One of the proprietors of Gilsum, NH.
Came to Surry about 1761.
Constable 1770.
Son of Samuel Allen of Enfield/Windsor, CT; who was son of Samuel Allen of Northampton, MA/Enfield, CT; who was son of John Allen, killed by Indians in 1675; who was son of Samuel Allen b. 1588 from Braintree, Essex Co. England/Cambridge MA/Windsor, CT.
Info. from "The History of Surry" by Frank Burnside Kingsbury, published 1925 by the Town of Surry, New Hampshire.
One of the proprietors of Gilsum, NH.
Came to Surry about 1761.
Constable 1770.
Son of Samuel Allen of Enfield/Windsor, CT; who was son of Samuel Allen of Northampton, MA/Enfield, CT; who was son of John Allen, killed by Indians in 1675; who was son of Samuel Allen b. 1588 from Braintree, Essex Co. England/Cambridge MA/Windsor, CT.
Info. from "The History of Surry" by Frank Burnside Kingsbury, published 1925 by the Town of Surry, New Hampshire.
Inscription
In Memory of Mr. Abel Allen
who died August 18th 1808 aged 74 years.
One of the first settlers of this place.
On time
'tis a lamp that wafts its fiers
'tis a smoke that quick expires
'tis a bubble, 'tis a sigh
Be prepared, O man, to die.
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