Tristram ALLEN

Male 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]
    Birth 5 Apr 1744  Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 1767  Lost at sea on a passage from London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I01902  Main Tree
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2013 

    Father Ebenezer ALLEN,   b. 26 Dec 1718, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1753, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Mother 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
    Family ID F16138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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).