Mercy Allen (1704)

Born 16 Jul 1704 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Ebenezer Allen — married 22 Sep 1724 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

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Biography

Mercy Allen was born on July 16, 1704 at Suffield, Connecticut, daughter of Benjamin and Mercy (Towsley) Allen. ^{[1] [2]}

She married Ebenezer Allen at Suffield on September 22, 1724. Ebenezer was born on June 7, 1704 at Suffield, Connecticut, son of William and Joanna/Susanna (Dibble) Allen. ^{[1] [2]}

Children

1. Benjamin Allen, born on January 12, 1724/5. ^{[1] [2]}
2. Mercy Allen, born on November 2, 1726. ^{[1] [2]}
3. Ebenezer Allen, born on February 9, 1728/9. ^{[1] [2]}
4. Zilpah Allen, born on September 24, 1731; died on November 9, 1740. ^{[1] [2]}
5. Ruth Allen, born on February 22, 1733; married Seth Granger on May 4, 1751 ^[1] : died at Granville, Massachusetts. ^{[2] [3]}
6. Mary Allen, born on March 24, 1736. ^{[1] [2]}
7. Samuel Allen, born on February 21, 1737/8; died on August 25, 1811 ^[1]; married Hannah (___) . ^[2]
8. Caleb Allen, born on January 11, 1740/1; married widow Elizabeth (Rising) Kent on December 10, 1764. ^{[1] [2]}
9. Simeon Allen, born on September 10, 1744. ^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} White, Lorraine Cook, editor. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Suffield 1674-1850, Genealogy Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 2002, p. 11-12: 15-17
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Suffield Historical Society, Suffield, Connecticut: Early Suffield Families: see: Edward Allen; see: Michael Towsley http://www.suffieldhistoricalsociety.org/families
3. ↑ Granger, James Nathaniel. Launcelot Granger of Newbury, Mass., and Suffield, Conn., Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, Connecticut, 1893, p. 57

Acknowledgement

• Entered by Chris Hoyt, Thursday, May 1, 2014.