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Descendants of Robert Allen
1 Robert Allen
b: Abt. 1655
.... 2 Robert Allen
b: 1676 in Larne, Northern Ireland Robert and Janet lived in
Bally Craigy, Antrim County, Ireland, where Robert was a ruling elder
of the Presbyterian Church. Before they came to Ireland,
they lived in Scotland. Robert and Janet had a family of 23 children,
of these children, two came to America in 1729. William and his older
brother, David, set out for America in 1729. They were only young
teen-age boys. A lot of the Allen family are buried in the Church
yard at the Presbyterian Church at Larne, Ireland. Robert was a farmer
.......... +Janet Har
........... 3 Jean Allen
................. +John Hay
m: 1729
........... 3 James Allen
........... 3 Elizabeth Allen
........... 3 Ann Allen
........... 3 Isabelle Allen
........... 3 Mary Allen
........... 3 Joseph Allen
Joseph Allen emigrated from County Antrim to Philadelphia, PA in 1730.
........... 3 David Allen
b: 1710 in Larne, Ireland d: 6/29/1776
in Mt. Bethel, PA
................. +Isabelle
........... 3 [1] William Allen
b: 1711 in Ireland d: 6/08/1790 in Gum Spirits, VA William
came to this country at age 18 in 1729, and landed at Phila. He lived
in New Jersey, married and burried his first wife there. He then married
Jane Warford and moved to Virginia, in Louden County in 1762. They
had five sons and three daughters. Joseph was the youngest.
................. +Alice Berry
m: 1732 in New Jersey
.................. 4 Sarah Allen
b: 1/08/1733-34
.................. 4 Janet (Jane)
Allen b: 4/01/1736
........... *2nd Wife of [1] William
Allen:
................. +Jane Warford
b: Aft. 1711 m: 1744 in New Jersey d:
1/1765 Father: John Warford Mother: Elizabeth Warford
.................. 4 [2] David
Allen b: 1745 in Hunterdon, NJ d: 7/1830 in Burbon
Co., KY David served during the Revolution as a Corporal in Captain
Thomas Young's Comp. Western Battalion, Virginia State Line from 1781 to
1782 and received a Land Bounty Warrent. He got land under Warrant
#1347, 2000 acres.
........................ +Ivea Fox
m: in Hampshire Co., VA Father: Gabriel
Fox Mother: Ann Warford
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Margaret Allen
............................... +David
Spurgeon
......................... 5
William Allen
.................. *2nd Wife of [2]
David Allen:
........................ +Elizabeth
Wright m: 1788 Father:
Robert Wright Mother: Margaret Braden
......................... 5
Elizabeth Allen
............................... +James
Foreman
......................... 5
Joseph Allen
............................... +Catherine
Skillman
......................... 5
Asa Allen b: 1794
d: 1856
............................... +Mary
Berry
......................... *2nd Wife
of Asa Allen:
............................... +Eliza
Jane Morgan
......................... *3rd Wife
of Asa Allen:
............................... +Sarah
Dooley m: 1/15/1813
......................... 5
Frances Allen
............................... +Guthrie
Morris
......................... 5
Ivea Allen
............................... +Issac
Clinkenbeard
......................... 5
Alfred Allen
............................... +Mary
Allen Thomas
......................... 5
Harrison D. Allen
............................... +Esther
Owings
......................... 5
David Allen
............................... +Emily
Talbot
......................... *2nd Wife
of [4] David Allen:
............................... +Eleanor
Berry
.................. 4 John Allen
b: 1746 in Hunterdon, NJ
.................. 4 William
Allen b: 1747 in Hunterdon, NJ
.................. 4 Thomas
Allen b: 1750 in Hunterdon, NJ
.................. 4 Else or
Alsey Allen b: 1752 in Hunterdon, NJ
........................ +Benjamin
Forman b: Bef. 1752 m: 1770 in VA
.................. 4 Ann Allen
b: 1754 in Hunterdon, NJ
.................. 4 Elizabeth
Allen b: 1761 in Loudoun County, VA
........................ +William
Foreman Father: John Foreman
......................... 5
James Foreman
......................... 5
Amy Foreman
............................... +James
Hedges b: 1/1783 in Bourbon Co., Ky.
m: 6/23/1803
.................. 4 Joseph
Allen b: 4/30/1764 in New Jersey
d: 3/01/1843 in Clark County, KY When Joseph Allen was married his
father gave him 100 acrea of his farm. Joseph sold it to his younger
half-brother James in 1800, soon after his father's death. Joseph
and his older brother, David, married sisters (daughters of Robert
Wright and Margaret Braden) and both families moved to farms in Clark Co
Kentucky, near what is now Mt. Sterling. The Bradens lived near Waterford
in Loudoun Co., VA. Joseph was a tall and slender man, florid
complexion, and hair as white as cotton. Joseph was a soldier in the
War of the Revolution.
........................ +Frances
Wright b: 1/06/1766 in VA m: 1787 in Loudoun
County, VA. d: 11/17/1843 in Clark County, KY
Father: Robert Wright Mother: Margaret Braden
......................... 5
Margaret Allen b: 9/15/1788 in Louden Co., VA
d: 1853 in Putnam Co., IN
............................... +Frances
Lander b: 1784 in Louden Co, VA
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Kate Lander
................................ 6
Margaret Lander
......................... 5
William Allen b: 12/16/1790 in Loudoun County, VA.
d: 1876 in KY
............................... +Juliet
Skillman b: 1794 in Loudon Co, VA
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Joseph Washington Allen b: 1816 in Clark Co, KY
......................... 5
John Allen b: 11/20/1792 in KY d: 1812 in KY
John died when a tree fell on him during a storm.
......................... 5
David Allen b: 10/05/1794 in Loudoun Co, VA
d: 8/03/1882 in Clark Co, KY
............................... +Susannah
Thompson b: 1798 in Clark Co, KY m:
11/20/1823 in Clark Co, KY
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Martha Allen b: 1820 in Clark Co, KY
................................ 6
Thompson Allen b: 1822 in Clark Co, KY
................................ 6
Henry Allen b: 1824 in Clark Co, KY
................................ 6
Lounena Allen b: 1826 in Clark Co, KY
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Robert Allen b: 2/25/1797 in Loudoun County, Va.
d: 1866 in Bainbridge, Putnam Co, IN
............................... +Mary
(Polly) Allison b: 10/12/1799 in Montgomery Co, KY
m: 10/15/1818 in Montgomery Co, KY d: 8/30/1862 in Bainbridge,
Putnam Co, IN Father: John Allison Mother: Ruth
Allison
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Zerelda Allen b: 3/13/1820 in Montgomery Co., KY
d: 3/18/1903 in Greencastle, Putnam Co., IN
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+Thomas Fyffe m: 1/09/1840 in Putnam
County, IN
................................ 6
Joseph Franklin Allen b: 2/18/1822 in Montgomery Co.,
KY d: 9/07/1822 in Montgomery Co.,
KY
................................ 6
Elijah H. Allen b: 9/24/1823 in Montgomery Co., KY
d: 4/18/1885 in Russell, Lucas, Iowa
......................................
+Mary Jane Kurtz m: 2/01/1844 in Putname
County, IN
................................ 6
Armilda Allen b: 11/27/1825 in Montgomery Co., KY
d: 3/31/1897
......................................
+John Fyffe m: 3/21/1844 in Putnam
Co, IN
................................ 6
Loduska Allen b: 4/23/1828
d: 6/11/1858
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+Levi P. Cassity m: 12/31/1846 in Putnam
County, IN
................................ 6
Matilda Allen b: 4/25/1830 in Montgomery Co., KY
d: 6/16/1868 in Cincinnati, OH
......................................
+Melvin McKee m: 1/25/1849 in Putnam
County, IN
................................ 6
Tandy Allen b: 6/03/1832 in Mt. Sterling, Montgy CO, KY
d: 1922 in Russell, Lucas Co., IA
................................ 6
Mary Allen b: 8/09/1834 in Mt. Sterling, Montgy, Co, KY
d: 8/11/1916 in Russell, Lucas Co, IA
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Albert Allen b: 10/10/1839 in Bainbridge, Putnam, IN
................................ 6
Margaret Allen b: 5/25/1842 in Monroe Twship, Putnam Co,
IN
................................ 6
Frances Allen b: 6/03/1837 in Montgomery Co, KY
d: 3/23/1843 in Putnam Co, KY
......................... 5
[5] Douglas Allen b: 10/29/1799 in Loudoun County, Va.
d: 5/14/1884 in LaGrange, IA
............................... +Anna
Allison b: 11/04/1797 in Montgomery Co, KY
m: 12/09/1819 in Montgomery Co, Kentucky d: 12/09/1819
in Lucas Co, Iowa Father: John Allison
Mother: Ruth Allison
................................ 6
Thomas Morris Allen b: Aft. 1820
................................ 6
Louisa Prudence Ann Allen b: 9/01/1924
................................ 6
Oliver Franklin Allen b: Aft. 1824
................................ 6
Elizabeth Margaret Allen b: Aft. 1824
................................ 6
Ruth Marie Allen b: Aft. 1824 in Clark Co, KY
d: Bef. 1850 in Putnam Co, IN
................................ 6
John Allison Allen b: Aft. 1820
......................................
+Elizabeth Ingraham m: 12/01/1840 in
Putnam County, IN
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Joseph William Allen b: 12/30/1822 in Virginia
d: 2/03/1853 in Cedar Twp, Lucas, IA
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+Mary Robinson m: 5/11/1843 in Putnam
County, IN
................................ 6
Frances Wright Allen b: 1823
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+James G. Robinson m: 4/06/1843 in
Putnam County, IN
................................ 6
Andrew James Allen b: 10/21/1825 in Virginia
d: 8/01/1856 in Cedar Twp. Lucas, IA
......................................
+Sarah Griffith m: 8/16/1847 in Putnam
County, IN
................................ 6
Milton Harvey Allen b: 9/14/1829 in Kentucky
d: 5/14/1911 in Des Moines, IA
................................ 6
Sanford Ward Allen b: 4/19/1831 in Virginia
d: 8/15/1852 in Lucas Co, Iowa (Allen Cem)
......................... *2nd Wife
of [5] Douglas Allen:
............................... +Azubah
Vance m: 9/22/1863
Father: William Vance Mother: Harriet Vance
......................... 5
[6] James Allen b: 6/01/1802 in Montgomery Co., Kentucky
d: 8/23/1885 in Putnam Co., Greencastle Twp., Indiana
............................... +Sarah
Gilkey b: in Virginia
d: 1827 in Clark County, KY
................................ 6
Charles Edgar Allen b: 1825
d: 1903 in California
................................ 6
William Wallace Allen b: 10/28/1826 in Clark County, KY
d: 2/17/1890 in Greencastle, Putnam Co., IN William enlisted
in Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-third Indiana Infantry in 1864,
and served 120 days. He performed guard duty principally in Bridgeport,
Alabama, and was discharged in September, 1864.
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+Mary Evans m: 5/21/1847 in Greencastle, IN
Father: John Evans
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Alice Allen
.............................................
+Thomas J. Brant
....................................... 7
Joseph M. Allen
....................................... 7
Dillard C. Allen
....................................... 7
William E. Allen
....................................... 7
Marion B. T. Allen
....................................... 7
Lou Allen
.............................................
+Philip S. Baker
....................................... 7
Ida D. Allen
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+Albert Albaugh
....................................... 7
Jessie C. Allen
....................................... 7
Effie Allen
....................................... 7
Myrtle Allen
....................................... 7
John S. Allen
......................... *2nd Wife
of [6] James Allen:
............................... +Margaret
(Peggy) Bratten b: 1806 in VA m: 4/29/1827
in Clark County, KY. d: 2/05/1891 in Greencastle, Putnam,
IN
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Sarah Ann Allen b: 7/05/1829 in Clark County, KY.
d: 7/25/1857 in Clark County, Ky.
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+Perry Lincoln Varner b: 1818 in Kentucky
m: 1846
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Jerome B. Varner
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+Luca Akers
.............................................. 8
Samuel Akers Varner
....................................................
+Emma Wunderlich
.....................................................
9 Allen Wunderlich Varner
...........................................................
+Amert B. Culver
............................................................
10 DeLia Anne Varner
.....................................................
9 Elfreda Estella Varner b: 3/20/1906
...........................................................
+Chester Arthur Hively b: 6/03/1908
d: 6/22/1997
............................................................
10 Barbara Joyce Hively b: 8/02/1934
............................................................
10 Jeffrey Allen Hively b: 2/24/1940
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Margaret Varner
....................................... 7
Theodore Varner
....................................... 7
Martha Varner Mattie Varner Akers was sent as a small child
to live in Indiana with Mattie's Aunt Louisa J. Allen Evans.
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[7] Elizabeth T. Allen b: 10/31/1833 in Clark County,
KY
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+James J. Smiley
................................ *2nd
Husband of [7] Elizabeth T. Allen:
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+John McKee b: 10/14/1828 m: 9/13/1853 in Greencastle,
Putnam Co, IN Father: James McKee Mother: Sarah
Sally Wilkerson
....................................... 7
Charles Edgar McKee b: 9/10/1854
.............................................
+Margaret Helen Price
.............................................. 8
Earl John McKee b: 1/01/1878
....................................................
+Margaret Champ
.............................................. 8
Blanche Oran McKee b: 12/20/1884
....................................... 7
Henry Clay McKee b: 11/14/1855
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+Bettie Elizabeth Brown m: 12/28/1880
....................................... 7
Mary Willett McKee b: 11/01/1863
....................................... 7
John Allen McKee b: 12/19/1863
d: 12/12/1865
................................ 6
Melissa F. Allen b: 1834 in Clark County, KY
d: 1874
......................................
