Benjamin
Allen
Born in Shenandoah, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Allen
and Ruth (White) Allen
Brother of
Deborah Allen, Margaret (Allen) Smith [half], Joseph Allen, William Allen, Jackson Allen, Sarah Allen, Thomas Allen, Susanna (Allen) Bond, Mary Allen and Wesley Allen
Husband of
Hannah (Walton) Allen
— married
13 Jan 1791 in Smith Creek, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 81
in Belmont, Ohio, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Apr 2015
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Biography
Benjamin Allen was born April 27, 1757, in Mount Jackson, Shenandoah county, Virginia, a son of Joseph Allen and Ruth White. Benjamin's family were members of the Society of Friends, also known as "The Quakers." Their services were called "Meetings." On January 13, 1791, at Smith's Creek Meeting House, in Virginia, Benjamin married Hannah Walton, a daughter of Moses Walton. [1]
Benjamin is found on the United States Census of 1810, living in Shenandoah county, Virginia. [2] By 1820, Benjamin had moved to Goshen Township, Belmont county, Ohio. [3] Benjamin is found on the 1820 and 1830 census records, living in Goshen. [4] Benjamin died October 10, 1838, in Belmont county, Ohio. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume 6, page 591
- ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Y-GJT : accessed 15 May 2022), Benjamin Allen, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing p. 39, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 71; FHL microfilm 181,431
- ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL3-983 : accessed 15 May 2022), Benjm Allin, Goshen Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm
- ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGJ-9D5 : 20 February 2021), Benjamin Allen, Goshen, Belmont, Ohio, United States; citing 263, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 127; FHL microfilm 337,938
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/KTZV-5QC
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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:
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~0.78%
Tom Allen
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 919a86d9 [compare], Ancestry member ThomasAllen68
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~0.78%
Sue Hayden :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZE1468921 [compare], Ancestry member suezieman
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~0.39%
Judy Carter :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jccaldwell46
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