John Allen
12 January 1769–
Dilhorne, Staffordshire, England
The Life of John
When John Allen was born on 12 January 1769, in Dilhorne, Staffordshire, England, his father, John Allen, was 35 and his mother, Mary Allcock, was 32.
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Family Time Line
John Allen
1734–
Mary Allcock
1736–
Mary Allen
1759–
Catharine Allen
1761–1836
Elizth Allen
1764–
John Allen
1767–1767
John Allen
1769–
Parents and Siblings
1734–Male
1736–Female
siblings
(5)
1759–Female
1761–1836Female
Elizth Allen
1764–Female
1767–1767Male
1769–Male
World Events (8)
1770 · Boston Tea Party
Age 1
Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.
1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World
Age 6
"On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the ""shot heard around the world"" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England."
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 32
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: 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. Various suggestions have been put forward regarding its origin; the most plausible is that it originally meant ‘little rock’. Compare Gaelic ailín, diminutive of 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. St. Alan(us) was a 5th-century bishop of Quimper, who was a cult figure in medieval Brittany. Another St. Al(l)an was a Cornish or Breton saint of the 6th century, to whom a church in Cornwall is dedicated.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- John Allin, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
- John Allin, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Allin, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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