Nehemiah Allen (abt. 1636 - 1684)

Born about 1636 in Windsor, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Woodford) Wright — married 1664 in Windsor Hartford County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 27 Jul 1684 at about age 48 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Nehemiah Allen, son of Samuell, was born in 1636 or about 1639 at Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. His father died when he was 12, and his mother married William Hulbut. The family moved to Northampton, Massachusetts in 1657. He lived in Salisbury, Connecticut, and in Northampton, Massachusetts. Nehemiah married Sarah Woodford, daughter of Thomas, on September 21, 1664. Nehemiah died in Northampton on June 27, 1684, and Sarah then married Richard Burke on September 1, 1687.

Children of Nehemiah and Sarah:

1. Samuel, born January 3, 1666.
2. Nehemiah, born October, 1667; died in infancy.
3. Nehemiah, born November 6, 1669; married Ruth, daughter of David Burt, in 1710.
4. Sarah, born August 22, 1672; married Joseph Strong of Northampton in 1694.
5. Thomas, born January 17, 1675; died the next year.
6. Hannah, baptized May 6, 1677.
7. Ruth, born January or June 4, 1680; married Josiah Leonard on December 16, 1702.
8. Unnamed child, born August 12, 1683; died very soon.
9. Silence, born August, 1684; died before 1691.

Note

Nehemiah Allen was the great-grandfather of Ethan Allen, an American Revolutionary War leader who fought for Vermont's independence.

Sources

• Genealogies of Connecticut Families]] (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983) Vol. 1, Page 16
• The Ancestry of Gen. Ethan Allen, O.P. Allen. The Salem Press Historical and Genealogical Record, Vol. 2. Pages 102-106.
• Willard S. Allen, Samuel Allen Family (Privately, 1876)
• Ancestry.ca
• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 25 February 2020), memorial page for Nehemiah Allen (1 Jan 1636–27 Jun 1684), Find A Grave: Memorial #112672660, ; Maintained by Judith Lee Howard Shea (contributor 47962427) Unknown.
• https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/39676262?p=16302530&returnLabel=Nehemiah%20Allyn%20(LBJF-F2G)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FLB
• Collections of the Berkshire Historical and Scientific Society (1894), pg. 55
• Shepard, T. Watson. Register of The Deaths in Northampton, Massachusetts, From The First Settlement of The Town in 1653 to August 1824 (T. Watson Shepard, 1824) Page 6, https://archive.org/details/registerofdeaths1653nort/page/n16/mode/2up
• FamilySearch Profile with at least 5 sources for each child[1]