Sgt. Benjamin Allen

Not the same as Cpl. Benjamin ‘Shy Ben’ Allen & not the son of Benjamin Allen, of Norwich

The compendium (Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy) is based on “A History of Bridgewater, MA” by Mitchell. The quote is:

"Benjamin Allen, son of Samuel Allen, m. Mehitable Cary, 1730 and had Benjamin, Ephraim, Hannah and Mehitable (b. 1737). The father died and his widow married Caleb Washburn 1756. Benjamin (the son) went to Kingston, MA and married Beza Delano. He was a Sargent with General Winslow 1755, he enlisted from Plymouth, where he was a tanner. He died in Nova Scotia."

From East Bridgewater Births:

"Benjamin Allen, child of Benjamin bp. 9 May 1736.

From History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, by Nahum Mitchell:

8. Benjamin (s. of Samuel 2.) m. Mehitabel, D. of Ephraim Cary, 1730, and had Benjamin, Ephraim, Hannah, Mehitabel 1737.—The father died, and his estate was settled among the children 1754.—Hannah m. John Edson 1751.—Mehitabel, the daughter, m. Benanuel Leach.—Mehitabel Allen, the widow, m. Caleb Washburn 1756.—Benjamin went to Kingston and m. a Delano, and was a Sergeant with Gen. Winslow, 1755, in seizing the neutral French at Nova Scotia, where he died; he enlisted from Plymouth, where he was a tanner.—This family lived where Dexter Pratt now lives.

Family

Look in Kingston, MA for a Delanos and you find:

2783. Beza Delano (Joshua Delano , Martha Simmons , Mercy Pabodie , Elizabeth Alden , John ) was born on 24 Nov 1737 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA. She died about 1773 in of Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA.

Beza married (2) [first to] Benjamin Allen on 1 May 1755 in Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA. Benjamin was born on 30 Jan 1732/1733 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. He died before Nov 1768 in Nova Scotia, Canada.

They had the following children:

• Benjamin Allen, born Oct. 11, 1755 (Plymouth VR)
• Oliver Allen, born Dec.12, 1757, died same day. (Kingston VR)

Beza married (1) [secondly to] Samuel Drew. Samuel was born on 25 Mar 1739 in Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA. He died on 16 Aug 1803 in Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA.

They had the following children:

• Beza Drew was born on 9 Sep 1773 in Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA. She died on 19 Jan 1777 in Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA. (Kingston VR)

References

• Kingston - Marriages. Image of page 168. <link>
  • Allen, Benjamin of Plymouth, and Beza Delano, May 1, 1755.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46D-6R2 : 20 May 2022), Benjamin Allen, 11 Oct 1755; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009252. Father’s name: Benja. Allen. Mother’s name: Beza.
• Kingston - Births. Image of page 16.<link> ALLEN, Oliver, s. Benj[amin] and Beza, Sept. 13, 1757. G.R.1.
• Kingston - Deaths. Image of page 314. ALLEN, Oliver, s. Benj[amin] and Beza, Sept. 13, 1757. G.R.1. <link>
• Kingston - Marriages. Image of page 168. <link>
  • Allen, Beza, and Samuel Drew, int., Nov. 26, 1768.
• The Brett Genealogy ...: I. The Bretts in England, II. William Brett, III ... By Lucy G. Belcher Goodenow. Page 87. <GoogleBooks>