Ebenezer ALLEN

Male 1718 - 1753  (34 years)


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  • Name Ebenezer ALLEN  [1
    • In a deed dated May 7, 1738, Edward and Ann Allen gave their son, Ebenezer, one-half their dwelling house, barn, and other buildings, with the half of the house lot on which they lived, also so much right in the commons as would keep 59 1/2 sheep, with the house lot meadow, also a fourth part of the stock and other property. (See Nantucket Book of Deeds, vol. 4, p.178)

      The tradition is preserved in the family that Edmund Heath, the father of Ebenezer's wife, belonged to a title and wealthy family in England, and being the youngest, was sent to this country in charge of Capt. Richard Coffin; in the same vessel was Catherine Sylvan, a pretty French girl whom the captain had found in France, and hired as a servant. The acquaintance thus formed on shipboard between the young people ripened into love and in due time after landing at Nantucket they were married. Many years afterward a letter was received by the family asking for heirs to the Heath estate in England, but the matter was never followed up, so the family never profited by the information, and doubtless lost a large property. [1]
    Birth 26 Dec 1718  Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Fact Son of Edward Allen and Ann Coleman Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 12 Aug 1753  Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I01788  Main Tree
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2021 

    Family Christian HEATH,   b. 05 Aug 1724, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1773, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 15 Aug 1740  Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Edward ALLEN,   b. 11 Feb 1741, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1820 (Age 78 years)
     2. Ann ALLEN,   b. 31 May 1742, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1803 (Age 61 years)
     3. Tristram ALLEN,   b. 5 Apr 1744, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1767, Lost at sea on a passage from London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
     4. Judith ALLEN,   b. 31 May 1747, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Ebenezer ALLEN,   b. 16 Mar 1749, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Oct 1790, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     6. Abigail ALLEN,   b. 30 Jun 1751, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F16138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2013 

  • Sources 
    1. [S5408] Orrin Peer Allen, "The Allen Memorial" First Series - Descendants of Edward Allen of Nantucket, Mass., 1690-1905, (Palmer, Mass,; Press of C.B. Fiske & Co., 1905).