When Benjamin Allen was born in 1732 in Spotsylvania, Virginia, his father, Benjamin, was 62 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 27. He married Elizabeth Johnson in 1753 in Logan, Kentucky. They had seven children during their marriage. He died in 1800 at the age of 68.
MILITARY, Revolutionary War:
Name Benjamin Allen
Gender Male
Military Date 2 Sep 1777
Military Place Virginia, USA
State or Army Served Virginia
Regiment 7th Regiment
Rank Corporal
Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records:
Name Benjamin Allen
Location Augusta Co., VA
Property At Stair Lick, on head of Benjamin Allen's River.
Notes This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
Historical reg. Of Virginians in the Rev., soldiers, saliors and marines, 1775-1783. Ed. By John H. Gwathmey. Richmond, Va. 1938. (13, 872p.):8
U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
Virginia Census, 1782; Record Type Continental Census, Page 15
Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850; Book 22-46
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
The wife of Joseph Couch, Anna/Nancy, was not this Nancy Allen. It is true that an Elijah Watson Couch of a different generation married a Nancy Allen, but that has nothing to do with this Nancy Allen. The wife of Joseph Couch (about 1750-1811 Laurens Co, SC) is likely Anna Watson (she chose Elijah Watson as co-administrator on the estate of Joseph Couch) or Anna Calloway (several children, grandchildren, etc. have Calloway in their name.
It is doubtful that Rueben, Beverly and Joseph Allen are children of this Benjamin Allen. All of these individuals are found in tax lists and other records of Wake County, North Carolina from the 1770's through about 1790 when they, along with Benjamin, began to migrate to Wilkes County, Georgia and later Elbert County.