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1743 |
Kingstown, Rhode Island  |
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1784 |
North Kingstown, Washington Co., Rhode Island |
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2 Jun 1779 |
North Kingstown, Washington Co., Rhode Island |
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17 Mar 1810 |
North Kingstown, Washington Co., Rhode Island |
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Burial: Deacon George Allen Lot North Kingstown Washington County Rhode Island |
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Silas Allen | F6958 |
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- [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61044165.
Judge John Allen
Birth: Mar. 20, 1748
Death: Jul. 14, 1813
John Allen, Esq.-(20 Mar 1748-17 Jul 1813)
Died in his 67th year
Parents:
Thomas Allen (1717 - 1777)
Patience Greene Allen (1717 - 1801)
Spouses:
Mary Gould Allen (1743 - 1784)
Martha Allen Allen (1761 - 1823)
Children:
Lucretia Allen Allen (1770 - 1810)
Patience Allen Wightman (1772 - 1863)
Catharine Allen Spink (1775 - 1864)
Thomas Gould Allen (1778 - 1860)
Lydia Allen Capron (1781 - 1859)
Ray Greene Allen (1793 - 1825)
Mary Gould Allen Arnold (1795 - 1843)
Susan Allen Arnold (1799 - 1822)
Lucy Ann Allen Hill (1801 - 1879)
Siblings:
Lydia Allen Case (1742 - 1812)
Samuel Allen (1745 - 1794)
John Allen (1748 - 1813)
Inscription:
FS-John Allen, Esq. 1813.
"In memory of
JOHN ALLEN Esq.
who died July 14th. 1813.
In the 67th year of his Age.
A soul prepared, made no delays.
The summons comes, the saint obeys:
Swift was his flight, and short the road.
He closed his eyes, and saw his God."
SAR
John Allen was a Captain of the sloop, Seaflower. It carried supplies to the Continental Army in Tiverton, RI. One evening, he was taken by the British from his home, and his house was burned. He was imprisoned in Newport, RI for four months and released to his family in Quidnessett.
John Allen served in the state legislature, and he was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court.
In 1801, he built a home overlooking Allen's Harbor near his former home that had been burned. This boarded up house still stands near the Davisville Military Base.
Judge Allen was killed by a bull which he had bought from Hope Island. While the bull was attacking his oxen, he tried to seperate them. John Allen was tampled, and he died thirty-six hours later.
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