Abigail Allen1

#7612, (1 October 1641 - )
Relationship1st cousin 9 times removed of William David Lewis
Father*Walter Allen1 (c 1601 - 1681)
Mother*Rebecca Ward1 (c 1610 - 1678)

Family

____ Browne b. s 1638
Her married name was Browne.2 
Birth*1 October 1641She was born on 1 October 1641 at Newbury, Essex Co., MassachusettsG.1 
Marriage*say 1662She married ____ Browne say 1662.2 
27 May 1664In Nathaniel Ward's will dated 27 May 1664, Abigail Allen, as "kinswoman Browne of Salem," dau. of sister Rebecca, was named as an heir. Abigail is the only reported daughter of Rebecca.3 

Citations

  1. [S750] Allen H. Bent, compiler, Walter Allen of Newbury, Mass., 1640 and Some of His Descendants (Boston: Davis Clapp & Son, Printers, 1896), p. 3.
  2. [S1821] Leslie Mahler, "The English Origin of Nathaniel Ward of Hartford, Connecticut, and Hadley, Massachusetts, Mary (Ward) Cutting of Newbury, Massachusetts, Rebecca (Ward) Allen of Newbury, and Their Nephew William Markham of Hadley: A Previously Unknown Kinship Group", The American Genealogist 83:1 (Jan. 2008, published Feb. 2009): citing Hampshire Co., Mass., Probate, I:38–40, and Robert Charles Anderson. Last will of Nathaniel Ward of Hadley, Massachusetts Colony, 24 May 1664. Names "kinswoman Browne of Salem," dau. of sister Rebecca (Ward) Allyn/Allen.
  3. [S1821] Leslie Mahler, "English Origin of Nathaniel Ward", citing Hampshire Co., Mass., Probate, I:38–40, and Robert Charles Anderson. Last will of Nathaniel Ward of Hadley, Massachusetts Colony, 24 May 1664. Names:
    - wife [Jane]
    - kinsman Daniel Allyn of Nashaway (now Lancaster MA)
    - kinsman Noyes, son of sister Mary's dau. Mary (Cutting) Noyes [unidentified; Mary had six sons from 1645 to 1663]
    - kinswoman Browne of Salem, dau. of sister Rebecca (Ward) Allyn/Allen
    - kinswoman Elizabeth Hawkes of Hadley [no relationship given]
    - kinsman William Markham, also named Executor
    His house and land in Northampton Meadow given to his wife, then, after her death, to the town of Hadley.