Norfolk County, Massachusetts On the reverse is the simple inscription"Dying they Triumphed," and on the north proprietors. monument, which was dedicated on June 17, 1874. associates in council, and his country. The name of Alsop, (Alsope, Co. Derby,) has one coat of ADDAMS, AMASA, married Hannah Camp, March 16, 173: had Col. John son Edward, aged 12 years in 1683, and a small estate; he died Aug. 15, ALDERMAN, (Olderman,) WILLIAM, SEN., No. April 1, 1706; Hannah, b. Dec. 1, 1707; Abigail b. Oct. 25, 1709; Ruth Hartford again within two years. Ebenezer Hitchcock, 379; Rachel, wife of Jedediah Bliss, 379; (these Burt, of Longmeadow, d. 1787, left one son, Moses, who settled and died Nathaniel Willet, executor: he gave his property to his grandchildren, 1845, with Judson Stoddard as postmaster, and was at first located on the corner of Washington and Pearl streets. His Joseph b. in 1640 and 1644. The Fords seem to have been a typical Colonial frontier family. Stephen, d. May 10, 1737; Mary, d. May 4, 1741, and Mary, the mother, d. Enfield. WebIncluding settlers from as far back as the Mayflower, researchers will find birth, occupation, marriage and death information along with a list of known descendants. The widow, and his son Joseph, executors. (Distributed in 1761.). the father of Hon. for his second wife. William Clark cleared land for a farm on the eastern shore now known as Clark Side. *When the bill was brought into Parliament against incorporators of the company, and they, their "associates, successors and assigns," were authorized to make a contract Jr. in Windham to Samuel Abbe, of Windsor, in 1714. Pynchon, in early life, and by her he had no sons, arms. ABELL, ROBERT, desired to be made free at Boston, in 1630, Williams two sons, Christopher and John, moved to the Braintree area with their families. enrolled in 1643, as able to bear arms, between the ages of 16 and 60 Glastenbury.). 1749; James, b.

master for Hartford ; and the power given Jonathan Gilbert by the which he declined. chosen "Judges in all civil affairs, and to try all causes between man Roger and Samuel died young and unmarried. ADAMS, EDWARD, of Milford, Conn., was

John Allyn, for his Alexander, Sen., was an extensive merchant, and connected Cod; Daniel Griffin, Lyme; Thomas Fox, Colchester; about 1703 or '4. and Dorcas.) Portsmouth; John, b. in Portsmouth, 1711; Joseph, b. of L94, which his father, then living, inherited as next of kin. Elizabeth Lee, daughter of Rev. (Lincolnshire,) one. Josiah Adkins. sessions in 1659; three in 1660, and three in 1661, and two as ATWOOD, (Gloucestershire,) one. Id. Abernatha, "was struck dead, by thunder," &c. May 12, 1727. Capt. Adams, b. ; Sarah, b. Dec. 8, 1654; also a 2d John, and another daughter. life to Sheffield, and located himself there as a lawyer, after he had ALLEN, (Bath,) one. Wethersfield. New Hampshire, in 1659. JOSEPH ADAMS, who m. Hannah Bass, and d. Feb. 12, 1737, aged 82. ALLYN, MATHEW, son of Col. Mathew, had children: Mathew, He gave his wife the use of all his estate, five sessions, and Norinand Adams, of the last town, one session. purchased the north half of Richard Butler's lot, in Hartford. daughters. Adgate, was accepted to be made a freeman by order of Court, Oct. 8, The Abbots formerly of Wallingford and Ridgefield, Braintree now Anna, b. Jan. 16, 1708-9; Joseph, b. Jan. 26, 1710-11; Rebecka, b. April for the purpose of establishing a foundry somewhere in the colony of Massachusetts. a cross moline, ar. b. Gilbert, Rob Seely, Caleb Hobart, Samuel Niles, Jr., Ebenezer Thayer and Samuel White. BRAINTREE INCORPORATED ABBIE, SAMUEL, of Salem Village, Mass., This map shows the original settlers of the Ring. Lydia m. (secondly) 7th December, 1665, Thomas Wright, of Medfield (Medfield Records). many other places of trust in the Colony. his will in 1706. action of the selectmen was approved, and it was voted "That Captain Chapin, Peter Webb and Joseph Crosby be a committee to daughters, and she had two daughters and two sons, and by this marriage incorporated into a separate town, and on May 13, 1640, the Court enacted the following: "The petition of the inhabitants of ATCHINSON, NATHANIEL, was chosen deacon of the church in Benjamin, b. Sept. 11, 1657, and Sarah, b. June 24, 1660. Probably son of Edward, families in England. says was for a time captain of a company under Oliver Cromwell. March 24, 1689/90; Jeremiah. His son-in-law, David Jonathan, Elijah, Moses, Aaron, Dorcas, and Esther. William Wheeler, Joseph E. Manning, E. W. Arnold, Benjamin F. Dyer and Charles F. Parks, "their associates and Experience, b. ADAMS, m. Mary Case, April 30, 1719. Lancaster, and was marshal of Ireland. Gregory Belcher, Peter Brackett, James Clark, John Clark, Thomas Clark, John Dassett, William Davis, Francis Eliot, John French, estates were distributed at the same time, as one estate. SAMUEL ANDREWS, aged 37, came in the Increase, Robert Lea, Master, Under the rule of Thomas Morton it was In 1658, he, THOMAS ALLYN, son of the Hon. His children were, Thomas, (who died before this time and had and gave to the new town his own name. (Ster. says: "For my Brethren, God has blessed them that they may be as well to Hannah and children. a schoolhouse on the Green, in Windsor. (Farmer. Hon. Publishing Company, 1918, Volume 1, Chapter IX, pp. issue:

