Ebenezer ALLEN

Ebenezer married Mary WING on 14 May 1772 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. Mary was born on 12 Feb 1749 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Oct 1789 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anna ALLEN was born on 26 Jul 1776 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Mar 1854 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
2. Content ALLEN was born on 15 Sep 1777 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; died in Aug 1805.
3. Mary ALLEN was born on 27 May 1782 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Jan 1850.
4. William ALLEN was born on 23 Apr 1780 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; died in West Indies.
5. Abigail ALLEN was born on 19 Mar 1784; died on 31 May 1852 in Hudson, New York.
6. Christian ALLEN was born on 16 Mar 1787 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Edward Allen and Ann Coleman

Notes:

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In a deed dated May 7, 1738, Edward and Ann Allen gave their son, Ebenezer, one-half their dwelling house, barn, and other buildings, with the half of the house lot on which they lived, also so much right in the commons as would keep 59 1/2 sheep, with the house lot meadow, also a fourth part of the stock and other property. (See Nantucket Book of Deeds, vol. 4, p.178)

The tradition is preserved in the family that Edmund Heath, the father of Ebenezer's wife, belonged to a title and wealthy family in England, and being the youngest, was sent to this country in charge of Capt. Richard Coffin; in the same vessel was Catherine Sylvan, a pretty French girl whom the captain had found in France, and hired as a servant. The acquaintance thus formed on shipboard between the young people ripened into love and in due time after landing at Nantucket they were married. Many years afterward a letter was received by the family asking for heirs to the Heath estate in England, but the matter was never followed up, so the family never profited by the information, and doubtless lost a large property.

Ebenezer married Christian HEATH on 15 Aug 1740 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. Christian was born on 05 Aug 1724 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; died on 29 Aug 1773 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Edmund Heath and Catherine Sylvan