Sarah Alexander

Notes:

Note: Sarah Alexander Smith is listed in Deerfield History (MA) page 6 but not in Allen Genealogy page 16.

Sarah married Joseph Smith, III on 10 Nov 1715 in Hadley,,MA. Joseph (son of Sergeant Joseph Smith and Rebecca Dickinson) was born on 08 Nov 1681 in Hadley,,MA; died on 21 Oct 1767 in Hadley,,MA. [Group Sheet]

1. Alexander Smith was born on 11 Oct 1717 in Hadley,,MA, resided Amherst, MA; died on 21 Sep 1787 in Hadley,,MA, age 69.
2. Edward Smith was born on 26 Mar 1719 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
3. Reuben Smith was born on 02 Apr 1721 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
4. Thomas Smith was born on 06 Dec 1725 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
5. Sarah Smith was born on 09 Nov 1722 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 01 Sep 1772 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

Notes:

Source: The Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630, Vol.4, published by the Mary & John Clearing House, 1987, pages 1-8:

Hannah Allen- married Nathaniel Alexander (1652-1742), 20 June 1679, son of George Alexander & Susann. He died at Hadley. He was in the Fight at Turners Falls, 1657.

Nathaniel married Hannah Allen on 20 Jun 1679 in Northampton,,MA. Hannah (daughter of Samuel Allen, Jr. and Living) was born on 12 Feb 1660 in Northampton,,MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: Genealogies and Biographies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, 1635-1891, Vol. II, by Henry R. Stiles, pub. 1893.

(page 12): Alexander, George (Scotch), bought property at Windsor 1644 (see p. 149 ..of records); paid 3 shillings for pew rent, 1659; probably a first settler at Northampton, 1653; m. 18 March 1644, Susan Sage.

George married Living [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: Ancestry of The Princess of Wales, BONNY - GET THE PUB. DETAILS - NEHG Reg. Vol 136, 1982.

Source: Genealogies and Biographies of Ancient Windsor, Stiles, Vol. 2, pub. 1892, reprint Picton Press, 1992, page 14:

Samuel, b. 1634; m. 29 Nov. 1659, Hannah (dau. of Thomas and Mary (Blott) Woodford; was freeman 1683; land grant from Nothampton 1657; d. at Northampton 18 Oct. 1718 or 1719; was ancestor (by his son Samuel (3), grandson Joseph (4), great-grandson Rev. Thomas (5) of Rev. William Allen (6), author of the first American Biographical Dictionary.

Source: The Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630, vol. 4, Allen thru Fyler, published by the Mary & John Clearing House, 1987, page 1-8:

Samuel Allen removed from Windsor to Northampton in 1657 and his homestead remained in the family until 1805 (150 years).(Ref. Hale-House pg. 449)

Samuel married Living [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630, Vol. 4, pub. by the Mary & John Clearing House, 1987.

SAMUEL ALLEN - b. England, m. Ann ____, who d. 13 Nov. 1687. She m. (2) William Hulbert, (M&J Passenger). Samuel bu. 28 April 1648 , Windsor, CT.

There has been much speculation about this Samuel Allen, and early genealogists claimed he was born in 1588 in Braintree, Essex, England, and was the brother of Col. Matthew Allyn of Windsor, CT. He supposedly came to Cambridge, MA in 1632 and then removed to Windsor, CT by 1640. This version has been stated by Stiles (Windsor) and Huhn (Mary & John), but the author of the Allen Memorial, by Orrin Peer Allen (1907) claims that the Samuel Allen, who came from Essex to Cambridge in 1632 was the one who later settled in Braintree, MA. He also claims Col. Matthew Allyn, was not the brother of Samuel Allen of Windsor. Matthew was the brother of Thomas Allyn of Barnstable, MA, and they were the sons of Richard & Margaret Allen of Brauton, Devon, England. No Samuel was found in the records there.

Samuel Allen of Windsor, did have a brother,Deacon Thomas Allen of Middletown, CT, who raised Samuel's youngest son, Obadiah. According to family tradition, as stated by William Allen, D.D., of Northampton, MA, Samuel Allen, "is supposed to have come from the west of England, with the Dorchester people, in the ship, Mary & John in 1630." This opinion was also shared by Frances Olcott Allen of Philadelphia, who made an extensive, but unsuccessful attempt to locate the birthplace of Samuel Allen of Windsor.

