Zachariah Allen

Brief Life History of Zachariah

Zachariah Allen was born on 8 December 1759, in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States. He married Sarah Bryan before 1783. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 24 July 1838, in Belltown, Greene, Illinois, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Belltown Cemetery, Belltown, Greene, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Zachariah Allen
1759–1838
Elizabeth Law
1782–1842
Marriage: 11 December 1804
Sarah Sally Allen
1801–1885
Laura Allen
about 1822–
Miss Allen
about 1824–about 1824
Sepo Allen
about 1829–
Mosher J Allen
Andrew Allen
after 1804–
Joseph Allen
1806–
Hardy M. Allen
1807–1862
Jesse Allen
1808–1874
Thomas Smith Allen
1809–1845
Margaret Mary Allen
1813–1877
Joseph A Allen
1815–1847
David Allen
1817–1899
Johnathan Lindley Allen
1819–1884
Mary Jean Allen
1820–1868
Isaac Newton Edney Allen
about 1822–1863
Henry Allen
1828–1907

Sources (9)

  • Zachariah Allen, "United States Census, 1820"
  • Zachariah Allen, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WS-ZJH1?cc=2074276&wc=M7WQ-K36%3A356162801%2C356293501

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World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

North Carolina is the 12th state.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

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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Zachariah Allen

Zachariah was born on 8 January 1760 in Rowan, North Carolina and died 12 July 1838 in Greene County, Illinois. He and his first wife Sarah Bryan were parents of my ancestor John Allen. The first …

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