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DOB (more likely date of baptism): 30 Dec 1670 in Saint Sepulcher's, London, England?[citation needed]
29 Aug 1678 Elizabeth, age 8, with her parents, sailed to Salem in Fenwick's colony in West Jersey.
24 June 1689 [24d, 4mo, 1689] Elizabeth and James Denn received a license to marry by the Salem Monthly Meeting.[1]
28 Jan 1694/5 [28d, 11mo, 1794] Jeremiah Powell declared intentions to marry Elizabeth Denn at the Salem Monthly Meeting..[2]
Around 1703 Elizabeth married 3rd widower Ephraim Allen. In 1704 Elizabeth, described as "relict of Jeremiah Powell who married Ephraim Allen," sold Jeremiah's lot in Philadelphia to Richard Hill..[3]
Mother of Jedediah Allen; Joseph Yeoman ALLEN; Mary Allen; Vesty ALLEN; Dinah Allen Russell
The family apparently made frequent trips to Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, East Jersey, to visit Ephraim’s kin, for a number of the children married and/or settled there.
Elizabeth died in 1724 and Ephraim married in 1726 the widow Hannah (Johnson) Holden Leonard of Cape May NJ.
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Categories: Salem Monthly Meeting, Salem, New Jersey | New Jersey Founders | Success, sailed September 1678
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