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Ancestors of Andrew Brian Donnelly


Generation No. 12


      3628. Goerge Allen, born Abt. 1582 in Weymouth, Dorset, England; died April 1648 in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony. He was the son of 7256. Jobn Allen. He married 3629. Katherine Allyn Abt. 1624 in London, England.

      3629. Katherine Allyn, died Unknown.

Notes for Goerge Allen:
"THE ALLEN'S A FAMILY PORTRAIT", PAGE 1
In 1635, when the Puritans were emigrating in great numbers to escape persecution under Charles the First, George Allen joined a company of about 100 persons under the leadership of the Rev. Joseph Hull. This company sailed from Weymouth, England, March 20, 1635, in the ship "SPEEDWELL" this name is not known to be correct, and arrived in Boston Harbor May 6, 1635. The ship's passenger list describes the family as George Allen aged (24) (dyslezic?); Katherine Allen, his wife, aged 30; George Allen, his son, aged 16; William Allen, his son, aged 8; Mathew Allen, aged 6 years.

George Allen remained in Boston until July when, with other members of the rev. Hull's company, he went to Wessaguscus or Weymouth, MA, as it was renamed, September 2, 1635. In 1636 George and his family were also in Saugus (now Lynn, Mass.) for awhile and there joined with Emund Freeman and others in the purchase of the township of Sandwich, Barnstable Co., Mass. and settled there in 1637.

Some of George Allen's sons preceded him to America, settling in the Boston area. After purchase of Sandwich, they all moved to that town and settled near their father.

George Allen was much involved in the public life of Sandwich. When Sandwich was incorporated in 1639, he was elected constable, an office of great dignity in the early colonial days, he being charged with the enforcement of all laws. In March 1639, he was chosen Deputy of the General Court, in which capacity he served until 1644. At the same time, he was also appointed one of the surveyor's of highways. His house, built in 1646, was located a fourth of a mile from the Sandwich Meeting House on the main road to the Cape and stood until 1882.

George Allen was a Baptist and a member of the First Church of Sandwich in 1638. The arrival of the Quakers in America in 1656 would have a profound influence on the children of George Allen, as six or seven eventually joined the Friends. George did not live to see this change in the family's faith as he died in Sandwich on May 2, 1648 and was buried there.

The undated will of George Allen was proved at New Plymouth, June 7, 1648, and has been a source of much trouble to the family genealogists. In the will he leaves "all of his children twelve pence apiece", and he names five sons using the expression, "five least children" (minors), the remaining of which is not clear. The five children named were Mathew, Henry, Samuel, George, and William. Other children of George were Ralph, Francis, James, Gideon, Judah and Caleb. It is possible that he was married twice, and that some of his children were by the first wife whose name is unknown. Some authorities say he also had several daughters. His widow, Katherine, married John Collins and moved to Boston.
of exert from "THE ALLEN'S A FAMILY PORTRAIT", PAGE 1

"The Family of George Allen, the Immigrant, and Its Connection with the Settlement of Dartmouth", Walter Spooner Allen, 1907

On March 20, 1635, there sailed from Weymouth England for New England a ship, whose name is unknown, carrying something over 100 persons under the leadership of Rev. Joseph Hull, and in the ship's company was George Allen, Catherine Allen his wife, his sons George, William, and Matthew, and Edward Poole his servant, and from this George Allen came the line of Allens who have been identified with old Dartmouth (Ma).

Like so many of the early shiploads of immigrants to New England, a clergyman was the head of this little company, and from the residences of those already named, it is safe to assume that this party was made up of friends and neighbors living on the borders of Sommersetshire and Dorsetshire, who decided to follow Mr. Hull into the new country across the ocean.

The religious breaking up in England, which began under Henry VIII, and which every year grew more intense, reached it's climax under Charles I, with the appointment of Archbishop Laud, and the persecution of Dissenters and Separtists who chose to meet together and worship in their own way drove many of the best blood of England to seek refuge in Holland and America.

Somersetshire was the hotbed of religious dissent. The people were distinctly republican in thought, and the contest between the Established church, controlled by the King and the Bishops, and the Non-Conformists, who sought a Republican form of ecclesiastical government, was bitter. Each wanted the mastery. Under the episcopates of John Still and James Montague, covering the period from 1592 to 1616, every attempt was made to enforce conformity and submission to authority, and heavy penalties were imposed in the Episcopal courts, but the crisis in the ecclesiastical affairs of this district came in the episcopate of William Piers between 1632 and 1670.

Piers was the son of a hatter, and subverviently followed Archbishop Laud in his attacks on the people. Speaking of this period, and English writer says; "Easily moved by kindness as the people of Somerset are, their resolute will, and their impatience of any assertion of authority over them, rendered the appointment of such a man as Piers to this see a singularly unfortunate one. The special character of the bishop himself and of the people of his diocese probably had, at least as much to do with the resistance to Pier's measures as any difference of principle."

