Lydia Allen

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ALLEN ----, (dau.), of Thomas, Jr., and Patience, Oct. 20, 1742 (NK)

Lydia married Immanuel Case 12 May 1782. Immanuel was born 1739; died 1794. [Group Sheet]

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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]

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

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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]

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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]