The first official record of Samuel Allen was when he was granted land in Windsor, on 27 Jan. 1640. His homesite was occupied by the Windsor Public Library in 1907. He was a farmer in 1644.

Source: The Great Migration, Vol. I A-B, NEHGS, pub. 1997, pages 39-40:

Samuel Allen, Windor: Reference was made on 18 March 1638/9 to the house of Samuel Allen at Windsor (Windsor Hist 1:150). He resided at Windsor until his death in 1648 (GMB 2:1038; Hale, House 447-49), and nothing connects him with the 1635 Massachusetts Bay record of freemanship.

Source: Genealogies and Biographies of Ancient Windsor, Vol. 2, Henry Stiles, pub. 1893; repub. 1992 by Picton Press, page 14:

Allyn, Samuel, from Braintree, Essex Co. England, b. about 1588; came to Cambridge, MA, 1632; was brother of Col. Matthew Allyn of Cambridge, MA, afterwards of Windsor and Hartford, CT, and of Deacon Thomas Allyn of Middletown, CT. He removed to Connecticut and settled in Windsor; juryman 5 March 1644; and a farmer. Land grant by Town of Windsor. He was a man of public spirit and honored by his fellow-citizens with positions of trust; he died in Windsor and was buried 28 April 1648, age 60; his widow removed to Northampton, MA, and married (2) William Hurlbut, and died 13 November 1687. Mr. Allen's will was dated Sept. 8,1648, inventoried at 76 pounds, 18 shillings, 8 pence.

Source: Ancestry of The Princess of Wales, NEHGR Vol. 136, April 1982, page 100:

36. Samuel Allen, b. (perhaps near Chelmsford, Essex) England ca. 1608, bur. Windsor 28 April 1648, immigrant probably of the 1630s, in Windsor 1640/1, almost certainly a brother of Thomas Allen of Middletown, CT. He m. as her first husband
37. Ann ------ , d. probably at Hartford or Northampton before 27 May 1662.

Samuel married Ann. Ann was born in in ENG; died on 13 Nov 1687. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

WOODFORD GENEALOGY, page 510: COMMON ANCESTOR ALC / BRC

THOMAS WOODFORD: He came over in 1632, and lived in Roxbury,
where he belonged to the Church of Rev. John Elliot. He m.
Mary Blott of the same church, and removed to Hartford with the
early settlers of that place. About 1655 he removed to Northampton,
where he d. March 6, 1667. He left three daughters to whom he gave
his property by will; viz. to MARY, who m. ISAAC SHELDON ; to Hannah,
who m. Samuel Allen (ALC Link) ; to Sarah, who m. Nehemiah Allen.

THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS, v.3, pages 2057 - 2060.

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Source: Ancestry of The Princess of Wales, NEHG Vol. 136, April 1982, page 100:

38. Thomas Woodford, b. England, d. Northampton 6 Mar. 1666/67, imigrant on the William and Francis, in Roxbury 1632/3, in Hartford 1639/40, in Northampton 1655/6, m. Roxbury before 1639.

39. Mary Blott, b. England before 1615, d. probably at Hartford or Northampton before 27 May 1662.

Thomas married Mary Blott before 1639 in Roxbury,,MA. Mary (daughter of Robert Blott and Susanna) was born in in ENG; died before 27 May 1662 in Hartford,CT or Northampton,MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS, v. 1, page 184: COMMON ANCESTOR - ALC/BRC

MARY BLOTT: The 63rd member admitted to Roxbury church was "Mary
Blott a maid servant. She came in the year 1632 & was after married to Steward Woodfrod of this church, who after removed to Connecticut to Hartford church, where she lived in christian sort." (Roxbury Church Records 77)

Comments: "Steward Woodfrod" was THOMAS WOODFORD of Roxbury and Hartford. Mary Blott was baptized at Harrold, Bedfordshire, 24 December 1609, daughter of Robert Blott (TAG 67: 65-67). Robert Blott first appears in New England records in a list of those admitted as inhabitants of Charlestown in 1634 (Charleston Town Records 11); many of the others in this list were know to have arrived in New England in 1634. While he and his entire family may have come as early as 1632, only Mary is known to have been in New England before 1634, so she is here presumed to have come on her own, probably as a servant, two years in advance of the rest of her family.