Richard Allin Jr (1654 - 1725)

Descendants

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Ancestral File Number 2 Research Notes 3 Sources 4 Acknowledgments

Biography

Richard Allin was born in 1650. At the time of his birth, his father was documented in Northampton County, Virginia.^[1]

It is unknown if his father, Richard Allin, of Northampton County, Virginia removed to St. Peter's Parish, New Kent as stated in Historical Southern Families. Volume III. The author concluded that the elder Richard Allin would have been too old in 1725 to have been the one in the Parish register.^[2] For the sake of those descendants claiming the elder Richard was the one married to the Elisabeth in the Parish register after 1725, here is the quote from the book:

"If he was, say, 20 years old in 1653-55 in Northampton, he would be too old in 1725 to have been that Richard Allin."

There was a Richard Allen on the 1704 Quit Rent Rolls of James City County, Virginia owning 540 acres.^[3] Parts of New Kent County were formed from James City County in 1654. Other Allen land owners on the 1704 Quit Rent rolls in New Kent County were:

Allen, Rich'd - New Kent - 550

Allen, Rob't - New Kent - 100

Allen, Reynold - New Kent - 205

Allen, Daniel - New Kent - 250

Allen, Sam'l - New Kent - 150^[4]

Vestry document with signature of Richard Allin.

Richard Allin first appears in the St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Vestry records in 1704. He was appointed one of the vestrymen to procession the parish of St. Peters, New Kent County, at a Vestry held the 1st day of June 1704.^[5] At a vestry held the 7th of July 1704, "Capt. John Scott, Capt Richd Littlepage, Mr William Bassett, Mr. Richd Allen and Mr. Thomas Massid or any four of them are requested to meet such Gentlemen as shall be appointed by the Gentlemen of the Vestry of St. Pauls parish to run the dividing line between this parish and the parish of St. Pall and that it be done by the county Surveyor at the charge of both parishes." He signed his name "Richd Allin" on the parish records.

The author of Historical Southern Families. Volume III, concerning the Richard Allin of New Kent County, noted that Hanover County [St. Paul's Parish] formed from New Kent County [St. Peter's Parish] became identified with Henrico County in 1717.^[2] On the 6th day of May 1717, Benjamin Woodson of Henrico County, Virginia in consideration of 30 pounds sold to Richard Allen land lying in the county of Henrico on Chicahominy Swamp containing 200 acres.^[6] A land patent was made to son, Robert Allin, of New Kent County on the 11th day of July 1719 for 250 acres of land lying on the north side of Chickahominey Swamp in New Kent County.^[7] The area the family lived in can be viewed on a map of the State of Virginia which shows Chichahomony in New Kent as well as the juxtaposition of Henrico, New Kent and Hanover (where Robert's children were later documented.)

According to the St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Register, Richd Allen died on the 7th(br) ye 6th, 1725.^[8]

Ancestral File Number

Ancestral File Number: H5JB-4K Familysearch.org

Research Notes

Note: 2 AGE 74-75

Alternate dates and places of birth :

AFT 1654 Place: Northampton Co, Va.

Also found Born 1650 in New Kent, Virginia^[9]

Alternate dates of death - 17 Jun 1725 and 6 Sep 1725

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia. Colonial Land Office. Land Office Patents No. 3, 1652-1655, p. 296, citing Richard Allen, grantee. (Reel 2). Digital images: Library of Virginia. Archives. https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/9cc64q/alma990007158380205756. Accessed 15 April 2021.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Bodie, John Bennett. Historical Southern Families. Volume III, Allin of New Kent and North Carolina, Redwood City, California. Clearfield Company, Inc. 1959. Reprinted Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Company. 1967. Page 2, para 2, para 4, and para 5, citing Richard Allin.
3. ↑ The Quit Rents of Virginia, 1704, Page 1, Surnames, A-B, citing Allen, Richard, page 1 and 2, citing Allen New Kent. Digital Images: Ancestry.com [database with images], image 7 of 20.
4. ↑ Cognets, Louis des (Jr.). English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records. Princeton, New Jersey. Louis des Cognets, Jr. 1958. Page 163, citing Allen; Page 172, citing Allen, Rich’d. Digital images: Hathi Trust Digital Library. Accessed 16 April 2021.
5. ↑ St. Peter's Parish, Virginia Vestry book 1685-1758, page no. not readable, June 1704, citing Mr. Richd Allen. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images] Film 008574684, image 70 of 379, procession; image 74 of 379, parish dividing line; image 81 of 379, signature.
6. ↑ Henrico County, Virginia, Wills and Deeds, 1714-1718, Page 167, citing Benjamin Woodson to Richard Allen. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images] Film 007645095 image 114 of 548. Accessed 16 April 2021.
7. ↑ Virginia. Colonial Land Office. Land Office Patents No. 10, 1710-1719, p. 438 (Reel 10). citing Allin, Robert. grantee. Digital images: Library of Virginia. Archives. https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/9cc64q/alma990007160760205756. Accessed 15 April 2021.
8. ↑ St. Peter's Parish (New Kent County, Va.); National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The parish register of Saint Peter's, New Kent county, Virginia from 1680 to 1787. Richmond, Virginia, W. E. Jones Printer. 1904. Page 53, citing Richd Allen. Digital images: Internet Archive.
9. ↑ Source: #S43Record for Robert Allen

See also:

• http://www.poetsvisions.com/genealogy/allen.htm

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Allen-5356 created through the import of Tracy S. Miller.ged on Dec 2, 2011 by Tracy Miller. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tracy and others.
• Thanks to Nev Dansie for starting this profile.
• WikiTree profile Allen-8076 created through the import of T1.ged on Dec 4, 2012 by Tammy Johnson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tammy and others.

Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Nev and others.

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