Samuel Allen

• General Notes
  • He is supposed to have arrived in this country on the Mary & John in 1630, landing at Newtown, MA
    
    Listed as a freeman in 1632.
    Was one of the first settlers of Braintree, MA.
    
    From John Cary the Plymouth Pilgrim , Author: Seth C. Cary
    
    Samuel Allen, came from Bridgewater, Eng., to Braintree in 1630; in 1635 he took the oath of allegiance, and was Town Clerk, Selectman, Surveyor of highways, Constable, and served as Deputy three times. He and his son Samuel, who settled in Bridgewater in 1660, both fought in King Philip's War. For eight generations this family has been identified with the best political and religious life of New England.
    
    From the Notes of Bill Erickson:
    
    Emigration: Abt. 1630, Bridgewater, Somerset County, England (Source: Asa W. Allen, Genealogy of the Allen and Witter Families, (Printed by Luther W. Smith 1872), Page 95, Samuel Allen and Ann, his wife, of Bridgewater, Somerset County, England A.D., were the first Allen Family that located on this continent, at Braintree, Massachusetts, ten miles south east of Boston.)
    Residence: Abt. 1630, Braintree, MA (Source: E.E. Jackson, "The Allen Family of Braintree," 1903, He came from Bridgewater, England , with wife Ann, in 1630.)
    Will: August 02, 1669, Braintree, Ma. (Source: E.E. Jackson, "The Allen Family of Braintree," 1903, Probated September 16, 1669. Mentions wife Margaret, sons Joseph, Samuel, and James; daughter Abigail, son-in-law Josiah Standish and Nathaniel Greenwood. Inventory: L228, 12s, 9d.)