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moved to Dartmouth. 6. Henry, removed
to Milford, 1666, died at Stratford,
1690. 7. Francis, married, July 20, 1662,
Mary Barlow, and left six daughters. 8.
James, died July 25, 1714, at Tisbury. 9.
Gideon, removed to Milford, Connecticut.
10. Thomas (probably). 11. Judah, bur-
ied at Sandwich, February, 1649. 12.
Caleb, buried at Sandwich, June 27, 1647.
The sons William, George, Mathew,
Ralph and Francis, died at Sandwich,
Massachusetts, and left wills proved and
recorded.
(II) George Allen, Jr., son of George
and Catherine Allen, was born in 1619.
He is mentioned as liable to bear arms in
Sandwich in 1643.
(III) Daniel Allen, son of George Allen,
Jr., was born in Sandwich, Massachu-
setts, in 1663. He and his wife, Beth-
sheba, were the parents of Gideon.
(IV) Gideon Allen, son of Daniel and
Bethsheba Allen, was born in May, 1686,
and died June 25, 1750. The Sandwich
records mention the removal of Gideon to
Milford, and the Milford records give
Gideon of Milford and later the same
Gideon as living in Fairfield, and if it
were not for the early age of Gideon when
Joseph was born, the line would seem
clearly established. Children of Gideon
Allen: Joseph, of whom further; Ebenezer,
married, November 12, 173 1, Deborah
Bennett ; John, married, January
17, 1750, Abigail Jessup ; David,
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married,
October 11, 1739, Sarah Gold.
(V) Joseph Allen, son of Gideon Allen,
was born June 25, 1702. He married
Rachel Bennett, and they were the par-
ents of: Joseph (2), born February 16,
1725 ; Hannah, born September 20, 1727
Rachel, born July 28, 1728; Elnathan,
•born June 23, 1729; Mary, born August
24, 1732; Thomas, born July 2, 1733;
Mary (twin of Thomas) ; John, born June
16, 1736; Benjamin, of whom further.
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(VI) Benjamin Allen, son of Joseph
and Rachel (Bennett) Allen, was born
October 4, 1743, and died March 27, 1827.
At one time he owned land on the east
side of the Saugatuck river, extending
from the sound to Ball Mountain and in-
land about one mile. He is buried in
Greens Farms Cemetery, Westport, Connecticut.
A sister of Dr. Allen now
(1921) resides on part of the original Al-
len estate. Benjamin Allen married
Rhoda Allen, daughter of John Allen.
(VII) Delancey Allen, son of Benjamin
and Rhoda (Allen) Allen, was born
February 24, 1783, in Westport, died
there, November 17, 1833, and is buried in
Greens Farms Cemetery. He married,
February 10, 1805, Cloe Fillow, daughter
of Isaac and Adah (Waterbury) Fillow.
The Pillows descend from John Fillow,
who came with the French Huguenots
sometime in the seventeenth century.
(VIII) Isaac Allen, son of Delancey
and Cloe (Fillow) Allen, was born Feb-
ruary 15, 1812, in Westport, where he re-
ceived his education in the public schools.
He learned the carpenter's trade, and
after working for a time as a journeyman,
went into business for himself as a contractor
and builder. This business he
conducted successfully until advancing
years forced him to retire. Mr. Allen
married, June 21, 1838, Eunice Ann Mur-
ray, daughter of Seymour and Ann Eliz-
abeth Seckler (Elsworth) Murray, the
former practically all his life a master mechanic
in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. That
was in the days of wooden men-of-war.
The Elsworths were of English descent,
and the Murrays (MacMurrays) of Scotch
descent. Mr. and Mrs. Allen were the
parents of the following children: Ann
Elizabeth Murray, deceased ; Armenia,
married Rev. R. S. Putney, of Westport;
Orlando I., of Westport, now deceased
Emma Louise, who married Theodore
;