Person:John Allen (255)

Will

In the Name of God Amen I John Allen of NewTown in the County of Mid[dlesex] in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Merchant being weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory and not knowing what God hath appointed Concerning me, Do make this my last Will & Testament, First I bequeath my Soul to the mercy of God in Jesus Christ, and my Body to be Decently Buried, and after my Debts & Funeral Charges are paid, I Give & bequeath unto my Loving Wife Mary Allen My Mansion House & Farm in NewTown together with all my Cattle (of all sorts) also the Farm utensils, and also all my Household Furniture, to be posessed & Enjoyed by her During her Naturel Life, for her Comfortable Support, she keeping the same in Due and Necessary Repair and after her Decease, the whole of the s'd premises enjoyed by her, both Real & personal be Equally Divided between my Son John Allen & my four Daughters all of them to have Equal share alike.

Item I Give and Bequeath to my Grandaughter Jerusha Allen my son John Allens Daughter Twenty Six pounds Thirteen Shillings & four pence Lawfull Money to be paid her by my Exec'rs hereafter Named, when she shall attain to the age of Eighteen years, or Day of Marriage, which shall first happen, the said Sum to be & Remain in the hands of Two of my Exec'rs (viz) Townsend & Gibbs in trust, & to be put out upon Interest, for her benefit & advantage, till the time of payment. And I Do hereby Release & Discharge my Son John Allen from all Debts Dues & Demands Whatsoever, that is or shall be Due to me from him, & from any thing he has allready had of me, before my Decease. And that after the Legacy is paid or secured to be paid to my Grandaughter Jerusha Ellen as afores'd I Give & bequeath all my Estate both Real & personal Wheresoever it may be, to my Five Children (viz) John Allen, Sarah Townsend, Mary Allen, Martha Allen & Ann Allen, and to their heirs & assigns forever, to be Equally Divided between them (only reserving out of my Daughter Sarah Townsend's part [unreadable word] Three pounds Six Shillings & Eight pence Lawfull Money which she has allready had in part of her Fifth part) and that my Exec'rs shall have full power to sell any part of my Real Estate (if need be) to make an Equal Division among them and I Do hereby nominate & appoint my son John Allen & my son in Law the Rever'd Mr Jonathan Townsend & Henry Gibbs Esq'r Executors to this my last Will & Testament, hereby also Revoking and anulling all and every former Will or Divices, Legaces, & Executors by me in any ways heretofore named Willed or made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the twelf Day of February anno Domini 1750/1 in the Twentyfourth year of the Reign of our Lord Georege [sic] the Second King of Great Britton &c.

[signed] John Allen

Signed Sealed published pronounced & Declaired by the Said John Allen that the above written Instrument is his last Will & Testament in presence of us. Tho Saltmarsh Mary Saltmarsh Sarah Greenwood

1. ↑ Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905)
   420.

   Allen, John, Mr., [died] June 4, 1751. [June 5, GR1] [Allin, PR1]
   [GR1=Centre Street Cemetery.]

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 East Parish Burying Ground (aka Centre Street Cemetery), Newton, MA, in Find A Grave
   John Allen.

   Here lyes Buried
   the Body of M^r.
   JOHN ALLEN Merchant
   Who Departed this Life
   June y^e 5^th Anno Dom'ni
   1751 Aged 69 Years

3. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
   FHL film 0386001, Middlesex Probate File 329-330: "John Allen 1751" et al.

   Will of "John Allen of NewTown" dated 12 Feb 1750/51, proved 10 Jun 1751 (elsewhere on this page).
   23 Sep 1751: Inventory of "Estate of mr John Allen Late of Newton Deceast Testate" "as Shown us by Doc'r John Allen" totalling £ 13720.14.00 by Tho's Greenwood, Jona'th Fuller, Beniamin Child. Ordered 10 Jun 1751, dated 23 Sep 1751, sworn to 21 Oct 1751 by Mr John Allen.
   27 Apr 1752: Thomas Greenwood, John Allen surety, posted guardian bond for "Ann (at her own Election) a Minor in her Seventeenth yearof age Daughter of mr John Allen late of Newton".
   22 Jun 1754: Appraisal of estate of "M'rs Mary Allen Deceas'd (Late Widow of Mr John Allen of Newton Deceas'd)". Distribution mentions "Doc'r John Allen Son to the Said Dece'd", "M'rs Sarah Townshend and M'rs Mary Allen the Daughters of the Said Deceased", "M'rs Martha Carter and M'rs Ann Allen".
   29 Jan 1755: Mary Allen caused executors to be cited to appear. Accounting disallowed by Judge 29 Jan 1755, no evidence being produced to substantiate charges against estate.