Rachel Allen's family tree

Question

Hey!

After spending many months knee deep in Quebecois trees I am finally back in Colonial America and I have a few questions about this lady I am connected to. Her name is Rachel and her bio was written by the awesome Mindy Silva. Man, that bio is epic. Note to self: Work on bios of your people so you can compete. If only I had the time.

I digress. Do we know anything about her parents? I ask because several trees online have it quite full. Check it out. Her parents are supposedly:

Captain Joseph Allen (1681-1750) Gloucester
Mary Allen Coit (1688-1777) Gloucester

It also goes to their parents and pretty far back. I want to add the profiles. Problem is I need the sources to back this up. I thought I had the sources at Familysearch. Now I can't find it. Someone want to help reconstruct the tree? Or construct it in this case. Any help would be good. Thanks!

Her supposed parents have trees on Wikitree:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Allen-19648

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coit-322

Need to find something that connects the dots. I don't want to add the parents unless I know for sure. Can anyone help me out?

Answer 1

Here's her birth on Ancestry:

"Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, ''Ancestry'' ([https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2495/40143_265675__0003-00072/5764557 Massachusetts Vital Records] : accessed 30 May 2018), entry for Rachel, daughter of Joseph Allen and Mary Coit, born 26 Aug 1711; citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

I didn't see it on FamilySearch

Comments

The more the merrier, right?

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Yep. =D

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I'll bring the aphrodesiac salad. (it only sounds kinky)

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Uh....Huh....

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Hey, my ex said it tasted so awesome it "put her in the mood". Hence the name.

You want the recipe, contact me. I only give it to family members. :D

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PM sent. This thread....took a weird turn.

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Weird is one of my 6 middle names. :P

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Only six?! You're slipping.

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I'd have to shoot you if I told you the other 4. :P

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It's like some weird Rumpelstilskin thing here now. LOL!

Answer 2

So far, I've found this:  http://dunhamwilcox.net/me/me_bio_allen.htm

It lists the 11 children of Capt. Joseph and Mary (Coit) Allen.

Also, the History of the Town of Gloucester mentions some sons of Capt. Joseph and Mary Coit:  https://archive.org/stream/historytownglou00changoog#page/n72/mode/2up

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Well, I see Rachel as a kid there. Though, I dunno if Wikitree would accept this.

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Gloucester Vital Records:  Rachel Allen, dau. of Joseph and Mary:  http://www.ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/aBirthsA.shtml#ALEN

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Thanks!

Answer 3

Now I am wondering about her husband's family. Same tree has him connected to a Richard Tandy and a Sarah Tipson. Not much info. Going to look them up here.

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Did I notice some father/son confusion going on?

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Sigh...Yes. I fixed it.

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no worries. It happens to all of us. Heck, I made a match, then found sources and had to stop a merge. LOL

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Yep. I think what happened was that I copied the ID # like I usually do and it went to someone else by mistake. So I had to fix all of the things. Didn't help that there were two Rachel Allens in the mix. It's fixed at least. All that matters.

Can't seem to find a Richard Tandy sr and a Sarah Tipson here. Diff parents on FS and Geni has the two. I was just told that the info may be in a few genealogy books. I'll have to Google.

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https://archive.org/stream/GLOOriginalRecords16941762Images/GLO_OriginalRecords_1694_1762#page/n0/mode/2up

Gloucester Mass town records. 1694-1762 (actually I don't find anything here)

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Yep. The trick is finding the guy's parents in there.

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https://archive.org/details/GLOBirthsDeathsMarriages16341727Images

Sometimes it is easier to find info and put it in the right profiles. LOL

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Yeah it is. =)

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There is a 1687 baptism in Strensham, Worcestershire, England with the father John Tandy; and 1692 baptism in Solihull, Warwickshire, England with the father Richard Tandy. I don't see migration records that might show where he was from.

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The profile on Geni just says 1655 for Richard Tandy Sr's birth. Sara Tipson on the other hand has a wee bit more:  Born February 9, 1662 
Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom