Brief Life History of Polly Harriet
When Polly Harriet Allen was born on 19 March 1789, in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, David Allen, was 27 and her mother, Sally Field, was 41. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Almon Luce. She died on 10 December 1845, in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in West Cemetery, Somers Center, Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Polly Luce, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
- Mary in entry for Mary Luce, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
- Polly Luce, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1786–1860 Male
1789–1845 Female
Children (3)
1818–1919 Male
1818–1828 Female
1821–1860 Male
Parents and Siblings
1761–1840 Male
1747–1791 Female
Siblings (2)
1785–1831 Female
1789–1845 Female
World Events (8)
1791
Age 2
1802 · Brass is Discovered
Age 13
1804
Age 15
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Alain, Alein (Old Breton Alan), from a Celtic personal name of great antiquity and obscurity. In England the personal name is now usually spelled Alan, the surname Allen; in Scotland the surname is more often Allan. From 1139 it was common in Scotland, where the surname also derives from Gaelic Ailéne, Ailín, from ail ‘rock’. The present-day frequency of the surname Allen in England and Ireland is partly accounted for by the popularity of the personal name among Breton followers of William the Conqueror, by whom it was imported first to Britain and then to Ireland. Saint Alan(us) was a 5th-century bishop of Quimper, who was a cult figure in medieval Brittany. Another Saint Al(l)an was a Cornish or Breton saint of the 6th century, to whom a church in Cornwall is dedicated.
English: occasionally perhaps from the rare Middle English femaje personal name Aline (Old French Adaline, Aaline), a pet form of ancient Germanic names in Adal-, especially Adalheidis (see Allis ).
French: variant of Allain , a cognate of 1 above, and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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