Individual Details

Vital Records of Newton, MA
To the Year 1850
NEHGS Boston 1905
p.231 marriage record of Moses Allen & Hannah Knapp

Genealogical Sketches of the Allen Family of Medfield, 1869, by Joseph Allen, c.1869, p.7. "The above-named sons of Joseph Allen Jr., viz. Joseph Allen 3rd, Moses, and Aaron, - about the year 1736 removed, with their uncle Nehemiah, to Sturbridge; two of whom, Joseph and Moses, were town officers the year following the incorporation of that town, 1738.

Three of their children were baptized in Sturbridge, MA - Moses, Jonas & Sarah. Daughter Lydia was married there. I have wondered if Moses & Hannah had other children.

Moses's brother Aaron seemed to be a resident of Sturbridge as well and two of Aaron's children married Allens who had common Allen given names. However, online databases given the Aaron Allen of Sturbridge different parents - Joseph Allen & Miriam Wright of Medfield, Norfolk Co, MA. In one instance, I found that "my" Moses had also been placed as a child of Joseph Allen & Miriam Wright. It would appear that these Allen lines were unconnected, as Joseph's father was also a Joseph who lived in Rehoboth and his grandfather was a James Allen from Dedham, MA.

Doherty's Settlers of the Beekman Patent got the lineage of Moses wrong - turns out, he was indeed the son of Joseph Allen & Miriam Wright, born 20 Sep 1708 in Medfield, Suffolk, MA, and not a son of Samuel of Sudbury. The Moses Allen, son of Samuel was dead by 1732 and left no issue as proved by a document when his sister Abigail released her guardianship. Aaron certainly his brother and the Aaron found in Sturbridge where he remained and died.

In the Beekman Patent book, by Doherty, there is a child listed as ?John Allen, "son of Moses and Hannah d. 24 Aug 1774, age 3 months and was bd. in the Steel Works burying ground near Wassaic, near Dover. A Martha Allen, wife of Amos was in the same ground. [NEBG 126]. NEBG is the source BURYING GROUNDS OF SHARON, CT. AND AMENIA AND NORTH EAST, NY by L. Van Alystyne; originally published 1903; republished with an index by Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1983. There is some error here - likely a typo in the year given, as by 1774 Hannah would have been too old for childbearing. A year of 1744 would seem much more reasonable. Or this is simply a misplacement of this child. Perhaps the wife's name was wrong.
Burying Grounds of Sharon CT, Amenia & North East, NY
L. Van Alystyne Heart of the Lakes Publishing 1983
I read the entry differently, but the above facts still apply.
Burying Ground at the "Steel Works" [between S. Amenia and Wassaic]
John Allen, s. of Moses and Hannah, d. Aug. 24, 1772, age 3 mos. John could not have been a child of the younger Moses & Chloe Ward because the date is too close after birth of their daughter Lydia.
Martha Allen, wife of Amos, d. Mar 18, 1770

Researcher Arthur Kelly of "Kinship" provided me with the following Dutchess Co tax lists.
During the time period 1718-1738, there was a Samuel Allen in the North Ward and a John Allen and his widow in the Middle Ward. Moses did have older half-brothers with these given names but they seem to have never left Sudbury, MA so it's doubtful there is any connection.

Moses and Moses Jr. and Jonas took a lease on a farm in lott 11 in Pawling [Beekman Patent] 30 Oct 1756. Taxed on this farm from Feb 1756 through 1778.
Beekman Patent: Moses taxed on Stillwell farm from Feb 1756-1769, Pawling
Moses Allen Jr. taxed for 1766-1769, Pawling.
Then a later listing: Moses Allen, 1770-1778, Pawling, and Moses Allen, Jr. 1770-1772, Pawling.

In 1758, a young Moses and Jonas are listed as being in a militia company in Dutchess Co.

