Ninth Generation

274. John ALLEN^235,266 was born on 3 Aug 1694 in Ballyhagen, Sussex, Ireland. He received a Certificate of Transference on 17 Jan 1712/13 in Dublin, Ireland.²⁶⁷
Received from the Dublin Friends Meeting, Dublin, Ireland a Certificate of Removal granted to John Allen the 17th of the 1st month 1712/1713:

Certificate of Transference (Removal):

"To Friends in Pensilvania or Elsewhere to whose hands this may come - Dear Friends.
With the salutation of Truth and unfeigned love in the fellowship of the Gospel, we hereby acquaint you that the bearer here of John Allen being the son of John Allen who was convinced of Truth in this Citty of Dublin and Friends was concerned - for his children after his death to preserve them in the way of Truth and this Lad served his Father in his Father's lifetime and afterwards wrought with a Friend in this Citty in the same Trade that his father was of that is a Mason and Bricklayer and by him we are informed that he is a good workman and an honest young man and we hear nothing but that he behaved himself both when in his Masters Service and before orderly being of a quiet Temper and pretty (in the sense of good or nice) innocent conversation. And Friends paid his passage for him in hopes he will pay them again when he can and upon enquiry we do not find but he is clear from all women here on account of marriage. So we having been concerned for his Education and preservation in the Truth we recommend him to your tender care and remaine your loving Friends -

