Joseph Allen (1653 - 1724)

Born 13 Oct 1653 in Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Griggs) Allen — married 29 Jul 1680 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Husband of Rose (Heywood) Allen — married 20 Nov 1684 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 6 Oct 1724 at age 70 in Gloucester, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Joseph Allin, son of Will(iam) and Ann, was born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, on 13 October 1653 (birth date recorded as "13 : 8 m : 1653").^[1]

Joseph Allen married Rachel Grig(g)s on July 29, 1680. Three children were born to their marriage:^[2]

1. Joseph, born June 2 1681
2. Jeremiah, born Dec 12 1682, died Dec 22 1682
3. Rachel, born April 17 1684

Rachel (Griggs) Allen died April 26 1684.

Joseph Allen subsequently married Rose (Heywood) Allen (abt.1664-1724)as his second wife on November 20, 1684. Children born to their marriage were:^[2]

1. Solomon b. Sept 25 1685, d. April 29 1686
2. Benjamin b. Jany 3 1687, d. June 26 1688
3. Unnamed son b. Sept 19 1688, d Sept 19 1688
4. Thomas b Nov 14 1689
5. Anna(?) b. Feby 12 1691
6. John b. April 18 1692
7. Rose b. July 1 1694
8. William b Nov 26 1696 d. Jany 10? 1697
9. Mary (twin of Patience?) d Oct 7 1697
10. Patience b. Nov 6 1697, died Oct 9 1697 (sic)
11. Jeremiah b Nov 15 1698
12. Samuel b March 9 1701
13. Zerrubbabell b Feb 6 1703
14. Mary, b. January 9 1706, d. Dec. 10 1706

Joseph died in Gloucester, Massachusetts, at age 71 on 6 October 1724. His widow Rose (Heywood) Allen died three weeks later on 27 October 1724, aged about 60 years. ^[2]

His probate was dated 20 October 1724, case 460. ^[3] In his will, written 24 June 1724, he leaves the following legacies:

• son Joseph
• daughter Rachel
• son Thomas
• son John
• daughter Anna
• daughter Rose
• grandchild Jeremiah
• wife Rose
• two youngest sons, Samuel and Zorubbabel

"Just beyond the cellar of Tammy Younger, after the turn in the road which brings one in sight of Riverdale, is the cellar of the first blacksmith in town, lying beside the travelled road, but still in the roadway. Here stood the shop of Joseph Allen, who came to Gloucester in 1674, being encouraged to settle by grants of land and a common right. He had two wives and seventeen children. One of the children, also named Joseph, became very wealthy, his home being on Poplar street near the house occupied by Mr Joseph A Procter. I think the blacksmith shop must have stood by the cellar, and the cellar have been that of the house, built perhaps by Allen, but known within the memory of persons now living as the 'Noble' house, the Nobles being ancestors of numerous Riverdale people" (Mann 28-9).

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7797/13/141809525 Salisbury, page 13].
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, record page for Joseph Allen
3. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/rd/13744/460-co1/244877750

• Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts (Providence, Rhode Island, 1897) Vol. 1, Page 31
• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree 15668154
• FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (accessed 2 Dec 2014), entry for Joseph Allen, person ID LCY7-6CL.
• Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, record page for Joseph Allen. Online publication, Ancestry.com.
• Charles David Mann, In the Heart of Cape Ann; or, The Story of Dogtown (Gloucester, MA: Proctor Brothers Publishers, 1896), 28-9.