Person:Walter Allen (19)

Watchers
Walter Allen
b.Abt 1601
  • HWalter AllenAbt 1601 - 1681
  • WRebecca WardEst 1610 - 1678
m. Abt 1630
  1. John AllenAbt 1631 - 1711
  2. Daniel AllenAbt 1633 - Bef 1705
  3. Joseph AllenBef 1640 - 1721
  4. Abigail Allen1641 -
  5. Benjamin Allen1647 - 1678
m. 29 Nov 1678
Facts and Events
Name Walter Allen
Gender Male
Birth[2][4] Abt 1601
Marriage Abt 1630 Englandto Rebecca Ward
Marriage 29 Nov 1678 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abigail Martin
Death[1][2] 8 Jul 1681 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[1] 8 Jul 1681 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Joslyn, Roger D. Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984-1995)
    1:66.

    Walter Allen of Charlstowne, haberdasher, d. & was bur. July 8, 1681.

  2. 2.0 2.1 Bent, Allen Herbert. Walter Allen of Newbury, Mass., 1640, and some of his descendants: with a few notes on the Allen family in general
    3.

    Walter Allen was in Newbury 1640, Watertown about 1652, Watertown Farms (Weston) 1665, and Charlestown 1673 until his death 8 Jul 1681, ae. 80. Wife Rebecca in Watertown, m. 29 Nov 1678 Abigail Rogers.

  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 0386002, file 360, "Walter Allen 1681".

    Will dated "10 : 12 1679" [10 Feb 1679/80] of "Walter Alen of Charlstown", nearly impossible to read. Source:Allen, George Henry. Phinehas Allen's Descendants, says it mentions wife Abigail and child John of Sudbury, Daniel and Joseph.

  4. Descendants of Walter Allen of Newbury. The Essex Antiquarian. (1898)
    2:199.

    'Walter Allen, born about 1601; was living in Newbury in 1640; and removed to Watertown about 1652, thence to Charlestown about 1673. He married, first, Rebecca -----; and, second, Abigail Rogers Nov. 29, 1678, in Charlestown. He died in Charlestown July 8, 1681, aged eighty.'

  5.   Ancestral File
    Ancestral File Number: 9362-TP.

    The Ancestral File indicates he was the son of Samuel Allen of Branton, Devon, England. However, it appears that his birth place and parents are unknown. He has been stated as coming from Somerset, Essex, and from Hampshire, as well as from Devon.