- DEACON SAMUEL ALLEN (1632-1718)
SARAH TRACY PARTRIDGE (1639-1717)
Samuel Allen & his wife Ann were among the first settlers of Braintree, Massachusetts. They had Samuel, 1632, and Joseph, James, Sarah, Mary and Abigail. His wife Ann died 1641, and he had a second wife, Margaret.
SARAH PARTRIDGE:
born 2 September 1639, Duxbury, Massachusetts, to Governor George Partridge (1605-1695) & Sarah Tracy (1621-1708.)
The oldest child.
married Deacon Samuel Allen II, 16 December 1658, Bridgewater. Her family were earliest settlers in Bridgewater. member of the Congregational Church.
died 30 October 1717, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, at age 78.
Samuel Allen: born 10 Nov 1632 in Braintree, Norfolk, County, Massachusetts.
died 18 Oct 1718 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
born to Samuel Allen Sr. and Ann Witmore.
married on 16 Dec 1658 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, to Sarah Partridge, daughter of George Partridge & Sarah Tracey. parents of eleven children, all born in Bridgewater.
Samuel, the eldest son of Samuel, settled in the parish of East Bridgewater as early as 1660.
original landed proprietors of the town
held many offices of trust an honor from the people.
town clerk from 1683 to 1702,
member of the Legislature in 1698,
in many of the battles with the Indians in those times,
while on a march to join Capt. Church with twenty of his neighbors, took seventeen prisoners after a desperate conflict. The records of the town still bear witness of his character for accuracy and research.
deacon of the church and bore a good character to his death. married Sarah, daughter of George Partridge of Duxbury; she was born in 1639.
Children of Samuel Allen and Sarah Partridge:
1.Samuel Allen, 4 Dec 1660-28 June 1750.
2.Essiel/Asahe Allen, 1 Mar 1662-
3.Eleazer Allen, 1663-
4.Mehitable Allen Alden, 20 Jan 1664-2Dec 1685.
5.Sarah Allen Snow, 14 Apr 1667-1743.
6.Bethiah Allen Pryor, 12 May 1669-11 Mar 1744
7.Nathaniel Allen, 10 Feb 1672-1742
8.Ebenezer Allen, 14 Oct 1674-1730
9.Josiah Allen, 21 Apr 1677-1736
10.Elisha Allen, 8 Feb 1678-1731
11.Nehemiah Allen, 5 Jan 1681-1703
Samuel son of Samuel
married Rebeckah, daughter of John Cary, 1685.
the granddaughter of Miles Standish & died in 1697.
children: Samuel, 1886; Ephraim, 1689; Timothy, 1691; Joseph 1693; Mehitable 1635. The mother died 1697,
2nd married Mary, supposed to be the daughter of Joseph Alden in 1700, and had seven children. His will 1736.
Ephraim 1689 went to Berkley and was a blacksmith.
Ephraim Allen, Sr. born 1691, Roxbury, Mass. Died 15 Feb 1776, Northborough, Mass.
Spouse: Zipporah Crane born 1689 in Taunton, Mass. Died 1769 in Attleboro, Mass.
Buried in Newell Burying Ground, South Attleboro, Mass. Married Ephraim Allen about 1710 in Plymouth or Bridgewater, Mass.
Children of Ephraim Allen and Zipporah Crane:
1.Hannah Allen b 1712 in Dighton, Mass.
2.Ephraim Allen b 1713 in Dighton, Mass.
3.Rebecca Allen b. 1715 in Dighton, Mass.
4.Zipporah Allen b 1718 in Dighton, Mass.
5.Benjamin Allen b. 1721 in Dighton (Berkley), Mass.
6.Tabitha Allen b 1724 in Berkley, Mass.
7.Samuel Allen b 1727 in Dighton, Mass.
Inscription:
In memory of Mr. Ephraim Allen Who died February 15th
1776 in the 85th Year of his age.
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