Ch. of B. Moses and Esther (Chapin) Allen.
a. Moses: b. 1790; m., 1812, Nancy Kingsbury; b. 1792. He d.
in Enfield, 1816; she d., 1879, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (One
son, George Washington, b. Sept. 17, 1813; m., 1837, Jennett
Noble, b. in New Milford, Conn, 1816; d. in Grand Rapids,
Mich., 1859. He m., second, 1864, Mrs. Elizabeth Bradford
(Fales) Church. He d. in Grand Rapids, Mich., 1898. There
were George Roderick, b. 1844; Stanley Noble, b. 1847; Arthur
Kingsbury, b. 1849; Henry Gilbert, b. 1852, and two daus. by
first m.).
b. Gilbert: b. Nov. 29, 1800; m., 1823, Caroline Owen; b. in Granby,
Conn.; d. Sept., 1840. He d. 1856. Was county sheriff many
years. They had Gilbert, b. 1825, d. 1848, in Hartford; James
Olcott, b. 1826 (who m., 1848, Emma Gloriana Thompson, b.
in Penfield, N. Y., 1828; d. 1859. He m., second, 1862, Mrs.
Aurelia (Morgan) Adams. He d. in Springfield, Mass., 1897.
By the first m. there were 2 daus. Frederic Owen, b. 1833, unm.,
d. 1891; Edward Luther, b. 1835; m., 1860, Jennie C. Wells, b.
1836, d. 1862. He m., second, in 1865, Marietta Holcomb. She
d. 1907. There was one son (George, b. 1862) by the first marriage
and two daus.
c. Clarendon: b. 1804, d. 1837, unm.
d. Olcott: b. 1806; m., 1828, Mary Spaulding; b. 1810. She d.
1834. He m., second, Apr. 27, 1837, Lucy Ann Parsons; b. in
Enfield, 1812. He d. in Hartford, 1872. There were three ch.
by the first m.: Edward Payson, b. 1832 (who m. in 1865, and
had one dau., Grace, b. 1866), and others. There were three
children by the second m.: Francis Olcott, b. 1840 (m. in Chicago,
1862; Isabella C. Jones, and had Harris Hall, Clarence
Jones, Bessie Cynthia. He m., second, 1870, Elizabeth H. Dulles
and had Margaret Dulles, Francis Olcott, b. 1874, and Joseph
Heathy Dulles), William Eben, b. 1843, and Annie Parsons. b.
1848.
h. Roderick: b. 1810; m., 1835, Sophronia Rebecca Pease; b. 1816.
He d. 1840. They had Charles Hoover, b. 1837, d. 1839, and
Charles Roderick, b. 1840; m., 1869, Mrs. Mary (Grant) Allen.
He d. in Brooklyn 1898. Last named couple had Roderick Grant,
b. May 29, 1871, and Elsie.
Collection:
Seaver, Jesse Montgomery. Allen Family Records. American Historical-Genealogical Society, 1929.