William Allen

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William Allen (abt. 1645 - 1738)

William Allen
Born about 1645 in Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling%28s%29 unknown]
Husband of Elizabeth (Twitchell) Allen — married 15 Feb 1669 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusettsmap
Husband of Abiel (Barber) Smith — married before 1720 in Medway, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusett Baymap [uncertain]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Mary (Allen) Adams, William Allen, Benjamin Allen, Elizabeth (Allen) Partridge, Benoni Twitchell, William Allen Jr. and Martha (Allen) Gary
Died 1738 at about age 93 in Medway, Suffolk, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

William Allen was born about 1648 in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, possibly in Dorchester, although his birth was not found in a search of the Dorchester birth records.[1] It is unknown at this time who his parents were. Some genealogies call him a son of James Allen of Dedham and Medfield, and this profile was previously attached to James. However, as Tilden puts it 'but there is no evidence that this is the fact, and many things quite positively indicate the contrary." [2] Among those many things is the absence of any room in James Allen's family birth order for his birth early enough to marry by 1668-9.

William came from wherever to Medfield by 1668, and married Elizabeth Twitchell on 15 February 1668-9 in Medfield.[3] Elizabeth was the daughter of Benjamin of Dorchester who had settled at the "Farms"[2], west of the Charles River. Some genealogies say he had earlier married Edith L. Moore, nothing found to support that.

William and Elizabeth had six children.[4][5][6][7]

Mary, b. July 25, 1671
William, b. May 12, 1674, must have died young
William, b. Sept. 1, 1684, married Hannah Evans, May 16, 1705
Benjamin, married Mary Fairbanks in 1696, removed to Ashford, Connecticut
Elizabeth, married Eleazar Partridge, Apr. 9, 1705
Martha, married Daniel Thurston, Oct. 15, 1705
He also fathered his sister-in-law Abiell Twitchell's out-of-wedlock son, probably Benoni Twitchell.[8]

After the death of Elizabeth (Twitchell) Allen in 1717, he married Abiel Barber. [9]

William and Abiel Allen had, in Medway:[10]

Moses, b. 3 Jan 1720
He died on June 26, 1738 at Medway, when he was thought to be "upwards of ninety" years old.[11][12]

The will of William Allin Sr. of Medway, husbandman, was dated 2 November 1733; it was proved 4 July 1738.[13] Legacies to:

wife Abial Allin, to have moveables and one third part of the land
heirs of son Benjamin Allin decsd., confirmed in all the land formerly given to him
son William Allin given forty shillings
children of daughter Elizabeth Partridge each given ten pounds
daughter Thurston and her children to have fifty pounds
Executor was John Barber of Medway.

John Barber's account of 9 May 1740 shows payments had been made to Martha Thurston, Joseph Partridge, Benjamin Partridge, and Abial Smith formerly relict widow of the deceased as legacies.

Sources

↑ Report of the Record Commisssioner of the City of Boston, containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths, City Document # 59, viewed at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=29664 .
↑ 2.0 2.1 Tilden, William S. , The History of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886(Boston, 1887, Geo. H. Ellis), p. 305.
↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, p. 115: "Allin"
↑ for first three children, Norfolk, Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, p. 115, 138: "Allin"
↑ for last three children, the source is Tilden, p. 305. These births do not appear in Medfield vital records, perhaps because the parents were living in the newly developing area west of the Charles River, later to become Medway.
↑ The Genealogy of Edward Riggs of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Revisited viewable online at http://www.alvyray.com/Riggs/printpapers/RiggsRevisited_finalTGvers...
↑ Twitchell Genealogy viewable online at https://familysearch.org/patron/v2/TH-904-56896-71-58/dist.jpg?ctx=...
↑ Robert Charles Anderson & Alvy Ray Smith, "The Genealogy of Edward Riggs of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Revisited", viewable online at http://www.alvyray.com/Riggs/printpapers/RiggsRevisited_finalTGvers...
↑ Twitchell Genealogy viewable online at https://familysearch.org/patron/v2/TH-904-56896-71-58/dist.jpg?ctx=...
↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, p. 20.
↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts to the year 1850, p. 289: "h. Abihail . . "upwards of ninety according to the best account"
↑ Twitchell Genealogy viewable online at https://familysearch.org/patron/v2/TH-904-56896-71-58/dist.jpg?ctx=...
↑ Suffolk County, Mass. probate case file 7171, digital image on Family Search

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Tilden, William Smith, History of the town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886 : with genealogies of the families that held real estate or made any considerable stay in the town during the first two centuries, published 1887. Reference page 305.
Twitchell Genealogy
The Genealogy of Edward Riggs of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Revisited
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," William Allien and Elizabeth Twichell, 15 Feb 1668; citing reference 4; FHL microfilm 721,179.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," William Allin in entry for Marie Allin, 25 Jul 1671; citing MEDFIELD,NORFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873756 IT 3.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," William Allin in entry for William Allin, 12 May 1674; citing MEDFIELD,NORFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873756 IT 3.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," William Allin in entry for William Allin, 01 Sep 1684; citing MEDFIELD,NORFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873756 IT 3.