Catherine Allen

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• Reference Number: 2404

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6197
• Will: 13 Mar 1741/42, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
• Probate: 12 Mar 1743/44, Windham, Connecticut, USA

Notes:

Place and date of birth is unknown. We estimate birth year of about 1686 based upon his marriage date.

The first known record of Samuel is his marriage in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island with Catherine Morehouse, daughter of Thomas Morehouse and Mary Hill of Boston. This is recorded in the Arnold Collection. Their first 5 children are recorded in the Westerly records.

By 1724 the family had moved to Stonington, New London, Ct. From the records of the First Congregational Church in Stonington, we find the next 4 children.

A record of the First Congregation Church in Stonington dated 22 Mar 1730/1731 states “Samuel Allen and Catherine his wife were recommended to ye communion of ye 2d Church of Christ in Lebanon”.

The final 3 children are recorded in Lebanon, New London, Ct.

Children:
Mary Allen 17 Sep 1709, Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island, USA
Catherine Allen 20 Dec 1711, Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island, USA
Elizabeth Allen 4 Sep 1713, Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island, USA
Joshua Allen 2 Apr 1715, Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel Allen 26 Jun 1717, Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island, USA
Thomas Allen 30 Aug 1724, Stonington, New London, Ct, USA
John Allen 29 Aug 1725, Stonington, New London, Ct, USA
Eunice Allen 17 Nov 1728, Stonington, New London, Ct, USA
Ruhameh Allen 14 Sep 1729, Stonington, New London, Ct, USA
Joseph Allen 26 Jan 1732/33, Lebanon, New London, Ct, USA
Daniel Allen 14 Aug 1735, Lebanon, New London, Ct, USA
George Allen 11 May 1737, Lebanon, New London, Ct, USA

Westerly, Rhode Island Deeds Vol. 5:
Pages 93-94, Samuel Allen and Cathern? his wife, mason, to Elihu Palmer of Stonington, saddler, 45 A bounded: land which was formerly James Babcock, Champlins house, Lanphears fence, Oliver Babcock, April 4, 1729. Witnesses: Stephen Willcox and Theodaty Rhodes.

Samuel has been conflated with the son of Joshua Allen and Mary Crowell. But this is disproved by NEHGR 1971 P232-233-"Yelverton Crowell of Yarmouth, Mass." According to cemetery inscriptions from "History of Ancient Windham" the family plot shows their son Samuel died at Coventy, Ct 14 Oct 1718; whereas our Samuel was having children in Lebanon Ct until 1729 and is recorded as having died in Lebanon in 1742.

Samuel has also been conflated with the Samuel Allen marrying Lydia Hastings, dau of John Seaborne Hastings. But the children do not match up.

At this point, we do not know Samuel’s parentage.

== Sources ==

* The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. 1-55.

Ancestry.com, Rhode Island, Births, 1636-1930 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000), Ancestry.com, Database online. Record for Mary Allen.

Vital Records of Rhode Island, Arnold Collection by James Arnold Vol 5, P6
Samuel Allen and Catherine Morris.

Americanancestors.org, Stonington, Ct: First Congregational Church Records, 1674-1874.

Will dated 13 Mar 1741/42 in Lebanon, Windham County, Connecticut(was not called New London County until 1824):
Wife: Catherine
Sons: Joshua, Samuel, Thomas, John, Joseph
Daughters: Mary, Catherine, Boty (Elizabeth), Eunice, Ruhameh
Daniel & George not mentioned. They probably died young.

Birth:
based on date of marr

Samuel married Catherine Morehouse on 20 Aug 1707 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA. Catherine (daughter of Thomas Morehouse and Mary Hill) was born on 22 Jun 1691 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5886
• Residence: 1717, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA
• Residence: 1735, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA

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• Reference Number: 4688

Notes:

Died:
wife remarried 1700

Thomas married Mary Hill on 3 Apr 1690 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born in 1669 in Boston, Massachusetts; died on 9 Jul 1746 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 2112
• Residence: 29 May 1698, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Notes:

The father of Mary Hill listed in numerous on-line trees of Eliphalet Hill is incorrect. That persons actual name is Eliphalet Hitt (or Hett in some records) and is not the parent of a Hill. (TAG 1951 V27 P95 "Eliphalet Hitt (not Hill) of Boston") The birthdate of 1 Apr 1670 refers to Mary Hitt, not Mary Hill.

Birth:
age 77 on gravestone

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• Reference Number: 6463
• Birth: 1637
• Birth: 1642, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
• Death: 1687, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Samuel married Rebecca Odell. Rebecca (daughter of William Odell and Rebecca Unknown) was born on 17 Jul 1642 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 4652
• Birth: 1642, Massachusetts, USA