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- Orthaniel had 8 children.
7. OTHENIEL5 ALLEN, (Jedediah4, Increase3, Ralph2,
George1), was born 15 Jan. 1731 in Dartmouth and m. in
Newport, RI 15 Feb. 1758, Keziah, b. 6 April 1741,
dau. of Abraham and Ruth (Wood) Stafford. Othniel Allen
came to Beekman in 1760 when he first appeared on the
tax list [at £i] and he was recorded as of Oswego in the
1760 list of Quakers. Othenial Allen sued Philip
Linderbeck Oct. 1764 & Oct. 1765. [CP].
On 13 April 1762 he and Stephen Potter, (his brother-
in-law), both of Beekman, purchased 305 acres of land in
Charlotte. Isaiah Wildy and Elizabeth of Charlotte were
the sellers and the land was in lot 5. The deed [4:279]
states that they have 1/3 part of the lot which is 1/4
of lot 5. The bounds were the Wappingers Creek and the
line of lot 5 and 6 and lot 2 of lot 5. The cost to
Potter and Allen was £750. On 2 May 1762 Othniel Allen
sold to Stephen Potter 148 acres off of this piece [D
4:282]. Othniel Allen took a mortgage on this land on 12
May 1764 from Robert G. Livingston for £96 at 7%
interest. The mortgage was paid up on 3 Dec. 1778 [M
2:18]. Othniel Allen was taxed in Charlotte from June
1765 until 1779. His 1790 census listing for Clinton
Town was 2-0-3 and he was next to Timothy Conklin and
Isaac L'Amoreux.
He removed from the Creek Meeting to Easton by
certificate of 20 May 1796. [Hist. of Saratoga Co. 496
notes him in Saratoga area ca. 1800].
Children:
i. Ruth, b. 15 Feb. 1760; m. Peleg Sisson 1799.
[9PMM].
ii. Jedediah, b. 5 March 1762. A Jedediah Allen
and wife Rhoda of Northampton, Montgomery
County, NY, with others, probably siblings,
sold land to Amos and Ruth Mosher at Galway,
Saratoga Co., NY 1825.
iii. Sion, b. 30 July 1765; m. in Tiverton, RI 10
April 1791, Elizabeth, dau. of Amos Dresser.
He had a certificate of clear from the Creek
Meeting 22 June 1787.
iv. George, b. 8 Aug. 1767.
v. Othniel, b. 22 March 1770. He was a Lieut.
in 24th Reg. Albany, 1804.
vi. Susanna, b. 9 June 1773.
v. ?Abraham; Did he have dau. Priscilla who d.
Friday May 31st 1822 about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. [PR 50].
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1731 - Yes, date unknown
, d. 1744, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts 