John ALLEN

"Samuel Johnston, of Chowan . ..summoned a meeting of the delegates at Hillsboro', on 21st August, 1775. . .This was the third meeting of the assembly of the people of North Carolina, opposed to the Royal Government. On motion of Richard Caswell, Samuel Johnston was elected President. . .On the 24th, the Congress declared that the people of North Carolina would pay their due proportion of expense in training a Continental Army, and appointed a committee to prepare a system of government for the province. . .Two regiments of five hundred men were raised by order of the Congress. . .For the First Regiment. . .Captains -- William Davis, William Picket, Henry Dickson, Thomas Allen, Robert Rowan. . ." (Historical Sketches of North Carolina, Vol I, Series I, Chapt IX, p 71, On-Line Genealogy Library database) "Allen, John, m. Ann Rhodes 24 Nov. 1740; had issu.; Richard, b. 16 Nov. 1741 (prob. the Richard who d. Wilkes Co., N.C., aged 91, whence he imm. from Balto. Co. at an early age, acc. to an obit in the Wash., 'D. C. Nat. Intelligencer' of 21 Nov. 1832; m. Nancy Lindsay and was a capt. In the Rev. War) (Baltimore Families, 1659-1759, Baltimore Families, 1959-1759, p 5, On-Line Genealogy Library database) "Allen, John, 24 Nov. 1740; Ann Rhoades." (Maryland Marriages, 1634-1777, p 3, On-Line Genealogy Library database) "He appears to have settled at Mendham after his first marriage, but his will, April 12, 1762-May 20, 1762, calls him 'John Allen of Hanover, weaver,' and divides his estate between his wife and son, with a contingent bequest to the wife's children. (NJW :159N; Rev. Jacob Green's Diary, Prin. Univ. Lib.)." (Genealogies of New Jersey Families, Vol II, p 148, On-Line Genealogy Library database) Will: 12 Apr 1762, Probate: 20 May 1762, Morris Co., NJ -- "John Allen, of Hanover, Morris Co., weaver" -- Executors: Jonathan Ford and Benjamin Halsey -- Witnesses: Eunis Ford, David Ogden, Ezekiel Cheever -- Will Book H, p 126 (Calendar of Wills, Vol III, US GenWeb NJ database)

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