec. 6, 1844; d. E. Hartford, Conn., May 20, 1910. (27)
14. CALVIN' ALLEN (Abel", Abel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, John2, Samuel1), a farmer, lived at the end of lane north of Justin Blake stone house in West Keene. He m. Apr. 1, 1823, Polly Norris, dau. of Elijah, q. v. He res. Plain- field, 1827. Ch. b .:
i. CALVIN8 ; res. probably in Troy.
ii. SOPHRONIA Jan. 22, 1827; d. Keene Mar. 3, 1904; m. George W. White- house. Ch. b .: i. Bion H.9, a merchant in Keene, 1921. ii. Georgianna Jan. 15, 1850; d. Keene Nov. 25, 1908; m. Aldrich. iii. DARWIN.
iv. SARAH JANE.
v. MARY ANN S. Aug. 20, 1825; d. S. Dec. 2, 1882; m. (1) George John- son; m. (2) Sept 26, 1872, John H. Rogers, q. v.
15. PHINEAS ALLEN (Phineas®, Abel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, John2, Samuel1) settled in Vt .; m. Jan. 5, 1825 Mary Wright, b. Keene May 26, 1804; d. Charleston, Vt., May 8, 1869. Ch. b., i. in S., others at Charleston, Vt .:
i. MARTHA SOPHRONIAS Dec. 6, 1826; d. Burlington, Vt., Sept. 29, 1851; m. Keene Jan. 22, 1849 Noah7 Allen, s. of David® Allen, q. v. No. ch. ii. MARY ELIZA Apr. 11, 1829; res. (1920) Keene; m. Feb. 6, 1856 Charles Davis, b. Roxbury Mar. 20, 1828; d. Keene May 20, 1913, s. of Dr. Isaac and Fanny (Esty) Davis. Ch. b .: i. Herbert Allen® Roxbury, Jan. 28, 1860. ii. Alvin Wright July 30, 1865.
iii. SARAH Aug. 19, 1831; d. Charleston Sept. 28, 1919; m. (1st) Lucius Warren who d. Manchester, N. H. (divorced), s. of Jonas Warren. She m. (2) Dec. 25, 1866 Hiram Gray, b. Sheffield, Vt., Feb. 22, 1821, d. Brownington, Vt., Dec. 24, 1898, s. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Brown) Gray. Ch. by 1st m .: i. Lucius Freemanº b. Charleston June 15, 1849. Ch. b. by 2nd m .: ii. Jennie May May 15, 1868; d. Keene Sept. 29, 1894; m. Davis. iii. Ulysses Simpson June 25, 1871. iv. Grace Estella Feb. 11, 1874; d. Nov 5, 1877. v. Annie E. Jan. 13, 1878; m. 1900, Harry Blake Hurd, q. v.
iv. JAMES Feb. 6, 1833; m. Mrs. Nancy (Morse) Gallop. No ch.
v. CHARLES Jan. 7, 1838; m. Dec. 25, 1866 Martha Moody. Ch .: i. Almon Leroyº b. Charleston Nov. 15, 1867. ii. Minnie. iii. Flora. iv. Wal- ter Dennison. v. Lilla.
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16. GEORGE ALLEN (Phineas®, Abel5, Samuel', Samuel3, John2, Samuel1) was sexton in S., 1828-'38; m. Mar. 6, 1838 Mrs. Nancy (Russell) Dort, b. 1801; d. Keene July 13, 1875, wid. of Elihu Dort, q. v. After his marriage he settled at No. 245 where he and his wid. d. Ch. b. S .:
i. JANE ELIZABETH' b. Jan. 11, 1839; d. Walpole Jan. 8, 1908; bur. Keene. She lived on the homestead in Keene nearly all her life; m. 18- Mar- tin V. B. Hall as his 2nd w. He was b. Somerset, Vt. They had b. in Keene: i. Ada E." Hall, Aug. 15, 1880; d. Walpole Oct. 18, 1914; m. Fred H. Booth by whom six ch. were b. He was b. Plainfield (or Woodland), Calif., 1873, s. of Thomas B. and Fostina (Booth) Hurl- bert. He took the name of "Booth" from an uncle in whose family he was reared in Walpole. He m. 2nd in Keene, Apr. 3, 1918, Mrs. Edna E. S. (Heath) Gale of Keene.
