Benjamin Allen

Notes:

Christopher & Margaret were first cousins.

The will of Christopher Allen of NK is dated 25 Apr 1816, and proved 13 Dec 1818. It mentions sons Thomas, Benjamin, and Silas; dtrs Mary (w/o Wm Cory), Anna (w/o Caleb Allen), Martha (w/o Jo__ Allen), Freelove (w/o Philip Arnold), and Elizabeth; grandchildren George and Anna.

Christopher married Margaret Allen Abt 1754. Margaret (daughter of Freelove Smith) was born Abt 1735. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Margaret & Christopher were first cousins.

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]