The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-11

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In the issue OF November 18th. a short
notice was given Of the Allen family,
with a promise FOR more, which we are
row enabled to do from "Old Families IN
King William county, va, ana other ~.
liable sources. showing that the, family
was quite extensive in Virginia rs well
as in the some Of the Southern and Nv est
Il ern States The question may be asked II
liyh Aliens. and do they bear arms OF any
noble family? We think 50, and nave
placed the arms of the Aliens, OF New
York. as descendants from Samuel Allen OF
& New Hampshire, the first emlgrant to
New England, who was born IN Eng
land, 1886. and was u large London nef,
i chant At about the same time, we find
z William Allen, the first of the name y, IN
= Virginia. MS being a Burgess from SCUM
ampton county Va, 1929. and also from
J.onuon--ind doubtless of the same Eng
p 1ish sto. The Aliens, of Southampton
county. quickly spread into L ,1,,e.s
county; after that was formed. william
Allen the emigrant to Virginia, was OF
Scotch descent, as were all his ances-
tors. William Allen, born In Lunenburg
county. 1856. was doubtless a. grandson,
from whom lost of the present descend
ants are derived. He entered the Rer.olli,
tionary War. ITO or lI16. and renamed
nstlie army untilreace was declared be-
J. ing in CAPTAIN James Johnsons company,
Sixth Virginia, Regiment. Continental line
as shown IN State Records at Richmond
Land Office, dated 1870. He Is said Ito
X have refused a pension, SAYING ina aie
didn't fight for money. but for liberty,
IS and could never be persuaded to- apply |
for one His mother was a Miss ia mes,
and his wife was Miss Sailie An ls vs.
William Alien are not clearly traced; but
5 one OF them. Jones Allen, was born in,
Lunenburg county. 11s5. and his father,
Allen married Dorothy Gee, daughter Of
William Gee, OF Lunenburg, Na.,.. des-
cendnnts OF an old English family a
father and seven sons, coming from Eng
was accidentally drowned near James
town One son, William, settled near Pc
tershurg. another, Henry Gee; represent +
cd Essen county. in Virginia Conven-
Jefferson. Isnaieton. Eandolph. Harrison,
Mason a and ar that galaxy Of heroes,
who adorned the Colonial period.
Among the children Of Jones Allen and
his wife. Dorothy. was born in Lunen-
burg. March Il 1871 Colonel Robert "a en-
derson Alien. who married n, a !, 1886 Ann
Eliza Basley, daughter OF William Bag,
ley, of Luneniourg county. They had
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follows:
1st-pr William Jones Allen
3D. Cornelius I. Allen. ~, ~,
:d--lIdward Marshall Allen II
4th--Robe.t Alexander Allen
ith-.Anderson I3aglew -llcn.S
7i iii Thomas Allen ia
4 Sth-furacc Morrison Allen.
Gth-charlcs De Gralrenried Allen
was a & Captain l G. i. Allen, one Of the noble
veterans OF the Confederate War. He
was horn at tho paternal home, Oral
law entered the Confederate army as
lieutenant of the Loeb Leven Rangers"
Company g twentieth negiment =, Wis
ilrst engagement at Rich Mountain tsec-
ond battle Of the wall was almost ann
hatsd IN 1872 snaen ant Ale eho vas al, a.
captain Of the company. On September
At the , 'srgbe fhanEe on Of E9rt
River Captain Allen was wounded in
breast; hand and arm and agai1n on ~ ApGh
O. TS y few an miles from 95ae vi Ne
was again wounded IN tie foot and was
made prisoner. This was a hattie OF
out t', Of more than seventy men in Captain
-Ailcn's company, were killed and wounded
IN one hour
Lucy a AanSy e M @aSsSa daas sSh OF q Hon
Robert u. Meade, Of .,Octagon HALL
Brunswick eounty5Va. Their six children
infant: I'd, ELLEN Taylor Allen, married.
1885, Hugh Maycs; of Princeton. Ky; 3D.
Stuart Ashpy ALLEN; It'll, Annie Meade, Al.
Percy Allen, died at Princeton, Ky: 9Th,
Hattie Carr Allen, died October q, 1883.
Miss Lucy, Ashby Allen died q, Prince
lated 10 the ceicbrated Asllby family Of
The Valley Of Virgnia, one OF whom was
the renowned General Turner Ashby. OF
f.,,.Fx n ty.A Et,,
ton. XIV, where ~ ISL he. edited the
"Princeton Banner" and in 1870 was, Dem
in 1871 was sent 10 Kentucky House of
& Representatives from Caldwell county,
ana e ses,ea in 1s.9 n l ian was maze
Oklahona Territory, ana then IN 1906 TO
M1eSS9 Mo w%re e T boy no 9ns z Fr tns
This hraach Of the Allen family We see
that ihey are allied 70 many, Of the most
+ the MaTshals the Goodies, The Jeffcrsons,
1hc Alepdes the Suths, liideer, EYerald,
.ashbS sn9sfIer, l2Rbneys, WashEnGtQus,
Tayip,. Mailer. aHG nahy othefs,Io trace
all Of which. Sipea would rot allOw. We
vii tlr1l however, briefly. 70 the family
in Augusta,
Va, was /, uoted indian Tighter, His 7
afeat-slandson, John Allen :naMled Car
Tfmble. Jane. Susan L. ahd Corey, who
died young. @
James IrInlhlc Allen married. first.
Dora, daughter Of Waller Young, and |
had Nellie, Beatty and Dora; By bis sec |.
gnd marriage VITA Jane McCampbell, OF
Scholsville, ~, he had Susan. John
Trlmbie, stephen, Mary and Howard /
tsfe 'Old Families of King William I
County VA pages III and 1879
Il Jane Allen. daughter OF James and
Margaret u'aggyQ. Alen % Augusta |
county. Va, born March IT, 1865, married /
in 1870 james Tr!mDle tpage y from HIS |
toricai eolleeilons, by Joseph nabersham
Volume -. Catherine. daughter o. Cap |
ran Lawrence Baker Is named I'M her
fathers WILL September G. 1851 wife OF |
Arthur Allen, OF Surry county, Va, page
go I
Drury Allen served through the Reyo.
lu,ipnary Mar In North Carolina and |
) then removed 10 Georgia, where he died In
PKG county ~ lo,l He married Eliza