Andrew (Allin) Allen (bef. 1618 - 1690)

Born before 1618 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Faith (Ingalls) Allin — married before 28 Aug 1648 in Andover, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 24 Oct 1690 after age 72 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Note: Andrew Allen and Faith Ingalls did not have a daughter named Elizabeth, as is shown in many online family trees. For the parents of Elizabeth Allen who married Andrew Wager/Waker/ Walker in Boston, please see Elizabeth Allen, the daughter of Hope Allen and Hannah Townsend.

Andrew Allen was born around 1616^[1] or 1618^[2] in either England^[2] or Scotland^[1]. He lived in Lynn Massachusetts in 1642, and later lived in Andover, Massachusetts^[3]. He was a man of sufficient education to sign his name. He was employed by John Shatswell at one time and in 1658, he, aged about forty years, testified in regard to a lot owned by his former employer.^[4] On July 28, 1658, the Ipswich Massachusetts Court Records noted that Andrew Allen of Andover was made a freeman^[2][1]

He married Faith Ingalls of Lynn on 28 August 1648^{[5][3] [6] [7]}, and their children included:

1. Martha, who married Thomas Carrier of Wales in Billerica May 7, 1674, ^{[8] [9] [3]} Martha was executed as a witch in 1692. Thomas Carrier, alias Morgan, is said to have been one of the bodyguards of Charles I of England, and on the day of the execution of the monarch, he acted as headsman in place of the regular executioner. The tale probably followed him and he seems to have been unwelcome here ~ the settlers believing that he caused the epidemic of smallpox here at the time. He was ordered out of Billerica in 1674 and gave security for his ability to pay a fine of 20 sh. a week, and to be self-supporting. However, there is no record that he ever paid it. Records show that in 1677 he had a job of cutting brush here with his man, John Levlston, and 20 others, and he took oath in Andover in 1678.^[1]
2. Mary, who married Roger Toothaker Jr^{[9] [3]} on June 9, 1665^[10], and was killed in the Billerica Massacre in 1695, during King William's War^[11]
3. Sarah, born about 1646, who married Samuel Holt about 1669^{[9] [3]}, and who died 3 April 3 1716 at about 70 years^[12]
4. Hannah born 28 October 1652 in Andover^[13], married James Holt 12 October 1675 ^{[9] [3]}, and who died September 30, 1698^[14] James was born 1651, the son of Nicholas Holt and his wife, Elizabeth Short. He died of smallpox, 1690^[1].
5. Andrew, born 9 May 1657 in Andover^{[13] [6] [3]}, who married Elizabeth Richardson 1 January 1681, and who died the same year as his father^[15]. The estate of Andrew Allen Jr was administered March 31, 1691^[16] Andrew died Sept. 25, 1690, of smallpox. He married Elizabeth Richardson of Chelmsford, Jan. 1, 1682. She was the daughter of Lieut. James Richardson and his wife, Bridget Hinchman; she married 2nd., Wm. Chandler, as his 2nd wife, and died, May 2, 1745, at 75.^[1]
6. John, born 16 March 1661 or 1662^[1] in Andover^{[17] [6] [3]}, who married Marcy Peters May 22, 1686, and who of smallpox died November 26, 1690^[15]. He married Mercy Peters, May 22, 1686. She was the daughter of Andrew Peters and his wife, Mary Beamsley. She died of smallpox ~ Dec. 25, 1690. ^[1]

He served on the Grand Jury in 1662 and in this same year again testified in court. In 1670, he sued Samuel Blanchard for trespass on certain land that he claimed and won the suit. On the 24 Mar. 1670, he gave a letter of attorney to Ensign Thomas Chandler to act for him in this suit. On 16 June 1682, Andrew Allen and various connections of his testified in a suit about Elizabeth Gold, apparently a Chelmsford girl who had been a servant of Andrew Foster. Andrew Allen gave his age as about sixty-six; his wife, Faith Allen, deposed that she was about sixty and in her deposition mentioned her sister Chandler. Bridget Chandler gave her age as about forty... Elizabeth Allen, aged eighteen, also testified.^[4]

In 1690, an epidemic of smallpox occasioned the deaths of several of the family. The two sons died of the dread disease, and although Andrew Allen, Sr., is not listed as one of its victims, the likelihood that he perished in the same manner is indicated by his death occurring at the same time. It is possible that his wife also died then although her death is not recorded.^[4]

