Rebecca (Fuller) Allen (1701 - 1778)

Born 22 Jul 1701 in Mansfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Allen — married 1729 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 18 May 1778 at age 76 in Scotland, Windham County, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Rebecca Fuller was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, on 22 July 1701, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Thacher) Fuller. She married Joseph Allen at Norwich, Connecticut on 29 April 1729.^[1][2]

Their children were:

1. Barnabas Allen, born 24 February 1729/30^[1] and baptized February 22, 1730 at Norwich, Connecticut.^[3]
2. Jemima Allen, born October 24, 1731;^[1] baptized 21 November 1731 at Norwich.^[4]
3. Betty (or Bette) Allen, born November 25, 1734 at Windham Connecticut;^[1] baptized 9 February 1735 at Norwich.^[3]
4. Mary Allen, born Nov. 24, 1736 at Windham.^[1] Dexter mistakenly claimed that Mary married her half first cousin Rev. Timothy Allen, Jr., the son of her father's half-brother Timothy, as his second wife. Instead, she married Timothy Allen of Lebanon, Connecticut, and died before 21 November 1780, when he married for the second time.
5. Joseph Allen, Jr., born April 9, 1739 at Windham.^[1]
6. Samuel Allen, born March 10, 1740/1 at Windham,^[1] baptized April 9, 1741 at the Scotland Society Church, and died at 5 weeks of age on April 14, 1741.
7. Asahel Allen, born November 16, 1742 at Windham.^[1]

Rebecca Allen died in Windham, Connecticut, on 18 May 1778.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Mayflower Families, Vol. 4, page 85
2. ↑ Norwich CT: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. Hartford, Society of colonial wars in the state of Connecticut, 1913. page 157: Joseph Allen of Norwich and Rebeckah Fuller of Prefton were married Apriel 29th. 1729. by me Salmon Treat paftr
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Records of Newent Congregational Church, page 4
4. ↑ Records of Newent Congregational Church, page 5

• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol. 1, Page 554
• Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>. Vol. 4 (Edward Fuller), page 85.
• Records of Newent Congregational Church, Lisbon, Connecticut, 1723-1932. Hartford: Connecticut State Library, 1944. Accessed at Ancestry.com.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #44259188 - Old Scotland Cemetery (North) - Windham, Connecticut

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Fuller-1088 created through the import of Travis Family Tree.ged on Jun 22, 2011 by Roger Travis.