Person:William Allen (279)

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William Pitt Allen
b.21 Oct 1766 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.18 May 1802 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 7 Apr 1757
  1. Calla Allen1759 -
  2. Zillah Allen1760 -
  3. Hezekiah Peters Allen1762 -
  4. Perez Allen1764 - 1842
  5. William Pitt Allen1766 - 1802
  6. Mehitable Allen1768 - 1776
  7. Calvin Allen1770 - 1836
  8. Mary Allen1773 - 1776
  9. Martha Allen1773 - 1815
  10. Morrill Allen1776 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  William Pitt Allen1766 - 1802
  • W.  Keziah Mason1770 - 1849
m. 25 Mar 1789
  1. Reuben Allen1789 -
  2. Willard Allen1791 - 1792
  3. Willard Allen1793 -
  4. Martha Allen1796 - 1848
  5. Ira Allen1797 -
  6. Amos Allen1799 -
  7. Mary Allen1802 -
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Facts and Events
Name William Pitt Allen
Gender Male
Birth[1] 21 Oct 1766 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 25 Mar 1789 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Keziah Mason
Death[2][3] 18 May 1802 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Dedham (Massachusetts). Town Clerk; Julius Herbert Tuttle; Benjamin Fisher; and Don Gleason Hill. The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. (Dedham, Massachusetts: Dedham Transcript Press, 1886-1936)
    Vol. 1, p. 104.

    William Pitt, son of Hezekiah & Mary Allen, born October 21st, 1766,

  2. ↑ Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903)
    p. 192.

    ALLEN, William P., h. Kezia, "of the wounds he received .. by Ebenezer Mason", [died] May 18, 1802.

  3. ↑ Nash, Jay Robert. Murder, America: Homicide in the United States from the Revolution to the Present (Lanham, Maryland: M. Evans, 1980)
    p. 316.

    "Farmhand Ebenezer Mason, in a raging fit, turns on his employer, William Pitt Allen, crushing his head with a shovel on May 18, 1802. He is hanged on October 7,1802, explaining his murder to the executioner with 'I didn't like him ordering me about'.:

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