[This memorial is created with the permission and endorsement of relative, family historian Bill Gawne.]
Lorenzo Dow Allen was born May 1820, and his parents were Squire (Esquire) Allen and Hannah Hill.
That Lorenzo Dow Allen was born in New York is proven by his draft card. In some census reports and in his obituary his birth place is given as Massachusetts. But he, himself, gave his birth information as 43 years old and born in New York, per his statements to the draft board, as follows,
U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
about Linneo D Allen
Name: Linneo D Allen
Residence: Sodus, New York
Class: 2
Congressional District: 24th
Age on 1 July 1863: 43
Race: White
Place of Birth: New York
Lorenzo's siblings were Benjamin (1816-1866) and Sylvester (b. 1839).
His adoptive siblings (cousins) were Joanna Allen (1808-1891) and Darius (1805-1895). Joanna and Darius were orphaned when Darius was about four years old, and were raised by their uncle. This is according to a biography of Darius, published at the time Darius was alive.
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The following Will for Benjamin Allen refers to Joanna (Allen) Ewing and Darius Allen as half sister and half brother of Benjamin.
It refers to Sylvestrus (Sylvester) Allen and Lorenzo Dow Allen as full brothers of Benjamin.
Estate of Benjamin ALLEN
who died in March 1866 Surrogate's Court
Troy, Rensselaer Co, NY
In the matter of the application for Letters of Administration on the
Estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased, late of the city of Troy.
Filed 28th day of March 1866
County of Rensselaer, NY.
DARIUS ALLEN of the City of Troy in said County, being duly sworn, do depose and say that I am the brother of the said deceased; that said deceased died a natural death at the city of Troy in said county, on the fifth day of March, 1866, without having a last Will and Testament; and that said deceased at the time of his death was possessed of certain personal property in the State of New York, the value thereof does not exceed the sum of seventeen hundred dollars, as I have been informed and believe; that the said deceased left him surviving no widow, children or descendants, father or mother, but brother and sisters as follows
LORENZO D ALLEN of Sodus, Wayne Co, NY; SYLVESTRUS ALLEN of the same p lace, full brothers of said deceased who have filed their ----- of rights to administer said estate and JOANNA EWING, wife of CALVIN EWING of Sodus aforesaid and DARIUS ALLEN of the City of Troy half
brother and half sister of said deceased, only next of kin; and that he was at or immediately previous to his death an inhabitant of the County of Rensselaer. And I pray that Administration on the Estate of the said deceased is
granted by the Surrogate Court of the County of Rensselaer to me.
Sworn before me this 24th? Day of March, 1886.
DARIUS ALLEN
County of Rensselaer
I DARIUS ALLEN will well, honestly, and faithfully discharge the duties of administrator of the estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN deceased, according to law.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 28th? day of March 1886.
Darius Allen
County of Rensselaer Surrogate Court.
In the matter of the administration of the goods chattels and credits o f BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased.
I, SYLVESTER ALLEN of the town of Sodus in the County of Wayne and State of New York, a brother of BENJAMIN ALLEN late of the City of Troy
deceased intestate, do hereby renounce all right and claim to
administration of the goods chattels and credits of the said intestate.
Witness my hand at Sodus New York this 20th Day of March 1866.
Signed in the presence of [signature very faint/blurred].
State of New York
County of Rensselaer
On this 20 Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six before me personally came the above named SYLVESTER ALLEN to me known to be the individual described in and who executed the above renunciation of letters of administration and he acknowledged that he executed the same for the purpose therein mentioned.
[signature faint]
In the matter of the Estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased, remonstration of LORENZO D. ALLEN.
Filed March 28, 1866.
I, LORENZO D. ALLEN of the town of Sodus in the County of Wayne and State of New York a brother of BENJAMIN ALLEN late of the City of Troy deceased intestate do hereby renounce all right and claim to administration of the goods chattels and credits of the said intestate.
Witness my hand at Sodus New York this 20th? Day of March 1866.
Lorenzo D Allen Signed in the presence of}
PHILIP W CISSLEY [?]
S. VANDERHEYDEN
State of New York
County of Rensselaer
On this 20 Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty six before me personally came the above named LORENZO D ALLEN to me known to be the individual described in and who executed
the above renunciation of letters of administration and he acknowledged
that he executed the same for the purpose therein mentioned.
