Arthur Allen III (1649 - 1726)

Born 1 Jun 1649 in James City, Surrey, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Bray) Stith — married 27 Nov 1711 (to 1727) in Surry County, Virginia Colony

Descendants

Died 1726 at about age 76 in Bacons Castle, Surry, Virginia

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Biography

Allen II came to be known as Major Allen, a title he received from his military involvement against Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676. He was likely the youngest child in the Allen family, but at the time of his father’s death in 1669, he was the eldest surviving son in the family. Thus he became heir to his father’s Surry County estate, and to the Brick House. He was sent to England in 1660 for his education and returned to Virginia a year or two before his father’s death. Virginia born but English educated, he was well positioned for a career in colonial politics.

Like his father before him, Arthur served on the Vestry of Lawnes Creek Parish beginning in 1673. He was appointed Justice of the Peace for Surry County in 1675. His time in office was not always tranquil. He lost the Justice position in 1677 under Acting Governor Herbert Jeffreys who was a bitter enemy. But he regained the position when Governor William Berkeley reappointed him after Jeffrey’s death.

The appointment was revealing. Arthur Allen II was a staunch ally of Berkeley’s. He was in fact present at the court session in August 1676 when the Surry justices voted to send supplies to the Governor’s nemesis, the rebel Nathaniel Bacon. We assume Arthur opposed the decision to aid the rebels because shortly thereafter he left home, hid his silver, and joined Berkeley in Jamestown. He was in Jamestown when Bacon attacked and burned the town. As the rebellion grew Arthur became one of Berkeley’s most trusted officers. He led attacks, for example, on the rebels from a ship on the York River near West Point in November 1676. His close association with the Governor likely led to his house being attacked, looted and occupied by the rebels for three months in 1676.

After Bacon’s Rebellion was crushed, Allen became a member of the “Greenspring Faction” led by Robert Beverley and Colonel Phillip Ludwell. He was elected to the House of Burgesses in 1682 and became Speaker for two terms, one in 1686 and another in 1688. His alliance with Ludwell, however, put him at odds with Governor Francis Howard, the 5th Baron Howard of Effingham who removed him from his post as Justice in 1686. Effingham was such a bitter enemy of Allen’s that he dissolved the Assembly both years he was Speaker.

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Name

Name: Arthur /ALLEN/ III

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Text: Residence date: Residence place: Virginia, USA

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Residence

1692, Arthur Allen of Lawnes Creek Parish in Surry VA, to Edward Boykin of the upper Parish of IOW, ?525 ac, N of the third swamp of Black Water in the upper Parish of IOW, in Thomas Moores line.^[1]

5 Feb 1702/3, Arthur and Katherine Allen of Lawnes Creek Parish in Surry VA, to Edward Boykin of the upper Parish of IOW, one majority or half of 800 ac of land, granted to me the subscriber and Wm Edwards, late of James City County, by Patent 24 Apr 1701, [Turboy?] Swamp, S side of Maine Blackwater in IOW.^[2]

Residence:

Place: Virginia, USA

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Note: Lived Through King Philip's War, 1675-1676

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Marriage

Husband: Arthur Allen

Wife: Katherine Baker

Child: Arthur Allen

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: John Allen

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Katherine Allen

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: James Allen

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Thomas Allen

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Elizabeth Allen

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Ann Allen

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary Allen

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Joseph Allen

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1680

Place: Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States

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Page: Birth year: 1630; Birth city: Lawnes Creek; Birth state: VA.

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Text: Birth date: 13 December 1630Birth place: Lawnes Creek, Surry, VADeath date: 5 September 1710Death place: SurryMarriage date: 1680Marriage place: Surry

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Page: Birth year: 1627; Birth city: Bacons Castle; Birth state: VA.

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Text: Birth date: 1627Birth place: Bacons Castle, Surry, VADeath date: 1710Death place: Isle Wight Co, VAMarriage date: 1680Marriage place: Surry, VA

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Marriage:

Place: Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States

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1. ↑ FHL Film # 007645140, image 48/487 (p.45).
2. ↑ FHL Film # 007645140, image 216/487 (p.381).