- DO NOT MERGE WITH SAMUEL OF NORTHAMPTON, MA
DEACON SAMUEL ALLEN II (Trinitarian Congregational Church) born 10 November 1632, Braintree, Massachusetts, to Samuel Allen (1596-1669) and Ann Whitmore (1611-1641.)
their eldest son.
married Sarah Partridge, daughter of George Partridge, of Duxbury, 16 December 1658, in Bridgewater.
They had ten children.
He was Senior Deacon, freeman, and town clerk.
settled in the Parish of East Bridgewater as early as 1660. original land proprietors of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, (one of the earliest settlers) and held many offices of trust and honor from the people.
town clerk from 1683 to 1702,
member of the Legislature in 1693, was in many of the battles with the Indians in those times, and once, while on a march to join Captain Church with 20 of his neighbors, took 17 prisoners after a desperate conflict.
The burying ground, and a very large part of the common at the meeting-house was given and conveyed to committees in behalf of said Precinct, by Samuel Allen with sundry deeds. The records of the town still bear witness of his character for accuracy and research.
He was a Deacon of the Church and bore a good character until his death. His name is among those appearing on a plaque in the East Bridgewater Library commemorating the original proprietors.
Will, December 20, 1705:
“We, Samuel /Allen, Sen., and Sarah, his wife of Bridgewater, do give, grant, and bequeath, after our decease, our whole tract of land adjoining to our new dwelling-house,
excepting the half-moon meadow, the rest being near 100 aces, unto our son, Nehemiah Allen, in Bridgewagter,
to the Northerly side of John’s river (Matfield);
beginning at river, and running along by the top of the bank of said half-moon meadow, to the land of our son Samuel;
then running northeasterly to a swamp white oak mark, and in same line to a small red oak and dead white oaks, and on the same line to the highway on the plain;
the southerly east side is butting on said John’s river;
running northeasterly, joining to the lands of Thomas Witman, straight to causey and highway above Goodman Harris, his house;
then by highway to a red oak; and then by a heap of stones and stake on the southerly side of the highway that comes from Poor meadow;
then northwesterly to a heap of stones and sapling;
then westerly by ye highway to our son Samuel’s side line of his land, on the easterly side;
and also our one-sixth undivided land.” (Acknowledged Dec. 11, 1704; recorded Dec. 20, 1705 in book 6, pages 59, Ephitaphs in Old Bridgewatger, Massachusetts, 1882.
Samuel Allen II died 6 August 1703, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, at about 71 years old.
SARAH PARTRIDGE was born 2 September 1639, Duxbury, Massachusetts, to Governor George Partridge (1605-1695) and Sarah Tracy (1621-1708.) She was their oldest child. She married Deacon Samuel Allen II, 16 December 1658, in Bridgewater. Her family was one of the earliest settlers in Bridgewater. She was a member of the Congregational Church.
Sarah appears in the Hempstead Census of 1698, page 5, col. 2: Henery Allen, Ellison (probably a grandson), 1698, Hempstead, Queens, New York.
Sarah Partridge Allen passed away 7 August 1722, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, at age 78.
Sarah Partridge Allen
Birth: 1639
Duxbury
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: Aug. 7, 1722
Bridgewater
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Partridge, eldest child of George Partridge & Sarah Tracy, b. circa 1639 in Duxbury, Mass.
Per Susan Rosseter's 2nd Ed. (1995) of Mayflower Increasings, Sarah d. Aug. 7, 1722 in Bridgewater, Mass.
By early 1660, Sarah m. Dea. Samuel Allen, Jr., s. of Samuel Allen & his 1st wife purportedly named Ann (whose maiden name is unknown). Samuel is claimed to have been b. Nov. 10, 1632 in Braintree, Mass.
However, no proof of the latter date exists and no record exists of when his father arrived in New England. Braintree was incorporated as a distinct town in 1640 and the town's first recorded vital record is June 1643.
Samuel d. testate between June 29, 1703 and Dec. 21, 1705 (date of will-date of proof) in Bridgewater, Mass.
Sarah Partridge and Samuel Allen, Jr. had the following ten children of record in Bridgewater, dau. Mehitable the exception stated to have been b. in Duxbury, Mass.:
• i. Samuel Allen, 3rd, b. Dec. 4, 1660.
• ii. Essiel (f) Allen, b. Mar. 1, 1662/3.
• iii. Mehitable Allen, b. Jan. 20, 1664/5. Duxbury
• iv. Sarah Allen, b. Apr. 14, 1667.
• v. Bethia Allen, b. May 12, 1669.
• vi. Nathaniel Allen, b. Feb. 10, 1672/3.
• vii. Ebenezer Allen, b. Oct. 14, 1674.
• viii. Josiah Allen, b. Apr. 21, 1677.
• ix. Elisha Allen, b. Feb. 8, 1678/9.
• x. Nehemiah Allen, b. Jan. 5, 1680/1.
Original Bio by Don Blauvelt
Parents:
George Partridge (1617 - 1695)
Sarah Tracy Partridge (1623 - 1708)
Spouse:
Samuel Allen (1632 - 1705)*
Children:
Samuel Allen (1660 - 1750)*
Mehitable Allen Alden (1664 - 1725)*
Sarah Allen Snow (1667 - ____)*
Bethiah Allen Pryer (1669 - 1744)*
Josiah Allen (1677 - 1736)*
Nehemiah Allen (1681 - 1728)*
Siblings:
Sarah Partridge Allen (1639 - 1722)
Tryphosa Tracy Partridge West (1642 - 1701)*
Elizabeth Partridge Allen (1643 - 1722)*
Ruth Partridge Thacher (1645 - 1717)*
Lydia Partridge Brewster (1650 - 1743)*
Mary Partridge Skiff (1656 - ____)*
John Partridge (1658 - 1731)*
James Partridge (1660 - 1743)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Unknown
Maintained by: lifescribe
Originally Created by: Don Blauvelt
Record added: Feb 14, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 48126369
Sarah and Samuel Allen Home
Children of Deacon Samuel Allen II and Sarah Partridge:
(All of the children were born in Bridgewater.)
1. *SAMUEL ALLEN III was born 4 December 1660, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Massachusetts, to Deacon Samuel Allen II (1632-1703) and Sarah Partridge (1639-1717.)
married (1) *Rebeckah Cary, 1 December 1685, in Bridgewater; m (2) Mary.
died 28 June 1750, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, at age 90.
2. Essiel (Eleazer) Allen, b. 1 Mar 1662/63;
md. 11 Aug 1694, Rhoda Tilson; d. 1685.
3. Mehitable Allen, b. 20 Jan 1664;
md. 2 Dec 1685, Isaac Alden; d. 20 Oct 1727.
4. Sarah Allen, b. 14 Apr 1667; d. after 12 Sep 1738.
5. Bethia Allen, b. 12 May 1669;
md. John Pryer, abt. 1687; d. 11 Mar 1744.
6. Nathaniel Allen, b. 10 Feb 1671/72; d. 1 Oct 1751.
7. Ebenezer Allen, b. 14 Oct 1674;
md. Rebecca Scate Skeath, 11 Oct 1698; d. 14 May 1733.
8. Josiah Allen, b. 21 Apr 1677; d 1781.
Joseph Allen home: 1690
9. Elisha Allen “Elishah”, b. 8 Feb 1678/79; d. 5 Aug 1720
10. Nehemiah Allen, b. 5 Jan 1680/81; d. 1703.
(Sources: A Genealogy of Samuel Allen of Windsor, Connecticut and Some of His Descendants; The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-5, 27-35 for George Allen profile; History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater [1840] page 94.)
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