Brief Life History of John
When John Allen was born on 5 August 1658, in Sandwich, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, his father, George Allen Jr, was 39 and his mother, Hannah, was 40. He married Alice Worthilake on 1 April 1701, in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 3 December 1717, in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 59.
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- John Allin, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- John Allen, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Allen - Individual or family possessions: death:
Spouse and Children
1658–1717 Male
1651– Female
Parents and Siblings
1619–1693 Male
1619–1687 Female
Siblings (11)
1648–1731 Male
1650–1689 Male
1652–1691 Male
1654–1708 Female
1658–1717 Male
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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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