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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mary Allen was born 9 Nov 1755, Portsmouth, RI (daughter of Thomas Allen and Rebecca Allen).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Allen was born Abt 1720 (son of William Allen, III and Freelove Unknown).

    Notes:

    The births of all these children born to Thomas & Rebecca were registered at Portsmouth. I don't know for sure that they belong to this particular Thomas, but the names offer some evidence of family connection.

    Thomas married Rebecca Allen 19 Mar 1748/49, Portsmouth, RI. Rebecca was born Abt 1725. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Rebecca Allen was born Abt 1725.

    Notes:

    They were married by Robert Lawton, Assistant.

    Children:
    1. Freelove Allen was born 25 Jan 1749/50, Portsmouth, RI.
    2. Joshua Allen was born 17 Aug 1751, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, RI; died 1794, at sea.
    3. Margaret Allen was born 18 Feb 1753, Portsmouth, RI.
    4. 1. Mary Allen was born 9 Nov 1755, Portsmouth, RI.
    5. Rebecca Allen was born 17 Dec 1757, Portsmouth, RI.
    6. Patience Allen was born 18 Nov 1759, Portsmouth, RI.
    7. Thomas Allen was born 17 Feb 1761, Portsmouth, RI.
    8. Mehitable Allen was born 5 Oct 1763, Portsmouth, RI.
    9. John Allen was born 23 Nov 1765, Portsmouth, RI.
    10. Hannah Allen was born 3 Aug 1767, Portsmouth, RI.
    11. Sweet Allen was born 27 Nov 1769, Portsmouth, RI.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Allen, III was born Abt 1691 (son of William Allen, II and Martha Sweet); died 1777.

    Notes:

    According to a genealogy at Rootsweb's Worldconnect, this William Allen married Freelove Tillinghast. He is of the right age and location to have married her, but I have not yet found any documentation. Wayne G. Tillinghast in his book "The Tillinghasts in America" disputes that, offering evidence that William's wife could not have been Freelove Tillinghast -- at least not the daughter of Joseph Tillinghast.

    I suspect that Freelove Allen who married William Remington is a daughter of William & Freelove Allen.

    For the time being, I have placed Freelove Allen as a daughter in this family group, pending further research to confirm. These are assumptions only, based on incomplete evidence.

    According to research of Wayne G. Tillinghast, William & Freelove Allen were admitted to membership in the Second Baptist Church of Newport on 4 March 1729 ("The Tillinghasts in America, The First Four Generations," RIGS 2006 p 150).

    William married Freelove Unknown Abt 1714. Freelove was born Abt 1695; died 1767. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Freelove Unknown was born Abt 1695; died 1767.

    Notes:

    It has been suggested that this Freelove may have been Freelove Tillinghast. However, Wayne G. Tillinghast in his book "The Tillinghasts in America" disputes that, offering evidence that William's wife could not have been Freelove Tillinghast -- at least not the daughter of Joseph Tillinghast. See page 150, where he notes that William & Freelove Allen were admitted to membership in the Second Baptist Church at Newport on 4 March 1729.

    She also is identified as Freelove Tillinghast in the RI Genealogical Register Vol. 6 No. 4 p. 241, "Descendants of John Maccoone." The compiler of this article did not note his source, which may have been DeVere Allen's work on the Allens of Prudence Island.

    Children:
    1. Patience Allen was born Abt 1715.
    2. James Allen was born Abt 1717.
    3. John Allen was born Abt 1719; died 1794.
    4. 2. Thomas Allen was born Abt 1720.
    5. Jonathan Allen was born Abt 1722.
    6. Freelove Allen was born 20 May 1722, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI; died 17 Mar 1817, North Kingstown, RI.
    7. William Allen, IV was born Abt 1730.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Allen, II was born Abt 1665, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, RI (son of William ALLEN, I and Elizabeth Unknown); died Abt Jul 1740.

    Notes:

    William's will is dated 10 Jan 1735/36, and proved 14 Jul 1740. It mentions his wife, Martha; and children William, John, Ebenezer, & Margaret, wife of Thomas Lawton of Bristol; grandson William, son of John; and grandson James. William Allin/Allen, Jr., reportedly resided at Portsmouth.

    Portsmouth land evidence has numerous deeds involving the Allen family and land on Prudence Island.

    He may be the William Allin that was admitted a freeman of Portsmouth on 6 June 1692, along with Thomas Remington.

    William Allen is mentioned as a son-in-law in the 1718 will of James Sweet of Portsmouth, RI.

    William married Martha Sweet Abt 1690. Martha (daughter of James Sweet and Hannah Unknown) was born Abt 1670. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Martha Sweet was born Abt 1670 (daughter of James Sweet and Hannah Unknown).

    Notes:

    Martha Sweet is identified as the wife of William Allen in The American Genealogist by Donald Lines Jacobus; Vol 48 p 224.

    Children:
    1. 4. William Allen, III was born Abt 1691; died 1777.
    2. John Allen was born Abt 1693, Prudence Island, Newport Co., RI; died Aft 1734.
    3. Margaret Allen was born Abt 1695.
    4. Ebenezer Allen was born Abt 1697.