Walter Allen1

#7608, (circa 1601 - 8 July 1681)

Family

Rebecca Ward b. c 1610, d. 1678
Children 1.Joseph Allen1 (b 1641 - )
 2.Abigail Allen1 (1641 - )
 3.John Allen1 (s 1642 - )
 4.Daniel Allen1 (s 1644 - )
 5.Benjamin Allen1 (1647 - 1678)
Birth*circa 1601He was born circa 1601 at EnglandG.1 
Marriage*say 1630He married Rebecca Ward, daughter of Edward Ward and Judith _____, say 1630 at EnglandG.1,2 
1640He lived in 1640 at Newbury, Essex Co., MassachusettsG.1,3 
circa 1673He and Rebecca Ward removed circa 1673 to Charlestown.4 
Death*8 July 1681He died on 8 July 1681 at Charlestown (now Boston), Middlesex (now Suffolk) Co., Massachusetts ColonyG.5 

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. [S751] Robert Charles Anderson and others, editors, The Great Migration Newsletter (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1990-), 18:1 p. 7: "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 (2008-9):13-18. Using the1664 will of Nathaniel Ward of Hadley as a springboard, Mahler presents records from old and New England which demonstrate that Nathaniel was son of Edward Ward of Little Wratting, Suffolk, and that he was joined in New England by two sisters, Mary (Ward) Cutting, wife of John Cutting of Newbury, and Rebecca (Ward) Allen, wife of Walter Allen of Newbury, and by a nephew, William Markham of Hadley, son of his sister Lydia (Ward) Markham.". Hereinafter cited as Great Migration Newsletter.
  3. [S752] The Sons and Daughters of the First Settlers of Newbury, online sonsanddaughtersofnewbury.org/index.html, Heads of Families Who Settled in Newbury Previous to 1700: Walter Allen (one of the original proprietors of the town according to records dated December 7, 1642); John Allen; Capt. John Cutting.
  4. [S750] Allen H. Bent, Walter Allen of Newbury, p. 3; death date of Rebecca is not give, pres. she was living is 1673.
  5. [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).