Allen Genealogy

a project of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 84 - Hulls Cove, Maine  04644
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(updated 23 July 2024)

Welcome to the Allen family genealogy. Family units are arranged alphabetically by the first name of the father (or single-parent mother). Links are provided to enable you to move up and down each lineage. To follow a line back in time (ancestors), click on the underlined portion of “(son of …)” or “(dau. of …)” beneath the name of the person you want to trace back. To follow a line forward in time (descendants), click on the name of the person whose offspring you want to see. A plus sign (+) following a name means that that person had one or more children, but that family group has not been added to this web page. To view documentation, including census data, click on the link “documentation and notes” below a family.

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first Allen household on Mount Desert Island
1840 census of the town of Mount Desert
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Frederick Allen

No data were reported for this household as well as for several more in the 1840 census of the town of Mount Desert.

   

Asher Allen
   (son of [...])
   m. Anna M. [...]

child:
   Olcott A. Allen   b. age 4 m. at death   -   d. 14 October 1890   -   bur. Mount Height Cemetery   Southwest Harbor, Maine

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Edmund Allen
   (son of Thomas Allen and Abigail Brown
   b. 29 July 1781   Buckfield, Maine
   m. Ruth Bryant

children:
   Jonathan Tyler Allen   b. 21 April 1803   -   d. February 1843
   [8 more children]

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Edward W. Allen
   (son of Frederick Allen and Climenia [...])
   b. age 8 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   m. Izora F. [...]
           b. age 33 y. as of 1880 census   Massachusetts

child:
   Laura B. Allen   b. age 11 y. as of 1880 census   Massachusetts

documentation and notes

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Ephraim W. Allen
   (son of [?])
   b. age 48 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   m. Everlina C. […]
           b. age 53 y. as of 1880 census   Maine

child:
   Wallace L. Allen   b. age 12 y. as of 1880 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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Frederick Allen
   (son of [...])
   b. age 72 y. at death   Pennsylvania
   m. Climenia [...]
            b. age 36 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
            d. [...]
                  bur.[?] Mountain View Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine
   d. 30 October 1885
         bur. Mountain View Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine

children:
   Edward W. Allen   b. age 8 y. as of 1850 census   Maine   -   m. Izora F. [...]
   Emily F. Allen   b. age 6 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Elvira E. Allen   b. age 4 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Annette C. Allen   b. July 1848   Maine   -   m. 19 y. as of 1900 census   Orison Call Higgins   -   d. 21 May 1915   West Eden [now Bar Harbor], Maine   -   bur. Mountain View Cemetery [no gravestone found]   Bar Harbor, Maine
   George D. Allen   b. age 6 m. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Delmon Allen   b. age 22 y. at death   Maine   -   d. 15 October 1875   Havana, Cuba   -   [bur.?] Mountain View Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine
   Frederick [H. or A.?] Allen   b. age 5 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   Mary H. Allen   b. age 3 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   Ivory W. Allen   b. age 11 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Harvey S. Allen   b. age 9 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Cora Allen   b. age 7 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Charles D. Allen   b. 1867   Maine   -   m. Julia E. [...]   -   d. 25 October 1940   -   bur. Mountain View Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine

documentation and notes

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James Allen Jr.
   (son of [?])
   b. 1 May 1762   Connecticut
   m. Salome Carver
            b. 3 October 1802   Maine
            d. 10 July 1876
                  bur. Pine Grove Cemetery   Canton, Maine
   d. 5 May 1867
         bur. Pine Grove Cemetery   Canton, Maine

children:
   Isaac Allen   b. age 26 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Lorenzo D. Allen   b. age 24 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Margaret Allen   b. age 21 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Ephraim Allen   b. age 18 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Charles W. Allen   b. age 17 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Osborn Allen   b. age 15 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Hannah Allen   b. age 12 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Nancy Allen   b. age 10 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Clarissa Allen   b. age 7 y. as of 1850 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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John Allen
   b. age 74 y. at death
   m. Polly […]
            b. age 76 y. at death
            d. July 1854
                  bur. Allen Hill Cemetery   Canton, Maine
   d. February 1849
         bur. Allen Hill Cemetery   Canton, Maine

child:
   Wealthy Allen   b. age 17 y. at death   -   d. March 1838   -   bur. Allen Hill Cemetery   Canton, Maine

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John Allen
   (son of Thomas Allen and Abigail Brown)
   b. 8 August 1775   New Gloucester, Maine
   m. Polly Clifford

children:
   Benjamin Allen   b. 28 November 1799
   Thomas Allen   b. 11 December 1801
   Polly Allen   b. 22 November 1804
   Dolly Allen   b. 6 May 1807

