The Allen Family of Bradford Township, Pennsylvania

There were forty different Allens who emigrated at an early day to various parts of this country and founded separate lines, spelling the name variously Allen, Allyn, Allin, Allan, etc. They were found in every colony and usually were men of prominence, as were their descendants. The branch headed by William Allen settled at Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He died in 1685, leaving wife Elizabeth, who died later in the same year, and four sons:

1. William Allen.
2. John Allen.
3. Thomas Allen.
4. Matthew Allen.

Another branch, headed by John Allen, who died in October, 1708, settled at Newport, Rhode Island. He married, October 14, 1650, Elizabeth Bacon, and left sons,

1. John Allen.
2. Samuel Allen.

There is no authority for determining which of these ancestors rightfully belongs to the Allens of Bradford, Pennsylvania. Definite record can only begin with Paul and Polly (Case) Allen, married in Providence, Rhode Island, May 22, 1774.

(II) Henry Allen

Henry, son of Paul and Polly (Case) Allen, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, January 4, 1784. He was a farmer, and served as a private in the second war with Great Britain, in 1812 and 1814. At the age of sixty years he settled in the town of Napoli, Cattaraugus county, New York, remaining there until his death in 1874, aged ninety years. He is buried in the cemetery at Napoli, where his wife Nancy is also buried. Children:

1. James Allen, born near Providence, Rhode Island; married and had children:
   1. Byron Allen.
   2. Anna Allen, married Milo Hall, lives in Randolph, New York, and has a son:
      1. Court Hall.
   3. Lydia Allen, married —– Bidwell.
2. Henry Allen, died in Rhode Island.
3. Samuel Allen, born 1810, died about 1890; was a sea captain commanding a vessel trading out of Providence; married (first) —– —–, (second) Minnie Cooney, of Randolph, New York; children:
   1. Samuel C. Allen, child by first wife, married Ida Champlin, and resides in Napoli, New York, children:
      1. Norman Allen.
      2. Henry Allen.
      3. Beulah Allen.
   2. Freeman Allen, child by second wife.
   3. Amy Allen, child by second wife.
4. Thomas Whitman Allen, of whom further.
5. Louisa Allen, died in Napoli, New York; married Palmer P. Barber, also deceased; children:
   1. Samuel A. Barber, now living in Findlay, Ohio.
   2. Susan A. Fuller, deceased, 1900.
   3. Daniel P. Barber (Dr.), died in Salamanca, New York, 1909, without issue.
   4. Abbie Barber, deceased; married —– Matson, who survives her, a resident of Providence, Rhode Island; has a daughter:
      1. Clara Boardman (Mrs.), of East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
6. Amy Allen, married Freeman Baker, and has children.
7. Daniel Allen, deceased.

(III) Thomas Whitman Allen

Thomas Whitman, son of Henry and Nancy Allen, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, August 23, 1820, died August 6, 1887, at Salamanca, New York. He was educated in the public schools of Providence, where his home was until reaching manhood’s estate. In 1852 he went to New York state, settling in the town of Napoli, Cattaraugus county, where he followed the trade of carpenter until his enlistment in Company C, New York Regiment of Heavy Artillery. He served during the last eleven months of the war, stationed at Norfolk, Virginia. After the war he returned to Napoli, where he lived until 1882, moving in that year to the village of Salamanca, New York, where he died five years later. He was a Republican, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married (first) Lola C. Morse, born in Maine, 1830, died January, 1867, in Napoli. She had three brothers:

1. Seth Morse, living in Maine.
2. George Morse, died in California, 1876, unmarried.
3. Albert Morse, deceased.

Thomas W. Allen married (second) Clara Morey. Children by first wife:

1. Ella Madora Allen, born October 8, 1852, died August 21, 1876; married Levi W. Ziegler; now living in Salamanca, New York; children:
   1. Lola Ziegler, died 1907.
   2. Jennie Ziegler, married Gusse, resides in Schenectady, New York, and has children:
      1. Beatrice Gusse.
      2. Allen Gusse.
2. James Irwin Allen, born 1854, died 1855.
3. Herbert Eugene Allen, of whom further.
4. Frank W. Wheat, born October 4, 1866; legally adopted by Rev. E. A. Wheat, is known as Frank W. Wheat; married Hill, and is now proprietor of a shoe store in Alliance, Ohio.

(IV) Herbert Eugene Allen

Herbert Eugene, son of Thomas Whitman Allen, was born in Napoli, Cattaraugus county, New York, December 4, 1856. He spent his earlier years in Napoli, attending the public school in winter, and working during the summer months at farming and in the cheese factory of Eben Sibley. Later he purchased this factory and operated it until 1882, when he moved to Bradford, Pennsylvania, selling his factory in 1883 to its original owner, Mr. Sibley. In Bradford he engaged in the grocery business for several years, also in oil operations. He sold his grocery business and became senior partner of Allen & Hodges, establishing marble and granite works. In 1902 he sold his interest and has since been actively engaged in the real estate business in Bradford. He is a Republican, and for ten years served as county assessor and for two terms as councilman of Bradford. He belongs to Bradford Lodge, No. 334, Free and Accepted Masons; Order of the Eastern Star and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

He married, July 15, 1885, Clementina Seaward, born in Bradford township, McKean county, January 26, 1850, daughter of Joseph Stevens Seaward and Daphana Dorleski (Farr) Seaward, daughter of Isaac and Pantha (Clark) Farr. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Farr:

1. Asaal Farr, died in East Bradford, Pennsylvania.
2. George Farr, died in East Bradford.
3. Lydia Farr, deceased; married John Hutchinson; had a daughter:
   1. Olive Hutchinson, who married Collins.
4. Lucretia Farr, born at Bellows Falls, Vermont, October 11, 1810, died in East Bradford; married, July 12, 1828, John F. Melvin; no children.
5. Olive Livonia Farr, died in California; married —– Wheaton, deceased, son of Horace Wheaton, also deceased.
6. Briceus Pantha Farr, born in New Hampshire, January 8, 1818; married, at Tuna, Pennsylvania, William Rowell Fisher, born in Connecticut, February 13, 1810, died May 1, 1889; children, all born in Bradford:
   1. Orpha Fisher, born October 10, 1838, died February, 1896; married James R. Dart, of Lansing, Michigan, now of Mason, same state.
   2. Mary C. Fisher, born March 17, 1840, died September 18, 1901; married Moses P. Woolley, now of Buffalo, New York.
   3. Olive Fisher, born October 20, 1843; married, January 26, 1865, Robert Thompson Lain.
   4. Ida Fisher, died December 3, 1874, unmarried.
   5. Alice Fisher, born October 7, 1852, now deceased; married Charles L. Ackley, and resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
   6. Nellie Fisher, born April, 1857, died June, 1873, unmarried.
   7. Five other children, died in infancy.
7. Daphana Dorleski Farr, married Joseph Stevens Seaward, mentioned above, and had a daughter:
   1. Clementina Seaward, who married Herbert Eugene Allen.

See: Genealogy of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania

Source

Jordan, J. W. 1840-1921. (1913). Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.

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