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.
- Battle Hymn Of The Allens
- Allen Coat Of Arms
- Ancient Allen Families
- Prominent British Allens, Past Generations
- Prominent British Allens Of 1926
- Allens of United States
- Allen, Beverly
- Allen, Jedediah
- Allen, James
- Allen Virginia Emigrants
- Allen, Samuel
- Allen, Samuel and Hannah
- Allen, Nehemiah and Sarah (Woodford)
- Allen, John and Mary (Hannum)
- Allen, Obadiah and Elizabeth (Sanford)
- Allen, Joseph and Elizabeth (Mudge)
- Allen, Samuel and Sarah (Rust)
- Allen, Samuel and Mercy (Wright)
- Allen, Nehemiah and Ruth (Rust)
- Allen, John and Bridget (Booth)
- Allen, Samuel and Hannah (Burroughs)
- Allen, Obadiah and Dorcas (Wright)
- Allen, Thomas and Hannah (Leet)
- Allen, Samuel and Mary (Andrews)
- Allen, John and Mary (Howe)
- Allen, Jonathan and Elizabeth (Allen)
- Allen, Samuel and Hannah (Miller)
- Allen, Joseph and Elizabeth (Parsons)
- Allen, Nehemiah
- Allen, Daniel and Mary (Grant)
- Allen, Joseph and Mary (Baker)
- Allen, Ebenezer and Eleanor (Hurlbut)
- Allen, Azariah and Martha (Burt)
- Allen, Ebenezer and Rebecca (Bartlett)
- Allen, Samuel and Elizabeth (Booth)
- Allen, Joseph and Mary (Hulet)
- Allen, John and Elizabeth (Pease)
- Allen, Obadiah and Elizabeth (Cotton)
- Allen, Joseph and Sarah (Lyman)
- Allen, Thomas and Elizabeth (Lee)
- Allen, Solomon and Beulah (Clapp)
- Allen, Elisha and Merab (Clapp)
- Allen, Nehemiah and Edrie (Wheeler)
- Allen, Ebenezer and Dinah (Fairchild)
- Allen, Elihu and Abigail
- Allen, Gabriel and Deborah (Russ)
- Allen, Daniel and Dorcas (Dibble)
- Allen, Ethan and Mary (Bronson)
- Allen, Ethan Allen and his second wife, Frances Buchanan
- Allen, Heman and Abigail (Beebe)
- Allen, Heber and Sarah (Owen)
- Allen, Ira and Jerusha (Hayden)
- Allen, Moses and Mary (Adams)
- Allen, Ebenezer and Chloe (Osborn)
- Allen, Israel and Martha (French)
- Allen, Jonathan and Sarah (Adams)
- Allen, Elijah and Jemima (Pease)
- Allen, Capt. Solomon and Miriam
- Allen, Zachariah and Huldah (Parsons)
- Allen, Joseph and Lois (Burnham)
- Allen, Noah and Anna (Root)
- Allen, David and Mary (Bancroft)
- Allen, Samuel and Elizabeth (Wells)
- Allen, Hezekiah and Abigail (Bartlett)
- Allen, John and Mehitable (Rumerrill)
- Allen, David and Huldah (Clark)
- Allen, Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Pawstee)
- Allen, Joseph and Abigail (Gillett) Allen
- Allen, Jonathan and his 1st wife, Elizabeth Marsh
- Allen, Jonathan and his second wife, Eunice Williams Larned
- Allen, Rev. Wm. and Maria (Malleville)
- Allen, Phineas and his first wife, Electa Clapp
- Allen, Nehemiah and Mary (Pearsoll)
- Allen, Moses and Esther (Chapin)
- Allen, George and Betsy (Rich)
- Allen, Isaiah and Martha (Reade)
- Allen, Levi and Nancy (Gilman)
- Allen, Jonathan and Mary (Pease)
- Allen, Jonathan and Polly (Thwing Swain)
- Allen, Diah and Lydia (Bush)
- Allen, David and Miriam (Simons)
- Allen, Zachariah and Miriam (Booth)
- Allen, Joseph and Lucy (Chapin)
- Allen, Benjamin and Miriam (Thompson)
- Allen, Henry and Mary (Wells)
- Allen, Nathaniel and Anna (Jones)
- Allen, Luke and Peggy (Wallace)
- Allen, Solomon and Martha (Simons)
- Allen, Samuel and Mary
- Allen, Joshua and Abigail (Bartlett)
- Allen, Elam and Martha (Allen)
- Allen, Chester and Margaret (Shaw)
- Allen, Jabez and Lucy (Markham)
- Allen, Hezekiah and Azumah (Gleason)
- Allen, Hezekiah and Nancy (Paine) Russell
- Allen, Joel and Lydia (Butler)
- Allen, Isaac and Huldah (Abbe)
- Allen, William of Manchester, Massachusetts
- Allen, James of Medfield, Massachusetts
- Allen, Rev. Morrill
- Allen, William of Salisbury
- Allen, Charles of Portsmouth and Greenland, New Hamsphire
- Allen of New Kent County, Virginia
- Allen, George of Sandwich, Massachusetts
- Allen, William of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Allen, David
- Allen, Robert of Baltimore, Maryland
- Allen, Elisha
- Allen, George of Halifax, North Carolina
- Allen, Ebenezer
- Allen, Samuel of Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Allen, John Henry
- Allen, Jeremiah
- Allen, Henry of Dublin, Ireland and Pine Grove, Pennsylvania
- Allen, William of Canada
- Allen, Allen of New York
- Allen, William Russell of St. Louis, Missouri
- Allen, William and Minerva of Fredonia, New York
- Allens In The American Revolution
- Prominent Allens Of America, Past Generations
- Prominent American Allens Of The 1920's
- References