Born about in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Allen I
and Mehitable (Cary) Allen
Wife of
Benanuel Leach
— married
about 1751 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
Asa Leach
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
She was born in 1737 likely in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Benjamin Allen and Mehitable Cary [1].
Mehitable Allen married about 1751 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay as the third wife of Benanuel Leach, son of Hepzibah (Washburn) and Benjamin Leach. They had a son, Asa Leach.
Mehitable married on 29 May 1756 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay to Caleb Washburn. [2]
Research Note
This Mehitable Allen is not to be confused with Mehitabel (Allen) Case (1732-1788) who was the daughter of Benjamin Allen and Mehitable Ingalls. The birth date of 2 Dec 1732 in Pomfret, CT is for the other Mehitabel Allen, d/o Benjamin Allen and Mehitable Inglalls.
Sources
- ↑ John Cary, the Plymouth Pilgrim, section#14
- ↑ Massachusetts State Vital Records on FamilySearch.org; m: 29 May 1756 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay for Caleb Washburn & Mehitable Allen
- Massachusetts Town & Vital Records 1620-1988
- Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records 1620-1850
- North America, Family Histories 1500-2000 on ancestry.com Ancestry Record 61157 #972178 for Mehitable Allen
- FamilySearch Person: L18V-D6C
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mehitable by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mehitable:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mehitable by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mehitable:
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~1.95%
~1.56%
Brenda Henwood 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A522444 [compare]
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Arthur Owen :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member arthurowen
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T511436 [compare], FTDNA kit #272809
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~1.56%
Janie (Goodwin) Oickle :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~1.17%
Florence (Prowse) Cooper :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T756345 [compare]
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~0.78%
Cyn McDonald :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cynmcd60
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