Person:Elizabeth Allen (163)
Elizabeth Allen
b.4 Sep 1713 Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
 
Parents and Siblings
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m. 20 Aug 1707
  1. Mary Allen1709 -
  2. Catherine Allen1711 -
  3. Elizabeth Allen1713 -
  4. Joshua Allen1715 -
  5. Samuel Allen1717 -
  6. Thomas Allen1724 -
  7. John Allen1725 -
  8. Eunice Allen1728 - 1813
  9. Ruhameh Allen1729 -
  10. Joseph Allen1732/33 -
  11. Daniel Allen1735 -
  12. George Allen1737 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 6 Mar 1731/32
  1. Samuel Dewey1732 - 1801
  2. Desire Dewey1733/34 - 1827
  3. Elijah Dewey1735/36 - 1831
  4. Jeremiah Dewey1737/38 - 1833
  5. Elizabeth Dewey1739/40 - 1812
  6. Nathan Dewey1742 - 1779
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Elizabeth Allen
Alt Name Elizabeth _____
Gender Female
Alt Birth[2] 4 Sep 1712 Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
Birth[3] 4 Sep 1713 Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage 6 Mar 1731/32 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United Statesto Samuel Dewey

I have shown that the Samuel Allen who married Lydia Hastings is not the same Samuel Allen who is the father of Elizabeth. His daughter Elizabeth has a different birthday, lives in a different town and has a different husband. This line shows up in the on-line family trees and the OneWorldTrees, but it is proven to be incorrect. The details are as follows.

Baker in "Montville" shows that Lydia Hastings, dau of John Seaborn Hastings and Lydia Champney, married Samuel Allen of Massachusetts. They had a daughter Elizabeth Allen b. abt 1716 who married Jedidiah Graves. The Barbour Collection shows Elizabeth Allen married Jedidiah Graves June 1737 in East Haddam, Connecticut. The only way to reconcile this would be to say that Baker has the birth date of Elizabeth wrong and that she first married Samuel in 1732 and secondly married Jedidiah in 1737. BUT, according to The Barbour Collection Samuel Dewey and Elizabeth were continuing to have children until 1742, which means she could not have married Jedediah in 1737, thus she is a different person.

References
  1. ↑ Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Vital Records.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    Database online.

    Record for Elizabeth Allen

  3. ↑ Westerly Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
    72.

    ALLEN, Elizabeth, of Samuel and Catherine, [born] Sep. 4, 1713.

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