Enock Allen (1768 - 1840)

Born 23 May 1768 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut

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Died 30 Jun 1840 at age 72 in Windham, Connecticut, United States

Biography

Enoch, son of Asahel and Desire (Eames) Allen, was born at Windham, CT on May 23, 1768.

Mr. Allen was the third son and fourth child of Enoch and Betsey (Witter) Allen, who were married in 1794. They had five children: Asa Witter, born 1795; John, 1797; Eliza, (died young); Martin, 1807; and David, 1809. Enoch Allen was born in Windham, Connecticut, May 23, 1768. His father, Asahel Allen, was born in the same place in the year 1742. The Allen family were among the earliest of the New England colonists. Martin Allen is a direct descendent of Samuel and Ann Allen, of Bridgewater, Somersetshire, England, who located at Braintree, Massachusetts, ten miles south of Boston, in the early part of the seventeenth century.

Sources

Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928., (birth)

Find A Grave: Memorial #28128310 — Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/28128310/enoch-allen : accessed 26 May 2021), memorial page for Enoch Allen (23 May 1768–30 Jun 1840), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28128310, citing Old Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by John Beckstein (contributor 46939506) .

History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, Volume II, Cleveland, H. Z. Wiliams & Bro., 1882, pp. 108-109

Enoch Allen: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L71X-K7F