Person:Matthew Allen (7)

Martha Allen

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m. 29 Dec 1748

Facts and Events

Name^[2]^[3]	Martha Allen
Alt Name^[1]^[3]	Matthew Allen
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	9 Feb 1759	Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Christening^[2]	11 Feb 1759	Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Town of Weston, Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850: 1703-gravestones-1900, church records, 1709-1825. (Boston: McIndoe Bros., 1901)
99.

Mathew Son of Josiah & Mary Allen was Born in Weston Feb'y the 9th. 1759.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Town of Weston, Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850: 1703-gravestones-1900, church records, 1709-1825. (Boston: McIndoe Bros., 1901)
468.

1759. Feb. 11 Martha Daugh'r of Josiah & Mary Allen b. last Thursday.
[In 1759, 11 Feb is Sunday, 8 Feb is Thurs, and 9 Feb is Friday.]
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Originally Matthew was used for both sexes, but disappeared as Martha became the preferred form for females. So these two records^S1^S2 appear to apply to the same person, differing only in gender. Because the father Josiah had a sister named Martha, it seems more likely that this is the correct interpretation, since Matthew doesn't seem to have any basis in either Josiah or Mary's family.