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Facts and Events
Estate Records
- 20 March 1750, on the motion of Elizabeth Allen widow of John Allen late deceased was is ordered that William Roane, Thomas Waring and Forester Upshaw or any two of them settle the accounts of the administration and then allot and decide the same between the said Elizabeth Allen and the decedent’s children. [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 16, page 263.]
- 16 October 1750, Eliza Allen, John Clements, Isaac Scandrett and James Gray gent were bound £4,000 for Eliza Allen’s administration of the estate of John Allen, deceased. Recorded 16 October 1750. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 8, pages 369–370.]
- 18 December 1750, an inventory and appraisal of the estate of John Allen deceased was returned and ordered to be recorded. [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 16, page 214.]
- A division of the personal estate of John Allen was submitted on 16 July 1751 by order of 20 March 1751. Entire amount was £327.14.6-1/4. Widow’s thirds is 109.4.10. Each child’s part 24.5.6-1/4. Parcels to “The heir at laws lot”, Elizabeth Allen, Ambrose Allen, John Salice, Thomas Dix’s lot Negro Rader, Henry Allen, Thomas Allen, James Allen, Tamzin Allen. By WRoane, Forest Upshaw, TWaring jr. Recorded 16 July 1751. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 9, pages 70–71.]
References
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John Allen is mentioned in the 1719 will of his father Erasmus Allen. He received land adjoining that of Erasmus’s brother William Allen and a Negro man Guile. He was an executor of the will and presented the will in court on 16 August 1720. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 3, page 196.]
On 19 September 1720, an inventory and appraisal of the estate of Erasmus Allen was given by David Scott, John his E mark Gatewood, James Griffing and John Haile. Total £30.2.2 plus two negroes not counted. Dinah her D mark Allen and John Allen executors. Ordered recorded 18 October 1720. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 3, pages 213–216.]
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