Brief Life History of John
When John Allen was christened on 20 July 1735, in Dilhorne, Staffordshire, England, his father, John Allen, was 43 and his mother, Elizabeth Coape, was 36. He married Mary Allcock in 1758, in Dilhorne, Staffordshire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.
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- John Allen, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Allen, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- John Allen, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
Spouse and Children
1735– Male
1736– Female
Children (5)
1759– Female
1761–1836 Female
1764–1827 Female
1767–1767 Male
1769– Male
Parents and Siblings
1692–1760 Male
1699–1780 Female
Siblings (8)
1729– Female
1731–1733 Male
1733– Female
1735– Male
1737– Female
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World Events (4)
1752 · Gregorian Calendar is Adopted
1754 · Seven Years' War
1770 · Boston Tea Party
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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