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Allen Name Study

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About the Surname

There are a few possible origins of the surname Allen. The most likely origins are both from the Celtic languages. The first idea is from the Scottish Gaelic and Irish ‘’’’ailin’’’’ meaning “little rock” or “stone” [1] [2] (in which case the surname would have originally referred to a man who lives by, or under, a large rock or boulder). The other possibility would come from the Celtic ‘’’’Alluin’’’’ meaning “handsome”. [1] Variants include:

About the Project

The Allen One Name Study is a place to research anyone with Allen or a variation as their surname. The goal is to have well-researched, sourced, and nicely done Allen profiles.

How to Join

To join the Allen One Name Study, either leave a comment on this page or an answer in G2G.

Teams

There is currently one team. If you would like to create a new team focusing on a certain branch or family line of Allens, or on Allens in a certain location or of a certain religion, let either Leila Keller or Tamara Shelton know.

Teams:

Members

David Blair

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Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikipedia - Allen (surname)
  2. ↑ Ancestry Name Origin Allen




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Peter Wearne
Hi, I'm trying to research my mother's paternal heritage, which was never discussed. Her Father was William Thomas Allen, her grandfather was Arthur Allen and her grandmother was Rose Johnson?? both born and died in England. My grandfather was born in London and served in the "old contemptibles" in WW1 and then immigrated to Australia. From all accounts, he never kept in contact with his family. I believe Arthur Allen was a school teacher in London. I don't know if my grandfather had any siblings.
posted by Peter Wearne
Tom Allen
Hello, Robert Allen (1643-1701 Kittery, ME) is my direct ancestor through this paternal line:

11 Robert Allen / Hannah White 10 Francis Allen / Hannah Jenkins 9 Robert Allen / Catherine Forbush 8 Francis Allen / Hannah Roberts 7 Daniel Allen / Sarah Furbish 6 Francis Allen / Hannah Parsons 5 James P Allen / Catherine P Allen 4 Frederick E Allen / Nellie Scott 3 John S Allen / Mabel Smithwick 2 Harold J Allen / Ethel Hunt 1 Lawrence J Allen / Deborah Wittenauer 0 Thomas Allen / Anayanci Rodriguez - Jonathan T Allen (my son)

I have a yDNA profile with familytreedna.com However, none of my DNA matches any Allen's in their database.

posted by Tom Allen
Mary Allen
I am an Allen decended from Samuel Allen of East Windsor, CT. He died in 1648. He was an ancestor of Gen. Ethan Allen of Vermont. My family has a direct line from Samuel. It is not known how or when Samuel came to the colonies. It's a brick wall. Family lore has him born in 2588 in Chelmsford, Essex, Britain but this cannot be proved. It is also possible he came to the colonies on the John and Mary, but again cannot be proved. Upon Samuel's death his widow remarried and moved with the minor children to Northampton, MA. One of the descendants, John Allen, from whom I am decended, died in the Battle of Bloody Brook during King Philip's War. His widow and children went back to Northampton from Deerfield before the Deerfield Massacre. So, my branch of Allen's are from New England..
posted by Mary Allen
Allyn-193 Emily (Allyn) Moore
Hi, my birth surname is Allyn, and I would like to join this project.
posted by Emily (Allyn) Moore
Prescott-2192 Elaine Prescott
Hi.

My direct line has Allen. My Great Grandmother is Esther Allen. Her ancestors are noted in my Family Tree :)

posted by Elaine Prescott
McGill-1911 Donna (McGill) Perkins
Hi. My name is Donna my step father was Cleveland Dewitt Allen son of Jessie Newton Allen who was the son of John Newton Shields and Mary Allen of Madison County Ga his profile is Allen-15598, I have his tree back to Richard Allin-33. I would love to join.
posted by Donna (McGill) Perkins
Drennan-403 Robert Drennan
Hi, I would like to join, I previously logged an answer: "My paternal g-grandmother, Lucy Carolyn Allen-23477, daughter of John Zimri Allen-23478, son of Jehu Allen-23491. Jehu born 1808 Orange Co, NC and died 1878 in Catawba Co, NC married Susan Caroline Beatty-1347 on 1-25-1830 in Lincoln County, NC. Jehu is my brick wall".

How does one get accepted? Thanks.

posted by Robert Drennan
Allen-53676 Lindsay Allen
Hi I am Lindsay Allen and i am trying to finish what my late father had started. His DNA is on file. Allen-53676.
posted by Lindsay Allen
Mary Allen
Hi, I am Mary Louise Allen and my Allen tree goes back to Samuel Allen of East Windsor CT. He died in 1648. I have my family Gedcom. My brick wall has been finding out when & how Samuel came to the colonies so I can get a firm trace on his origins in England. We have some family stories about where Samuel was from in England, but nothing ive been able to document. Would you like my "branch" of New England Allen info?
posted by Mary Allen
Blair-4489 David Blair
Hello; Allen name project. My second great grandmother was Eliza Allen she was married to Tarlton Blair. Tarlton was also married to Eliza's sister Lydia Allen at the same time. Eliza is Allen-24831 and Lydia is Allen-29340
posted by David Blair
Anon Allen
I am interested in any Allen whom has dna on file and has lines that connect to :

Flowers Pennington Brennan Sholes/Shoales/Sheals

posted by Anon Allen
Leila Keller
Would you like to join the study?
posted by Leila Keller
Allen-44711 Rose (Allen) Calloway
Is there anyway a copy of my GEDCOM can be helpful to your project. I could email it and you can combine in FamilySearch or other tool that will allow to to update wikitree. I will continue to follow you on wikitree because what you are doing is important.
posted by Rose (Allen) Calloway
Allen-53676 Lindsay Allen
Is your allen connected to harris allen son of richard allen
posted by Lindsay Allen
Kelly Allen
Hello,

My name is Kelly Allen, I've been working on family history for 20 years off and on. New to wikitree. Most of my records are on PAF. I need to upload to gedcom file. I have some info in familysearch. I have DNA info from FamilyTreeDNA. Big Y.

I have sourced my Allen tree from myself back to Richard Allen and Nancy Jackson which immigrated from Armagh/Loughgall area, Northern Irealnd about 1819. They immigrated to Eastern Ontario, Canada. Most of the family stayed in the Vankleek Hill area, Ontario, Canada. One Allen went West to Calgary, Alberta and down into Washington State. I have some knowledge of (PRONI) Public records of Northern Ireland.

Anything I can do to help.

Kelly Allen

posted by Kelly Allen

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