Ancient Documents of Dutchess County as filmed by LDS contained the following that could be either Moses, but likely the elder because of the reference to "yeoman".
On the 27th of July 1757, Moses Allen & Samuel Cogswell, both of Beekman Precinct, Yeomen, signed a Promissory Note that they owed 5 pounds, 10 shillings to Leonard Van Kleck, Esqr to be paid on or before the 1st day of September. It was filed for record, May 1758, when Kleck sued for payment.
And on 28 Jun 1759, Moses Allen and Lewis Hunt, both of Beekman Precinct, Yeoman, were bound to Clear (Clare?) Everett, Esqr in the sum of 38 pounds and if not paid, they are to appear at the next Court of Common Pleas, in Poughkeepsie, on the 3rd of October next to answer a charge of Trespass against Henry Filkin, Esqr, damages of 19 pounds. A note on the back states that this is a Bail Bond in the Case - likely Everett was the current sheriff of Dutchess County.
On the same day, 28 Jun 1759, Moses Allen and Lewis Hunt, as above, were bound to Everitt in the sum of 144 pounds and if not paid, to appear in the same court regarding 72 pounds owed to Henry Filkin, Esqr. Bail Bond in Debt.
In 1768, there are several documents relating to a case in which Moses Allen had been security for one Paul Ayts or Yeats who owed money, 23 pounds, 18 shillings, and a few pence, to John Hart and had not been paid. Hart sued Paul Ayts and Moses Allen, in October of 1768, stating that on the 15th of Dec in 1762, Moses Allen, had been security for Paul Ayts for payment or surrender himself to the "common Goal" (jail) . Moses was ordered to appear at the next Court Session, 3rd Tues in May. A note from Livingston, Sheriff on the back states that he could not find Moses Allen in his Bailiwick. Strangely the date on the court document has been scribbled out and other dates written - it first said 20 May, Eight year of Independence - but was marked over for 5 Jan, 9th year or 1768 - the back of the document states "revised, Oct 1768". A second document almost exactly like the above is dated 8 Jan 1768 - the result was the same - the Sheriff had found nothing and no Moses Allen. There is an Affadavit signed after the above when he was "not found" by Moses Allen before Lawrence Van Kleck, Esqr, one of the Judges of Inferior Court of Common Pleas, dated the 14 May 1769, in which Moses states he is "of full Age and a freeholder in Dutchess County" and that in December last he had become Special Bail for Paul Yeats at the suit of John Hart and as a freeholder with an estate free of any encumbrance he was entitled to being Special Bail in any action of 100 pounds.
Another of the Ancient Documents is a list of Court Costs for the suit of Samuel Nash and Jedidah Strong - the defendant's name was Wm Church but was marked out and Moses Allen written. The list of costs is long and obivously the case had been extended, but the only date is 10 January 1772 when the costs were totaled as 6 pounds, 19 shillings, 9 pence and added to damages just over 12 pounds.
The last case I found in the Ancient Documents was a suit that is against Moses Allen, otherwise called Moses Allen Junr with dates from 1782-1784.


The date of death is based on a reference to his son as Moses Jr. The elder Moses may not have lived quite that long. He was on the tax lists in the Beekman Patent through 1778. From the Ancient Documents, 1782-1784, the younger Moses is listed as "Moses Allen, also known Moses Allen, Junr" - I believe the elder Moses was deceased prior to this time and the younger Moses was no longer using the "Junior" as he was now the only Moses Allen.

Birth	20 Sep 1708	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Marriage	25 Oct 1732	Newtown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts - HANNAH KNAPP
Death	Aft 1778

Spouse	HANNAH KNAPP ( - )
Child	Lydia Allen ( - )
Child	Hannah Allen (1733 - )
Child	Sarah Allen ( - 1745)
Child	MOSES ALLEN (1739 - 1796)
Child	Jonas Allen ( - )

Father	JOSEPH Allen II (1676 - 1727)
Mother	MIRIAM Wight (1675 - 1746)
Sibling	Joseph Allen III (1702 - 1776)
Sibling	Miriam Allen (1704 - 1767)
Sibling	Lydia Allen (1714 - )
Sibling	Aaron Allen (1714 - 1794)