Family of William Hunt Allen

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1.  WILLIAM HUNT⁹ ALLEN  (ROBERT⁸, RICHARD⁷, RICHARD⁶, RICHARD⁵ ALLEYNE, RICHARD⁴, JOHN³, RICHARD², GEORGE¹) was born 1709 in Hanover County, Virginia, and died 1786 in Granville County, North Carolina.  He married (1) MARY ANN OWEN Abt. 1725 in Virginia, daughter of THOMAS OWEN and ELIZABETH BROOKES.  She was born in Henrico, Virginia, and died Bef. 1750 in Hanover County, Virginia.  He married (2) FRANCES GRANT 1741 in Hanover County, Virginia, daughter of THOMAS GRANT and ISABELLA RICHARDSON.  She was born October 14, 1716 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, and died 1782 in Granville County, North Carolina.

 

Notes for WILLIAM HUNT ALLEN:

William Allen moved to Granville County, North Carolina,  purchasing a farm from William Gowan on June 19,1758.  On the same day, additional land was purchased from the said Gowan by Drury Allen, the brother of William and between them they arranged joint farming operations, Drury Allen having removed to this locality from Lunenburg County, Va.  Mary Jouett was the daughter of a John Jouett, Sr.  owner of the Swan Tavern, facing the Court House in Charlottesville, Va., and also having plantation interests in Louisa Court House, Va, from which point Mary's brother, John Jouett, Jr., otherwise known as Jack Jouett, made his famous horseback ride to Charlottesville, warning Jefferson and the Virginia Legislature of the approach of Tarleton, thus saving them from capture by the British. The Jouett family was of Huguenot extraction, the name originally being spelt Jouet.  Mary's three brothers were captains in the Revolutionary War. The eldest, Matthew (Captain of Jesse Corn's company), was killed at the battle of The Brandywine. Robert was a captain (afterwards a Col) of artillery in the 7th Virginia regiment. Jack and his father were both signers of the Albemarle declaration of independence. When Ky was still a part of Virginia, Jack ,Jr. represented Mercer County in the Virginia General Assembly. He married Sally Roberts, and one of his sons, was the famous Ky. artist. William took the oath of allegiance to the Revolutionary cause in the county.

 

 

More About WILLIAM ALLEN and MARY OWEN:

Marriage: Abt. 1725, Virginia

 

More About WILLIAM ALLEN and FRANCES GRANT:

Marriage: 1741, Hanover County, Virginia

     

Children of WILLIAM ALLEN and MARY OWEN are:

              i.   URSULA ALLEN, b. February 16, 1727/28, Hanover County, Virginia; d. 1747, Virginia; m. GIDEON JOHNSON, 1747, Virginia; b. Abt. 1724.

 

Notes for URSULA ALLEN:

Birth year may be 1728

 

 

More About GIDEON JOHNSON and URSULA ALLEN:

Marriage: 1747, Virginia

 

              ii.   NANCY ALLEN, b. Abt. 1730; m. NATHAN MELTON, SR, Abt. 1757⁸; b. Bet. 1735 - 1740, Orange Co, NC^9,10; d. Bet. Sep 15, 1805 - Oct 27, 1806, Edgefield Dist, SC¹¹.

             iii.   SUSANNAH ALLEN, b. Abt. 1735, Hanover County, Virginia; m. UNKNOWN BUTLER.

             iv.   ELIZABETH ALLEN, b. Abt. 1737, Hanover County, Virginia; m. JOHN MORGAN.

             v.   MARY ALLEN, b. Abt. 1739, Hanover County, Virginia; m. WILLIAM ALLEN.

             vi.   SARAH ALLEN, b. Abt. 1741, Hanover County, Virginia; m. UNKNOWN WALKER.

 

     

Children of WILLIAM ALLEN and FRANCES GRANT are:

            vii.   FRANCES ALLEN, b. Abt. 1751, Hanover County, Virginia; m. NATHAN HURT; b. Virginia.

           viii.   WILLIAM ALLEN, b. Abt. 1752; d. 1816, Person County, North Carolina; m. SARAH HOWARD; b. 1765, Caswell County, North Carolina.

 

Marriage Notes for WILLIAM ALLEN and SARAH HOWARD:

They had at least eight children

 

             ix.   ANN ELLENOR ALLEN, b. Sep 20, 1755, Hanover Co, VA; d. Aug 26, 1777, New Kent Co, VA; m. FRANCIS HOWARD.

             x.   HANNAH ALLEN, b. 1742, Hanover Co, VA; d. 1807, Granville Co, NC; m. HENRY GROVES HOWARD, March 7, 1760, Granville Co, NC.

 

More About HENRY HOWARD and HANNAH ALLEN:

Marriage: March 7, 1760, Granville County, North Carolina

 

             xi.   ISABELLA ALLEN, b. Dec 17, 1748, Hanover Co, VA; d. Nov 9, 1838, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, KY; m. MAJ. THOMAS OWENS, SR., Feb 26, 1765, VA; b. July 21, 1742, Henrico Co, VA; d. Dec 31, 1825, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, KY.

 

More About THOMAS OWENS and ISABELLA ALLEN:

Marriage: February 26, 1765, Virginia

 

            xii.   THOMAS ALLEN, b. May 14, 1757, Hanover County, Virginia; d. June 26, 1833, Harrodsburg, Kentucky; m. MARY ANN JOUETT, February 16, 1789, Albemarle County, Virginia; b. June 11, 1765, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. June 28, 1833.

