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Barnabas Allen

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Death: October 10, 1815 (85)
Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Canterbury, Windham, CT, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Allen and Rebecca Allen
Husband of Elizabeth Allen
Father of Dr. Silas Allen, MD; Lemuel Allen; Jared Allen; Rebecca Clark; Anna Allen and 3 others
Brother of Jemima Clark; Elizabeth Morse; Mary Allen; Joseph Allen; Samuel Allen and 1 other

Managed by: C McQueen Powers
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About Barnabas Allen

A Patriot of the American Revolution for CONNECTICUT with the rank of SOLDIER.
DAR Ancestor # A001378



https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Allen-14969


https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43624441/barnabas-allen Barnabas Allen was b. at Norwich, Conn. Feb. 24, 1728/9, s. of Joseph Allen and Rebecca Fuller and d. Oct. 10, 1815 at Canterbury, Conn., Æ 86. On Apr. 21, 1752 at Windham, Conn. he m. his 1st cousin Elizabeth Fuller, dau. of Rhodolphus Fuller and his first wife Anne Hall. She was. b. Nov. 7, 1728 at Mansfield, Conn. and d. June 9, 1815 at Canterbury, Æ 87.

Barnabas' mother and Elizabeth's father were siblings, children of Sgt. Samuel Fuller, Jr. and Elizabeth Thacher. Sgt. Fuller was the gr.grandson of Edward Fuller of the 1620 Mayflower passage to America. Barnabas and Elizabeth had six children of record at Canterbury:

• i. Silas Allen, b. Feb. 9, 1754, d. Sept. 7, 1825 purportedly at Royalton, OH; m. May 16, 1776 at Canterbury, Mary Cleveland, dau. of Samuel Cleveland and Ruth Darby, b. Feb. 12, 1754 at Canterbury. She d. Oct. 7, 1843 purportedly at Royalton, OH. Three children of record at Canterbury: Lemuel, Whiting and Jedediah.

• ii. Samuel Allen, b. Apr. 1, 1756.

• iii. Jared Allen, b. June 3, 1759; m. Feb. 10, 1783 at Canterbury, Anna Newel of Saratoga, NY. Six children recorded at Canterbury (surname Allen), but perhaps others: Barnabas, Jacob Marsh, Lydia (d.y.), Elizabeth, Clarinda, Rebecca (d.y.).

• iv. Rebecca Allen, b. Aug. 26, 1761, d. Sept. 1, 1784, Æ 25; m. Asa Clark at Canterbury, June 2, 1779. Three children of record at Canterbury (surname Clark): Barnabas (d.y.), Ruby (d.y.), Allen Gates.

• v. Anna Allen, b. Feb. 11, 1764, d. Oct. 18, 1856 at Canterbury, Æ 93; m. Nov. 22, 1786 at Canterbury, Augustus Wood, who d. at Canterbury Aug. 2, 1828, Æ 63. Nine children of record at Canterbury (surname Wood): Orrin, Elvira, Milton, Polly, Lydia, Talitha, Hepsibah, Lora (sic), Rebecca Allen.

• vi. Elizabeth Allen, b. May 12, 1766; purportedly m. John Briggs.


GEDCOM Note

Source of birth information: "Vital Records of Norwich, Connecticut 1659-1848" Found in the 1790, 1800, & 1810 Census in Windham County, Canterbury Township, Connecticut Listed in the DAR Patriot Index as making contributions to furnish clothing and supplies to Continental troops

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Ancestry.com Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 Name: Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;; @R1@

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Ancestry.com Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 Name: Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;; @R1@

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Barnabas Allen's Timeline

1730
January 24, 1730
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1754
March 9, 1754
Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut Colony
1756
April 1, 1756
Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States
1759
March 6, 1759
Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States
1761
August 26, 1761
Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut
1764
January 18, 1764
Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States
1766
May 12, 1766
Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States
1768
1768
Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States
1779
1779