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1744 - 1767 (22 years)
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Name |
Tristram ALLEN [1] |
- At the time he was in London the method of procuring recruits for military service by means of the press gang was in vogue, and he was warned to be on his guard. As he was walking along the wharf one day, an officer approached him and asked him to what ship he belonged. he replied he did not belong to any ship, when the officer invited him to bear him company. He saw in a moment that he was in a trap, but his quick wit saved him. Observing a brig nearby in the stream and that te sailors were aloft at work, he called out "Brig ahoy! when you get that topmast in end and fudded, send a boat for me." "Why," days the British officer," I thought you said you were not the master of a ship." "Well,' says our Yankee," don't you see it is a brig, not a ship?" the officer accepted the explanation as a pleasant joke and left young Tristram master of the situation. [1]
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Birth |
5 Apr 1744 |
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1767 |
Lost at sea on a passage from London [1] |
Person ID |
I01902 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
22 Apr 2013 |
Father |
Ebenezer ALLEN, b. 26 Dec 1718, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts d. 12 Aug 1753, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts (Age 34 years) |
Mother |
Christian HEATH, b. 05 Aug 1724, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts d. 29 Aug 1773, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts (Age 49 years) |
Marriage |
15 Aug 1740 |
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts [1] |
Family ID |
F16138 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [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).
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