Allen Family
The following is paraphrased from E.M. Woodward's History of Burlington County, published in 1883.
Robert Allen of Shrewsbury came to Little Egg Harbor in 1716, and married Edith Andrews, daughter
of Edward Andrews, of Tuckerton. They were wed in the Friends meetinghouse in that town, and it
is said they were only the second couple ever wed there. Where he settled seems in some dispute;
Woodward believed he settled on the west side of
Wading River, while others believe he settled at
Bass River. He purchased land and took up farming. His children were:
- Edward Allen. He married Rachel, daughter of John
Cranmer,Sr., of
Bass River. They had:
- Charles Allen
- Simeon Allen
- Edward Allen
- John Allen
- Edith Allen
- Mercy Allen
- Sarah Allen
- Kesiah Allen
- Phoebe Allen
- Edith Allen
- Peter Allen, "Like Nimrod of old, was a great hunter, and lost his life in consequence of
his love for the chase. Sometimes he went a considerable distance from home for the purpose
of killing deer, and at such times he put up in some rude hut in the wilderness, where he
stored his game which he had procured on his last hunting expedition. He went from home with
the intention of spending a week on the chase. The week passed away, but did not bring back
the hunter. His friends, thinking no ill had befallen him, supposed he was still pursuing
his wild, but to him pleasurable, avocation. After a considerable time had elapsed they
became alarmed at his protracted stay and went in search of him. After a long search,
they found an old log cabin which had tumbled down, and beneath the ruins they found the
body of Peter Allen in a state of decomposition."
Peter's children were:
- Richard Allen. He married in the upper part of Burlington County
and settled there.
- Elizabeth Allen
- Joseph Allen. In his time he was one of the most prominent men on the shores
of the Wading River. He married twice; first to Sarah
Cramer, daughter of
Isaac C. Cranmer, Sr.; secondly he married Mary
Leak, daughter of John Leak,
Sr. He had eleven children:
- Rebecca Allen, who married Captain Wm. Cale and had:
- William Cale
- Chalkley Cale
- Wesley Cale
- Mary Cale
- Sarah Cale
After Captain Cale's death, she remarried to Abraham Maynard, and
had a son named Alfred Maynard.
- Joseph Allen. He married Sarah Bodine, daughter of John Bodine,
and had:
- Captain Jesse Allen married Hannah
Weeks, daughter of Job.
- Achsah Allen. She maried a man by the name of Anderson.
- Abigail Allen, who married a Mr. Taylor.
- Mary Jane Allen, who married a Smallwood.
- Maria Allen, who married her sister, Mary Jane's,
husband after Mary Jane's death.
- Louisa Allen, who married Reuben Loveland.
- William Allen, Esq. was one of the principal business men of
New Gretna. He married Rebecca Sears, daughter of Josephus. They had:
- Joseph Allen, who married Eliza
Adams
- John Allen, who married Phebe
Cranmer
- Samuel Allen married an unknown woman in Philadelphia
- Josephus Allen married an unknown woman in
Jersey Shore, PA
- William Allen, jr. married Lydia Vaughn
- Catharine Allen married Peter Gass
- Elvira or Elmira Allen, who married Nathan Moore
- Abigail Allen, who married Forman Smith
- Mary Allen, who married Joseph M.
Budd
- Victoria Allen, who married Capt. William Parmentier,jr
- Thomas Allen. He married Anne Cranmer, daughter of Caleb. They had:
- Caleb Allen, who married Eliza
Leek
- Mary Allen, who married Enoch
Adams
- Thomas Allen married first Anna Jones, and second
Amelia Throckmorton
- Jefferson Allen
- Uriah Allen, who married Phoebe
Leek
- Joseph B. Allen, who married Marietta
Mathis
- Maria Allen, who married William
Gaskill.
- George Allen, who married Abigail
French and had:
- Ellen Allen
- Hannah Allen
- Achsah Allen
- Mary Allen
- Henry Allen
- George Allen
- John Allen
- William Allen
- Joseph Allen
- Phebe Allen, who married Josiah Cale and had:
- Joseph Cale, who married Elizabeth Loveland
- Josiah Cale, who married Catherine
Leek
- William Cale, who married Elizabeth
Adams
- Martha Cale, who married
Joseph French
- Mary Cale, who married Thomas
Mathis
- Eliza Cale, who married Charles F.
Cranmer
- Margaret Cale, who married Chalkley C. Sears
- Phoebe Ann Cale, who married Capt. David Cavileer
- Achsah Cale, who married Zebulon M.P. Mathis
- Marietta Cale, who married Adolphus Lamson
of Manahawkin
- Achsah Allen
- Sarah Allen lived in
Bass River. She
married Recompense Darby, of Scotch Plains, East Jersey and had:
- Ann Darby
- John Darby
- Joseph Darby
- Margaret Darby
- William Darby
- Carlisle Allen Darby
- Stanbury Darby
- Mason Darby
- Mary Allen married Ebenezer T. Deacon, son of Samuel.
They had:
- Ann Deacon
- William Deacon
- Samuel Deacon
- Sarah Deacon
- Maria Deacon
- Ebenezer Deacon
- Eliza Allen. She married Samuel Deacon, jr.
- Martha Allen, who married Capt. Samuel Cavileer and had:
- Eliza Cavileer
- Jane Cavileer
- Joseph Cavileer
- Morris Cavileer
- Elmira Cavileer
- Samuel Cavileer
- Harry Cavileer
- Sarah Cavileer
- Louisa Cavileer
- Gilbert Cavileer
- William Cavileer
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