Brief Life History of Susanna
When Susanna Allen was born about 1759, in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States, her father, Young Allen, was 30 and her mother, Martha Nancy Coleman, was 30. She married Theophillus Dillard on 7 October 1782, in Wake, North Carolina, United States. She died before 1850.
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Sources (6)
- Susanna Allen, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Susanna Allen in entry for Theophilus Dillard, "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979"
- Susanna Allen, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
Spouse and Children
1747–1845 Male
1759–1850 Female
Parents and Siblings
1730–1774 Male
1730–1787 Female
Siblings (10)
1751–1826 Male
1752–1814 Male
1755–1816 Female
1756–1817 Male
1759–1850 Female
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World Events (8)
1776
Age 17
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
Age 21
1783 · A Free America
Age 24
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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