William ALLEN^[1]

1611 - 1686  (75 years)

• Name	William ALLEN
  Born	23 Mar 1611	Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Migration	Abt 1632
  Occupation	house carpenter
  Immigrant?	Y
  Parents Unproven	Y
  Died	18 Jun 1686	Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
  Buried	unknown   [2]
  Person ID	I7005	Main
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	William ALLEN,   b. 12 Oct 1590, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. 10 May 1679, Manchester, Lancashire, England  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Ales “Alice” WHYTMORE,   b. Abt 1590, Whitmore, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 29 Sep 1641, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Family ID	F10981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann GOODALE,   b. 1622, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England ,   d. 31 May 1678, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 56 years)
  Married	31 May 1639  [1]
  Children	1. Abigail ALLEN,   b. 4 Jan 1640, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 Jun 1696, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 56 years) + 2. Hannah ALLEN,   b. 17 Jun 1642, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 22 Dec 1729, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 87 years)   3. Martha ALLEN,   b. 1646,   d. 4 Oct 1718  (Age 72 years)   4. John ALLEN,   b. 9 Oct 1648, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 27 Feb 1696, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 47 years)   5. Ens William ALLEN,   b. 2 Oct 1650, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 10 May 1700, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 49 years)   6. Benjamin ALLEN,   b. 3 Nov 1652, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 3 Sep 1723, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age 70 years)   7. Joseph ALLEN,   b. 13 Oct 1653, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 29 Jun 1682  (Age 28 years)   8. Richard ALLEN,   b. 8 Nov 1656   9. Ruth ALLEN,   b. 19 Feb 1658   10. Jeremiah ALLEN,   b. 17 Feb 1659
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F2441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 Mar 1611 - Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Died - 18 Jun 1686 - Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Ancestor to President James Abram GARFIELD —— William Allen appears in Salisbury, MA in 1639. He participated in the first division of Salisbury land in 1639 when the town was called Colchester, and in that of 1640 when it became Salisbury. He was a house carpenter by trade and because he consistently signed documents with his mark, it would seem that he could not write. He participated when the town divided the mowing of beach lots in 1654 and in 1657 he bought lot No. 35 of Mr. Hall's farm, which Hall had sold to the town, for £1: 18: 2. His name appears on several church lists and petitions. He also bought and sold several small planting lots, ox commons, etc., between 1650 and 1667. He was sworn constable of Salisbury on 9 April 1650 and was on the Grand Jury in the Salisbury Court of 2 December 1666. In 1677 he was in court twice: one on July 5 he complained that Sarah Taylor, his servant, had departed in a disorderly way, accusing his wife of beating her cruelly. The court ordered Sarah's mother to place her in some godly family and in the meantime Sarah was "to refrain from the company of Goodwife Houldredge and Sarah Buswell." In October Allen and his son, Jeremy, then aged 19, were sued by Joseph Greely to recover a horse which Jeremy had taken without Greeley's knowledge. Greeley won the case and Allen was ordered to return the horse within one month, if it was sound and well. If it was not, Greeley was to recover £5 in corn or neat cattle. WILLIAM, Newbury, nam. by Coffin as of Salem 1638, but no support can be found for any other, so early, than him who had then occup. there for twelve yrs. and prob. he is more correct in placing him at Salisbury from 1639 to 50 ; m. Ann, d. of Richard Goodale, had Ann, b. 4 Jan. 1640; Hannah, 17 June 1642; Mary, 29 July 1644; Martha, 1646; John, 9 Oct. 1648; William, 2 Oct. 1650; Benjamin, 1652; Joseph, 13 Oct. 1653; Richard, 8 Nov. 1656; Ruth, 19 Feb. 1658; and Jeremiah, 17 Feb. 1659. In Salisbury he is commonly nam. with prefix of respect, as Mr. and he d. 18 June 1686. His will, of 16 Sept. 1674, with codic. 7 Nov. 1676, names w. Ann, wh. d. end of May 1678, s. John, William, Benjamin, Richard, and Jeremiah; ds. Abigail Wheeler, Hannah Ayer, Mary Hewes, and Martha Hubbard. His wid. Alice d. 1 Apr. 1687. Hannah m. 8 Oct. 1659, Peter Ayer.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Genealogical Dictionary of, The First Settlers of New England Before 1692, A , Savage, James., Dexter, Orrando Perry., Farmer, John, (Little, Brown and Co, Boston, MA. 1862). [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 63187945.