Jeremiah Richards Allen (1804 - 1885)

Born 9 Apr 1804 in Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Emily N (Jones) Allen — married 26 Apr 1832 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1885 at age 80 in Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Jeremiah R[ichards? After his mother's maiden name?] Allen was born on 9 April 1804 in Roxbury, Norfolk, Mass.;^{[1] [2]}

He was a farmer in the Warwick, Massachusetts area.

He married 7 Apr 1832 in Warwick,^[3] Emily N[elson?] Jones, b 13 Feb 1810, daughter of Jonathan Jones and Deborah Nelson both of Milford, MA;^[4] she d. 30 May 1845 Warwick.

Emily only lived until she was 35.

In 1850, Jeremiah was with his children in Warwick; in 1860 in Warwick with son Cedric and daughter Martha and son-in-law William Sanger. In 1870, in Sterling, MA making jam and living with the Lawrence family, no known relation. In 1880, he was back in Athol, MA living with son-in-law and daughter (William & Martha Sanger).

Children

1. Martha J. Allen, b Apr 1833;^[5] d 18 Nov 1904 Athol, MA of carcinoma of the liver;^[6] m btw 1850 and 1860 (not in MA VR) William B. Sanger, b Nov 1828^[5] Warwick, bookmaker, d 10 Apr 1902 Athol of catarrhal penumonia,^[6] son of Joshua Sanger of Templeton and Martha Leonard of Warwick. 1860: Martha and husband William living with her father in Warwick; 1870: in Athold, MA; 1880: with husband and father in Athol; 1900: in Athol living with her brother Cedric. No children.
2. Calvin / Cedric[k] D. Allen, b Jan 1838;^[7] m 27 May 1868 in Orange, MA Mary Abby Hstings, b 19 Jun 1844 in Warwick, MA, dau of Caleb W. Hastings and Abby W. ____; 1850: "Calvin" (subsequently "Cedrick"); 1860: with father in Warwick; 1870: with wife Mary in Medway, Norfolk, MA, farming; 1880: in Natick Middleseex MA with Mary A, working on farm of Henry F Guild; 1900: with brother-in-law and sister in Athold, MA; 1910: with wife in Warwick.^[8] One surviving child:
   1. Lena Mayybell Allen, b 30 Apr 1872 Warwick, MA;^[9] m 13 Feb 1890 Rockland, MA Winslow Collamore, b Jun 1845 (!) Pembroke, MA, son of William Collamore and Lucinda ____.^[10] 1900: living in Hanson, Plymouth, m8 years (but wife not with him, dau living with relatives in Warwick), candy peddler; 1910: can't find; 1920: can't find. Children:
      1. Hellen Myrtle Collamore, b 10 Apr 1891 or 1892 Hanover, Plymouth, MA;^[11] m in Warwick, MA 16 Jan 1910 as his second wife James Herbert Baird, b abt 1845 Ashland, MA, son of James S? Baird and Susanna B. Hibbard; 1900: she's in Warwick with great-grandmother Abby Hastings and grandmother Mary A Allen (wife of Cedric); 1910: with husband in Warwick; 1920: he's in Warwick with son Herberg no sign of Hellen; 1930: he is still alive, divorced and boarding with his son in Orange, MA; a Murtle Collamore, divorced, right age, housekeeper to a divorced Edgard Aldrich, 53, living with a board (son?) Carroll Collamore, b abt 1913/4 in Dunstable, MA; this same threesome is living together in Acton in 1920. Children:
         1. Herbert W. Baird, b abt 1912, probably in Warwick, MA; no birth record found; not in SSDI
         2. possibly Carroll Collamore / Baird, b abt 1914 MA; birth record not found under either name.

Jeremiah R Allen passed away 2 Mar 1885 in Athol, Mass., of pneumonia;^{[12] [13]}

Sources

1. ↑ Roxbury VR, vol. 1, p 11
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6L-NJM : 5 January 2021), Jeremiah Richards Allen, 1804.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7B-H29 : 16 August 2021), Emily Jones in entry for Jeremiah R. Allen, 7 Apr 1832; citing Marriage, Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007579490.
4. ↑ Dave Utzinger, “Dave Utzinger’s Database (dputz AT att.net)” GEDCOM on WorldConnect, last updated 28 Jan 2011; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi‐bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michelotti&id=I609246; accessed 1 February 2011. Claims the Allen‐Nelson family is descended from the Mayflower.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} 1900 US Census, Athol Town, Worcester, MA, ED 158, Sheet #23; stamped 72A; image 46 on Ancestry.com; accessed 1 Febuary 2011.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} MVR 1841–1910. Athol vol 2 (1904):511. Informant: Cedrick D. Allen.
7. ↑ 1900 US Census, Athol, MA; more details needed
8. ↑ 1910 US Census, Warwick, MA, ED 520, Sheet 4A, lines 47‐48.
9. ↑ MVR 1841–1910. Birth returns 241:373
10. ↑ MVR 1841–1910. Marriage returns 595:61 #1
11. ↑ MVR 1841–1910. Birth returns 413:559
12. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910. [hereafter MVR 1841‐1910] 366 (1885):375. (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.) Accessed 1 February 2011.
13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 March 2021), memorial page for Jeremiah R Allen (9 Apr 1804–2 Mar 1885), Find a Grave Memorial no. 65580511, citing Jones Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by karen jennings (contributor 47062067) .

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