Signed by order of __________ meeting held in Dublin the 17th of the 1st month 1712/1713.
Peter Judde, Joshabth Maddock, John Studdart, Abell Strettell, Timothy Forbes, Henry Martin, Willaim Brookfield, George Rooke, Henry Brookfield, Amos Strettell, Thomas Willcocks.
(Signatories).
He immigrated in 1713 to Pennsylvania from Ireland.²⁶⁸
Name: John Allen
Year: 1713
Place: Pennsylvania
Primary Immigrant: Allen, John
He signed a will on 7 Dec 1769 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.²⁶⁹
John Allen Last Will and Testament 12m-7-1769:
"TO ALL PEOPLE to whom these presents shall or may come, I John Allen of the Township of London Grove in the County of Chester in the Province of Pennsylvania Yeoman being far advanced in years and having under my consideration the uncertainty of human life do make this my last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say Impiris I order that my Body be decently interred in Friends Buriing Grounds in a Christian and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors herein after named, and as to my wordly Esate which the Lord in mercy hath been pleased to bestow upon me I give and dispose of the same in manner and form following and first I will that all my just debts which I owe to any manner of person or persons together with my funeral charges be paid and discharged as soon as conveniently may be after my decease by my Executors herein after named. Item, I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Amy Allen the dwelling house I now dwell in with all the furnature thereunto belonging that she may think convenient together with all the linnen likewise one half of the orchard and the bay mare and one cow which she may like best as also sufficient pasturage and wintering for them as also what fire wood she may stand in need of to be provided for her at the expense of my son William Allen and brought to the door. Item, I give and bequeath unto my said son, William Allen the plantation on which I now dwell with the appurtenances situate lying and being in the said Township of London Grove containing sixty three acres Except what lyeth in the brick field and also what I have before bequeathed to his mother during her natural life with the saw mill and all my Right and Interest in the Corn or Grist Mill with all the utentials and apputenances belonging as also all that part of my two hundred acre tract of land situate in the Township of New Garden and lying south of a line now running beginning at a corner stone set in the ground in or near the line dividing between the Township of London Grove and New Garden opposite to the end of a ditch dividing the meadow from the aforesaid Brick Field near the South East Corner of the said meadow thence north fifty seven degrees East sixty four perches to another stone, thence North sixty eight degrees east twenty five perches to a small white oak thence due East sixty six perches to a post in the Eastermost line of the aforesaid tract to be the content of the same more or less with the apputenances Except the ground my son John Allen built his house upon near the aforesaid mill and it is my mind and will that the said house and what land is between the same and the Ditch and even with the back side of the said house shall be for the sole use and behoof of the heirs of my said son John and their assigns forever all that the aforesaid land lying south of the above mentioned line in New Garden Township to my said son William on condition he pays to his mother the aforesaid Amy Allen the sum of six pounds lawful money of the aforesaid Province yearly and every year during her natural life, to be possessed and enjoyed by him my said son William for and during his natural life and from and immediately after his decease to go and be vested soley in the heirs made of his body lawfully begotten and their heirs and assigns forever and for want of such male issue then to his two brothers to wit Joseph and Benjamin to be equally divided between them share and part alike and to their heirs and assigns forever. Item, I give and bequeath unto my said son William Allen all that tract of land lying West of the other Containing Sixty Eight acres and the usual allowance for roads together with the apputenances to hold to him my said son William Allen and his heirs and assigns forever he paying out of the same to his late deceased brother John's Children viz. to Hannah the sum of Five Pounds lawful money of the aforesaid Province, to Amy the sum of Five Pounds of like lawful money aforesaid, to Ann the sum of Twenty Pounds of the like money, to John Twenty Pounds of like money, to Samuel Twenty Pounds of like money which said several Lagacies I will and order to be paid to each of them one year after my decease to the Eldest and so one year between each payment until they are all paid. But in case any of the aforesaid Children shall happen to die or depart this life before the time herein before mentioned for payment there of then and in such case, the part or share of him her or them that so shall happen to die I will and order to remain to my said son William's own particular use. Item, I give and bequeath unto my said son Joseph Allen all my wearing apparrell and the sum of Five Shillings which with what I have already given him is to be full of his share or part of my Estate Except a dividing share of the surplus of my Estate if any be as herein after mentioned of the land. Item, I give and devise and bequeath unto my son Benjamin Allen all that part of my aforesaid tract of land situate lying and being in the said Township of New Garden and north of the Division line herein before mentioned together with the appurtenances be the same more or less To hold to him my said son Benjamin Allen and to his heirs and assigns forever. Item, All that my tract of land situate lying and being Between the Lands late of Steven Ailes deceased and the land of James Greenfield containing by computation Thirty seven acres and three quarters of an acre be the same more or less together with the appurtenances, I give devise and bequeath one full equal and undivided third part thereof to my said son William Allen and to his heirs and assigns forever, one other full equal and undivided third part thereof I give devise and bequeath unto my said son Joseph Allen and to his heirs and assigns forever and the other one full equal and undivided third part thereof I give devise and bequeath unto my said son Benjamin Allen and his heirs and assigns forever. Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Dixon the sum of Fifty Pounds lawful money of the aforesaid Province. Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Phebe Thompson the sum of Forty Pounds lawful money of aforesaid Province. Item, I give and bequeath to my four grand children viz. William Moode, Emey Moode, Ruth Moode, and Hannah Moode the sum of Twenty Pounds lawful money of aforesaid Province to be equally divided among them share and part alike. Item, I give and bequeath unto my grand daughter Elizabeth Ward the sum of one shilling. Item, I give and bequeath unto my two grandsons viz. Thomas Ward and Phillip Ward the sum of Thirty Pounds lawful money of the aforesaid Province to be equally divided between them share and part alike. Item, I give and bequeath unto my grand son John Frazier the sum of Twenty Pounds of like aforesaid money to be paid to him at the age of twenty one years and if in case he should happen to die or depart this life before he arrives the age aforesaid that then and in such case I give and bequeath the said legacy of Twenty Pounds to my said two grand sons Thomas and Phillip Ward to be equally divided between them share and part alike. And I hereby nominate constitute and appoint my loving son in law William Chandler Executor and my loving daughter Rebecka his wife Executrix of this my last Will and Testament to whom I give as a Legacy which said Legacy shall be in full as well for their Administering my said Estate as all other demands they or either of them may have against my said Estate also I charge them with the payment of my debts and Legacies according to the true intent and meaning hereof and lastly it is my mind and will that if anything remain after my just debts and Legacies are fully paid and discharged that such remainder or residue be equally divided between my loving wife the aforesaid Amy Allen and my said three sons to wit William, Joseph, and Benjamin share and part alike. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal,

Dated the Seventh Day of the twelfth month in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Nine.
John Allen [Seal]

Signed, Sealed, Published, Pronounced, and Declared by the said John Allen the Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us the subscribers who subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto in his presence and by his request, Samuel Sharp, David England, Lewis Lemert.

