Timothy Allen II (1715 - 1806)

Born 31 Aug 1715 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy (Gallup) Allen — married 6 Jan 1761 in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1806 at age 90 in Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Timothy Allen was the eldest child of Timothy Allen and Rachel Bushnell, born in Norwich, Connecticut, on 31 Aug 1715.^[1]

He spent his early years in the section of Norwich which later became the Newent Society in the town of Lisbon, then moved with his family in about 1728-9 to Scotland Parish in the town of Windham, Connecticut.^[2]

He attended Yale College in the class of 1736. During or after his time at Yale, he studied theology and began preaching, apparently without a regular license. In May 1738 the Windham Association of Ministers summoned him to appear before them for examination, but he succeeded in satisfying their objections. He was ordained a minister in October 1738 by the New Haven Association and became pastor of the Congregational Church in the village of West Haven. In ensuing years he had a series of conflicts with church authorities regarding his zealous support for unconventional views, and for a time lost his authorization to serve as a minister. He was reinstated by June 1748, when he was received into fellowship by the Suffolk Presbytery on Long Island, New York. In October 1748 he joined the New Brunswick Presbytery, and until May 1752 served the "New Side" Presbyterian Church of Maidenhead and Hopewell in New Jersey. In August 1752 he removed to New Providence (or Turkey), a parish of the town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he began to preach in the Presbyterian Church in November 1752 and was installed as pastor on 26 March 1753. He left there in 1756 and was next installed over the Congregational Church in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut on 12 October 1757. He left Ashford in 1764 and next appears in Plainfield, Connecticut, where he dated the preface to a book he published in 1765. In about 1782 he was preaching in Granville, Massachusetts. On June 15 1785 he was installed over the Congregational Church in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, where he was supported as pastor until 1794. He died in Chesterfield on 12 January 1806, aged 90-1/2 years. ^[3]

Rev. Timothy Allen II married first Mary Bishop. They had six children. She died in 1757.^[4]

His second wife was Dorothy (Gallup) Reed, a widow. They were married in Ashford, Connecticut, on 6 January 1761.^[5] Dorothy died in 1804.^[4]

Research Notes

A 1974 article by researcher Mrs. Frances M. Fransson takes issue with the interpretation presented here. She indicates that the Timothy Allen born in August 1715, son of Timothy and Rachel, was not the preacher. She says he married Sarah Parmelee in 1744 and went to Pawlet, Vermont, in 1768, where he died in 1812. She did not identify parents or children for the preacher.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Norwich CT: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. Hartford, Society of colonial wars in the state of Connecticut, 1913. Vol. 1, page 11: "Timothy Allyn the fon of Timothy & Rachell was Born ye 31st Day of August, 1715".
2. ↑ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol. 1, Pages 551-555.
3. ↑ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol. 1, Page 551-555.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol. 1, Page 555. Note: Dexter gave him three wives, the second being Mary (Allen) Allen, but she married a different Timothy Allen.
5. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Ashford, page 4 citing original vol. 3, page 20: Timothy, Rev., of Ashford, m. Mrs. Dorothy Reed of Norwich, Jan. 6, 1761, by Rev. Peter Powers, Newent, Norwich.
6. ↑ The Connecticut Nutmegger. Glastonbury, CT: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1970-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB59/i/11787/301/134584342 Vol. 7 (1974), page 301-303.

• https://findagrave.com/memorial/21944597
• Bishop, Henry Fitch. Historical Sketch of Lisbon, Conn., From 1786-1900 (New York, NY, 1903) Page 57
• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol. 1, Page 551-555.