17. LUCIUS ALLEN (Phineas“, Abel5, Samuel', Samuel3, John2, Samuel1) res. at Albany, N. Y .; m. Jane Patterson of Albany.
Ch. b. Albany ?:
i. GEORGE' ; m. Linda Hall and had s. Robert Allen of Albany.
ii. JENNIE ; m. George D. Weidman; res. (1915) Watervleit, N. Y.
iii. AUGUSTA ; m. William McDonald; res. Albany.
18. DAVID ALLEN (David6, Abel", Samuel', Samuel3, John2, Samuel1) m. Caroline R. Ch. b. S .:
i. ELLEN ADELIA" Sept. 20, 1850.
ii. CLARA CORDELIA June 29, 1853.
19. NOAH ALLEN (David®, Abel", Samuel', Samuel3, John2, Samuel1) went to Keene when a young man and learned the hatters trade of Henry Pond, afterwards he settled at Burlington, Vt. He m. (1st) Keene, Jan. 22, 1849, Martha S. Allen of Keene, dau. of Phineas7 Allen, Jr., q. v. He m. (2nd) Clarissa E. -, b. 1830; d. Burlington, Jan. 18, 1859.
20. ABELS ALLEN (Abel, Abel6, Abel5, Samuel', Samuel", John2, Samuel1) went West many yrs. ago; m. (1st) (perhaps a Miss Farrar of Westmore- land, as a woman of this name is said to have m. this Abel or one of his brothers.) He m. 2nd) Dec. 24, 1851
Ch. b. in Middle West by 1st w .:
i. Abel". ii. Delana. iii. Theodore.
Ch. by 2nd w .:
iv. Mosesº b. ; m. ; res. (1921) Aurora, Arkansas. 21. WILLIAMS ALLEN (Abel™, Abel6, Abel5, Samuel‘, Samuel3, John2, Sam- uel1) settled in the West; went from Winona, Minn., to Lamar, Mo., in 1883. He m. and had two ch. living in 1871.
22. NOAH ALLEN (Abel7, Abel", Abel5, Samuel', Samuel3, John2, Samuel1) lived in Keene, S. and Westmoreland. He moved from Westmoreland to S. May 1882 and for two years lived at the Perkins house, No. 106. He m. West- moreland, Apr. 20, 1854, Zelinda Clark Melendy of Croydon, b. Jan. 19, 1827; d. Westmoreland Apr. 3, 1901, dau. of John Melendy, Jr. The last year in S. they lived at No. 4 with John H. & Henry H. Rogers. Ch. b. Keene:
i. MARY A.º Apr. 3, 1855; res. (1921) Westmoreland depot; m. Spring- field, Vt., Henry H. Rogers, s. of John H. Rogers, q. v. Mrs. Rogers has assisted the writer on the Allen and Rogers families.
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23. ANDREW JACKSON' ALLEN (Rev. Joseph7, Abel®, Abel5, Samuel', Samuel®, John2, Samuel1) purchased the buildings at No. 87 about 1857 and moved them to No. 81 where he lived two years, then settled in Keene and was employed as fireman on the old Cheshire Railroad. While in that service he was killed on the Surry Summit Oct. 14, 1861. He m. at Burlington, Mass., Sept. 19, 1858, Mrs. Hattie A. (George) Heath, b. Westford, Mass., 1835, dau. of Adaline (Patch) George and widow of Ambrose Heath (see Frank A. Poole's family). After d. of Mr. Allen she m. (3) Augustus S. Trask of Keene and the name of the two ch. below were legally changed from "Allen" to "Trask." Ch. b. i, in S. ii, in Keene (Allen-Trask) :
i. ISABELL AUGUSTAº b. July 14, 1860; res. (1921) Keene; m. July 14, 1880 Edwin Elwin Bissell, b. Dover, Vt., Feb. 7, 1856, s. of James Wil- lard and Elizabeth (Boyce) Bissell. A merchant at Keene. Ch. b .: i. Margie Allen10 b. Worcester, Mass., Dec. 26, 1886; m. Keene, Nov. 25, 1912, Walter Merritt Tracy, b. Pecham, Vt., Nov. 17, 1892, s. of Alonzo M. and Helen (Phelps) Tracy. They have: 1. Allen Walter11 b. Keene Nov. 22, 1913.
ii. FRED ANDREW Mar. 25, 1862; res. Cambridge, Mass .; m. (1) Oct. 26, 1887, Addie Howard Piper of Winchendon, Mass., b. 1860-1; d. July 13, 1888; m. (2) Apr. 4, 1889, Maria Sarah Gage, b. Walpole June 13, 1861; dau. of William Gage, q. v. Ch. b: i. Ruth Addie Maria10 Jan. 9, 1892; d. June 6, 1907.
24. Judge WILLIAM HENRY HARRISONS ALLEN (Rev. Joseph7, Abel®, Abel5, Samuel', Samuel3, John", Samuel1) was b. on a farm at Winhall, Vt. In 1832 his father sold this farm, and from 1839 until 1844 res. at Hartland, Vt., farming and preaching then returned to S. William lived at home working on the farm and attending school a few months each year until he was fifteen, then until he was nineteen he worked on farms summers and attended acade- mies at West Brattleboro and Saxtons River, Vt., and one term at Keene. He then began teaching school winters until 1850. For a year and a half he was under the tutelage of Joseph Perry, an accomplished scholar and veteran teacher of Keene, and, under his instruction Mr. Allen entered Dartmouth College in the fall of 1851, and was graduated second in his class in 1855; the late Walbridge A. Field, Chief Justice of Massachusetts being class leader. Among his 51 classmates were Nelson Dingley Gov. of Maine and Member of Congress; Judge William S. Ladd of New Hampshire; E. B. S. Sanborn of Franklin, R. R. Commissioner of N. H. and Greenleaf Clark of St. Paul, judge of the Superior Court of Minnesota.
While in College, when conditions were favorable, part of his trip home would be made by skating forty miles down the Connecticut River from Han- over to Walpole. The year following his graduation he was principal of the High School at Hopkinton, Mass., then returned to S. and read law in the office of Wheeler & Faulkner of Keene about one year; then he became Supt. of schools at Perrysburg, Ohio, where he remained till the summer of 1858, dur- ing which time he devoted his spare time to studying law. Returning to N. H. he went to Newport and entered the office of Burke & Wait as a law student and was admitted to the bar at the September term of court for Sullivan County in 1858. Mr. Allen soon after took up his residence at Newport; in November of that year he was appointed clerk of the County court until 1863 when he was appointed paymaster in the army till December 1865, with the
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rank of Major, being stationed at Washington, D. C. He paid off the soldiers in the Army of the Potomac, sometimes going into the camps in Virginia. Maj. Allen was discharged from the service at the close of the war and returned to his home in Newport and continued the practice of his profession with marked success. Previous to the war he published for two years a paper called the "Sullivan Republican"; he also did some land surveying.
He was Judge of Probate for Sullivan County from Jan. 1867, to July 1874; Register of Bankruptcy, 1867 till 1876 when he was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of N. H. by Gov. Cheney, and held this position until March 1893 when he resigned on account of ill health.
Judge Allen's health began to fail in 1892 and in the winter of 1892 and '93 he took a trip to Cuba and Florida hoping to regain strength but he grad- ually failed and upon reaching New York City on his return he died in a hos- pital, Apr. 23, 1893.
Politically he was a staunch Republican; fraternally he was a Knight Tem- plar; religiously he was an Episcopalian, and socially he was kind and sym- pathetic.
Judge Allen m. (1) July 27, 1856 Ellen Elizabeth Joslin, who d. Aug. 28, 1873, dau. of John Joslin, q. v. He m. (2) Oct. 1874 Sally S. Sabin, dau. of John Sabin of Stratford, Vt.
Ch. b. 1st m .: i, S .; ii-v, Newport; vi-x, Claremont :
i. ROSAMOND GERTRUDEº b. No. 177 Apr. 7, 1857; m. Keene 1882, Samuel L. Newton, q. v.
ii. HENRY WILLIAM Nov. 7, 1859; res. (1921) Manchester. (28)
iii. BERTHA S. Oct. 25, 1861; unm; with F. W. Faxon Co., Boston (1921).
iv. VELMA GREENLEAF May 2, 1864; res. (1921) Canon City, Col .; m. (2) Arthur L. Kellogg of Michigan in S. Nov. 23, 1908. She m. (1) Mussey.
v. MARY BERNICE July 18, 1866; unm .; res. (1921) Washington, D. C. Teller in bank.
