Samuel Allen (1748 - 1799)

Born 17 Feb 1748 in Albemarle, Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 16 Dec 1799 at age 51 in Amherst, Virginia, United States

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Biography

• Samuel Allen was born 17 February 1748 in Albemarle Virginia, the son of John Hunt Allen and Bethania (Neville) Hylton. John married Hannah Jopling.
• The Allen family of 10 was living in Amherst County in 1790.^[1]
  

  Samuel Allen was a Virginia colonist.

Family

Jesse Allen (brother)

Will of Jesse Allen of Buckingham County, Virginia^[2]
Written: 27 July 1780
Probated: 3 June 1782
Amherst, Virginia
Legatees:
Jesse Jopling, son of Alsey Jopling (unless he dies before 21)
Children of Samuel Allen:
Jesse Allen, son of Samuel and Hannah Allen - Buckingham land
George Allen, same, gets Buckingham land
Lucy Allen, daughter of same couple
Executors: my brother Samuel and friend George Hilton
Witnesses: Thomas Jopling Sr, Thomas Jopling Jr., and Betheniah Hilton

Executor's Bond - Estate of Jesse Allen^[2]
3 June 1783
Amherst, Virginia
Executors Samuel Allen and George Hilton.
Bondmen were William Spencer and Thomas Jopling Jr.

Jackamiah Allen (son)

Jackamiah Allen is not included in his father's will. However, the 1790 Amherst County Heads of Families census shows 10 White and 15 Black.^[1] The 10th person would be Jackamiah. Jackamiah consistantly lists "1782, Virginia" for his birth on census reports. It appears he had a falling out with his father and left before Samuel's will was written. Jackamiah appears several years later in Pennsylvania and then is married in Wellsburg, Va in 1809. He and his family moved west to Ohio and later on to Illinois.

Probate

Will of Samuel Allen ^[2]
Written 30 January 1799
Probated 20 January 1800
Amherst, Virginia
Wife: Hannah Allen
Sons: George Allen, Jesse Allen, Samuel H. Allen (under 21), John Allen (under 21)
Daughters: Lucy Tindall, Martha Allen (under 21), Bethenia Allen (under 21)
Witnesses: Daniel Perrow, Guenemt (?) Perrow, Drury Husdon
No Executor named in will. Son George Allen was appointed as administrator.

Court Cases

Chancery Court Case
Bill Filed 5 November 1822
Amherst, Virginia

George Allen
Jacob Tyree and his wife Martha
Jesse Allen
Samuel H. Allen
John Allen
Leroy Camden and his wife Bethinia
Lewis Tindall, administrator of Lucy Tindall (heirs of Lucy are George, William, Nancy, Susan, Martha and Hannah wife of James Edmonds)
Hannah Allen, widow of Samuel Allen
Versus
Executors and Administrators of the Estate of George Hylton etc.

Plaintiffs allege Bethinia Allen, widow of John Allen and daughter of James Nevil of Albemarle, owned property in own right inherited from her father, James Neville. She lived and co-habited with George Hylton without being married. She died intestate 4 August 1803. George Hylton died July 1812, testate. The suit alleges that George Hylton gained control of her property and promised Bethania he would leave his estate to her grandchildren. Suit wanted possession of property taken from the estate of Bethania Neville Allen and held by George Hylton. ^[3]

Military Service

• Samuel Allen served in the Revolutionary War in the Virginia Militia. ^[4][5]
• Samuel Allen is DAR Ancestor#A001828. Direct link here
• Samuel Allen also served in the Illinois Regiment commanded by George Rogers Clark in 1778 and 1779. This secret mission captured several British Posts in the Illinois Country in the Province of Quebec. Click this link for Details

Research Notes

The identification of Samuel Allen and Hannah Jopling as Jackamiah's parents was made with several dna matches between his descendents and the extended Allen and Jopling family ancestors.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Heads of Families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790.:records of the state enumerations, 1782 to". Ancestry.com database on line. Original data: Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. : records of the state enumerations, 1782 to 1785.. Washington: G.P.O., 1908.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Davis, Bailey Fulton. 1998. The wills of Amherst County, Virginia, 1761-1865. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press.
3. ↑ Amherst County (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1779-1912. George Allen, Jacob Tyree & wife etc v. Exrs Of G Hylton, Adms of George Hylton etc , 1836-011. Local Government Records Collection, Amherst Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
4. ↑ "Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War, Samuel Allen". Ancestry.com database online. Original data: McAllister, J.T.. Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War. Hot Springs, VA, USA: McAllister Publishing Co., 1913.
5. ↑ Lenora Higgenbottom Sweeny, Amherst County, Virginia in the Revolution, Southern Historical Press, 1951, pages 69, 81, 162, 163, 176.

• Donald Lee Allen, History of the Allen Family of England, Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma and California, 1600-2000. Descendents of William Allen and Mary Hunt Minge. Gateway Press, Inc. !001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 2000. Copyright David Lee Allen. pages 112-117.