Individual Details

Moses and Moses Jr. and Jonas took a lease on a farm in lott 11 in Pawling [Beekman Patent] 30 Oct 1756. One of them was taxed on this farm from Feb 1756 through 1778. Jonas would have been only about 15/16 years old at this time if he is the same as the child baptized in Sturbridge.

Jonas Allen was taxed in Beekman and Pawling from Feb 1763 through 1770.

Jonas Allen witnessed a will of Ephraim Dunham of Beekman's Precinct Sep 29 1765.

13 May 1768. Petition of the freeholders of the NE Part Beekman Precincts. Probably citizens of Dover. They had only four constables which they consided too few and were requesting one more. Signatures include Moses Allen, Jonas Allen, Ichabod Ward. [SETTLERS OF THE BEEKMAN PATENT, Vol 1]

Rebecca MacAllester June 2003 Email Correspondence
Believes she is a descendant of Jonas. Information from several articles she has found, primarily from PIONEERS OF MENDON suggest a Jonas Allen lived in Dutchess County NY and West Stockbridge MA. He had sons Abram, Jonas Jr & William - both Jonas Jr & William lived in Mendon, Monroe Co NY. This is a county originally part of Ontario Co and they would have lived there at approximately the same time that Moses Allen's sons Peter and Nathaniel lived in Ontario Co. Jonas Sr may have served in the Revolution from Stockbridge as a private in Capt David Pixley's Co, Col. John Brown's Regt. [Copy of her document in my Allen computer files.]

Christen

5 Jul 1741

Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Father	MOSES ALLEN (1708 - 1778)
Mother	HANNAH KNAPP ( - )
Sibling	Lydia Allen ( - )
Sibling	Hannah Allen (1733 - )
Sibling	Sarah Allen ( - 1745)
Sibling	MOSES ALLEN (1739 - 1796)