M145 WILLIAM ALLEN: b. in Dungannon, Ireland, and d. in Philadelphia in 1725. He was an eminent merchant in the latter city. Allen m. Mary, dau. of Thomas and Susanne Budd. They had (1) John, James, William, b. Aug. 5, 1704, was Chief Justice of Philadelphia and d. in London, England, in 1780, and Thomas, …
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Major, Judge Advocate Genl., 31st and 3rd Divs., Div. Staff. Son of Judge Oliver H. and Sarah C. Allen, of Wayne County. Entered service May 15, 1917, at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. (R. O. T. C.) Sent to Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C., August, 1917. Transferred to Camp Wheeler, December, 1917. Sent over sea to Brest, …
The head of the Fairhaven family, the late Capt. Alexander Winsor, a master mariner long in the merchant service, sprang from a seafaring father, and as well reared, a son who most worthily bore the family name and sustained its reputation. Reference is made to the late Capt. Alexander Winsor, Jr., who won distinction on the seas in the service of the Chinese government during the country’s war with Japan. And another son of the older Capt. Alexander Winsor was the late Walter P. Winsor, of Fairhaven, for years president of the First National Bank of New Bedford, one of the leading citizens of this section of the State.Here follow in chronological order from the earliest definitely known American ancestor of the family the genealogy and history of the Duxbury-Fairhaven Winsor family here briefly considered.
Allen, Dudley Peter; surgeon; born, Kinsman, O., Mar. 25, 1852; son of Dudley and Janette (Frame) Allen; A. B., Oberlin, 1875, A. M., 1883; M. D., Harvard, 1880; (LL. D., Oberlin, 1908); married, Elizabeth S. Severance of Cleveland, Aug. 4, 1892; prof. principles and practice of surgery from 1893; now ’emeritus prof. surgery, Western Reserve …
Being a history of the descendants of Richard Dexter of Malden, Massachusetts, from the notes of John Haven Dexter and original researches. Richard Dexter, who was admitted an inhabitant of Boston (New England), Feb. 28, 1642, came from within ten miles of the town of Slane, Co. Meath, Ireland, and belonged to a branch of that family of Dexter who were descendants of Richard de Excester, the Lord Justice of Ireland. He, with his wife Bridget, and three or more children, fled to England from the great Irish Massacre of the Protestants which commenced Oct. 27, 1641. When Richard Dexter and family left England and by what vessel, we are unable to state, but he could not have remained there long, as we know he was living at Boston prior to Feb. 28, 1642.
Ch. of 1. Joseph and Sarah (Lyman) Allen include: A. Joseph: b. 1767; m., 1789, Mrs. Abigail Gillett, of Richmond, Vt. He d. 1842 at Brecksville, Ohio; was in the war of 1812; present at the battle of Plattsburg. 5 ch. B. Moses: b. 1779; m. Phebe E. Grant, of Charlotte, Vt. He d. 1842. …
1929-2003 James Burn Allen, 74, formerly of Wallowa, died Sept. 25 in Western Oregon. A graveside gathering will be held Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Lostine Cemetery. Allen was born April 26, 1929, in Wallowa. He spent much of his younger years hunting, fishing and enjoying the outdoors. He worked as a mechanic for …
Ch. of (F) Joseph and Elizabeth (Mudge) Allen. (a) Joseph: b. 1696; d. 1707. (b) Ebenezer: b. 1698. (c) Noah: b. 1703; d. 1725.