Andrew's will was dated October 6, 1690, and notes his wife Faith, sons Andrew and John, and the four daughters listed here: Mary Toothacer, Sarah Holt, Martha Carrier, and Hannah Holt^{[6] [9]}; he died 24 October 1690^[15] and was survived by his wife.^[3]. The first smallpox epidemic in Andover occurred when Andrew's daughter Martha Carrier brought her family from Billerica to Andover.^[18] Andrew's death was followed by those of his son, Andrew. 26 October 1690; son John, 26 November 1690, and his wife Mercy, 25 December 1690; Andrew's son, 18 December 1690^[15], and daughter Hannah's husband and son in December^[19]

Will

Will of Andrew Allen
I Andrew Allin of the Town of Andover in the county of Essex in New England being Aged and weak in body: tho through gods mercy: I retain my understanding: I do make this my last Will and testament/...

1 I give to my loving wife Faith Allin a yearly legacy during the term of her natural life as shall be afterwards expressed in this my will and the use of all my household goods for her life: and she to dispose of them at or before her death as she sees cause but amongst my daughters: and also the Living in the new end of my house which shall be at her depose without control: which shall be maintained from time to time in good comfortable repayer by my son Andrew; and also her garden and half the orchard: and one cow and five sheep: for which cow and five Sheep my sons Andrew and John shall lay in good hay sufficient to winder them from year to year at their own charge equally between them so long as their mother lives.

2 I give to my son Andrew Allin the other end of my dwelling house: one half of my orchard plowland and pasture land at home: and all my division land lying from home; except my last devision: and three quarters of my home meadow So called; and that part of my last devision of meadow that lyeth beyond his devision of Upland; and this to have while his mother liveth; he paying yearly to his mother; during the full term of her natural life: five bushels of good wheat: and five bushels of good Endian corne and five bushels of good wheat: and five bushels of good Endian corn and five bushels and half of rey: and fourscore way of good pork and half her firewood cut fit for the fire which she needeth and ten pound of good flax from the swingle and all this so long as his mother liveth/ and at her decese my will is that my son Andrew shall have my whole house and all my orchards and land at home and all my home meadow besides what is forespoken of: and what stock calves is left at my decese except what in this my will is given away: Andrew is to have the one half of them.
3 I give unto my son John Allin all my last division of upland excepting twenty acres and all my parcel of meadow... and also the use of one half of my land about or near my house during the term of his mother's life; and also one half of my living stock of calves at my decease excepting what are given away in this my will; and also the use of one quarter part of my home meadow the term of his mother's life/ and in consideration... (he is also to allow certain necessaries to his mother)...

4 I give to my four daughters namely, Mary Touthacer, Sarah Holt, Martha Carrier and Hannah Holt: besides what I have given them already; each of them a Sheep or the worth of one...

5 I give to my grandson Allin Toothacor twenty acres of my last division land to be laid out where my son John placeth so he lay it out all together in case he come from home from the war; if not to go to my son John

6 and farther my will is that if the cow fore spoken of: I have given to my wife: Should die or grow old not fit for her to keep: then my sons shall equally between them at their own charge provide her another: and so from time to time as long as my wife shall live.

And lastly my will is that if either of my sons or both should fail in their yearly payments to their mother according to the intent of this my will: then it shall be lawful for hereto sees upon any part of their estate to make good what they ought to pay; and I do appoint my loving wife Faith Allin and my son Andrew Allin to be my executors of this my will and I do desire my brother Henry Ingols and Capt. Thomas Chandler to be my overseers; and to be helpful to my axutors as they may have need, and in Tocken that this is my last will and testament I have here untio Sat my hand and Scale this sixth day of October in the year of our lord one thousand six hundred ninety.

Thomas Chandler, Filed 31 Mar 1691 (Essex Co. Probate 370)
The X mark of Andrew Allen^[20]

Needs

Profile lacks more specifics regarding the time he immigrated. Especially as some Lynn records rather loosely reported arrival dates, might we cite the records being relied up, and provide some reasoning to assess whether he was in at Massachusetts Bay by early 1641.

