Walter ALLEN

1601 - 1681  (80 years)

• Name	Walter ALLEN  [1, 2]
  Birth	1601	England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	haberdasher
  Death	8 Jul 1681	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [3]
  	age 80
  Notes	Haberdasher of hats. Served in a Guild as an apprentice age 14-21. Did not come over for religious reasons but to get away from the tyranny of Charles I who was increasing the taxes on the guilds. He never joined a church, though he was obliged to attend. Only church members could be freemen so he never cast a vote nor held public office. * Bonds Watertown (1860) pp3-7 WALTER ALLEN was of Newbury, 1640 and resided there several years. He moved to Watertown prior to April 1662, at which time he was a proproprietor, and was one of a coroner's jury, July 19, 1663. April 20, 1665, Walter Allen and wife Rebecca sold their house and land in Watertown to Simon Coolidge, bounded partly by his own (W. A.'s) land. June 7, 1665, he bought of John Knapp 60 acres in Watertown Farms, ''Iying towards Concord bounds." Sept. 19, 1666,'Thomas Mayhew' sometime of Watertown, now of Martha's Vineyard, for £30, sold the 200 acres of land in Watertown Farms, granted to him by the town, to Joseph Crosby, of Braintree; and said Crosby, for £40, sold the same land. June 21, 1669. to Walter Allen, " a farmer of Watertown" Oct. 1. 1673 by deed of gift, he conveyed lands in Watertown to his sons, Daniel and Joseph, and soon after moved to Charlestown where he m., Nov. 29, 1678, Abigail Rogers, and where he died , Jul 8, 1681. In Charlestown he was a "haberdasher of hats". His will, dated Feb 19, 1679-8-, proved Aug. 1681, mentions wife Abigail and sons John [of Sud.], Daniel and Joseph. Inventory £312. It included "the Mayhew Farm," near Sud. (2000 A.), another farm, 705A.[probably 75A.], and 6 A. of meadow; 2 A. dividend land; mansion house, land, and orchard in Charlestown; and a farm in Haverhill 100A. He had a son Benjamin, b. in Newbury, 1647; and there was a Benjamin Allen settled in Watertown about the same time as Walter and his sons; but no son, Benjamin is mentioned in the will or other instruments executed by Walter. Lewis Allen was an early settler of Wat. (1665), but there is no evidence that he was a kinsman of Walter. Newbury by 1640. Proprietor's book of records, folio forty-four, extracted by Joshua Coffin from the record dated December 1642 and is the first known list of the first Settlers of Newbury. Charlestown abt.1652. His house was on Main St. in Watertown 1662 and bought a 75 acre farm from Nathaniel Bowman. Added 160 acres in 1665; Another 200 acres in 1669. He returned to Charlestown in in 1673 and stayed till death. He was 77 at time of 3rd marriage and was 80 at death. SOURCES: Will dated 19 Feb 1679/80 and probated Aug 1681: Includes "Mayhew Farm"; another farm of 705 acres; two acres of dividend land and six of meadow; mansion house; land and orchard in Caharlestown; and a farm of 100 acres in Haverhill. See the following sources: Boston Transcript Jul 12 1905, Dec 11 1907, Dec.16 1929. Ancestral Lines Revised pp15-19 by Carl Boyer (1981). Families of Old Fairfield-Jacobus pp13-21. History of Princeton by Blake (1915) p3. State of Vermont (1903) by Carlton, Vol. 1, pp153-154. Bonds Watertown (1860) pp3-7. Walter Allen of Newbury, Ma. and some of his descendants by Allen H. Bent (1900). Savage vol.I, pp33-37. Newbury Vital Records to 1850 vol.I,p21. N.E.H.G.R. VOL.107 (1953) P225. Pioneers of Massachusetts by Charles Henry Pope p.15. Genealogical Register of First Families of New England by John Farmer p.15. Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Mass. by Thomas Bellows Wyman p.18.
  Person ID	I1155	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2012

  
  

• Sources

  [S184] Savage, James, Savage, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965), Vol 1, pages 24-33 (Reliability: 3). [S152] IGI Online, (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints URL: http://www.familysearch.org). [S449] Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 2, p. 199 (1898) (Reliability: 3).