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The Allen Family is among the
forty-nine "best families" selected by the
American Historical-Genealogical Society for
whom the Society has published family
histories during the past few years.
The Allen Family has been prominent in the
British Empire and in the United States, its
members having played important roles in war
and in peace. Family pride is a commendable
trait and should be cultivated. All Allens
have just cause to be proud of their family
history and traditions.
In references No. 17, No. 3 and No. 7 we find
the following regarding the Origin of the name
Allen:
The name Allen was also spelled Alleine,
Alleyne, Allin and Alland, and it appears on a
record of baptism as "the son of Alan." It was
one of the most popular names while surnames
were becoming hereditary, and is said to have
come into England with Alan Fergeant, Count of
Brittany, companion of the Conqueror, and
first Earl of Richmond, Count of York. It soon
became common to North England and the
Scottish border.
The oldest known form of the name, found on
10th century Breton coins, is Alamnus. It is
mentioned as Aleyn in "Morte d'Arthur," and in
Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" we are familiar
with
"Forth goth Alein, the clerk,
And also John."
The Dutch form of Allen is Alink; the French,
Allain. Derivations are Allcock, Allkins and
Allnut.
The founder of Dulwich College, 1619, was
Edward Allen, or Alleyne.
The data in this volume is gathered from
reliable sources. We have selected what we
consider the most important material. Many of
the daughters, and sons for whom no issue was
shown, have been omitted from the pedigrees. A
missing symbol indicates that a name has been
omitted. Those desiring further information
are advised to consult the volumes mentioned
in the list of References.
The compiler hopes that, in producing this
volume he is bringing to the Allen Family
information which will be of interest and
value to them, and that he is rendering an
important service to the public. He and his
associates will be glad to give their
co-operation to members of the family who are
interested in having a complete genealogy of
the family published.
Unless otherwise plainly shown, the persons in
this volume whose names are accompanied by
three figures are children of the immediately
preceding persons bearing immediately
preceding numbers. All persons in each group
bearing the same letter as a part of their
numbers are directly related. The generations
of the descendants of those bearing numbers of
three figures are represented as follows.
However, some of our material is published as
copied from various records without
rearrangement according to this system.
Generations 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Symbols (1), etc. (A), etc. (a), etc. 1, etc.
A, etc.
Generations 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Symbols a, etc. (I), etc. (i), etc. I, etc. i,
etc.
Abbreviations: add., address; b., born; ch.,
children; coll., college; d., died; d. y.,
died young; d. w. i., died without issue;
dau., daughter; grad., graduated; l., lives,
lived; m., married, moved; s., son, succeeded;
d. s. p., died without issue; d. v. p., died
before father; univ., university.
