Anna (Thompson) Allen (1761 - abt. 1846)

Born 28 Mar 1761 in Stoughton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of James Allen — married 14 May 1778 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died about 1846 at about age 84 in Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

must be daughter of a David Thompson m Mary Blackman, not David Thompson d 1757 m 1) Mary Comstock and then 2) Susannah Darling. Both appear to have lived in Stoughton at that time. Vital records support David and Mary Blackman as David d 1757 was deceased and this son David b 1738 only had 3 children per census records and all are accounted for in his will (no Anna).

Biographical sketch from Dorchester history also mentions Jesse Holmes (son of Rachel, daughter of David and Mary) as being a person who remembers David Thompson. This would be likely if he was his uncle.

Sources

1. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 2. Revolutionary War pension application and widow's pension application 3. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

Name: Anna Thompson Event Type: Birth Birth Date: 20 Mar 1761 Birth Place: Stoughton, Massachusetts Father Name: David Thompson Mother Name: Mary Thompson

married while he was on furlough at Stoughton by Rev Jedediah Adams

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

Name: Anna Thomson Event Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 4 Apr 1778 Marriage Place: Stoughton, Massachusetts Spouse Name: James Allen

aft 1810

moved to Don... MA per pension app, can't read , poss Dorchester

appears to be Sterling, MA lives with daughter Polly Reed

1837 Dorchester, MA

applies for pension, see attached

1840 Dorchester, MA

1840 United States Federal Census

Name: Anna Allen Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts Birth Year: abt 1760 Age: 80 Military Service: Veteran

Residing with Thomas and James Reed (son in law and grandson)

Anna AllenMassachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 Name Anna Allen Probate Date 21 Feb 1843 Probate Place Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Inferred Death Year Abt 1843 Inferred Death Place Massachusetts, USA Item Description Probate Records, Vol 79, 1845-1846

1843 Milton, Dorchester, MA

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YR-KJ6Q?i=75&cat=274891

to grandchildren, children of deceased son Barney Allen, $1 each to grandchildren, children of deceased daughter Rachel Allen, $1 each to granddaughter Mary Ann Wait (sp?), only child of of deceased daughter Anne Allen, $1 each to grandchildren, children of deceased daughter Thompson Allen, $1 each to grandchildren, children of deceased son Nathan Allen, $1 each to son James Allen, $1 (doesn't mention children, but he is living) remainder of estate split between three daughters, Polly Reed, Lydia Adams, and Eliza Vose no children mentioned for Eliza but she is living

1846 Letters of Administration

LA lists Lydia Adams with of John H Adams grandson? William W or N. Allen of Boston mentioned in LA, a minor under the guardianship of T... Drake of Boston, this is the son of Thompson Allen. Tisdale Drake? https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=60525&h=99777108&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=9203 Eliza Vose wife of William Vose Zilpha Kingman of Attleborough, MA Mary Ann Wait (sp) of Lowell, MA - can't find her Lydia Nurse wife of Edward Nurse of Hartford, CT - can't find this person James Allen of Fall River, Bristol, MA George Goodrich of West ____ in Plymouth (not Bridgewater, not Wareham, poss Scituate)

death about 1846