Zebediah Allen (1702 - 1777)

Born 19 Jan 1702 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hoar) Allen — married 21 Jan 1725 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1777 at age 75 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth

Birth: 19 Jan 1702, at Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

From FAG: Husband of Mary Hoar. They wed in Sudbury, MA, on Jan. 21, 1724/5.

He wrote his Will 7 July 1767. He died of small-pox at the age of seventy five. Will proven 22 July 1777.

COUNTY of MIDDLESEX; within his Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. I do make and ordain this my Last will & Testament Principally & first of all I recommend my Soul into the Hands of God who gave it, & my Body I recommend to the Earth to be Buried in Decent Christian Burial. I Give Demise & Dispose of the Same in the following manner & form, after my Just Debts & funeral Charges paid &c.

Imprimis: I Give to my Beloved wife Mary Allen the Use & Improvement of all my Real Estate, with the Improvement of Two Cows & a horse to ride.

Item I Give to my Dutifull Son Nehemiah Allen five Shillings which with what he hath already had is to be his full part out of my Estate.

Item I Give to my Dutifull Son Jonathan Allen five Shillings which with what he hath already had is to be his full part out of my Estate.

Item I Give to my Dutifull Son Zabediah Allen five Shillings which with what he hath alre[a]dy had is to be his full part out of my Estate.

Item I Give to my Dutifull Son John Allen five Shillings which with what he hath already had is to be his full part out of my Estate.

Item I Give to my Dutifull Daughter Mary Farrar Six pounds Thirteen Shillings & four pence, which with what she hath alre[a]dy had is to Be her full part of of my Estate.

Item I Give to my Dutifull Daughter Susannah Rice Six pounds thirteen Shillings & four pence after my & my wifes Deceas[e], which with what she hath alre[a]dy had is to be her full part out of my Estate.

Item I Give to my Dutifull Daughter Dorothy Glezen Six pounds Thirteen Shillings & four pence after my wifes Deceas[e], which with what She hath already had is to be her full part out of my Estate.

Item I Give & Bequeath to my Dutifull Son Josiah Allen all my Quick Stock Excepting Two Cows which I Gave the Improvement of to my wife & at her Deceas[e] I Give them to my Executor, also all my husbandry Tools, also I Give to my Dutifull Son Josiah Allen all my Lands & Buildings which I now posess & Injoy, to him his Heirs & Assigns for Ever; after my wives Deceas[e], also all my wareing apparill.

I Likewise Constitute make & ordain my Beloved Son Josiah Allen my Executor. In Witness where of I have here Unto Set my hand & Seal the Day and year above Written. ZEBADIAH ALLEN

Wit; Samuel Choate, Ephraim Curtis, Joseph Curtis.

___________________________ Watertown Vital Records, births, pg 19 Zebadiah Allin son of Benjamin & Frances Allin was born: January the 19: 1701/2:

Sudbury Vital Records, marriages, pg 163 Allen Zebadiah and Mary Hoar, Jan. 21, 1724/5.

Wayland Vital Records, deaths, pg 128 Allen, Zebadiah [h. Nancy], smallpox, June 24, 1777, a 75. GR4

It is unknown at this time whey his wife is listed as "Nancy" in the Wayland Vital Records under deaths.

Death

Death: 2 Jun 1777, at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts^[1]

Sources

Alton Rogers Ancestry.com file

1. ↑ Not in VR

See also:

• With 35 Sources: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCK3-79C

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZK-W97H : 31 October 2019), Zebediah Allen and Mary Hoar, 21 Jan 1725; citing Marriage, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009675.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129864350/_