 

Notes for THOMAS ALLEN:

Revolutionary Service :

Captain of Tallmans Rhode Island State Regiment. Dec 12,1776 and server as Quartermaster of General Greenes Staff till the close of the war. From Hettmans Register of Officers of the Revolution. He was born May 4,1757 in Hanover Col Va and on Feb. 16,1789 was married to Mary Jouett, daughter of John (Jack) Jouett, . During his service under General Greene he took part in the retreat of that general from South Carolina into Virginia. He participated in the Battle of Guilford Court House in 1781. He emigrated into Kentucky Lincoln County which at that time comprised a greater area than at present. Here he was appointed deputy sheriff opening the first court there, being the first in the state. He had a large area to cover while acting in that capacity and rode from fort to fort and had many narrow escapes, as the county was infested with hostile Indians. There was a fort at the present location of Harrodsburg, Ky and when Mercer county was organized the location was chosen as the county seat and Thomas Allin laid out the town. He was made county court clerk and circuit on quarterly sessions court clerk for Mercer Co in 1786, This office after his death was held by his son Philip Trapnal Allin and after his death by another son Benjamin C. Allin, after whose death it passed into the hands of a grandson Benj. C Allin, who at present 1912, holds the position, making a period of 126 years in the Allin family as county clerks of Mercer County, as unbroken epoch of official trust in the family.

 

Previous to his appointment as county clerk Thomas Allin did considerable work as surveyor laying out town sites , Henderson ,Danville, Lexington and Harrodsburg, Ky and receiving compensation for his services, land where Newport now stands. Later he wasappointed Deputy Clerk in Colonel's Greene Office at Danville, this following by his appointment in l786 Thomas and his father-in-law, John Jouett were among the thirty eight men who organized the society of promoting useful information Thomas Allin was a member of the convention in Virginia which ratified the present Constitution of the United States. When the call for volunteers came from General Harrison in his Indian campaign, Thomas Allin took the field as Captain of Light Horse under General Scott. The fighting terminated in the Battle of Tippicanoe on the banks of the Wabash River. Later Major Allin returned to his clerk work at Harrodsburg and continued as clerk until his death. He was placed on the pension rolls Feb. 15, 1833 under the Act of June 7, 1832. He died about five months later June 1833 at Harrodsburg. Thomas Allin settled in Harrodsburgh. The residence of Thomas Allin, constructed about 1790 and one of the earliest brick structures in Ky., is located on the Southwest ourskirts of Harrodsburgh and is in the possession of the widow of the late Bush W. Allin, great grandson.

 

 

The Birthday of Henderson, Kentucky; As given in the Report of Col. Thomas Allin; Deed Book A, Page 25

 

At the request of Gen. Samuel Hopkins, agent for the Richard Henderson &Co. I began,the 31st of March, 1797, and proceeded to lay off the town of Henderson on the Red Banks of the Ohio as follows:To wit,132 square lotts containing one acre each, four of which form a square following a street on the river from the top of the bank 200 feet wide to street parallel thereto and ten cross strets and a street environing the whole excep[t the side next the river each of which said streets are 100 feet wide the course of the parallel streets run down the river south 19

Degrees West and the cross streets are at right angles thereto. Also the same number of lots with like streets the upper corner of which (to wit) the upper corner of lott No. 133 and the lower corner of Lott No.---- lying distant from each 205 yards, 2 feet,5 inches, the parallel street of the lower part of the town, conforminng to the course of the river runs to the river South 31 degrees West and the cross streets are at right angles thereto space between the upper and lower parts of the town forming two squares of platts between the environing streets for public purposes. I then laid out 32 lotts of ten acres each bounding on the environing streets of the river all of which is comprised and see on the plan hereto prefixed and the lotts are bounded as follows: And I finished laying off the said In-and-Out Lotts on the sixth day of April 1797 --which I do hereby certify. Given under my hand this 20 of June 1797

Signed, Thomas Allin

 

I do believe the annexed platt and the certificate to contain a true state of the town and out lotts of the town of Henderson as therein expressed.

Signed, Samuel Hipkins; Agent for Richard Henderson & Co.

 

Proven Oct. 29,1799,by Jno. D Haussman, County Clerk, Deed Book 1,page 27

Stokeley Donelson, Surveyor Page 44, Deed Book 1

 

 

The above is a report of Col. Thomas Allin to the Transylvania or Richard Henderson & Co. on the laying off of Henderson, KY in April of 1797.

 

 

 

 

More About THOMAS ALLEN and MARY JOUETT:

Marriage: February 16, 1789, Albemarle County, Virginia

 

           xiii.   GRANT ALLEN, b. November 24, 1759, Granville County, North Carolina; d. December 17, 1840, Tennessee; m. TABITHA MARSHALL, January 30, 1783.

 

More About GRANT ALLEN and TABITHA MARSHALL:

Marriage: January 30, 1783

 

           xiv.   MILDRED ALLEN, b. July 26, 1763, Granville County, North Carolina; d. July 19, 1828, Clark County, Kentucky; m. THOMAS BERRY, May 17, 1781, Granville County, North Carolina.

 

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Marriage: May 17, 1781, Granville County, North Carolina