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• Birth	07 Apr 1664	New London, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UPD	14 AUG 2009 19:10:02 GMT-5
  Died	12 Oct 1745  [2]
  Person ID	I754	Alan Donald Vibber
  Last Modified	08 Dec 2009
  Family	Hastings Lydia,   b. 30 Sep 1671, of Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 13 Mar 1752, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA
  Married	Y  [2, 3]
  Children	1. Allen Abigail,   b. Abt 1706, Montville, New London, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 22 Jul 1754, Montville, New London, Connecticut, USA   2. Allen Jason,   b. Abt 1700,   d. 19 Mar 1785   3. Allen John,   b. Abt 1720
  Family ID	F324	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Samuel Allen first appears in the North Parish of New London (now Montville) about the year 1720. At this he was date he was a landholder, his farm lying on tho road leading from New Iondon to Colehester and Hartford through tho North Parish. This road was then the principal thoroughfare between those places. Mr. Allen then kept a tavern for the accommodation of the traveling public. His dwellingstood on or near the site of the present town farm-house in Montville. In the east room of Mr. Allen's dwelling was held religions services by Rev. James Hillhouse before the church edifice was built, and here his first sermons were preached, after his call to settle as their pastor. Mr. Allen, with his family, came from Massachusetts a short time previous to the organization of the church at North Parish. He had been twice married. By his first wife, whose name has not been recovered, he had five sons, James, Daniel, David, Jonathan, and Samuel; these settled in Massachusetts. His second wife was Lydia Hastings, born 10 Sept., 1671, daughter of John Seaborn Hastings and Lydia Champney of Watertown, Mass. She was granddaughter of John Hastings, who first settled in braintree, and admitted a freeman May 10, 1643, and admitted to the church in Cambridge in February, 1656. Mr. Allen was one of the seven who first organized the present Congregational church in Montville. In the church-bonk, kept by Rev. James Hillhouse, is the following entry, viz.: "There were seven thatbelonged to the church at my enstallment (Oct. 3, 1722); Capt. (Thomas) Avery, Capt. (Robert) Denison, Mr. Nathaniel Otis, Mr. Samuel Allen, Mr. John Vibber, Charles Campbell, and our Deacon JonathanCopp." He died 12 Oct., 1745, age 80 years. She died 13 March, 1752, ago 79 years. Children by Lydia. 2. Jason, b. about 1700; in. Mary Atwell, 2 April, 1723. 3. Lydia, b. about 1703; m. John Lee of Lyme, 14 Mch., 1723. 4. Abigail, b. about 1706; m. Christopher Stebbins. 5. Stephen, b. about 1709; died 6 March, 1725. 6. Hannah, b. about 1712; m. 1st, Gideon Comstock; 2d, John Bishop. 7. Mary, b. about 1715; m. Joseph Lee of Lyme. 8. Elizabeth, b. about 1716; m. Jedediah Graves of Millington. 9. Eunice, b. about 171S; m. Joseph Brown. 10. John, lmp. 12 June, 1720; m. Keron Fox, 24 Feb., 1742-3. She was the daughter of Samuel Fox. They had ono child, Lydia, b. 20 June, 1744, who married her cousin, Jason Allen, son of Jason and Mary Atwell.

• Sources

  [S32] Martha Ada (Broadfoot) Frazel (Reliability: 3). [S2] History of Montville, H.A. Baker, (Name: Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company;), 431 (Reliability: 3). [S2] History of Montville, H.A. Baker, (Name: Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company;), 420 (Reliability: 3).