Barnabas Allen was the first child of Joseph Allen and Rebecca (Fuller) Allen. According to town records of Norwich, Connecticut, Barnabus Allen, son of Joseph Allen and his wife Rebeckah, was born there on 24 February 1730.[1] According to church records, he was baptized in the Newent Congregational Church in Norwich, Connecticut, (in the section of Norwich that in 1786 became the town of Lisbon, Connecticut) on 22 February 1730.[2] One possible explanation for the small discrepancy in birth and baptism dates is that the town record apparently was created after the fact, reporting the marriage of Joseph and Rebeckah and the births of their first two children together as a single entry. [3]
On April 21, 1752 Barnabus Allen married his first cousin, Elizabeth Fuller, at Windham, Connecticut. [4]
They settled in Canterbury, Connecticut, where their six children (sons Silas, Samuel and Jared; daughters Rebecca, Anna and Elizabeth) were born.Barnabas Allen was a member of the committee of supplies during the American Revolution.
In the 1790 United States Census he is listed as a head of family living in Canterbury with five white females and one other free person. The 1800 U.S. Census records for Canterbury list Barney Allen as head of a household consisting only of one male and one female, both over the age of 45.
Barnabas Allen died in Canterbury on 10 October 1815 and is buried in the Old Smith Cemetery there. [5][6] The gravestone inscription reads:[7]
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