Benjamin
Allen
Sr.
Born about in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Powell) Allen
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Sarah Powell
— married
[date unknown] (to about 1755) in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin Allen Jr and Benjamin Allen jr
Died
at about age 89
in Hardin, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jul 2017
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Biography
Benjamin was born about 1727. It is not known where he was born. The first known record: he was taxed in Bedford Co. Pennsylvania in 1772, the part of Bedford that is now Fayette Co. Pennsylvania.
His wife's name was Sarah. He is thought to have married in the mid 1700's Sarah Powell. They lived in Pennsylvania before moving to Nelson Co., (later Hardin Co.) Kentucky by 1793.
On 20 July 1816, his heirs, Thomas Allen, Benjamin Allen, William Allen, John Allen, Samuel Armstrong who married Susanna Allen, Aaron Wilkerson who married Catherine Allen, all of Hardin County, sold a 322 acre tract in Hardin CO., Kentucky. He is also known to have had a daughter Nancy who married Jacob Shaver about 1780, at her father's home in Pennsylvania.
Sources
- Ancestors of Sarah Jane (Garberg) Strother: A History of my Family, Familysearch books, Search for "Sarah Koho" pages 155-6.(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/801883/?offset=&return=1#page=155&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=)
- Profile created by Donald Hardesty in 2017.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~0.78%
Ed Cannon
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23andMe, GEDmatch AB2157835 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AB2157835 [compare], FTDNA kit #246162
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
KB Edwards :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Carla Allen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GU182779 [compare], Ancestry member claslie
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~0.78%
Steve Koho :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Nicole Stephens :
23andMe, GEDmatch DB7867598 [compare], yourDNAportal NIC84008584
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HD8610225 [compare], Ancestry member dominacinereus1252
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch HD8610225 [compare], FTDNA kit #B622336
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch HD8610225 [compare]
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~0.39%
Steve Robison :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A181494 [compare], Ancestry member 54gator
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A181494 [compare]
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