Ebenezer Allen

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Ebenezer Allen (1671 - 1733)

Ebenezer Allen

Born 1 Mar 1671 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay

Son of James Allen and Elizabeth (Partridge) Allen

Brother of Amy (Allen) Hatch, Mary (Allen) Lasell, Abigail (Allen) Seabury, Ruth (Allen) Bangs, Ichabod Allen, Samuel Allen, James Allen Jr, Samuel Allen, John Allen Esqr., Joseph Allen, Sarah (Allen) Luce and Benjamin Allen

Husband of Rebecca (Russell) Allen — married 14 Apr 1698 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Father of Martha (Allen) Taylor, Ebenezer Allen, Joseph Allen, Benjamin Allen, Abigail (Allen) Sturgis, Jonathan Allen, Hannah Allen, James Allen and Rebecca (Allen) Crocker

Died 14 May 1733 at age 62 in Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 28 May 2023 | Created 1 Mar 2011

Biography

Sources

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G4MQ-BYH
Russell, Gurdon Wadsworth. An Account of Some of The Descendants of John Russell (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1910) Page 128.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MWRY-Y4C
See also:

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Image
Mr Ebenezer Allen
Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1698
Marriage Place: Barnstable, Massachusetts
Spouse Name: Rebecca Russel
Collins, James Wade Ferris. The Family and American Descendants of Deacon Edward Collins of Cambridge, Medford, and Charlestown, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2020) Vol. 174, Page 262.
Ebenezer Allen, son of James Allen was born about 1672. [1]

1698: His father granted Ebenezer one half of his father's home farm of 250 acres, available at his parents' decease. [2]
1701-15: Sheriff Dukes County [3]
1703: March 31: He bought about 330 acres at Oak Bluffs from his father James, again as a land speculator. [2]
1705: December: He bought the entire land and holdings of John Daggett of Checkemoo, likely as speculation. [2]
1715 and 1729: Justice of the Peace. [3]
1722; Representative at Chilmark. [3]
1725-9: Served as selectman and treasurer. [3]
1727: May 10: Ebenezer signed a 21 year lease for 800 acres at Gays Head. [2]
He married Rebecca Russell, daughter of Jonathan Russell [2] on April 14, 1698 at Barnstable, Massachusetts. [4] Rebecca was born at Hadley, Massachusetts on July 7, 1681, daughter of Jonathan Russell and Martha Moody. [5]

Ebenezer is buried in the Abel Hill Cemetery, Chilmark,, Massachusetts, where his inscription reads: Here Lyes Buried the/ Body of EBENEZER /ALLEN Esq; Who Died/ May the 14th 1733: / In the 62nd Year of / His Age. "A Lover of Hospitality." [6]