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Lorenzo D. Allen
   (son of [?])
   b. age 45 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   m. Mary S. […]
            b. age 35 y. as of 1870 census   Maine

children:
   George E. Allen   b. age 16 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Estella S. Allen   b. age 13 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Freddie F. Allen   b. age 9 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Nellie Allen   b. age 4 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Eva F. Allen   b. age 3 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Etta M. Allen   b. March 1870   Maine

documentation and notes

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Lucius F. Allen
   (son of [?])
   b. age 26 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   m. Flora {K.?} […]
            b. age 22 y. as of 1880 census   Maine

child:
   Perlie E. Allen   b. age 1 y. as of 1880 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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Melville L. Allen
   (son of Obadiah Allen and Sophia A. [...])
   b. 27 January 1862   Maine
   m. 12 y. as of 1900 census
         Emma A. […]
               b. 20 August 1859
               d. 19 July 1929
                     bur. Brookside Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine
   d. 19 November 1939
         bur. Brookside Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine

children:
   James B. Allen   b. 6 January 1889   Maine   -   d. 20 January 1971   Bangor, Maine   -   bur. Brookside Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine
   Walter M. Allen   b. 4 September 1890   Maine   -   d. 4 March 1917   -   bur. Brookside Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine
   Roger [H.?] Allen   b. September 1893   Maine
   Richard O. Allen   b. October 1895   Maine   -   m. 6 November 1924   Bertha I. McFarland   -   d. 13 September 1977   Mount Desert, Maine   -   bur. Brookside Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine

documentation and notes

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Obadiah Allen
   (son of [?])
   b. 12 April 1829   Maine
   m. Sophia A. […]
            b. 8 July 1831   Maine
            d. 25 April 1898
                  bur. Brookside Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine
   d. 9 June 1915
         bur. Brookside Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine

children:
   Inez R. Allen   b. age 20 y., 4 m. at death   -   d. 3 February 1875   -   bur. Brookside Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine
   [...?] [L.?] Allen [female]   b. age 11 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Melville L. Allen   b. 27 January 1862   Maine   -   m. 12 y. as of 1900 census   Emma A. [...]   -   d. 19 November 1939   -   bur. Brookside Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine

documentation and notes

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Richard O. Allen
   (son of Melville L. Allen and Emma A. […])
   b. October 1895   Maine
   m. 6 November 1924
         Bertha Elise McFarland
               b. 1897
               d. 30 March 1997
                     bur. Brookside Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine
   d. 13 September 1977   Mount Desert, Maine
         bur. Brookside Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine

children:
   J. Walter Allen   b. age 12 y. as of 1940 census   Maine   -   m. Bertha […]
   Jean Elise Allen   b. age 11 y. as of 1940 census   Maine   -   m. (1) […] Travers;   (2) Paul Bruce
   Richard B. Allen   b. 1 June 1941   Greenville, Maine   -   d. 12 June 2007   Bar Harbor, Maine   -   bur. Brookside Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine

documentation and notes

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Thomas Allen (one of the first four settlers of Buckfield, Maine)
   b. ca. 1752   England
   m. (1) Abigail Brown
                  (dau. of John Brown and […])
                  d. 27 September 1803
         (2) Dolly Ricker
   d. 1826   Hartford, Maine

children by Abigail Brown:
   John Allen   b. 8 August 1775   New Gloucester, Maine   -   m. Polly Clifford
   Mary Allen   b. 30 September 1777   Buckfield, Maine   -   m. Abiah Leach
   Abigail Allen   b. 15 September 1779   Buckfield, Maine   -   m. John Millett
   Edmund Allen   b. 29 July 1781   Buckfield, Maine   -   m. Ruth Bryant
   Anna Allen   b. 11 February 1783   Buckfield, Maine   -   m. Daniel Shaw
   Esther Allen   b. 2 April 1785   Buckfield, Maine   -   m. Edmund Dean
   Thomas Allen Jr.   b. 13 December 1786   Buckfield, Maine   -   m. Nancy Cole
   Sophia Allen   b. 4 December 1788   Buckfield, Maine   -   m. Nathaniel Tubbs
   Ellen Allen   b. 17 October 1790   Buckfield, Maine   -   m. Job Perry
   Nathaniel Allen   b. 27 January 1793   Buckfield, Maine   -   m. Polly Tinkham
child by Dolly Ricker:
   George Allen   b. Hartford, Maine

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