vi. WINSLOW H. Apr. 1, 1868; d. Claremont June 21, 1868. Twin vii. WILMER H. Apr. 1, 1868; d. Claremont Aug. 30, 1868. sons. viii. AMY V. Apr. 13, 1869; d. Clarmont July 14, 1870.
ix. ALGER V. Jan. 22, 1871; d. Boston Mar. 1896; graduate of Dartmouth College, 1893.
x. JOHN ELLIOTT June 26, 1873; settled Keene, 1897; lawyer and N. H. judge. (29)
25. FRANCIS ASBURY8 ALLEN (Rev. Joseph7, Abel", Abel5, Samuel', Samuel3, John2, Samuel1) res. S. when a young man; a soldier in Civil war, q. v. After his discharge he entered the Navy Yard at Portsmouth where he was employed for many years. He m. Oct. 18, 1857 Mary E. Putnam of Peter- boro.
26. GEORGE WASHINGTON& ALLEN (Rev. Joseph7, Abel", Abel5, Sam- uel', Samuel3, John2, Samuel1) was in S. several years; a soldier in Civil war, q. v. He res. in a house at top of "Tucker hill" in N. Walpole and was em- ployed by the Cheshire railroad, 1882-'85. In the days of the wood burning locomotive he was fireman; had one deformed hand. He m. (1) Dec. 21, 1865 Mary Ella Trask who d. June 24, 1886, dau. of Augustus S. Trask of Keene.
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Mr. Trask m. (2) the wid. of Andrew J.8 Allen, q. v. He m. (2) Nov. 24, 1888 (or 1896) Pearl Montgomery, a southern woman.
Ch. b. (1) Walpole:
i. WILLIAM WALTERº Nov. 12, 1866; d. Mar. 20, 1911.
ii. ERNEST SERENO May 13, 1868; d. Mar. 27, 1899.
iii. MYRON HENRY Oct. 8, 1870; d. Jan. 31, 1920. (30)
iv. CORA LYNA Dec. 19, 1874; m. Apr. 3, 1893 Charles Horace Palmer. They res. Georges Mills. Ch. b .: i. Harry Sullivan10 May 22, 1894. ii. Blanche May Jan. 7, 1896, m. Apr. 20, 1918 Erwin Willis Clark; res. George Mills, and they have b. 1. Melvin George11 Apr. 3, 1920. iii. Frank Hurvey Sept. 26, 1897; d. Oct. 1, 1898. iv. Jennie Lucretia b. June 20, 1899; m. G. H. Parker. v. Maude Alice Mar. 20, 1901; m. Sept. 24, 1918 James Eli Palmer, res. Grafton. vi. John Lloyd Dec. 7, 1903; d. Oct. 11, 1904. vii. Allen Horace Dec. 19, 1905. viii. Charles Henry Feb. 5, 1908.
v. GEORGE DANIELº Mar. 28, 1878; d. Mar. 21, 1918; m. Dec. 29, 1909 Mary L. Carney.
vi. MARY ISABELLEº Aug. 5, 1883; m. Dec. 1, 1914 Frederick Johnson Clark b. Alstead Mar. 13, 1891; res. (1921) Springfield, Vt., s. of Frank W. and Laura V. (French) Clark. (See French family). Ch. b .: i. Allen Frederick10 Oct. 28, 1917. ii. Raymond Johnson Sept. 23, 1919.
27. JOHN HENRY® ALLEN (Rev. Joseph7, Abele, Abel5, Samuel‘, Samuel3, John2, Samuel1) was a soldier in Civil war, q. v. Subsequently he became a M. E. clergyman and had charges at Derry, Hartford, Conn., etc. He m. Dec. 31, 1874 Harriett Dinsmore of Derry, who d. a wid. at Newport, R. I., about 1918. Ch. b .:
i. GERTRUDE® ; res. Newport, R. I. m. Thurston.
ii. FLORENCE ; res. Newport.
iii. RAYMOND
; d. unm. at about 20 years of age.
iv. HAROLD.