S Vanderheyden
Com'r of Deeds
Troy NY
In the matter of the Estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased, remonstration of SYLVESTRUS ALLEN [sic].
Filed March 28, 1866.
Know all men by these Presents that we, DARIUS ALLEN, LORIMUS VANDERHEY DEN and EDWARD BROWNELL [sic]
of the city of Troy, NY are held and firmly bound unto the People of
the State of New York, the sum of thirty four hundred dollars current money of the United States of America, to be paid to the said People to which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our and each of our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents.
Sealed with our Seals, and dated the 26th day of March in the year of o ur Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six.
The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden DARIUS ALLEN Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of BENJAMIN ALLEN deceased, shall faithfully execute the trust reposed in him as such, and also, that he obey all orders of the Surrogate of the County of Rensselaer, touching the Administration of the Estate
committed to {blank}: - them this obligation to be void otherwise to be of force.
DARIUS ALLEN
EDWIN BROWNELL
LORIMUS VANDERHEYDEN Sealed and Delivered in the presence of JAMES LANSING
LORIMUS VANDERHEYDEN and EDWIN BROWNELL of this city of Troy in said county, being each duly sworn, do each depose and say that he is worth the sum
of thirty four hundred dollars, over and above all debts due from, or
liabilities incurred by, him.
Edwin Brownell
Lorimus Vanderheyden Subscribed and Sworn before me this
28th day of March 1866
JAMES LANSING
Comm of Troy NY
State of New York
Rensselaer County
On this 26th day of March 1866, before me personally appeared DARIUS ALLEN, LORIMUS VANDERHEYDEN and EDWIN BROWNELL to me well known to be
the individuals described in and who executed the within Bond, and
severally duly acknowledged the execution thereof, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.
James Lansing
Comm of Deeds
Troy NY [Alternative search value: JOANNA ALLEN, LORENZO ALLEN, LORENZO DOW ALLEN.]
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Lorenzo married Mary E. (b. abt. 1823); at this time I (Cherie J.) haven't yet discovered Mary's name. She shows as E.M. in records I've found via the Wayne Historian's Office.
Their children included: Harriet, Margaret Jane, Catherine, Orra Bell and Anna Belle.
On January 24, 1895 his adoptive brother (cousin) Darius Allen passed away. One of Darius' death notices refers to Lorenzo:
The following is from The Arcadian Weekly Gazette, 6 February 1895, Wayne County, New York.
Gen. Darius Allen of Troy, whose death was recently announced in Associated Press dispatches, was a brother of our townsman, L.D. [Lorenzo Dow] Allen, Esq.
Lorenzo passed away August 11, 1900.
Here are notices regarding Lorenzo's death. The originals are at the Wayne County Historian's Office:
From the Arcadian Weekly Gazette, 15 Aug. 1900
SODUS CENTRE
Funeral of Lorenzo Dow Allen
The obsequies of Lorenzo Dow Allen, who died Saturday, Aug. 11 [1900] were attended from his late home on Mill street Monday afternoon, Rev. Mr. Rasch of the Baptist church officiating. Interment was made in the family plat in our cemetery. Deceased was born in Massachusetts May 5, 1820, and as a child, accompanied by his parents to this town where they settled. He had resided here over sixty years, and previous to the advent of old age and its accompanying feebleness, was a prominent business man. He was ever active in promoting the interests of the village and vicinity, he being one of the thirteen voters who participated in the organization of the Presbyterian society here March 16, 1863. He had held various offices of trust and honor, one being postmaster under Buchanan's administration. Two daughters, Mrs. John T. Pierce, with whom he had made his home for many years, and Mrs. Lyman Curry of Phelps survive .
From the Arcadian Weekly Gazette, 9 Jan. 1901
A.G. Walhizer, superintendent of the Brick Church cemetery, advises our correspondent that only nineteen interments were made therein during the year just closed, as follows:
January 9 Maria Twist, age 93 years.
January 9 Elsie Coon age 82 years
January 11 Celia D. Cottrell age 29 years
April 2 Samuel J. Taylor age 71 years
April 5 Chester Allen age 76 years
May 2 Martha P. Rustin age 76 years
June 11 Clark Reynolds age 88 years
July 14 Ann Lemmon age 95 years
July 19 Elvina A. Tobey age 81 years
August 10 Gordon Raymer age 2 months
August 11 Lorenzo D. Allen age 81 years
August 25 Charles Himes age 72 years
August 31 Orsen Mason, Sr. age 71 years
September 19 Clarence Shepard age 3 months
October 8 Chas. Shepard age 75 years
October 9 Caroline Miller age 87 years
October 27 Rb't Shepherdson age 78 years
November 66 Benjamin Coon age 78 years
December 23 Mary C. Rogers age 62 years
Lorenzo Dow Allen was born May 1820, and his parents were Squire (Esquire) Allen and Hannah Hill.
