Edward Allen Sr. (1633 - 1696)

Born 26 Oct 1633 in East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Sarah (Kimball) Allen — married 24 Nov 1658 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 22 Nov 1696 at age 63 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Chris Hoyt [send private message], Linda Franks [send private message], and Theodore Palmer [send private message]

[Note: Parents (James Allen and Mary Greete) on this profile are unsourced and should be removed unless primary sources can be found]

DIsputes: Edward Allen's origins and/or immigration are unknown. There are several traditions and internet "suggestions"

Born 1633 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Born 1633 in Scotland; immigrated in 1658, perhaps son of Edward James Allen of London.

Came from Scotland in 1636. Savage calls this a very doubtful tradition^[1] Savage had it from Farmer, who cites a letter from the Hon. Joseph C. Allen^[2]

Newer compilations are repeating this same information: Scots in New England (2002)^[3] and Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families^[4]

Immigration to New England in the 1630s was primarily English.

If Edward came in 1636 as a child, where was his family. How come we have no knowledge of them?

If Edward came as an adult in 1636, what was he doing between 1636 and his marriage in 1658? He would have been in his fourties when he married.

Biography

Edward Allen's origins and immigration to New England are unknown.

Edward Allen and Sarah Kimball were married on November 24, 1658, at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.^[5] Sarah was born in Watertown, Massachusetts about 1635, daughter of Richard Kimball. ^{[6] [7]}

"In the year 1670 the barn of one Edward Allin, in Ipswich, was fired with lightning in the time of harvest, with sixteen loads of barley newly carried thereunto. Several of the harvest-men were but newly gone out of the barn into the dwelling-house, and so their destruction was prevented thereby."

The Suffield Historical Society, Suffield, Connecticut, has the following information for Edward and his family:

"Edward Allen, born say 1636; died November 22, 1696, Suffield, Connecticut; married November 24, 1658 at Ipswich, Massachusetts, Sarah Kimball who died June 12, 1696 at Suffield, Connecticut. ^[8]

His wife Sarah died at Suffield, on June 12, 1696. ^[9]

Edward died at Suffield, (now in Hartford County, Connecticut), on November 22, 1696 . ^[9] and is buried at the Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut.^[10]

His sons Benjamin and David were appointed executors of his estate and gave surety of their bond December 30, 1696. ^[11]

Children

1. John Allen, born August 29, 1659, Ipswich, Massachusetts ^[12]; married Elizabeth Pritchard/Pritchett on February 22, 1681/2; ^{[8] [9]} died May 11, 1704.^[6]
2. Sarah Allen, born July 7, 1661, at Ipswich; died there on February 10. 1661/2.^{[12] [5] [6]}
3. Edward Allen, born May 1, 1662 at Ipswich^[12]; married Mercy Painter on November 14, 1683. ^{[8] [9]} He died in 1740. ^[6]
4. Sarah Allen, born March 1, 1664 at Ipswich ^[12]; married Edward Smith on April 21, 1685. ^{[8] [9]}
5. Elizabeth Allen, born December 20, 1666 at Ipswich^[12]; married William Pricthard on November 14, 1683. ^{[8] [9]}
6. William Allen, born March 12, 1668 at Ipswich ^[12]; married Susanna Dibble December 20, 1692. ^{[8] [9]} He died in 1702.^[6]
7. Martha Allen, born about 1671 at Ipswich; married Samuel Kent July 28, 1696. ^{[8] [9]}
8. Benjamin Allen, born in 1672 at Ipswich^[12]; married Mercy Towsley October 4, 1699. ^{[8] [9]}
9. David Allen, born February 1, 1674/75 at Ipswich ^[12]; married Sarah Grosvenor on May 29, 1711. ^{[8] [9]}
10. Abigail Allen, born March 25, 1678 at Ipswich ^[12]; married Timothy Palmer on April 8, 1703. ^{[8] [9]}
11. Samuel Allen, born about 1680 at Ipswich; married Anna Hayward on November 22, 1706. ^[8][9]
12. Mary Allen, born April 9, 1683 at Suffield; married James Hayward on January 25, 1704/5. ^{[8] [9]}
13. Caleb Allen, born March 31, 1685 at Suffield; married Hannah Eaton of Haverhill, Massachusetts, intentions published on February 11, 1721. ^{[8] [9]}

:Source Notes:
Ipswich Marriages

ALLAN , Edward, and Sarah Kimball, Nov. 24, 1658. CTR (p. 20)

Ipswich Deaths

Allen, Sarah, d. Edward, Feb. 10, 1661. CTR (p. 478) ^[5]

Ipswich Births Children: Allen

John, s. Edward, Aug. 29, 1659. CTR (p. 16)

Sarah, d. Edward, July 4, 1661. CTR (p. (p. 16)

Edward, s. Edward, May 1, 1662. CTR (p. 16)

Sarah, d. Edward, Mar. 1, 1664. CTR (p. 16)

Elizabeth, d. Edward, Dec. 20, 1666. CTR (P. 16)

William, s. Edward, Mar. 12, 1668. CTR (p. 16)

Benjamin, s. Edward, ––– ––, 1672. CTR (p. 16)

David, s. Edward, Feb. 1, 1675. CTR (p. 16)

Abigaill, d. Edward, Mar. 25, 1678. CTR (p. 18) ^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862. Vol. 1 pp 29/30
2. ↑ Farmer, John. A genealogical register of the first settlers of New England ..." [from old catalog]. Lancaster, Mass.: Carter, Andrews & Co., 1829. Link at Archive: alphabetical
3. ↑ Dobson, David. Scots in New England, 1623-1873. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. He cites the Ancestral Heads of New England Families.
4. ↑ Holmes, Frank R. Compiler. Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700 (1923) Reprinted 1964-1999 by Gen. Publ. Co.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Vital Records of Ipswich Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. II Marriages and Deaths, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910 p. 20)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Morrison, L. A., Leonard Allison and S. P. Sharples. History of the Kimball family in America, from 1634 to 1897 : and of its ancestors the Kemballs or Kemboldes of England; with an account of the Kembles of Boston, Massachusetts, Damrell & Upham, Boston, Massachusetts , 1897
7. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L, p. 159. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005.
8. ↑ ^{8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12} Edward Allen at: Suffield Historical Society, Suffield, Connecticut. http://suffieldhistoricalsociety.org/families
9. ↑ ^{9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13} Suffield, CT: Volume 1: p. 8-13. Barbour Collection: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011)
10. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 79410104 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79410104
11. ↑ Case 2-31:p. 1-3: Hampshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1660-1858, http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/hampshire-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1660-1858/image/?pageName=2-31:3&volumeId=33920&rId=891373453
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9} Vital Records of Ipswich Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. I, Births, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910 [https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofip01esse#page/n33/mode/2up pp 15,16

See Also:

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Volume 13 William White 2006 p. 32
• familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LY53-TTL
• Suffield Town Records, Vol. 1 Births, Marriages, Deaths,1662-1904, p.9.
• Sheldon, Hezekiah Spencer. Documentary History of Suffield (C.W. Bryan Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, 1879)