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- Samuel Allen, born perhaps circa 1601 in England and of unknown parents, d. of record at Braintree, then part of Suffolk County, now Norfolk County, Mass on the "6th mo., 2d day, 1669 (Aug. 2, 1669), the same day he signed his recorded will.
In 1625 Thomas Morton, along with some 30-40 non-Plymouth Pilgrims, parted company with the Pilgrims at Plymouth and established beyond the limits of the Plymouth Colony "Merrymount," subsequently renamed "Mount Wollaston," now encompassed by Braintree and Quincy, Mass. After the 1630 arrival of the Massachusetts Bay colonists, the Town of Boston claimed jurisdiction over "Mount Wollaston." Boston's earliest grants at "the Mount" began in 1634 as large farms for Boston's prominent citizens and clergy. By the year 1639 Boston's grants of land at "the Mount" were for the general settlement of "the Mount," based on 4 acres per family member at a cost of 3 shillings per acre. The earliest known mention of Samuel Allen in New England is on Feb. 24, 1639/40 when the town of Boston granted him, among many others, land at Mount Wollaston [that part now Braintree] consisting of 28 acres to accommodate 7 heads [BTR 49.]
On an unknown date and place probably in England, Samuel m. 1) a wife purportedly named Ann Whitmore; both her first and purported maiden name are unproved. She is also claimed to have died at Braintree on Sept. 29, 1641, but no record can be found confirming the latter date as fact. Samuel Allen had the following four known children by his first wife:
• i. Samuel Allen, Jr., b. Nov. 10, 1632, d. testate at Bridgewater, Mass. between June 29, 1703, date of his will, and Dec. 21, 1705, date of probate; m. by early 1660, Sarah Partridge, dau. of George Partridge and Sarah Tracy, b. circa 1639 at Duxbury, Mass. She d. Aug. 7, 1722 at Bridgewater, Mass. Ten children of the family, all descendants of Stephen Tracy of the 1623 Little Ann passage to Plymouth, Mass.
• ii. James Allen, b. after July 25, 1636, d. July 25, 1714 at Chilmark, Mass., Æ 78 (g.s.); m. by 1662, Elizabeth Partridge, the sister of his brother Samuel's wife, b. after Aug. 8, 1643 at Duxbury, Mass. She d. Aug. 8, 1722 at Chilmark, Mass., Æ 79 (g.s.) Twelve children of the family, all descendants of Stephen Tracy of the 1623 Little Ann passage to Plymouth, Mass.
• iii. Sarah Allen, b. Mar. 30, 1639, was living Sept. 16, 1690 at Preston, Conn.; m. after Mar. 7, 1655/56 as his 2nd wife, Josiah Standish, s. of Capt. Josiah Standish of the 1620 Mayflower and his wife Barbara, b. circa 1633 either at Duxbury or Plymouth, Mass. He d. Mar. 19, 1689/90 at Preston, Conn. Eight known, possibly nine, children of the family, all Capt. Myles Standish Mayflower descendants.
• iv. Mary Allen, b. circa 1641, was living at Boston, Mass. in 1684 as her husband's widow; m. Jan 24, 1656/57 of record at Weymouth, Mass., Nathaniel Greenfield of Boston, s. of unknown parents. He d. testate July 31, 1684 at Boston, Mass. Five recorded and one unrecorded child of the family at Boston.
On an unknown date and place before late 1649, Samuel m. Margaret, the widow of Edward Lamb of Boston, who survived him. Like his first wife, that Margaret's maiden name was French is unproved. They had two known children at Braintree:
• v. Joseph Allen, b. May 15, 1650, d. Mar. 20, 1726/7 at Braintree, Mass.; m. 1) Feb. 30, 1671 at Braintree, Rebecca Leader (not Ruth Searles) [*1], and 2) Jan. 27, 1703/4 at Braintree, the widow Lydia (Ford) Holbrook.
• vi. Abigail Allen, b. after Jan 25, 1650/1.
In his Braintree, Mass. will dated Aug. 2, 1669, Samuel gave to son Samuel £20, to son James £5, to son-in-law Josiah Standish £5 (husb. of dau. Sarah), to son-in-law Nathaniel Greenwood £5 (husb. of dau. Mary), and to unmarried dau. Abigail £30. The balance of the estate he left one-half to wife Margaret and one-half to son Joseph, with Margaret authorized to pay £10 amongst her own Lamb children if she saw need. He named wife Margaret executrix and son Joseph executor of the will. The estate inventory totaling £228.12.09 was taken Aug. 27, 1669. The witnesses to the will and both the executrix and executor gave proof of the will Sept. 16, 1669.
[*1] See NEHGR 54 (July 1900): 349-50 for the well developed argument regarding the correct identity of Joseph Allen's first wife.
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Abt 1601 - 1669 (~ 68 years)
