James Allen

Jeremiah Allen married (2), published June 12, 1729, at Boston,2 Elizabeth, daughter of John and Deborah (Brown) Oulton of Marblehead, Mass., born June 1, 1712, at Marblehead,1 by whom he had:—

1. James, born July 24, 1739, at Boston;

• Genealogy of the Waldo Family: A Record of the Descendants of ..., Volume 1 page 120

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From THE MEMORIAL HISTORY OF BOSTON, INCLUDING SUFFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS 1630-1880. JUSTIN WINSOR 1886 Page 45 "The Hinckley Mansion"

15. William Kirkby, h. and g.; sold to James Hawkins. This, or the upper part of No. 1, was the lot upon which, later, the Rev. James Allen, of the First Church, built his famous stone house, which, when taken down after the war of 1812 to give place to the dwellings erected by David Hinckley, and now constituting the Congregational House, was thought to be the oldest stone house in the town. Allen had married the widow of the younger John Endicott, Elizabeth, the daughter of the tanner Jeremy Houchin. Allen devised, in 1710, his mansion-house to his son Jeremiah, who dying in 1741 it came to his son Jeremiah, dying in 1755, when the title finally passed to his son James, who sold it to his brother Jeremiah, the high sheriff, who died in 1809. Gleaner Articles, No. 33.

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