+Francis Marion Farrow b: 1835 in KY m: 6/03/1849
in Putnam County, IN d: 10/03/1859 in Monroe Twp, Putnam Co,
IN
....................................... 7
Albert Clay Farrow
....................................... 7
Joseph Edgar Farrow
....................................... 7
Simpson Allen Farrow
....................................... 7
Aurelia Clay Farrow b: 5/21/1850
....................................... 7
James Thomson Farrow b: 4/17/1852
....................................... 7
Elvira Antonia Farrow b: 8/12/1854
....................................... 7
Marion Alexander Farrow b: 9/28/1857
................................ 6
Louisa Jane Allen b: 6/10/1837 in Clark County, Ky.
Daniel and Louisa are from Russell Township, Putnam Co, Greencastle, IN
......................................
+Daniel Evans b: Bef. 1833 in Clark Co, KY
m: 1862 in Greencastle, Putnam County, IN. d: 1892
....................................... 7
Alice Evans b: 1859
.............................................
+Dr. DeVore
.............................................. 8
Frank C. DeVore
.............................................. 8
Louisa DeVore
....................................... 7
Frank C. Evans b: 1861
................................ 6
Robert Wright Allen b: 12/09/1841 in Clark County, KY
Civil War pension certificate number is 206,247. Pension received
starting 4/1882 in the amount of $4.00 monthly. Pension
was issued due to chronic rheumatism.
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+Mary Slavens m: 1865
....................................... 7
May Allen
....................................... 7
Paul Allen
....................................... 7
Grace Allen
....................................... 7
Queen Allen
....................................... 7
Carl Allen
....................................... 7
Elsie Allen
................................ 6
Mary Isabel Allen b: 1845
d: 1908
......................................
+Frederick B. Gardner b: Bef. 1845 m:
3/24/1868 in Greencastle, Putnam County, IN
................................ 6
James Millard Allen b: 1853 in Greencastle, Putnam County,
In.
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+Rachael L. Gardner b: 8/11/1856 m:
8/28/1877 d: 1/12/1919 in Putnam Co., IN Father:
Luke B. Gardner Mother: Mary L. Boudorant
....................................... 7
Fred Lee Allen
....................................... 7
Elmer Allen
....................................... 7
James Allen
......................... 5
Louisa Allen b: 8/01/1804 in Montgomery Co., Kentucky
d: 8/07/1890
............................... +George
Morris b: 1800 in Montg Co, KY
................................ 6
Sarah Frances Morris b: 1826
......................................
+William Young
................................ 6
William Andrew Morris b: 1828
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+Ruth Bradshaw
......................... 5
[8] Wright Allen b: 3/02/1807 in Jefferson, Clay Co, Kentucky
d: 7/1841 in Buchanan Co. Missouri
............................... +Mary
Arnold
......................... *2nd Wife
of [8] Wright Allen:
............................... +Mary
Frances Arnold b: Aft. 1807 m: 8/27/1827
in Nicholas Co., Kentucky
................................ 6
Rev. Oliver Dillard Allen b: 5/26/1831 in Nicholas, KY
d: 1/04/1917 in Nr/Rochester, Andrew Co., MO
................................ 6
M. L. Dunlap (Dap) Allen b: 10/1833
................................ 6
Sallie Ann Allen b: 1835
................................ 6
Ann Eliza Allen b: 4/29/1837
................................ 6
Nancy Jane Allen b: 1838
......................... 5
Joseph Allen b: 12/20/1812 in Montgomery Co., Kentucky
d: 9/12/1895 in Greencastle, Putnam, IN
............................... +Sarah
Ann Allen b: 1826 in Indiana
d: 1849
................................ 6
Edward Thompson Allen b: 1850 in Greencastle, Putnam,
IN
................................ 6
Emma E. Allen b: 1852 in Greencastle, Putnam, IN
................................ 6
Lucy Allen b: 1854 in Greencastle, Putnam, IN
................................ 6
Charles Lincoln Allen b: 1856 in Greencastle, Putnam,
IN
................................ 6
Bertha Allen b: 1858 in Greencastle, Putnam, IN
d: 1898
................................ 6
Susan Florence Allen b: 1860 in Greencastle, Putnam, IN
................................ 6
Joseph Newton Allen b: 1862 in Greencastle, Putnam, IN
................................ 6
Ezra Fiske Allen b: 1864 in Greencastle, Putnam, IN
........... *3rd Wife of [1] William
Allen:
................. +Sarah Cox Beekman
b: 3/11/1725-26 in Middlesex Co., NJ m: 1/02/1766 in Virginia
Father: William Cox Mother: Catherine Longfield
.................. 4 James Allen
b: 10/15/1769 in Loudoun Co., VA d:
6/09/1845
........... 3 Thomas Allen
b: 1720 d: 8/15/1804 in Larne, Ireland
................. +Janet Neilson
........... 3 Patrick Allen
b: 1721
................. +Ann Knox