Hon. John J. Allen, Jr., was born at Fitzwilliam, N. H., March 12, 1818, and received his education at the common schools. He was a teacher many years, represented the town of Fitzwilliam in the legislature four years, and two years in the state senate. He married twice, first, Sarah E. Horton, of Gilsum, who …
For an hundred years and more the Swift family in and about New Bedford has been one of prominence, wealthy and influential not only in their several local communities but out through the Commonwealth and into the nation, where their extensive enterprises have extended. These Acushnet-New Bedford Swifts, a branch of the Cape Cod family, brought to their new field of effort that activity, industry, ability and honesty that had for generations characterized their forefathers and also the line of business that had enriched earlier generations in the old home section – the dealing in live oak timber and its manufacture into water craft, in shipbuilding for not only the United States government, but for those across the water. Reference is here made especially to some of the sons, grandsons and great-grandsons of William Swift, of the town of Falmouth, this Commonwealth, among whose sons were Hon. Elijah, Thomas, William, John and Reuben E.; and among the sons of the latter Rodolphus Nye and William Cole Nye Swift, who with their sons together and in turn figured most prominently in and about New Bedford and abroad, as intimated; and some of their sons are yet active here and in the Massachusetts metropolis.
Matrimonies solemnized and confirmed at St. Catherine, Jamaica previous to 1680.
Ch. of J. Henry and Mary (Wells) Allen. a. Henry Trumball: b. 1806, d. 1834. No ch. named. b. Lewis: b. 1808, d. 1810. c. Newton Franklin: b. Feb. 13, 1810; m., 1831, Sophia Willard; b. in Charlestown, 1815. He d. in Denver, Colo., Sept. 20, 1877. She d. in Claremont, N. H., Feb. 2, …
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THOMAS ARNOLD ALLEN was b. March 23,1823; m. Lydia N. Dunbar, who was b. June 7, 1828, and d. March 1, 1905. Mr. Allen d. Jan. 10, 1900. They always lived in town, spending their last years on the Flat. They had one child: 1. Clara, b. March 25, 1863. She m. Liberty Kempton and …
Ch. of D. Joshua and Abigail (Bartlett) Allen. a. Wyllys: b. Jan. 26, 1800; m., 1828, Charity Abbe, b. May, 1808. He d. Sept. 22, 1837. They had Albert Wyllys, b. Jan. 8, 1833 who m., 1857, Elizabeth Flint; b. 1837. He d. Apr. 26, 1889. Had Frank Albert, d. y.; Albert Wilbur, b. Mar. …
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These biographies are of men prominent in the building of western Nebraska. These men settled in Cheyenne, Box Butte, Deuel, Garden, Sioux, Kimball, Morrill, Sheridan, Scotts Bluff, Banner, and Dawes counties. A group of counties often called the panhandle of Nebraska. The History Of Western Nebraska & It’s People is a trustworthy history of the …
R150 EBENEZER ALLEN: m. Hannah Bowerman in 1775 and had one son: (1) Francis. He m. Mary Taylor. They had: (A) Charles Milton: who d. 1905. He m. Martha Allinson in 1871 at Burlington, N. J. They had: (a) Charles Francis: b. May 26, 1879. He m. Helen E. Mann in 1911 at Beverly, N. …
Ch. of 2. Nehemiah and Edrie (Wheeler) Allen: A. Ebenezer: b. 1753; m. Hannah ——-. He d. 1830. Issue. B. Nehemiah: b. 1757; m. Mary Pearsoll; b. 1755, d. 1833. He d. 1826. 8 ch. C. Capt. James: b. Jan. 12, 1765.
The Pierce family is one of the ancient Colonial families of the Commonwealth, the forerunners of the name playing a conspicuous part as masters of vessels bringing hither emigrants from England. For several generations there has lived in New Bedford a branch of the old Rehoboth and Swansea Pierce family, descendants of Capt. Michael Pierce, …
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 …
Interviewer: J. R. Jones Person Interviewed: Rev. W. B. Allen Interviewed: June 29, 1937 Location: Columbus, Georgia Residence: 425-Second Ave, Columbus, Georgia [JUL 28 1937] [TR: Original index refers to “Allen, Rev. W.B. (Uncle Wash)”; however, this informant is different from the previous informant, Washington Allen, interviewed on Dec. 18, 1936. The previous interview for …