Research Notes

Excerpt from Early Records of the Allen Families of Andover is below. This record does not appear to cite any sources, rather word of mouth from the people who lived in the town in the 1800s.
Andrew Allen, a Scot, and the first Scot in Andover was born about ~ 1616. He probably came first to Lynn for he is on record there in 1642. Perley says that he was in Ipswich, 1658, which may be so, and that he went again to Lynn, where he married Faith Ingalls, the daughter of Edmund (1) Ingalls and his wife Ann. He then came .... to Andover with the Ingalls family and some of their children were born here. ^[1]

Andrew's parents are not mentioned in any references cited on this page and should likely removed as a link.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Abbott, Charlotte Helen. Early Records of the Allen Families of Andover." https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/files/Abbott/Allen%20Family.pdf
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Volume 12, page 168 of The Essex Antiquarian. Salem, MA: The Essex Antiquarian, 13 vols. 1897-1909. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} "Descendants of Andrew Allen of Andover."' The Essex Antiquarian. 3 (1899):7; digital images, Hathi Trust
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Holman, Mary Lovering. Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, Volume One." 1938. http://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G005048.pdf
5. ↑ "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" Online Database. Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3824/images/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0025
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Case #370 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.)
7. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700 Volume 1, page 18 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which provides the following information ALLYN, Andrew (-1690) & Faith [INGALLS] (?1623-); by 28 Aug 1648; Andover {Pillsbury Anc. 1007, 1013, 1058; Reg. 6:206; Allen (,1) 10; Ingalls 18; Noyes-Gilman 408; Sv. 1:28; French Anc. 221; Peters 35; Durant 19; Essex Ant. 3:7, 120; Lynn Hist. 111, 191; EIHC 1:8; Cushing (ms) 240, 250}
8. ↑ Billerica. F. Apthorp Foster, Ed. Vital Records of Billerica Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1908). page 217, AmericanAncestors (free) or Internet Archive Marriages: ALLEN, Martha and Thomas Morgan "alias Carier, " May 7, [i6]74.* ["Tho: Carrier Als Morgan," m.r.]
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4} Great Migration 1634-1635, G-H See page 400 "Nicholas Holt", which notes the daughters listed in Andrew Allen's will: Mary Toothacer, Sarah Holt, Martha Carrier and Hannah Holt; found in Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003.
10. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, T-Y See page 75 Roger Toothaker, which cites Pillsbury Anc Vol 2, page 1013-5 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011
11. ↑ Vital Records of Andover Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, volume 2: Marriages and Deaths. (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912). page 400, Deaths: TOOTHAKER; Mary [dup. Toothakar], w. Roger, "Slain by ye Indian Enemy," Aug. 5, 1695
12. ↑ Vital Records of Andover vol 2, Deaths, page 470 HOLT, Sarah, wid. Samuel, Apr. 3, 1716, a. abt. 70 y
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Vital Records of Andover Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, volume 1: Births. (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), page 36, AmericanAncestors (free) or Internet Archive ALLEN (Allin)
    • Andrew, s. Andrew and Faith, May 9, 1657
    • Hanna, d. Andrew and Faith, Oct. 28, 1652
14. ↑ Vital Records of Andover vol 2, Deaths, page 463, HOLD; Hanah, wid., Sept. 30, 1698.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3} Vital Records of Andover Vol 2, Deaths, page 375, AmericanAncestors (free) or Internet Archive, ALLEN (Allin), Andrew [jr., smallpox. dup.], Oct. 24, 1690. [9br. 26, 1690 dup.]; John, smallpox, Nov. 26, 1690; Mercy, w. John, smallpox, Dec. 25, 1690.; Thomas, s. Andrew and Elisabeth, smallpox, Dec. 18, 1690.
16. ↑ Case #671 Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
17. ↑ Vital Records of Andover, Volume 1, Births, page 37, AmericanAncestors (free) or Internet Archive ALLEN (Allin) John, s. Andrew and Faith, Mar. 16, 1661-2
18. ↑ Greven, Philip J. Four Generations: Population, Land, and Family in Colonial Andover, Massachusetts (Cornell University Press, 1972) -p. 107
19. ↑ Vital Records of Andover Vol 2, Deaths: page 466 - HOLT James, s. James and Hannah, small pox, Dec. 13, 1690; and James, "father of James," Small pox, Dec. 14, 1690
20. ↑ Currier, Philip Joseph. Ancestry of Philip Joseph Currier. Pages 12-13.

See also:

• Book, Burleigh, Charles. The Genealogy and History of the Ingalls Family in America: Giving the descendants of Edmund Ingalls who settled in Lynn, Mass, in 1629, Geo. E. Dunbar, Malden, Mass., 1903.