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Much of the information here was researched by James Walter Allen. An excerpt from a report states "...a thorough study of records was made by descendant, James Walter Allen, Historian, National Society Sons of the American Revolution (Tyler's Quarterly Magazine XIII, pages 58-60)..." Read that information by clicking "Charles Allen" on this page.

Charles Allen

Richard Alleyn b. abt 1572 d. 25 Oct 1671and Christian b. 1575

Children of Richard Alleyn and Christian
1. Richard Alleyn b. 1613
2. Joan Alleyn b. 1615
3. James Alleyn b. 1616

Richard Allen Sr b. abt 1650 d. 6 Sep 1725 and Elizabeth

Children of Richard Allen Sr and Elizabeth
1. Robert Allen Sr b. abt 1680
2. Richard Allen Jr b. abt 1680 d. 1742
3. Abraham Allen b. 1694
4. William Allen b. 1 May 1696
5. Samuel Allen b. 1697
6. Susanna Allen b. 17 May 1700

Richard Allen Jr. and Sarah Walker d. 1728

Children of Richard Allen Jr and Sarah Walker
1. Charles Allen b. 1705

Charles Allen b. 1705 Hanover Co. VA d. 1759 and Susanna Ware d. 1735

Children of Charles Allen and Susanna Ware
1. Charles Allen b. 1730

Charles Allen b. 1730 Hanover Co. VA d. 8 Dec 1808 Warren Co. NC and Nancy Ann Vincent b. 1740 d. 1815 Warren Co. NC. m. circa 1754, Northhampton Co, NC

Children of Charles Allen and Nancy Vincent Allen
1. Elizabeth Allen m. Joel Wrenn
2. Charles Allen b. 1758 d. 1848 Williamson Co, TN m. Patty Jenkins 1781,  Warren Co, NC
3. George Allen m. Abigail Johnson of Granville, NC
4. James Allen m. (1st) Nancy Myrick m. (2nd) Mary Hartwell
5. John Allen m. (1st) a sister of Nancy Myrick m. (2nd) Winifred Vanlandingham
6. Rebecca Allen b. 1764 d. 1869 m. John Pierce
7. Ann Allen m. Reuben Huff
8. Mary Allen m. James Turner
9. Vincent Allen m. Mary Bowdoin 

Vincent Allen  b. 1760/61  d. 1836  d. 1836  m. 1791/92 and Mary Bowden

Children of Vincent Allen and Mary Bowden Allen:
1. John Allen b. 1794 Warren Co. NC.  d.1881 in Hardeman Co.TN, m. Nancy Caroline Morton in Bedford Co.
2. Susan Allen, born 1798 Warren Co., died 1871 NC.
3. Nancy Allen, born ? Warren Co.
4. Edmund Allen, born 12 July, 1799 Warren Co.
5. Tabitha Allen, born Warren Co. NC.
6. Joseph Farrar Allen, born 1801 NC., died 1889 Vance, NC.
7. Agnes Allen, born 1804 NC., married 1837 to Richard Kearney
8. Turner Allen, b. 1 Jun 1806,  Warren Co., d. 11 Jul 1869 Warren Co. m. (1st) Martha Montgomery (2nd) Elizabeth Watson 

John Allen

Children of John Allen and Nancy Caroline Morton Allen
1. John Allen Jr b. 6 Feb 1833 at Rutherford, TN; d. 2 May 1866 at Hardeman, TN as a result of Civil War wounds; on 13 Oct 1857 at Trenton, Gibson Co. TN, he married Sarah Louisa Harwood, b. 13 Mar 1839 at Gibson, TN; d. 24 Aug 1861 at Harrison, AR

 John Allen Jr

 Children of John Allen Jr and Sarah Louisa Harwood
1. James Walter Allen b. 1858, Gibson, TN d. 1938, Washington, DC m.
Flora A. Hamel on 23 Nov 1881 in Davidson TN

  James Walter Allen

 Children of James Walter Allen and Flora Allen:
        1. Adelaide, born 1882, married Cornish Bailey, died bef. 1938
        2. Orion, b. 1884, married (1) Stack and (2) Burbank
        3. Martha Louise, married William Archer Dyer
        4. Joseph Walter, born 1889, (lived in Mexico in 1938)
        5. Wetherford, born 1892, died before 17 Jan 1938
        6. Morton Pickard, born 1894 in TN, Lived in NY in 1938
        7. Forrest Francis, born 1896 in TN
        8. Mary Grady Allen, born 1904, resided in Los Angeles in 1938