Individual Details
Benjamin Allen
(30 Jan 1661/62 - 12 Aug 1721)
Married Frances Rice duaghter of Thomas Rice of Sudbury. The "Boston Gaszette" says Frances lived to be 96. Children Thomas, Frances who married John Gregory, Grace who married Benjamin Harrigton, Jonas, Zebadiah, and Benjamin.
Buried in the old burial ground at Weston Center - called Farmer's Burial Ground on FindAGrave.
Son Zebadiah, born 19 Jan 1702 in Weston, died of smallpox at the age of 74, 2 Jan 1777. His son, also Zebadiah, served during the Revolution and in 1776 commissioned 1st Lt. of the 1st Co., 7th Regt, Worcester Co MA.
Genealogy and Family History of the State of Vermont; Hon. Hiram Carleton, Vol.1, Lewis Publihsing Co., 1903; Reprt Genealogy Publishing, 1998.
Historic Homes & Places & Genealogical and Personal Memoirs; Relating to the Families of Middlesex Co, MA, William Richard Cutter, A. M., Vol. 1, Lewis Historical Publishing Co, NY, 1908, p.217-221
Benjamin lived at Watertown Farms, which was incorporated as Weston in 1712.
Children:
Thomas, b. 1690
Frances, married John Gregory of Weston, 24 Dec 1724
Jonas, b. 1 Nov 1699
Zebediah, b. 19 Jan 1702
Benjamin, b. 13 Dec 1709, lived in the part of Weston incoporated as Lincoln in 1754. He married Eunice Gale of Watertown, 1 Jul 1731; they had nine children.
FindAGrave.com has a picture of his stone.
Birth: Jan. 30, 1662
Newbury Old Town
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: Aug. 12, 1721
Weston
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA
Benjamin Allen of Watertown Farms (now Weston), (perhaps a son of John of Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts) married Frances Rice, daughter of Thomas and Mary Rice of Sudbury.
Children of Benjamin & Frances (Rice) Allen:
1. Grace, married about 1713, Benjamin Harrington
2. Jonas, born 1 November 1799, married Elizabeth (..?..)
3. Zebadiah, born 19 January 1701/02
4. Thomas
5. Frances, married John Magriggo (Gregory)
6. Benjamin, born 13 December 1709, married Eunice Gale of Watertown, and settled in Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She married (2nd) Abijah Steadman
Source: Bond, Henry, M.D. "Bond's Genealogies & History of Watertown, 2nd Edition" New England Historic Genealogical Society: Boston 1860
Page 7
Inscription:
August ye 12th 1721
Mr. Benjamin Allin
in ye 60th Year of His Age
Burial:
Farmers Burial Ground
Weston
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA
Events
| Birth | 30 Jan 1661/62 | Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1690 | Frances Rice | |||
| Death | 12 Aug 1721 | Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | |
Families
| Spouse | Frances Rice (1671 - 1721) |
| Child | Thomas Allen (1690 - ) |
| Child | Frances Allen ( - ) |
| Child | Grace Allen (1696 - 1730) |
| Child | Jonas Allen (1699 - 1786) |
| Child | Zebadiah Allen (1701 - 1777) |
| Child | Benjamin Allen (1709 - 1768) |
| Father | JOHN ALLEN (1631 - 1711) |
| Mother | SARAH [ALLEN] ( - 1702) |
| Sibling | Deborah Allen ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Allen (1656 - 1711) |
| Sibling | SAMUEL ALLEN (1658 - 1720) |
| Sibling | Joseph Allen (1659 - 1725) |
| Sibling | Rebecca Allen (1664 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Allen (1666 - 1689) |
| Sibling | Sarah Allen (1668 - 1702) |
Endnotes
1. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent. Dutchess County, New York An Historical and Genealogical Study of all the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent. [Have copies in my files. This book thoroughly documented and sourced.] (Pleasant Valley, NY 12569 c1993).
2. Allen H. Bent of Boston, Walter Allen of Newbury, Mass 1640 and Some of His Descendants With a Few Notes on the Allen Family in General (Boston: David Clapp & Son, Printers. 1896. Reprinted 1986 Parker River Researchers, Newburyport MA.), p.3.
3. Allen H. Bent of Boston, Walter Allen of Newbury, Mass 1640 and Some of His Descendants With a Few Notes on the Allen Family in General (Boston: David Clapp & Son, Printers. 1896. Reprinted 1986 Parker River Researchers, Newburyport MA.), p.3.