Born about in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Benjamin Allen
— married
about 1704 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Abigall Allin, Bartholomew Allen, Benjamin Allen, Abigail (Allen) Edwards, Elisha Allen, Lydia (Allen) Leach, Stephen Allen, Nehemiah Allen and Sarah Allen
Died
at about age 42
in Manchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Disputed Origins
Abigail Hill was not the daughter of Zebulon Hill and his wife Elizabeth (Dyke) Hill. Their daughter Abigail (Hill) Allen married Joseph Allen, and in 1728-9 signed a deed regarding her father, Zebulon Hill's property he owned before his death.
Biography
Abigail was born around 1678, possibly in Salem, Massachusetts.
She married Benjamin Allen in 1704,[3, Note 1] and was the mother of all nine of Benjamin's children.[3] She died on March 30, 1720.[3,4]
Research notes
Note 1. There are many sources [such as #5] that record an Abigail Hill marrying a Benjamin Allen on Sept 11, 1726, and trees that show this date for their marriage. But since this is after the date of her death based on her Reference 3, these marriage records must be for a different couple.
An Abigail is mentioned (as Abigail Allen) as his daughter in father Zebulon Hill's will, Probate: Essex County MA, 11 March 1699, volumes 307-308, pages 156 to 158 (viewed via Ancestry), later file number 13310. However, a deed in 1728-9 signed by Abigail Allen and her spouse Joseph Allen regarding property formerly owned by her father Zebulon Hill, make it clear the Abigail of this profile was not Zebulon's daughter.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Joseph Allen & Others to Barnabas Raymond, deed (1728/29), "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-36329-9396-18?cc=2106411&wc=M9QJ-N2G:n1107307132 : accessed 11 Oct 2013), Essex > Deeds 1734-1736 vol 68-70 > image 692 of 891, for Joseph Allen & others to Barnabas Raymond [Essex County (Mass) Deeds, 70:86]. Sale is 1/2 common right of property that "belongs to us descending from our hon'd father Zebulon Hill late of ye town of Salem aforesd, Dec'd..." Grantors as Joseph Allen, joiner, and wife Abigail [aka Abigail Hill], and Elizabeth Marston [aka Elizabeth Hill], all of Salem, and Joseph Morgan, taylor, and Sarah [aka Sarah Hill] his wife of Beverly. Witnesses were Jonathan Raymond and Zebulon Allen.
Probate: Essex County MA, 11 March 1699, volumes 307-308, pages 156 to 158 (viewed via Ancestry), later file number 13310,
1. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT. NOTE: AGBI is not a reliable source
2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85789339.
3. The Allens, from William Allen (1602-1679) of Manchester, England and of Salem and Manchester, Massachusettes, in the direct line of descent through Nathaniel Allen (1744-1789) of Beverly, Massachusettes and Sedgwick Maine, to Lt. Raymond Frederick Allen, Jr. (1931-) of Rochester, New York, with certain other descendants and collaterals, compiled by Raymond F. Allen, The Reporter Company, 1958, p. 24.
4. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
5. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZQ-SJC : 25 September 2017), Benjamin Allen and Abigail Hill, 11 Sep 1726; citing Marriage Notice, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 760,604.
- With family and 6 sources: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH6H-B4B NOTE: Shows no parents for this Abigail
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See Raymond Frederick Allen, The Allens; from William Allen (1602-1679) of Manchester, England, and of Salem and Manchester, Massachusetts ... (Walton, N. Y., Printed by the Reporter Co., 1958), 23-26 (3. Dea. Benjamin^3 Allen) at 24; digital images, HathiTrust.
Might the 1958 author have picked up her surname from the wrong entry? There is an Abigail Hill marriage intention published 11 September 1726 (twenty years hence) at both Beverly and Manchester. The Manchester record identifies her as Abigail Hill of Beverly; her spouse-to-be is identified in that record as "Benjamin jr."
At Wenham we find the record of a baptism some eight months later, "[Allen] Benjamin, s. Benjamin, jr., bp. at Manchester, May 2, 1727." There is no mother's name in the record and no companion entry appears at Manchester. Indeed, I find no 1726-1746 births/baptisms at Manchester to a couple Benjamin/Abigail.
From there, things go pear-shaped. In 1728, Abigail Hill of Beverly is published to Richard Day of Manchester. Richard and Abigail Day become the parents of eight children recorded Manchester 1730/1-1745. I'm working to prove whether or not Richard Day's wife was an otherwise unrecorded daughter of Roger Hill and his wife, Elizabeth.
On the other, "Benjamin Jr"-front, we have even more conflicts. Raymond Frederick Allen (1958) reported Dea. Benjamin's son Benjamin was born 13 September 1706, married Remember Stone [daughter of John Stone]. That marriage is at Ipswich, recorded Beverly, 5 August 1725, The 1958 author reported Benjamin and Remember Allen had eight children at Manchester; I find six recorded there between 1735 and 1746--he is just "Benjamin" in those records,
Those six are: [Allen] (1) Abigail, d. Benjamin and Remember, Aug. 22, 1735; (1) Bartholomew, s. twin, Benjamin and Remember, Jan. 15, 1737-8; (3) Ezra, s. twin, Benjamin and Remember, Jan. 15, 1737-8; (4) Eunice, d. Benjamin and Remember, Mar. 13, 1740; (5) Andrew, s. Benjamin and Remember, Apr. 15, 1743; (6) Rachel, d. Benjamin and Remember, Sept. 18, 1746.
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See the change. https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Allen-30538&diff=next&oldid=144184480
Grantors are Elizabeth Loather, widow, Benjamin Allen, joyner, and his wife Abigail Allen, all of Salem. Property sold to Samuel Smith, shopkeeper. Property "which is allowed and entered to Daniel Loather, Dec'd." Deed is dated 25 January 1730.
The deed may be relevant, if for nothing other than to rule out some association. There are births to John Loader/Loder at Salem, not otherwise vetted,
Also
He seems John Loder (abt.1660-abt.1717)
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edited by GeneJ X
edited by S (Hill) Willson
I have had mixed luck trying to sorting out the Hill family/families of Manchester.
Abigail Hill, Joseph Allen's wife, otherwise the daughter of Zebulon Hill, is the subject of a 2014 G2G. See "Correcting errors in print about Abigail Hill, daughter of Zebulon Hill of Salem."