Rev. Benjamin Allen

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Rev. Benjamin Allen

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hudson, Columbia County, NY, United States
Death: January 13, 1829 (39)
at sea
Immediate Family:

Son of Benjamin Allen and Mary Allen
Husband of Harriet Allen
Father of George Fitch Allen; Unknown Allen; Marry Ann Christian Abigal Allen; Benjamin Allen and John Allen
Brother of Thomas G. Allen

Managed by: Ester Sugiaman (Giam Kiok Eng)
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About Rev. Benjamin Allen

Benjamin Allen was born on September 29, 1789 in Hudson, New York. He was educated a Presbyterian, but united with the Episcopal church and became a lay reader, laboring among the African-American population of Charleston, Va.; then a deacon, and in 1818 a priest. He published in 1815 the weekly Layman's Magazine, and in 1820 an abridgment of Burnet's History of the Reformation. In 1821 he was chosen rector of St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia. In 1827 he established a printing-house for the publication of tracts and printing of prayer-books. He published Christ and Him Crucified and Living Manners, a tale (1822); History of the Church of Christ (1823-'24); The Parent's Counsellor, a Narrative of the Newton Family, and a "Sketch of the Life of Dr. Pilmore," his predecessor in St. Paul's Church (1825). See Memoirs by his brother Thomas G. Allen (Philadelphia, 1832).

Benjamin Allen died on 13 January 1829 at sea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Allen_(clergyman)

A memorial plaque is at St. Paul's"
Sacred/ To the Memory of the/ Rev. Benjamin Allen/ Rector of this Church 7 years 4 months/ Who departed this life on the 13th January 1829/on his passage from Liverpool Eng'd to Philadelphia/ where he had gone for the restoration of his health/ Aged 39 years 3 months 15 days/ By direction of the Vestry.

~• two of his children were buried at Old St. Paul's

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Rev. Benjamin Allen's Timeline

1789
September 29, 1789
Hudson, Columbia County, NY, United States
1813
October 18, 1813
1815
December 11, 1815
1821
February 12, 1821
1822
1822
1829
January 13, 1829
Age 39
at sea
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