Individual Details

Reverend William ALLEN D.D.

(2 Jan 1784 - 16 Jul 1866)

Events

Birth2 Jan 1784Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Baptism11 Jan 1784by his father Rev. Thomas Allen of the Church of Christ - Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Graduated1802Harvard College - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Religion29 Jul 1804preached his first sermon in his father's pulpit - Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
OccupationBet 10 Oct 1810 and 5 Feb 1817minister of the First Church of Pittsfield - Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Occupation1816president of Dartmouth College - Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Occupation1819president of Bowdoin College - Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine
Residence1839Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Death16 Jul 1866Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Families

ChildJohn Wheelock ALLEN (1813 - )
FatherReverend Thomas ALLEN (1743 - 1810)
MotherElizabeth LEE (1747 - 1830)
SiblingHon. Thomas ALLEN Jr. (1769 - 1806)
SiblingJonathan ALLEN (1771 - 1772)
SiblingCaptain Jonathan ALLEN 2nd (1773 - 1845)
SiblingElizabeth ALLEN (1775 - 1798)
SiblingGeorge Washington ALLEN (1777 - 1784)
SiblingClarissa ALLEN (1779 - 1831)
SiblingGeorge Washington ALLEN 2d (1781 - 1820)
SiblingCapt. Samuel Lee ALLEN (1784 - 1816)
SiblingLove ALLEN (1786 - 1820)
SiblingSolomon Metcalf ALLEN (1789 - 1817)
SiblingElisha Lee ALLEN M.D. (1792 - 1817)