Person:Catharine Allen (4)

Hezikiah Allen's will in 1776 mentioned a child Catharine per book 'annals of the sinnott, roger, coffin, corlies, reeves, bodine and allied families'. citation monmouth county probate files. Granvyl Hulse writes 'Catharine is reportedly the daughter of hezikiah Allen born 1716/20 in Shrewsbury,,,he was the son of Jonathon and Mary Corlies Allen both of Shrewsbury' but I have no citation on that.

Found a summarized transcription of aforementioned will on Hezikiah Allen of Shrewsbury Township dated 29 feb 1776. in 'The literary era: a monthly repository of literary and ..., Volume 3' no date of probate. liber 17, no page #, west jersey. perhaps there is another record when the will was proved?

So at this point we have no real evidence that our catharine is the daughter of hezikiah allen.

OneWorldTree shows catharine dau of hezekiah allen married unknown Hulse.

(www.archive.org/stream/calendarofnewjer06newj/calendarofnewjer06newj_djvu.txt) 1776, Feb 29. Allen, Hezekiali, of Shrewsbury Township, Monmouth County; will of. Grandson, David Allen, £1. Daughters, Mary Allen and Martha Allen, all my wool now on the sheeps' backs. Rest of estate to be sold. Son, James. £10. Son, Jonathon, £10. Children-Mary Allen, James Allen, Jonathon Allen, Catharine Allen and Martha Allen, the rest. Executors-friends, Edward Patterson Cook and Benjamin Jackson. Witnesses-Christopher Romine, John Lawrence. Proved May 28, 1776. Lib 21, P. 91.

I am troubled by the fact that she was referred to as Catharine Allen, not Catharine Hulse in spite of being married for about 9 years at the time.

As this is all the real evidence we have, we would have to be leaning against this being the correct person.

1. ↑ Sinnott, Mary Elizabeth. Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and allied families. (unknown: unknown, 1905).