Person:Job Allen (6)

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Capt. Job Allen, III
b.2 Jul 1780 near Denville Twp., Morris Co., New Jersey, United States
d.27 Mar 1855 Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 2 Jan 1774
  1. Elizabeth 'Betsey' Allen1775 - 1835
  2. Capt. Job Allen, III1780 - 1855
  3. John Allen1782 - 1833
  4. Nancy Allen1783 - Abt 1827
  5. Jacob Allen1785 - 1854
  6. Maria Allen1787 - 1826
  7. Rachel AllenEst 1790 -
  8. Jane AllenEst 1792 -
  9. Lucy Allen1794 - 1836
Spouse and Children
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m. 31 Dec 1800
  1. Job Allen, IV1801 - 1868
  2. Phoebe Allen1803 -
  3. William Mitchell Allen1805 - 1885
  4. Emily Allen1807 - 1833
  5. James Madison Allen, Sr.1810 - 1897
  6. Isaac Jackson Allen1814 - 1906
  7. Maria Brown Allen1817 -
  8. Clarissa Jackson Allen1819 - 1896
  9. Lucy DeCamp Allen1821 -
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Facts and Events
Name Capt. Job Allen, III
Gender Male
Birth? 2 Jul 1780 near Denville Twp., Morris Co., New Jersey, United States
Marriage 31 Dec 1800 Morris Co., New Jersey, United Statesto Elizabeth (Betsey) Jackson
Death? 27 Mar 1855 Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, United States
Burial? Old Fredericktown Cemetery, Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, United States

Some records state he was born near Danville, Morris Co, NJ; but a search of Morris County cities does not find a Danville. There is though a Denville.

Oscar Burton Robbins in his book on the Jacksons has included a story by Virgil D. Allen of the migration of the Job Allen and Benjamin Jackson families and others making the migration from Morris County, NJ, to Knox County, OH. The story is on this site in the Historical Stories section and gives a great amount of detail about both families.

It is noted that Virgil D. Allen gave much info to Oscar Burton Robbins for inclusion in the Robbins' book; some of it dated in 1933 and some dated 1940.

In addition, Jerry Gross has been in contact with Virgil D. Allen's grandson, who has provided Jerry with much of Virgil D. Allen's unpublished genealogy work. Much of Job's descendant information is taken from Virgil's work and it is highly possible this is the first time it has been published.

At an early age, Job began running the family farm at Denville. He ran a blacksmith shop and store in Rockaway, NJ from 1799 until the family decided to leave for Ohio in 1813.

From Janie Kimble: It is curious that two of Job's children, Isaac and Clarissa say on the 1880 Census that their father was born in Vermont. Possibly the family moved to Morris County when Job was just a small child - or perhaps the census records are in error. I have not researched this question.

References
  1.   Jackson, P. A. Jackson Ledger. (1887)
    Page 11.
  2.   Crayon, J. Percy. Rockaway records of Morris County, N.J., families: cemetery records, church history, military records, local history, genealogies of old families, nearly 20,000 data. (Rockaway, N.J.: Rockaway Pub. Co., 1902).
  3.   Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951)
    20, 49-52.
  4.   Craghead, Dorothy Allen, Allen-Minton Family: Ancestry and Descendants of Captain Job Allen II (Revolutionary.
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