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Facts and Events
On 2 Jan 1672/3 he was listed as aged 30 (born 1642). He was listed as aged 70 at his death (born 1735) which is probably an exaggeration.
A Henry Allen was also living in St Michael, Cornhill, London, England on 1638. Perhaps he was father of Samuel or a relative. More research is needed at St Michael, Cornhill, London.
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Samuel Allen (1635–1705) was an English proprietor and governor of the Province of New Hampshire. Born in London, he was a successful merchant, who in 1691 purchased the proprietary claims of the heirs of the colony's founder, John Mason. He was commissioned governor of the province in 1692 by William III and Mary II, a post he held until 1699. He upset local landowners and the colonial bureaucracy in London with his pursuit of territorial claims, which were largely unsuccessful. He died in 1705, before his claims had been resolved.
Allenstown, New Hampshire is named in his memory.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Samuel Allen (New Hampshire), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Samuel Allen, in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939)
63.
13 GOV. SAMUEL, Esq., a London merchant whose ambition led him to buy the Mason patent (by a conveyance eventually held to be illegal), lived here about 7 years, died 5 May 1705, in his 70th year, and was buried in the fort at Newcastle. Before coming he had been represented by lieutenant governors. His wife, Elizabeth Dowse, was an heiress. See Farmer’s Belknap and Wentworth Gen. Ch. Thomas, came with his father but returned; d. in 1715. 3 ch. Elizabeth, second wife of John Usher, Esq. 4 ch. Jane, m. 2 July 1708 Thomas Steel of Boston. 7 ch. Frances, m. in 1702 George Walton. Ann, m. 5 June 1723 in Boston Thos. Locklin. [In 1772 Anna Laughlin of Roxbury, widow, deeded to Samuel Laughlin of E. one-fifth of Gov. Allen’s Masonian title. Samuel bought out other heirs also and evidently conducted a successful speculation about 1786. (C. H. Batchelder.)]
- Martin Hollick, "The English Origins of Elizabeth Dowse, wife of Governor Samuel Allen of New Hampshire," , in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
162:164-73., 2008.
link SAMUEL1ALLEN, merchant, born either about 1643 (aged 30 in marriage license)
or about 1635 (aged 70 at death in 1705). He married at London with license dated 2 January 1672/3 ELIZABETH1 DOWSE aged 19 (see note). He died at Newcastle, New Hampshire, on 5 May 1705. Elizabeth (Dowse) Allen died before 30 September 1708 at Charlestown, Massachusetts.
- Chester, Joseph Lemuel, and Joseph Foster (ed.). London marriage licences, 1521-1869. (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1887)
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link [1672-3 Jan 2] Samuel Allen of St Michael's Cornhill, London, Merchant Bachr, 30, & Elizabeth Dowes, Spr, 19, dau of Thomas Dowse, of Brooke par. King's Somborne, co, Southton, Gent., who consents; at King's Smborne, Little Somborne, or Upper Elde, co. Southton.
- Elwin L. Page, "The Case of Samuell Allen of London Esq. Governor of New Hampshire”, in Historical New Hampshire
e 25 (1970):47-53.
- A short narrative of the claim, title and right of the heirs of the Honourable Samuel Allen, Esq.; deceased, to the province of NH. . . (Boston, 1939 reprint, Mass. Historical Society No. 93).
- Brown, John Howard (editor), and Rossiter (editor) Johnson. The Twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans: brief biographies of authors, administrators, clergymen, commanders, editors, engineers, jurists, merchants, officials, philanthropists, scientists, statesmen, and others who are making American history. (Boston, Mass.: The Biographical Society. Reprinted by Gale Research, 1968., 1904).
- Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel). Dictionary of American biography including men of the time: containing nearly ten thousand notices of persons of both sexes, of native and foreign birth, who have been remarkable, or prominently connected with the arts, sciences, literature, politics, or history of the American continent. Giving also the pronunciation of many of the foreign and peculiar American names, a key to the assumed names of writers, and a supplement. (Detroit [Michigan]: Gale Research Company, 1974).
- Raimo, John W. Biographical directory of American colonial and revolutionary governors, 1607-1789. (Westport, Connecticut: Meckler Books, c1980).
- The National cyclopedia of American biography: being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time : [Permanent series]. (New York, New York: James T. White, 1898-)
13:454.
- Fiske, John, and James Grant Wilson. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography. (New York, NY: D. Appleton, 1898-99)
1:55.
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