Allen Family Records

B108 DAVID ALLEN: 3rd s. of Thom. Allen, of Gelleswick, co. Pembroke; m. Anne (dau. of Rowland Langhorne (grandson of Gen. Rowland Langhorne, a conspicuous soldier in the Civil Wars)). (1) William: of Fobstone. Issue. (2) John: his heir–B109. B109 JOHN ALLEN: m. Joan, dau. of John Bartlett, of Cresselly; issue: (1) John Bartlett: his heir–B110. (2) Roger: m. Margaret, widow of John Davis, Esq., of the Hays. (A) James Allen, Esq., of Freestone Hall. (3) Joshua: ancestor of Allen, of Bickton. B110 JOHN BARTLETT ALLEN: Esq. of Cresselly, co. Pembroke; m. (1) 1763, Eliz. (only child of John Hensleigh, … Read more

C114 JOSHUA ALLEN: b. 1741; s. of John Allen, of Cresselly; m. first cousin, Margaret (dau. of William Allen, of Fobstone; seven sons and ten daus. C115 REV. DAVID BIRD ALLEN: b. 1769; Rector of Burton, co. Pembroke; m., 1796, Mary Anne Harriet (dau. of Peter Bartholomew Jullian, of London). (1) Joshua Jullian: of Bicton; b. 1799–C116. (2) William (Rev.): b. 1800; Rector of Bosherton, co. Pembroke; m. second cousin, Frances Margaret (dau. of James Allen, of Freestone Hall); had, among others: (A) Robert James (Rev.): of Shelford, Cambs., M. A.; b. 1832; d. 1869, leaving issue. (B) Alfred Bird: … Read more

D119 RALPH ALLEN: b. 1764; friend and patron of Pope, Fielding and Warburton; succeeded by brother Phillip, who was father of: D120 HENRY ALLEN: of Bathampton, co. Somerset; m. Fanny (dau. of Henry Lloyd); had, besides other ch.: (1) Ralph Shuttleworth: b. 1818; late of Hampton Manor–D121. D121 MAJOR RALPH SHUTTLEWORTH ALLEN: J. P. and D. L.; formerly Captain R. A.; Major, Royal Cornwall and Devon Miner’s Artillery; m. (1), 1844, Anne Eliz. (dau. of Sir Samuel Cunard). (1) Ralph Edward: b. 1846; of Bathampton–D122. (2) George Cunard: b. 1848. (3) Henry: b. 1851; now of Bathampton–D123. (4) Philip: b. … Read more

The following titled Allen families are listed in “Burke’s General Armory”: Cheshire, Suffolk, and Wilts; Viscount Allen; Dale Castle, co. Pembroke (heir-Elinor m. 1776); Cresselly, co. Pembroke; Patrick Allen; Chelsea, 1563; Errol, co. Perth; Stanton Woodhouse, Derbyshire, 1586; Derbyshire, London, and Staffordshire; Devonshire; Essex (3 families); Grove, co. Kent, 1610; Kent (two families); Hoyland, W. R., co. York; Broughton, co. Lanc. 1664; Brindley, co. Chester; City of Chester, 1697; Rathtimney, co. Wexford, Visit. co. Wexford, 1618; Alenscourt; Lancashire; Whetston, Leicestershire, Visit. Leicester; Sheriff of London, 1620, Camden’s Grants, London (five families); Suffolk and Sussex; Edward, Founder of Dulwich College; Capt. … Read more

The Allen Coat Of Arms A Coat of Arms is an emblem or a device which is displayed by titled persons, persons of royal blood, and their descendants. Coats of Arms were originally used for purposes of identification and recognition on the field of battle as well as in civil life. It is claimed by some writers that Coats of Arms, in a crude form, were used by Noah’s sons after the flood. There are records of other Coats of Arms, in one crude form or another, at different periods of ancient history. Heraldry, however, as we know it today, … Read more