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Hezekiah Peters Allen is an undocumented patriot, meaning no lineage applications have ever been filled out in his name with the Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution. If you are related to him and apply for membership to either SAR/DAR using his heroic, selfless service record, you would be the very first to honor this true American Hero!
Hezekiah was born in 1762. He was the son of Hezekiah Allen and Mary Peters.
Hezekiah Peters Allen enlisted in the Revolutionary War four times.
After the close of the Revolution, Hezekiah settled in what is now, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Bowdoinham suffered a few large town fires destroying, or nearly destroying the early town records. Hezekiah Peters Allen life, after his relocation, has been very much a difficult mystery to unravel. A marriage intention[4] dated 7 Mar 1793, and also marriage record[5] dated 27 Mar 1793, can be found for Hezekiah Peters Allen and Susannah Thomas, both of Bowdoinham.
In the book, "The History of the town of Bowdoinham 1762-1912" by Silas Adams[6], there are numerous mentions of Capt. Hez. P. Allen, pgs. 79-85 specifically. These include an indenture bond of his son, Peters Allen to Daniel Pierson, court documents showing that in his later years Hezekiah was labeled a "spendthrift" and eventually appointed guardians, those being Josiah Sandford and Robert Wilson, and even an itemized list of his frivolous spending.
Hezekiah is buried at the Bowdoinham Village Cemetery in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA. No family is linked. [1]
Due to the large, destructive fires suffered by the town of Bowdoinham, I've learned that even the poor copies available still often hold mistakes. It seems that after the fires, some incoming town clerks attempted to transcribe the semi-salvageable, but horrible quality records. I'm sure they did their best to avoid mistakes, but I have found a few and will note them as needed.
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