Molly Allen
1794–
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
The Life of Molly
When Molly Allen was born on 10 March 1794, in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Lemuel Allen, was 26 and her mother, Nancy Anna Allen, was 20.
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Family Time Line
Lemuel Allen
1767–1805
Nancy Anna Allen
1774–
Molly Allen
1794–
Nancy Allen
1797–1834
Parents & Siblings
1767–1805Male
1774–Female
siblings
(2)
1794–Female
1797–1834Female
World Events (3)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 6
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
Age 9
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
Age 9
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
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.
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