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John Allen
Male 1740 - Yes, date unknown

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  • Birth  Bef 1740  , , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID  I564  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  01 Apr 2009 
     
    Family  Margaret Gamble,   b. Abt 1743, , , , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  Abt 1760  , York Or Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Allen, Jr,   b. 10 Mar 1761, , , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1830, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >2. Grizella Allen,   b. 20 Aug 1763, , York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1845, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >3. Joseph Darby Allen,   b. 1765, , , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1860, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >4. Sarah Allen,   b. Abt 1770, , , North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >5. James Allen,   b. Abt 1773, , York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1854, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. David Allen,   b. Abt 1777, , York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 10 Nov 1832
     7. Jane Allen,   b. Abt 1779, , , , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified  14 Nov 2008 
    Family ID  F98  Group Sheet
     
  • Misc Documents
    Bio, Allen, John
    Bio, Allen, John
    Bio from The Pioneers of Missouri book. He was my 4th great grandfather.
     
  • Notes 
    • John Allen emigrated to York Co. Penn. from Ireland ca. 1753. No land records found there for him. After the Revolution moved to Iradell (Rowan) Co. N. Carolina. Was in the Continental Army. (Not Proved). Moved to Montgomery Co. Ky, near Mt. Sterling ca. 1795. Some descendants think they may have come late in life to St. Louis or St. Charles, to be near her nephew Gov. Hamilton Gamble, but no proof has been found of where they died or are buried.....Margaret Corbin Lutz.

      Possible father and mother James Allan and Grizzell Bruce and the birth info of John Allen are written in a letter from Crockett Harrison to Margaret Lutz dated Aug.3, 1990. Crockett states that it is not definitive proof, but implies that is very likely correct. But, a check with LDS Family Search for James Allan/Allen with Grizzell/Grissel and other Grizel combos yields quite a few variations of possibilities, most from Scotland in the same time period.

      From the book Pioneer Families of Missouri, which was written in 1876 and is not always accurate:
      "ALLEN, David Allen and his wife, MARGARET GAMBLE, were natives of Scotland, but came to America and settled in south Carolina prior to the revolution. Mr. Allen took part in the war, and saw some hard service in the Continental army. After the return of peace he removed to KY., and settled in Montgomery Co. He had 2 sons, James and Joseph, who came to MO. The former married SARAH SMITH, of Bath Co., KY, and settled in Callaway Co., MO in 1825. Joseph married MARGARET MURPHY, and settled in Callaway Co., about the same time. The children of James Allen were Jane, Caroline, John, Nancy, David, James, William, Milton, Mary, Harvey, Martha and Virginia. The children of Joseph Allen were Clarinda, Jane, Grezella, Margaret, Amanda, John and Sally."