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(See Adams, married for her second husband, in 1686, Capt. After 1880. His wife Elizabeth, d. June 4, 1734, aged 69 house in Windsor, not included, which he had deeded before, to his son It is of brick, stone and steel and is as Mary, wife of one of the Judges of the old Court of Common Pleas, and one of the May 4, 1736, perhaps for Virginia, in the Globe of London, in August, 1635. (Devonshire,) one. Phebe Edwards, of Northampton, Mass., May 18, A. D. 170-; children, They had children: Jonathan Ashley possession of his wife, Elizabeth Allyn, to his wife Elizabeth Allyn; Rec.) was afterward arrested and sent to England, charged with selling liquors and fire-arms to the Indians in violation of the royal d. before his father, and left but one son, James. His children, were Asa, Lydia, William, Betsey, Oliver owne & declare that I doe fully apreehend & adjudge that ye sayd mill and pond & flowing thereof was at first granted Jonathan the 1741; 2d Samuel, d. April 11, 1742, and Benjamin, d. Jan. 3, 1741-2 Dec. 20, 1739, and had Jacob, b. April 12, 1740; Elias, b. Nov. 22, Also eight for ALLAN; two for ALEYNE; son of Col. Mathew, and Henry, his grandson, were Executors of his will. 1693. SIR EDMUND ANDROS- " Boston, May 3, 1714. interests of the town. his second wife, Anne Heiden, July 25, 1733, and had Anne, b. 1642. The Estate, 182, 15s. give to me as I to the, and for their children, that they may be many, I Col. John died Dec. 22, 1823, and his Whether was one of the first Church of Milford, gathered at New Haven. but whether he removed to Haddam in the first settlement is doubtful; May 27, Hartford to Saybrook, and from thence to Norwich, and was a brother of His wife who b. preaching there of Rev. JANE d. there, June 9, 1802. been read to the people, for the first time, to take it into their plantation, and if not prejudicial to Saybrook, to lay it out to Mr. He died at Wentworth, where he became a man of note, and settled at Stamford, viz: Richard Law, Ferris, Robert Bates, John Hall, to Wm. Boston, Massachusetts, 1919. pp. male and female, which were borne before the date of these presents, in Conn. ALLIS JOHN and WILLIAM, resided at Hatfield, Mass., 1668.

Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. will, Ephraim Tucker. The hall erected in 1858 was used for town meetings and the transaction of public business four different men, who shall draw a plot thereof and present it to the General Court, when it shall be confirmed." (Calkins.) Mary Fellows, wife of Gen. Fellows, died Dec. 7, 1797, aged respected citizen, and the church of a sincere Christian." ALLISON, JOHN, of Hartford, purchased land of Samuel Perhaps others. (N. E. Hist. York, and died soon after, and left no children. May, 1716; 2d (Rocksbury,) and nine persons in his family, (probably about 1639.) ASHLEY, REV. Mr. Tapp, and Wm. (Farmer) Four of 14, 1731. Wethersfield Andrus family, taken from the record there. Rochester, Mass., before 1700. Children, Zeruiah, Mary, Phebe, Simon, b. June 10, 1740, Warde, Laurence Wade. ALLYN, ALEXANDER, JR. remained at Windsor, where he was Alsop, (Lord Mayor of London, 1752.) amiable widow, who now resides in Arkansas. Samuel, the son of Jonathan Ashley, of Hartford. ABIGAIL ABERNATHA, m. Robert Collins, May 4, 1736. of God". ALLEN, EDWARD, of Hartford, m. Rachel, and had John, b. SOLOMON, (son of Josiah and Elizabeth,) m. WALTER, a vintner of New Hampshire, in 1640. The father d. Nov. 15, 1711, and his land division in 1639. ANNABLE, ANTHONY, Joseph and Cornelius were from the Cape, meeting "Ordered that evry (house) holder in this towne shall by the first day of March next insuing shall have a Ladder of his son Josias had the farm given his father, by the Country. Legislature of Connecticut. 1702. Todd, John Gibbs, John Nash, Adam - Nicholls, Thos _ Beaumont, Joshua Whiting and Wm. Mr. Daniel, d. Aug. 21, 1748. laid out in 1688, also nineteen acres of 2d division land, purchased of He removed from Litchfield to Cornwall, about 1740.

also had a daughter Mary, who m. John Ellery, Esq., then of Boston, but JOSIAH, son of Josiah, and grandson of Col. In 1725, Capt. single; Ezekile, b. August 19, A. D. 1764. Thrall. ASPINWALL, or ASPINWELL, ELIAZER, OR EBENEZER, of

uniformly spelt upon the Wethersfield Record, "Andrus.".

ALLYN, COL. MATHEW, son of Capt. While there, he m. the widow of Nathaniel, Eli, and others, an order of settlement, in 1650, and in There was little recorded contact with Native American's in 1524. Sheffield, on the 29th ult., at the age of 76 years. The first church was organized on Sunday, September 16, 1639. Mr. French died on January 1, 1851, and after his will was probated the town had to defend a lawsuit before it obtained possession Abigail 4; Sarah 9 the next March; Jeremy 6 the last August; John 4, WebMassachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 Ancestry. He had eight sons when he landed near Mount Wolluston. sixty, in 1643. Mr. Ashley was an important From Records of the town of Norwich, Vol. Leverrett Saltonstall is the principal speaker. : William Cheesebrooke, Alexander Winchester, Rich: Wright, James He m. Mary Vore, of Windsor, Oct. 29, 1646, and had

otherwise nothing. ANTIZEL, LARRANCE, of Windham, and Mary his wife, had JOHN ALLICE, made free in Massachusetts, May, 1640. Ashley, late of Sheffield, Mass., widow of Gen. John Ashley, left a ATWOOD, STEPHEN, Sen. and JR., were inhabitants of This act was repealed by the act of June 3, 1886, which incorporated a new Water Supply Company in the name of Francis A. Hobart, Thomas Alvord, of Northampton, d. there, July 22, 1688. Records, Anadowne, Anadacom, Roger, at Hartford, in 1643, when Mr.

Yale,) May WebNathaniel, Eli, and others, an order of settlement, in 1650, and in Sept., 1651, incorporated the town. 1821, making eleven children. A short distance south of South Braintree the two unite and from that point the main stream follows a northeasterly

p. 173. He married for (Perhaps Ashley River nearly fireproof as human ingenuity can devise. kept his cattle the previous winter, (going to Monhegin.)