"The Sprague Collection--Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, MA" (Winnetka Library, microfilm)

George Allen, aged 24 (dyslexic) years, Katherine his wife aged 30 years, George his son aged 16 years, William his son, aged 8 years, and Mathew his son, aged 6 years came to New England in the company of Rev. Joseph Hull sailing from Weymouth, England about March 20, 1634/5 and brought Edward Poole aged 20 as his servant. As most of this company came from Somerset Co. or Dorset Co. it is highly probable that George Allen also did.

He had land granted to him at Weymouth and was made a freeman of the Plymouth Colony September 3, 1639. He removed to Sandwich where he was one of the original church in 1638.


     
Children of Goerge Allen and Katherine Allyn are:
  i.   William Allen, born Abt. 1627; died Unknown.
  ii.   Mathew Allen, born 1629; died Unknown.
  iii.   Samuel Allen, born November 10, 1632; died Unknown.
  iv.   Gideon Allen, born 1635; died Unknown.
  v.   Henry Allen, born 1637; died Unknown.
  1814 vi.   Francis Allen, born 1643 in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony; died December 01, 1696 in Sandwich, MA Colony; married Mary Barlow July 20, 1662.
  vii.   Caleb Allen, born June 27, 1645; died Unknown.
  viii.   Hester Allen, born December 08, 1648; died Unknown.


      3808. Deacon John Marston, born June 29, 1641; died Unknown. He was the son of 7616. John Marston and 7617. Alice Eden. He married 3809. Mary Chichester May 07, 1664 in Salem, MA, USA.

      3809. Mary Chichester, born 1645; died May 25, 1686.

Notes for Deacon John Marston:
"John marston, Juner" is found on "The Petition of Severall the Inhabitants of Salem" against imposts and was presented to the General Court in Boston in 1668.

The Mayflower Descendant, Volume XXI, Autographs of Richard More of Salem and His Sons Richard and Caleb, Page 134

More About Deacon John Marston:
Baptism: September 12, 1641
Burial: Unknown, Old Salem Burying Ground, Salem, MA, USA

  Notes for Mary Chichester:
Inscription upon gravestone at Old Salem Burying-Ground:

"Remember to Day Time flies away.
Here lyeth buried ye body of Mary ye wife of John Marston, 2d.
Aged 43 years. Dyed ye 25th of May 1686."


More About Mary Chichester:
Burial: Unknown, Old Salem Burying Ground, Salem, MA, USA
     
Child of John Marston and Mary Chichester is:
  1904 i.   John Marston, born 1667; died Unknown; married Susannah Stacy.


      3810. Thomas Stacy, died Unknown. He married 3811. Susannah Worcester.

      3811. Susannah Worcester, died Unknown.
     
Child of Thomas Stacy and Susannah Worcester is:
  1905 i.   Susannah Stacy, died Unknown; married John Marston.


      3812. Robert Shelley, died Unknown.
     
Children of Robert Shelley are:
  i.   Joseph Shelley, born January 21, 1667/68; died Unknown.
  ii.   Shobal Shelley, born April 25, 1674; died Unknown.
  1906 iii.   Benjamin Shelley, born March 12, 1679/80; died Unknown; married Alice Goodspeed August 08, 1705 in Barnstable, MA Colony.


      3814. Ebenezer Goodspeed, died Unknown. He married 3815. Lydia Crowel February 1676/77.

      3815. Lydia Crowel, died Unknown.
     
Children of Ebenezer Goodspeed and Lydia Crowel are:
  1907 i.   Alice Goodspeed, born June 30, 1683; died Unknown; married Benjamin Shelley August 08, 1705 in Barnstable, MA Colony.
  ii.   Benjamin Goodspeed, born August 31, 1678; died Unknown.
  iii.   Unknown Goodspeed, born January 21, 1671/72; died December 20, 1680.
  iv.   Mehitable Goodspeed, born September 04, 1681; died Unknown.
  v.   Ebenezer Goodspeed, born September 10, 1685; died Unknown.
  vi.   Mary Goodspeed, born August 02, 1687; died Unknown.
  vii.   Susannah Goodspeed, born November 07, 1689; died Unknown.
  viii.   Patience Goodspeed, born June 01, 1692; died Unknown.
  ix.   Ruth Goodspeed, born July 12, 1697; died Unknown.
  x.   Lyddia Goodspeed, born October 14, 1696; died Unknown.
  xi.   Roger Goodspeed, born October 14, 1698; died Unknown.
  xii.   Reliance Goodspeed, born September 18, 1701; died Unknown.
  xiii.   Moses Goodspeed, born November 24, 1704; died Unknown.


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