Person:Obadiah Allen (3)

The Estate of Obadiah Allen of Middletown

"Probate Records. Vol. VIII, 1710 to 1715. Page 165.

Allyn, Obadiah, Middletown. Invt. £343-12-01. Taken 28 April, 1712, by Joseph Wetmore, Nathaniel Stowe and Joseph Rockwell.

Will dated 14 March, 1706-7: I, Obadiah Allyn of Middletown, do make this my last will and testament: I give unto my son Thomas Allin, and to his heirs forever, that whole settlement of land in the boggy meadow quarter upon which he now lives.
Item. I give unto my grandson Obadiah Allin, son of Obadiah deceased, 100 acres of land, being part of my long lot on the east side of the Great River, to be laid out to him without damnifying the rest of the lot, I having formerly by deed of guift given to him and his mother other land besides this. I give to my two sons, Samuel and John, 100 acres more of that lott on the east side of the Great River, and my lotment in the 2nd part of the first division, and my lot in this west range of lots. Further, it is my will that my houses, homestead, and my lands on the West River, with what of my lands is within the Common Field, as also all my moveable estate (after my just debts are paid), shall be equally shared amongst my two sons Samuel and John and my two daughters Mary and Anna. Also I do except what is provided for my dear wife in the long meadow lot. And if any of my two sons Samll and John or daughters Mary and Anna should depart this life before marriage, then their shares or what may not be expended by them shall fall to their survivors equally. The consideration that moves me to this is because said sons Samuel and John and my two daughters have been very dutiful and helpful to their deceased mother and me in our many long and tedious sicknesses and are very probable to be still helpful to me in my old age. (A covenant in writing was made with his wife before marriage that she was to have paid to her £20.) Also I do further add that if my said dear wife shall have any child or children by me, that then she shall have the remainder of my long lot on the east side of the Great River, which I judge about 130 acres of land, to dispose of as she sees meet. I appoint my sons Thomas and Samuel to be executors. Where Dorcas lives, it is my will that the half of that new field lot within the fence shall be Samuel's and John's.

OBADIAH ALLYN, LS.

Witness: Noadiah Russell, Joseph Rockwell, Alexander Rollo.

Court Record, Page 72—5 May, 1712: Will proven."^[6]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Samuel Allen, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley. (Hartford: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1952)
   450.

   "Obadiah (Allen, b. abt. 1644; d. at Middletown, Conn., 7 Apr 1712; Deacon; adopted as heir by his uncle, Dea. Thomas Allen of Middletown."

2. ↑ Abbott, Susan Woodruff, and Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker. Families of Early Milford, Connecticut. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979)
   page 639.

   'Elizabeth [daughter of Thomas and Sarah Sanford] bpt 27 Aug 1648 (MC1) mar 21 Oct 1669 (MVR) Obadiah Alyne of Mattabesek, called s of Samuel of Middletown, Conn. He died 7 April 1712.'

3. ↑ Stiles, Henry R. History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut (1892): including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks and Ellington, 1635-1891. (Hartford, Connecticut: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1892)
   2:14.

   'Obadiah [son of Samuel Allen]; d. Middletown, Conn., 7 Apl. 1723; m. (1) 23 Oct., 1669, Elizabeth Sanford of Milford, Conn.; (2) Mary (dau. John Savage), wid. John Whetmore; she d. 20 Oct., 1723.'

   NOTE: Stiles appears to have mis-transcribed the year of Obadiah's death (or confused it with the year his second wife died).

4.   Abbott, Susan Woodruff, and Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker. Families of Early Milford, Connecticut. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979)
   page 4.

   'Obadiah Allen (Allyn) died 7 April 1712 s of Samuel married 21 October 1669 (MVR) Elizabeth Sanford baptized 27 August 1648 (MC1) dau of Thomas. Obadiah was called of Middletown.'

5.   Middletown Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
   9.

   "Allen, … Obadiah, Dea., d. Apr. 7, 1712 [LR1:15]"

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
   2:148-49.
7. ↑ Birth year estimated based on marriage date and christening date of his wife.