Allen Unthank (1752 - 1822)

Born 1752 in Bucks, Pennsylvania Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Jemima (Hunt) Unthank — married 7 Dec 1774 in New Garden Monthly Meeting, Guilford, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 30 May 1822 at about age 70 in New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Joseph and Ann arrived from England in 1742 and helped settle Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with the Quakers. Their first nine children were born in Pennsylvania, though five of them died in an outbreak of diphtheria. In 1755 the family moved to the Quaker Colony in New Garden, North Carolina. Allen Unthank, 1752-1822, (Generation 2) was a Revolutionary War soldier. He married Jemima Hunt (Sarah Hunt’s sister) in 1774. Their firstborn, Rachel, born in 1776, was married at age 16 to Isaac Cook, then 33. Four months later they had a child and were then disowned by New Garden Friends.

The couple stayed married, however, and had a total of 11 children over the years.

Allen and Jemima owned one slave in 1800.

The statement that Allen Unthank was a Revolutionary War soldier is perhaps debatable: A county clerk's entry in 1783 implies that Joseph's son Allen served in the Continental Army during the Revolution, but a likelier reading of the ambiguous court record is that the Quaker Allen Unthank simply billeted a soldier in his home for nine months; for this reason he received a remittance of county taxes: The Guilford County Court of Pleas and Quarters, 3rd Monday in August 1783: "Ordered that Allen Unthanks Tax for the year 1782 be remixed [sic], it being Proved to the Satisfaction of the Court that he was a Balsted [?] man to serve in the Continental Service nine months and had paid his tax regularly until that year." Cf. Guilford Battle Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, "North Carolina Family Cemetery, Marriage, and Service Records" (Greensboro, North Carolina: 1958-1959), page 136.

Sources

• https://www.knoxhistoricalmuseum.org/genealogy/museums-genealogy-resources/family-histories/114-family-history-summaries/337-khm-receives-fascinating-family-history-beginning-with-joesph-unthank-1715.html
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKG-NRX1 : 13 December 2015), Allen Unthank, 1822; Burial, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States of America, New Garden Friends Cemetery; citing record ID 50947609, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z7-ST6S : 17 March 2018), Allen Unthank, 1829; citing Guilford, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRW-SCH : accessed 6 August 2019), Allen Unthank, Salisbury, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 679, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 31; FHL microfilm 337,907.
• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL9-9HC : accessed 6 August 2019), Allen Unthank, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 943, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 40; FHL microfilm 337,913.
• 1800 census, Guilford Co, NC