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Moses Allen

Male 1741 - 1779  (37 years)

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  • Name Moses Allen
    Birth 4 Dec 1741  New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 24 Jan 1742  First Congregational, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Death 8 Feb 1779  Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2279  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2026

    Family Elizabeth Gillett,   b. 25 Apr 1745, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 12 May 1761  Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F903  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2026

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. 26 May 2007 Worldconnect database "333999" of Otto Palfenier : Moses Allen, b. Apr 1741 in Mt. Carmel, Connecticut, parents Nathan Allen, b. 8 Mar 1695 in New Haven, Connecticut and Hannah Todd, b. 20 Feb 1701. Moses and Elizabeth had 7 children all born in Granville from 1761 to 1776.
      Quote: "Moses was drafted in 1759 to go, under the command of Major Rogers, among the Indians at St. Francois, where he suffered so as to be unable to support himself, et cetera. The assembly voted him twenty pounds out of the treasury of the Colony, May, 1764. Per Colonial Records Volume XII, page 283."

      2. The book "Families of Ancient New Haven," by Donald L. Jacobus (New Haven, 1981), 7 vols.; not sure which of the following Moses may apply to our Moses Allen:
      P. 2044, Additions and Corrections: "Allen. (Page 29) FAM. 13, 9. (But see page 18, FAM. 5, 3, v.) Moses, b. Sep. 1742 (?), d. 5 Mar 1831 (Sheridan, Chautauqua Co., NY); m. Achsah ___, b. Sep. 1742, d. 4 Mar. 1834; he enlisted at New Haven in Rev. War."
      Pp. 28-29, Alling family 13, 9: "Moses [Alling], b. 4 Dec 1741 NHV, bp. 24 Jan 1741/2 NHCI." Shown as a son of Nathan and Hannah (Todd) Alling.
      P. 18, Alling family 5, 3, v: "Moses [Alling], b. (without ears) 16 June 1741 NHV." Shown as son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Blakeslee) Alling.

      BIRTH:
      1. "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F74V-436 : 3 December 2014), Moses Alling, b. 4 Dec 1741 at New Haven Twp., New Haven, CT, son of Nathan Alling; citing FHL microfilm unknown.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Marriage Records": Moses Allen (see Alling) and Elisebeth Gillet, m. 12 May 1761 in Granville, intention not recorded. Source: "Vital Records of Granville."