Esq. John Allen

Notes:

During the Revolutionary War, John was taken from his home at night and brought to Newport, where he was in prison for about four months. His wife and children were driven from the family home, and the house was burned to the ground by the British.

Known as Judge Allen, John served as both representative and senator in the RI General Assembly and was a Justice in the court system.

He died as a result of an attack by a bull in his pasture.

The will of John Allen of NK, Esq., is dated 12 June 1813, proved 9 Aug 1813. It mentions wife Martha, d/o Christopher Allen; sons Thomas Gould, Christopher, Ray Greene, and Samuel; dtrs Lucretia dec'd w/o Silas Allen, Lydia Carpenter, Mary Gould, Susanna, and Lucy Anne; children of dec'd daughter Lucretia: George, James, and Anne.

In his Genealogy of the Allen Family, Daniel Gould Allen has John's date of birth as March 27 1747.

John married Mary Gould 26 Jan 1769, North Kingstown, RI. Mary (daughter of Daniel Gould and Mary Fry) was born 1743; died 10 Nov 1784. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

"John Allin son of Mr Thomas Allin Junr and Mary Gould daughter of mr daniel Gould deceased both of North Kingstown was Lawfully Joyned in the Honorable Estate of Marriage in said Kingstown on the 25 day of January 1769 by me John Gorton Eldr" (source: "Elder John Gorton and the Six Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich" by Cherry Fletcher Bamberg pub RI Genealogical Society p 231)

ALLEN John, of Thomas, and Mary Gould, of Daniel, both of North Kingstown, at said Kingstown, Jan. 26, 1769 (Warwick VRs).

1. Lucretia Allen was born 2 Jun 1770.
2. Patience Allen was born 28 May 1772.
3. Catherine Allen was born 4 Jul 1774.
4. Ruth Allen was born 10 May 1777.
5. Thomas Gould Allen was born 1 Sep 1778; died 17 Nov 1860; was buried , East Greenwich Cemetery, East Greenwich, RI.
6. Lydia Allen was born 28 Jul 1780.

John married Martha Allen 19 Jan 1786. Martha (daughter of Christopher Allen and Margaret Allen) was born 17 Apr 1761; died 21 Mar 1823; was buried , Thomas Hill Lot, Forge Rd., North Kingstown, RI. [Group Sheet]

1. John Allen was born 27 May 1788.
2. Christopher Allen was born 21 Oct 1789.
3. Samuel Allen was born 21 Apr 1791.
4. Ray Greene Allen was born 22 Nov 1793; died 12 Nov 1825; was buried , Thomas Hill Lot, Forge Rd., North Kingstown, RI.
5. Mary Gould Allen was born 25 Jan 1796.
6. Samuel Allen was born 21 Oct 1797.
7. Susanna Allen was born 21 Sep 1799.
8. Lucy Ann Allen was born 16 Mar 1801; died 10 May 1879.

Notes:

Thomas's will was dated 20 June 1773, and proved 8 Dec 1777 at NK. The will mentions wife Patience, d/o Daniel Green; and three children -- John, Lydia, and Samuel.

Gravestone: "In memory of Thomas Allen.junr. Esquire who died Sept. 26. 1777 in the 61 year of his Age."

Thomas married Patience Greene 1742, North Kingstown, RI. Patience (daughter of Daniel Greene) was born 1717; died 12 Sep 1801; was buried , Nk 80, Allen Cemetery, North Kingstown, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

ALLEN Thomas, and Patience Greene; m. by Thomas Hill, Justice, --- 20, 1742.

Notes:

On 18 June 1741 Thomas Allin of North Kingstown sold land in Portsmouth to Samuel Clark of Boston; witnessed by Ebenezer Allin of Prudence Island.

Some of the children's names are missing or partly missing from the North Kingstown records, so I may have switched two or three of them - specifically Ann & Mary.

The will of Thomas (of John) was dated 1778 NK, proved 1780; mentions wife Ann and children Christopher, Mary, Martha, Thomas dec'd, Samuel, Margaret, and others (names lost).

This family seems to be very confused in published and online genealogies.

Daniel Gould Allen, in his Genealogy of the Allen Family (Google Books), has this family group quite mixed up. He has Thomas born in 1708 and having his first child in 1717. Not possible.

Thomas may have married a second time; I have included this marriage for this particular Thomas:
ALLEN Thomas, of John, and Ann Corey, of John, dec.; m. by Jeremiah Gould, Justice, Sept. 4, 1756; NK.

Thomas married Ann Unknown Abt 1713. Ann was born Abt 1694; died Aft 28 Jan 1734/35. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Some genealogies have her as Anne Corey, but there was a much later marriage of a Thomas Allen and Anne Corey.

Daniel Gould Allen in his Genealogy of the Allen Family says she is Anne or Annie Cory; on another page he identifies her as Mary Cory (p 91).

Notes:

John Allin/Allen was the first Allen who came to Quidnessett, so he is likely the ancestor of the many generations of Allens in that area. He left Prudence Island and purchased land in North Kingstown in 1705.

John's will, proved 7 Apr 1747 NK, mentions wife Sarah; sons Thomas, William, & Jonathan; daughters Phebe Slocum, Elizabeth (?) Fairbanks, Bathsheba Johnson, and Mary Card.

When I was a child in the 1950s, our family church was Quidnessett Baptist Church on Post Rd., North Kingstown, RI. One of my first Sunday School teachers was Cora Allen, wife of Harry Allen. Other Allens in their family line still attend there. In fact, the first pastor there was an Allen, back in the mid-1800s.

John married Unknown Wife Abt 1690. [Group Sheet]