Colonel
William
Allen
Born in Claremont, Surry, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Allen
and Hannah (Unknown) Allen
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Lightfoot) Allen
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Clara Yates (Walker) Allen
— married
7 Dec 1753 in Middlesex, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Howell (Allen) Harrison, John Walker Allen, William A. Allen Jr., Ann Armistead (Allen) Edloe and Martha Bland (Allen) Selden
Died about
at about age 59
in Claremont, Surry, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Aug 2015
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Biography
William was born about 1733 . . .
- Children:
- Mary Howell, wife of Carter Bassett Harrison;
- Ann Armistead;
- Allen; and
- Martha Bland Allen
Sources
- 1794 Virginia Court Reports (doesn't match WikiTree profiles)
- Carter Bassett Harrison, and Mary Howell his wife, and Anne Armistead, Allen and Martha Bland Allen, infants by the said Carter Bassett, their next friend, v. William Allen.
- WILLIAM ALLEN, Will September, 1789, died July 1793. Married twice.
- Issue with 1st Wife: Son, John Allen, who died May 17_3, Will May 1783. John devised lands to his father.
- Issue by 2nd Wife: Son, William Allen, who had issue: Mary Howell, wife of Carter Bassett Harrison; Ann Armistead; Allen; and Martha Bland Allen, the last two infants.
- Virginia Wills
- with family and 9 sources: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDJJ-3ZM
- "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CBN-KR1Z : 21 January 2021), William Allen, 7 Dec 1753; citing Marriage, Middlesex, Virginia, British Colonial America, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
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~1.56%
Holloway Sinclair
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~0.78%
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I read this in ALLEN FAMILY OF SURRY COUNTY. (See William and Mary Quarterly, V., p. 189; VI., p. 130.) . I don't know how to edit to add this daughter but I am sure I am reading this correctly.
Notes and Queries The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr., 1915), pp. 193-213 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243434