Chester 5th November 1771 Then personally appeared Samuel Sharp, David England, and Lewis Lemert, who on their Solemn Affirmations according to law did Declare, Affirm, and say that they were personally present and did see and hear John Allen the Testator within and above named, Sign, Seal, Publish, Pronounce, and Declare the foregoing writing to be his last Will and Testament and that at the doing thereof he was of a sound and well disposing mind and memory to the best of their understanding.
Affirmed before H.H. Graham D. Regs."
He died on 16 Sep 1771 in London Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was buried after 16 Sep 1771 in London Grove Friends Burying Grounds, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
John Allen was born in Ireland. Not much is known of his early life. His father, also called John Allen, was in the building trade. Young John was a mason or bricklayer. After the death of his father, young John decided to immigrate to America. About the time he arrived in Pennsylvania, land was being opened up in the area now known as Chester County. John took up a small tract of 63 acres. Meyers writes: "John Allen, who was an Irish Friend, arrived as early as 1714 and located in the Township on the north-west line of New Garden. Here he built and operated one of the earliest mills of that section. In 1719 he purchased from Thomas Garnett an adjoining tract of two hundred acres over the line in New Garden, being part of the five hundred acres granted to Thomas Garnett by Evan Evans." John Allen's grist mill was one of the earliest mills in Chester County, Pennsylvania and the old mill stood until it burned in 1915.
John ALLEN and Amy COX were married on 6 Mar 1719 in Center Friends Preparatory Meeting, Delaware.²⁷⁰
Under New Garden Friends, Pennsylvania records:
"14 Jan 1718/19 John Allen requests a certificate to Center Meeting to marry Ami Cocks."

Under Newark Friends Meeting (now Kennett):

"4 Feb 1719 John Allen and Amy Cox announce marriage intentions; 3 mo. 2 the second time, 6 Apr 1719 John Allen and Amy Cox married."

275. Amy COX was born in 1697 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey. She died on 13 Sep 1778 in London Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Children were:

	i.	John ALLEN was born on 8 Feb 1720 in Pennsylvania. He died on 1 Oct 1754 in Pennsylvania. Married Phebe Scarlet d/o Shadrach and Phebe Bowater Scarlet.
	ii.	Rebecca ALLEN was born on 8 Aug 1722 in Pennsylvania. She died on 12 Jul 1799 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Married twice; first to Alexander Mode s/o Alexander and Ellen Dunkin Mode and secondly to William Chandler.
133	iii.	Amy ALLEN.
	iv.	Elizabeth ALLEN271 was born on 29 Feb 1728 in Pennsylvania. She died on 13 Oct 1793 in North Carolina. Elizabeth and Simon had 8 children: Thomas who married Abigail Stuart, John who married first Rebecca Johnson and secondly Ruth Dix Massey, Naomi whose health was impaired by a childhood illness, Jessie who died of camp fever, Solomon who married first Hannah Hunt then secondly Sarah McPherson, Simon Jr who had charge of the mill when struck on the head with a sword by a Tory robber and soon died from the effects of the blow, Benjamin who married Ruth Marshall, and Elizabeth who married John Stuart.
	v.	William ALLEN was born on 3 Aug 1730 in Pennsylvania. He died about 1806. Second marriage to Sarah Davis Eldridge widow of Jonathon Eldridge and d/o Ellis and Lydia Davis. William and Sarah (Greave) had 2 children: John and Jane, who married Thomas Cloud. William and Sarah (Eldridge) had 2 (probable) children: Ellis and William. All four children were named in William's will.
	vi.	Joseph ALLEN was born on 12 May 1733 in Pennsylvania. He died in 1816. Married Deborah Hill d/o Samuel Hill.
	vii.	Mary ALLEN was born on 1 Nov 1736 in Pennsylvania. Married Moses Frazier s/o Alexander and Sarah Coppock Frazier.
	viii.	Phebe ALLEN was born on 9 Feb 1739. She died on 19 Oct 1787 in Vermont. Married twice; first to Samuel Thompson and secondly to James Vestal s/o William and Elizabeth Mercer Vestal.
	ix.	Benjamin ALLEN was born on 4 Aug 1742. Married Hannah Greenfield d/o James Greenfield.