Desire Allen

Desire Eames Allen

• BIRTH 15 Oct 1745 Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut, USA
• DEATH 2 Nov 1820 (aged 75) Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
• BURIAL Old Scotland Cemetery North, Scotland, Windham County, Connecticut, USA actually being the west portion of the "New Scotland Cemetery" south of Cemetery Road
• MEMORIAL ID 54582871 Photos by Sara & Jack Jr

Desire was the 11th of 14 children of Anthony Eames and Anna Barker of Voluntown, Conn., former of Marshfield, Mass where they m. on Mar. 25, 1725. Desire was undoubtedly named after her maternal great grandmother, Desire (Annable) Barker, the dau. of Anthony and Ann Annable of early Barnstable, Mass.

Inscription
In Memory of
Mrs.
DEZIAH wife of
Mr. Asahel Allen who
died
Nov. 2, 1820 Aged
75

Parents
Anthony Eames 1703–1793

Spouse
Asahel Allen 1742–1825

Siblings
Mark Eames 1726–1794
David Eames 1729–1806
John Eames 1730–1807
Lydia Eames Palmer 1734–1805
Mary Eames Delano 1741–1824
Priscilla Eames Strong-Bigelow 1747–1815
Naome or Naomi Eames Hills1751–1834

Children
Infant Daughter Allen unknown–1772
Pratt Allen 1766–1851
Enoch Allen 1768–1840
Achsah Allen Smith 1770–1851
Desire Allen Bass 1774–1848
Asahel Allen 1774–186
Roswell Allen 1778–184
Festus Allen 1779–1786
Erastus Allen 1783–1856

Notes

Based on her recorded date of birth (Oct. 15, 1745), on the day Desire died she was 75 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 76, not 75 as inscribed.

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