28. HENRY WILLIAM® ALLEN (Judge William H. H.8, Rev. Joseph7, Abel®, Abel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, John2, Samuel1) was graduated from Dart- mouth College and entered the employ of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., at Manchester. He represented his city in the General Court at Concord, 1921-22. He m. at Manchester June 12, 1889 Georgia Annette Wyman, b. Concord Dec. 12, 1862; d. Mar. 30, 1905, dau. of Horace G. and Annette (Sturtevant) Wy- man. He has compiled records of his Allen ancestors. Ch. b. Manchester:
i. GEORGIA ELLEN10 Mar. 25, 1890; m. Manchester, Aug. 26, 1918 Bernard H. Lund and had: i. Hazel Anna11 b. Manchester Oct. 8, 1920.
29. JOHN ELLIOT ALLEN (Judge William H. H.8, Rev. Joseph7, Abel®, Abel®, Samuel4, Samuel3, John2, Samuel1) was graduated from Dartmouth Col- lege 1894 then studied law at Claremont, and was graduated from Harvard Law School in 1898. He located in Keene where he opened a law office, and for some years was associated with Phillip H. Faulkner under the firm name of "Allen & Faulkner." In 1918 he was appointed Judge of the Superior Court of New Hampshire. He m. July 10, 1901 Amy Louise Abbott b. Aug. 16, 1877, dau. of Judge John True and Alice (Merriman) Abbott of Keene. No. ch.
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HISTORY OF SURRY
30. MYRON HENRY' ALLEN (George W.8, Rev. Joseph7, Abel", Abel5, Samuel', Samuel3, John2, Samuel1) lived at Bellows Falls, Vt., when a young man. He m. (1) Jan. 11, 1892 Addie May Cole who d. Jan. 3, 1903. He m. (2) Sept. 24, 1906, Chloe May Gove; res. Watertown, Mass.
Ch. b. by (1) w .:
i. IVA MAY10 Jan. 10, 1893; d. Sept. 1913.
ii. MERLE CARLOS Oct. 14, 1895; d. Mar. 12, 1903.
iii. ERNEST MATHEW July 21, 1897; d. Nov. 3, 1918.
iv. MORRIS VERNON Apr. 23, 1900; res. North Troy, Vt.
Ch. by (2) w .:
v. VIOLA MAUDE Mar. 1, 1907.
vi. EVELYN MINNIE Feb. 13, 1911.
vii. GEORGE MYRON Oct. 31, 1912.
viii. RAYMOND MARSHALL Dec. 23, 1915.
31. JOSEPH' ALLEN, ancestry unknown; b. in Mass., 1777 (?); d. S. July 10, 1852, aged 75. He came from Hardwick, Mass., to S. 1828 and set- tled at No. 106; eleven years later he bought No. 48 where he and his wife died. He frequently was called "Joseph Allen first" to distinguish him from Rev. Joseph. He m. Hannah b. 1781 (?) ; d. Feb. 11, 1876, nearly 95 years of age. The family were kindred of the Horace Gould family, q. v.
32. * AARON' ALLEN of Mansfield, Conn., was an early settler in Walpole. He. m. Sarah.
33. AARON' ALLEN, Jr., of Walpole, b. Apr. 17, 1780; m. Nov. 12, 1800, Catherine Slater, dau. of Samuel Slater. Mr. Allen d. in Walpole of lock- jaw, Sept. 16, 1815.
34. JOHN3 ALLEN (Aaron2, Jr., Aaron1) b. Walpole June 5, 1801; was in S. as early as 1825 and as late as 1832; d. Sept. 8, 1850, probably in Walpole. He m. Jan. 13 (or 15), 1827, Mary Robbins, who was living in Walpole 1878; dau. of Jeremiah Robbins, q. v. They res. at No. 83, and he was in company with Isaiah Robbins in the tavern at that place. Ch. (i & ii, probably b. in S.) :
i. * MARY A.' b. Sept. 9, 1827; m. Mar. 18, 1856, Cyrus Church, b. Hins- dale, July 21, 1826; res. in Walpole 1878.
ii. JOHN R. July 12, 1832; m. Jan. 22, 1855, Rhoda Jane Clutts.
iii. HUBBARD A. Dec. 12, 1841; m. Martha A. Newton of Hinsdale Oct. 5, 1865.
iv. LEVI d. inf.
v. MARTHA d. inf.
35. ELISHA1 ALLEN, an old sea captain of Portland, Me., res. in old age at Stoneham, Me.
36. GEORGE FOX' ALLEN b. Portland, 1821; rem. to Stoneham; m. Lucy Stuart.
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