Ralph Allen^[1]

Abt 1615 - Abt 1698  (~ 83 years)

• Name	Ralph Allen
  Born	Abt 1615	England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	601295C8221D4582AA4404E953B8DB43D9B5
  Died	Abt 1698	Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I1864	Strong History
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	George Allen,   b. Abt 1558, England ,   d. Apr 1648, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Mother	Unknown,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1600	England
  Family ID	F449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1645	Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	1. Zachariah Allen,   b. Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Increase Allen,   b. Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts ,   d. 7 Mar 1724, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts   3. Joseph Allen,   b. Abt 1642, Massachusetts ,   d. 1704, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey  (Age ~ 62 years)   4. Patience Allen,   b. Abt 1645, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts ,   d. 4 Dec 1711, Newport, Rhode Island  (Age ~ 66 years)   5. Ebenezer Allen,   b. 10 Feb 1650, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 May 1725, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age 75 years)   6. Benjamin Allen,   b. Massachusetts ,   d. 1669, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island   7. John Allen,   b. Massachusetts ,   d. 1704, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts   8. Philip Allen,   b. Massachusetts ,   d. 13 Jul 1671, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island   9. Mary Allen,   b. Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 1675, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ralph Allen, the son of George Allen and his first wife, is believed to have been born in about 1615 in England. Although it has not been determined when he arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, it is known that he did not travel on the same ship as his father, George. This Ralph, who is known to have held lands at Weymouth that originally belonged to his father, George Allen, later moved to Rehoboth in what is now Bristol County, Massachusetts. He eventually settled at Sandwich in the New Plymouth Colony of Massachusetts, however, where his father lived. According to available records, Ralph was generally referred to as a planter and wheelwright, and in certain documents he was also referred to as Ralph Allen, Sr., such as the burial record of his daughter, Mary, in 1675. This was apparently to distinguish him from the other Ralph Allen who resided at Sandwich, was married to a woman named Esther Swift, and was a mason by trade. Although Ralph is thought to have been married sometime around 1630-1635, it is not known at this time whether he married in England, or after he arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Our Ralph is believed to have been married to a woman named Susannah. In 1657, while residing at Sandwich, Quakerism began spreading throughout the Colony, and Ralph and six of his brothers and sisters were apparently among the first to be "convinced." Unfortunately, the adoption of Quakerism by the Allen’s resulted in their being persecuted and fined for many years for practicing their faith. Their persecution was particularly acute for refusing to take the Oath of Fidelity which they felt was unlawful. During the years 1663 and 1664, Ralph purchased land at Dartmouth in the New Plymouth Colony (now within Bristol County, Massachusetts), which he later conveyed to his children. Even though he was living at Sandwich at the time of his death, it is believed that he and Susannah probably resided at Dartmouth for a few years. Ralph is mentioned in several deeds as being "of Dartmouth," and in 1684 he was involved in an agreement with three others to build a gristmill there. Ralph Allen was purported to have died during the month of March 1698 at Sandwich in what had then become Barnstable County, Massachusetts. His will, which had been written on 18 December 1691, was probated on 1 July 1698 before the Barnstable County Court. Ralph was subsequently buried, as directed by his will, "in the Friends Burying place at William Allen's in Sandwich." - Descendants of George Allen of England and Sandwich, Massachusetts, Jack MacDonald (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jacmac/allen.pdf)

  
  

• Sources

  [S159] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [S207] The Allen Family - Descendants of George Allen of England and Sandwich, Massachusetts, p.3.