John Brooks Allen (abt. 1815 - 1904)

Born about 3 Jul 1815 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 10 May 1904 at about age 88 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

John Brooks Allen was born July 3, 1815, in Braintree, Norfolk county, Massachusetts, a son of Abijah and Sarah Allen. ^[1] John B. Allen and Laura Ann Perkins filed their intent to marry on November 10, 1843, in Braintree, Massachusetts. ^[2]

On November 6, 1844, the towns of Weymouth and Braintree, in the County of Norfolk, petitioned to the General Court of Massachusetts, that a railroad be built. John B. Allen was among the petitioners. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SBYQ-8PV : accessed 29 November 2018), entry for John Brooks /Allen/, cites sources; file (2:2:2:MMW8-RJ5), submitted 15 May 2011
2. ↑ Vital records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, digitized here: https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofbr021916brid/page/290
3. ↑ Weymouth ways and Weymouth people, by Edmund Soper Hunt, published 1907, by the Hunt family of Wymouth, Massachusetts, pages 85-86, digitized here: https://archive.org/details/weymouthwaysweym00hunt/page/86

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWN2-5MV : 2 March 2021), John B Allen, 10 May 1904; citing Braintree, Massachusetts, v 25 cn 133, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,069,443.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Allen-3936 created through the import of oldweymouth families072011.GED on Jul 5, 2011 by Alyson X.