Deacon JOSEPH ALLEN, youngest son of Samuel, b. at Braintree, May 15, 1650; m. 1, Jan. 30, 1670-1, Ruth Leeds. Was she of Dorchester? 2, Rebecca , who d. April 23, 1702. 3, Jan. 27, 1704-5, LYDIA HOLBROOK, widow of Samuel Holbrook of Weymouth. [Holbrook, 13.] His farm lay on the north side of Monatiquot River, not far from where the East Braintree Railroad Depot now is. Some of his land was flowed by the Iron Works Pond, and he sold to John Hubbard, owner of the Iron Works, the privilege of flowing it, Dec. 26, 1682. [SufF. Deeds, 12 : 342.]
He was the first Deacon of the Church in the Middle Precinct, Braintree, organized, Sept. 10, 1707. He was Cornet of a Troop of Horse ; Assessor of Braintree, 1706; Town Treasurer, 1707; Selectman, 1707, 1714, 1715; Representative, 1715. He d. March 20, 1726-7. aetatis 77.
His wife Lydia, who was a church member, 1711, at Mr. Niles' settlement, and doubtless previously, survived him 18 years, dying 1745. There is no will of his on record, nor any settlement of his estate. Mrs. Lydia Allen's will is dated April 2, 1745; proved June 11, 1745; recorded Suff. Prob., 37 : 267. She mentions her sons John Holbrook and Abiah Holbrook, dau. Elizabeth Wales, son William Hunt, dau. Hannah Dyer, grandsons Samuel and Joseph, sons of her son Samuel Holbrook ; grandson Nathaniel Wales, her dau. Sarah Hunt, deceased. Who was Hannah Dyer?