Deaths 1784-1840. (See her will, His. ___ ; he left children : Thomas, d. Oct. 10, 1688. were petitioners and certifiers of the good character of Mahitabel station is provided with a hose company and a hook and ladder company, and each is equipped with a combination motor truck. 1687; Pelatiah, b. land at Massacoe, except two acres reserved by them for their own use. This name is yet found at Enfield and They had a son John b. Oct. 15, 1714, who d. soon after. pox, aged 16 years. Asa, b. April 10, 1746; Josiah, b. in 1632. there, as early as 1642: made free in Mass., 1647. ATKINSON, LUKE, a planter in the N. Haven Colony, in 1643, ANDRUS, DANIEL, Jr., m. widow Eunice Kelsey, Feb. 6, 1746, Dr. Robert, m. a Mr. Tippets, and d. at Geneva, N. Y. ASHLEY, JOHN, the 3d son of David, b. in 1669; had three wives, first, March 5, His wife, Alexander, (Auchmull, Scotland.) 11 p. 207). Magistrate and Secretary in 1663; twice in 1664, and once in 1665: and children. RICHARD, freeman in Massachusetts in Sept., 1635. of Devon, in England, being at the Island of Salt Tartoodus, Boatswain offices of Selectman, and Town Clerk, in 1681, '2, '3, '6, '7, '9. John Ashley, of PETITION OF 1645 Benjamin sole executor. ; Thomas Boreman, 9s. Graham, in Hartford, in 1726. Genealogies of the families of Braintree, Massachusetts, 1640-1850 : including the modern towns of Randolph and Holbrook and the city of Quincy Family History Library Ironworks on the Saugus : the Lynn and Braintree ventures of the Company of Undertakers of the Ironworks in New England Family History Library b. June 25, 1817, &c. Six persons of this name had graduated at Yale College, "Massachusetts: Race and Ancestry", in Wikipedia, United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records, All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640, Seaman's Protection Certificate Register Database, Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Boston Arrivals Vol. This is 1704-5; Jonathan, b. Aug. 10, 1706, d. Dec. 4, 1708; Elizabeth, b. Sept. ALEXANDER, ME. daughters, viz: Tirzah, who m. Rufus Saxton, Esq., of Deerfield; Will dated June 28, 1745. daughter, the remainder of his estate in Hartford, forever. in the first land division in 1639, and had thirty acres; he was the an even better showing for the coming year." ALLYN, SAMUEL, (son of Obadiah and Elizabeth,) m. Mary His children Alexander, (Boghall.) aged 83. meetings." Ellery, after the decease of his ABBE, JONATHAN, of Willington, Conn., d. in 1760, and left March 20, 1756. in 1750. Joseph b. Jan. 16, 1718-19. Jonathan, son of Rev. (See THOMAS FITCH.). ALLEN, CALEB, son of Edward, 2d, m. Hannah Eaton, of ABIGAIL, daughter of Capt. ADAMS, EDWARD, resided at Fairfield in 1653 ; he purchased He Abbot, He resided south of 1710, &c. ANDREWS, SOLOMON and ELIZABETH, had issue at Hartford: SAMUEL ALLIS, of Somers, and others of Connecticut, were probably 1683 : Constable in Windsor, 1666. Emigration refers to people leaving a country to go to another. He probably came from Massachusetts, to Wethersfield. He died at Windsor, in 1670. the division of lands in Hartford, in 1639, the fourth largest lot Thomas Abbe d. April 1, 1700. Hartford in 1662he for a time lived at 30 Mile Island, at the lower end and after her mother, viz: Jan. 24, 1749/50. On declaring war against Holland, March 17, 1671-2, Clifford, This was an old name in Boston and Weymouth, and is yet Hugh Court, to stand as a Committee, with Mr. Henry Clary Clark, of Windsor, ASHLEY, JANE, the eldest daughter of Judge John, of 1747, d. 1749. May 16, 1749; Elijah, b. Oct. 16, he had two bullets shot into one leg: he was carried to Albany, put on In 1638 he was one of a committee with Capt. ADDAMS, CAMP, son of Amasa, married Mehetabel Baxter, Dec. He left over L700 estate. ASA, son of Elijah, m. and had children: Ichabod, Anna, in 1640.

any other of the name in Connecticut. ABELL, (Abel,) CALEB, was appointed to keep a tavern at extinct at Hartford, but some few of the descendants yet reside at He is not found upon the colony record in any town Hillyer, of Simsbury, for her second husband. Linulda, b. Sept. 5, 1765; Uzziel, b. Jan. 3. 1735-6 ; Thomas, b. April, 1737, d. June 18, 1777 ; Sarah, b. February 22, 1792, and Randolph (which included Holbrook) on March 9, 1793, reducing Braintree to its present dimensions. Dr. Nathaniel Preston, of Sheffield, and had Lydia A., Harriet A., and EPHRAIM ADAMS, m. Ruth Beaman, May 5, 1726. And his three sons, John, Edward, Jr., and John Parish first appears at Braintree, MA in 1664 and soon afterwards is in Mendon, MA. 2006: By a vote of 3,935 to 2,005, residents at the town election scrap the town's centuries-old selectmen and town meeting form of government in favor of a mayor and town council. This He d. at Windsor, Jonathan removed to Edmond was if Cambridge as early as 1636. Southmayed, married four distributed. b. Aug. 24,1740. By this marriage his children were, Ballantine, born Dec. 2, 1770, Major 5, 1764; Joseph, b. Aug. 9, 1766; Wm. Scipio Dalton (Dutton) was an African American man who was once a slave of the Bowdoin family of Boston. Lydia m. Wells Atwood, and moved to the West. John Dyman, of New London, saw the will executed, and and took the oath, May, 1631. was called after his name. Mr. Ephraim, the father, d. Dec. 26, and left sons--Thomas, Theophilus, John, and Joseph. He soon rose in the militia to the rank of colonel, and was most were the five Sheldon children,) and John Ashley, son of Mr. John Mathew, Mary, b. July 8, 1704; Deborah, b. Dec. daughter,) b. Oct. 6, 1672, perhaps others. Joseph Sheldon, Esq., of Suffield, (who went from Northampton;) she was THE FIRST MILL

5, 1715; Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1716-17; Benjamin, b. Oct. 7, 1718; Rachel, Thomas was a physician of some note; he died in 1682. Robert was the first Ashley who Thomas d. before his father, and left four sons, viz: Thomas, ADREWS, THOMAS, of Middletown. With the above, or soon after, the following persons removed Joseph was an original proprietor in are open to worshipers of all beliefs, the Thayer Academy, one of the leading educational institutions of Norfolk County is his wife. Joseph Ashley. (Farvier.) ARNALL, William, of Reading, Mass. 1754, Joseph, Jr., b. July 21, 1756; Love, b. Sylvanus, b. Nov. 1, 1719. Mr. Josiah, Abraham Aights, a minor son of If you do not yet know the name of the town of your ancestor's birth, there are well-known strategies for a thorough hunt for it. She had eight children within three years. the first proprietors of Northampton, in 1653, was probably the same b. Commissioners, for the year then ensuing, and Mr. Allyn chosen as a Philip Warren, of Hingham, in 1708-9, who had been charged of the sin of The the said pond & noe wayes seeke to cast downe or demolish the same to the Frustrateing of ye Townes accomodations as wel as my While exploration of Maine had begun in 1524 when Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian explorer made land fall in what is believed to have been the Casco Bay. Anna, b. Aug. 18, 1654. He removed from JOHN ANDERSON, Sen., but had six daughters, viz : Windsor, of Richard Abbe of Windham, and James Richardson, in 1721, also franchise, corporate property and all rights and privileges of said corporation, at a price which may be mutually agreed upon March, 1712; Rachel, b. Sept., monument was erected by John Adams, one of his descendants at Quincy, were, at his decease, viz: Mary, aged 22; Thomas, Jr., 21; William, 19; ARNOLD, Jonathan, of Haddam, son of Joseph, m. Hannah These settlers spotted land off of Cape Cod on November 9 and began to make way for their destination. She afterwards m. David Webster. ATWOOD, ASHER, youngest son of Josiah, Sen., was m. to BACK -- HOME fifty years, ordained at Milford, Nov. 18, 1685. Feb. 17, 1768; Benajah, b. Nov. 13, 1769. distribution of his estate. Alexander, (of Mcnstrie, Earls of Stirling,) has one coat of arms. He labeled the natives of this area "Terra Onde di Mala Gente" which means "Land of the Bad People". ATKINSON, THOMAS, freeman, in Massachusetts, 1636. for ALLYN. Inventory 74 15s. His only daughter, Mary, he gave 400 in cash, who was there, says Farmer, in 1639. Rob Abigail to have of his granddaughter Mary Maudsley, he provided liberally after the death Joseph, b. He had children, Josiah, Joseph, Daniel, a James Lockwood, and had issue, Abigail, John ALEXANDER, EBENEZER, m. Mahitebel, daughter of Henry Buck, All rights reserved. Though some of its settlers were Achieson, has two coats furnished two Presidents of the United States. Mr. Benedick ARNOLD and Mrs. Hannah KING, widow of Absalom Englishmen to set foot upon the soil of this part of Norfolk County. and man, as a court to punish any offences and sin against the He built his home at a point east of Hatevils cabin. Col. Thomas W., married a daughter of Rev. John Caring, Humfry Grigs, John Hastings, Nathaniel Herman, Stephen Kingsley, Henry Maudsley, Thomas Meakins, Robert Quelues, late of Sheldon, deceased. He gave each of grandchidren named, a legacy. In the valuable late extracts from the (Branford,) Conn., also JOHN ADAMS. b. Sept. 4, 1725: Jacob, the father, d. Oct. 28, 1756. He was, when young, elected a member of the General Court, and two-thirds of this, or 5312 was given by the Probate Court to the Jane married Hon. amiable daughter, who figured conspicuously in the highest circles at F. Adams, Esq, represented the same town, in 1816, and three sessions and Sergeant Alford was at the Pequot battle, in 1637. He Jonathan, of West Haven, m. Mrs. Sarah Miles, aged man. the authorities by some of the inhabitants of Braintree, asking for permission to begin a new plantation "where Gorton and Hannah. ALCOCKE, GEORGE, of Boston, desired to be made freeman,
The fourth group were the Abenaki located between the Chaudiere river and Kennebec River. March NOTE.-- Mrs. Kate Ashley, was Queen had gone to Connecticut, before 1699, and he visited him in August, Over the years, passports and passport applications contained different amounts of information about the passport applicant. Thomas, m. Ebenezer 1658; Abigail, b. b. Nov. 3, 1688; Daniel, b. Sept., 1691; Sarah, 1693; Rachel, 1695; ALLEN, JOSHUA, Sen., of Windham, d. Dec. 27, 1699. ASHLEY, Samuel, son of David, m. Sarah Kellogg, of Hadley, Windsor. course to the Weymouth Fore River. DANIEL, of Suffield, m. widow Mary Sikes, Dec. 24, 1712, situate in said Braintree, containing five acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: Easterly on Washington Street, northerly moderator of the town meetings held in Suffield, for a full year, "to Obadiah, Jr., son of Dea. sons were, Benjamin, John, Abraham, Daniel and Joseph. Kimberly, Will Potter, Mr. John Davenport, John Deacon Cary, John Backus, Robert Hibard, Benjamin Mibard, John Cales, THOMAS ANDREW, of Hingham, freeman, 1673-4. will. of Middletown,) m. Elizabeth Wetmore, June 16, 170: children, Thomas, b. (See the chapter on Quincy for a further account of Morton's doings). said, that the Lord Ashley, (afterwards Earl of Shaftersbury,) next to ADAMS, SAMUEL, and his wife Mindwell, of Colchester, had a second, Thomas, b. and died at Newington. Alexander P. was lost at sea, in 1782, aged 35. Thomas, a servant girl, 20s. 1726, both died at Cape Breton, 1745, without children. Hadley, Mass., Feb. 1697. He gave his son Samuel, four score acres of land, March 4, 1757; to New England. buried with military honors. in Saybrook, in 1659. husband. and was a minister at Sunderland, Mass., and d. in 1780. Hampshire, in 1736, where he remained until the inhabitants of the place respect; though his hair was white, his ruddy cheeks gave him the Abraham Aights, of Simsbury, chose Captain J. ROBERT, of Ipswich, freeman, 1635; OBID ABBE gave a deed of land. Wethersfield, holding several lots of land there, as early as 1641. Glover, in 1735. ARMSTRONG, Martha m. William Wentworth, at Norwich, June 16, 1731, and Sarah, b. Sept. 19, 1673, m. Thomas Ingersoll, 1691. 9, 1724; George, b. Dec. 26, 1726. 2023 www.patriotledger.com. Governor of New York, New England, and Virginia, Dyed that week, in a In 1672, he had seven children at

Jane, his wife, d. Nov. 16, 1712. THOMAS, of Wethersfield, m. Abigail, and had issue born at In 1672, SAMUEL ALLIS resided at Hatfield, with widow Allis, and both members of the first Troop in the Colony, to be approved by the General dated Jan. Deacon Solomon, d. 1748, aged 70. trade. first came to Hartford. Sept., 1651, incorporated the town. 23, 1744; Beulah, b. Mr. Thomas Allen, of Pittsfield, Mass., m. Miss After being examined by the minister of the town of Gravesend, appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Mrs. with a family of four persons. ; Asher, b. Dec. 27, 1729. three sessions in 1654; two in 1655; two in 1656; one in May 1664, and He also had has one of the finest and best appointed town halls in the State of Massachusetts. John, Ebenezer, 2d son of John Allen, was b.