That Lorenzo Dow Allen was born in New York is proven by his draft card. In some census reports and in his obituary his birth place is given as Massachusetts. But he, himself, gave his birth information as 43 years old and born in New York, per his statements to the draft board, as follows,
U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
about Linneo D Allen
Name: Linneo D Allen
Residence: Sodus, New York
Class: 2
Congressional District: 24th
Age on 1 July 1863: 43
Race: White
Place of Birth: New York
Lorenzo's siblings were Benjamin (1816-1866) and Sylvester (b. 1839).
His adoptive siblings (cousins) were Joanna Allen (1808-1891) and Darius (1805-1895). Joanna and Darius were orphaned when Darius was about four years old, and were raised by their uncle. This is according to a biography of Darius, published at the time Darius was alive.
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The following Will for Benjamin Allen refers to Joanna (Allen) Ewing and Darius Allen as half sister and half brother of Benjamin.
It refers to Sylvestrus (Sylvester) Allen and Lorenzo Dow Allen as full brothers of Benjamin.
Estate of Benjamin ALLEN
who died in March 1866 Surrogate's Court
Troy, Rensselaer Co, NY
In the matter of the application for Letters of Administration on the
Estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased, late of the city of Troy.
Filed 28th day of March 1866
County of Rensselaer, NY.
DARIUS ALLEN of the City of Troy in said County, being duly sworn, do depose and say that I am the brother of the said deceased; that said deceased died a natural death at the city of Troy in said county, on the fifth day of March, 1866, without having a last Will and Testament; and that said deceased at the time of his death was possessed of certain personal property in the State of New York, the value thereof does not exceed the sum of seventeen hundred dollars, as I have been informed and believe; that the said deceased left him surviving no widow, children or descendants, father or mother, but brother and sisters as follows
LORENZO D ALLEN of Sodus, Wayne Co, NY; SYLVESTRUS ALLEN of the same p lace, full brothers of said deceased who have filed their ----- of rights to administer said estate and JOANNA EWING, wife of CALVIN EWING of Sodus aforesaid and DARIUS ALLEN of the City of Troy half
brother and half sister of said deceased, only next of kin; and that he was at or immediately previous to his death an inhabitant of the County of Rensselaer. And I pray that Administration on the Estate of the said deceased is
granted by the Surrogate Court of the County of Rensselaer to me.
Sworn before me this 24th? Day of March, 1886.
DARIUS ALLEN
County of Rensselaer
I DARIUS ALLEN will well, honestly, and faithfully discharge the duties of administrator of the estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN deceased, according to law.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 28th? day of March 1886.
Darius Allen
County of Rensselaer Surrogate Court.
In the matter of the administration of the goods chattels and credits o f BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased.
I, SYLVESTER ALLEN of the town of Sodus in the County of Wayne and State of New York, a brother of BENJAMIN ALLEN late of the City of Troy
deceased intestate, do hereby renounce all right and claim to
administration of the goods chattels and credits of the said intestate.
Witness my hand at Sodus New York this 20th Day of March 1866.
Signed in the presence of [signature very faint/blurred].
State of New York
County of Rensselaer
On this 20 Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six before me personally came the above named SYLVESTER ALLEN to me known to be the individual described in and who executed the above renunciation of letters of administration and he acknowledged that he executed the same for the purpose therein mentioned.
[signature faint]
In the matter of the Estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased, remonstration of LORENZO D. ALLEN.
Filed March 28, 1866.
I, LORENZO D. ALLEN of the town of Sodus in the County of Wayne and State of New York a brother of BENJAMIN ALLEN late of the City of Troy deceased intestate do hereby renounce all right and claim to administration of the goods chattels and credits of the said intestate.
Witness my hand at Sodus New York this 20th? Day of March 1866.
Lorenzo D Allen Signed in the presence of}
PHILIP W CISSLEY [?]
S. VANDERHEYDEN
State of New York
County of Rensselaer
On this 20 Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty six before me personally came the above named LORENZO D ALLEN to me known to be the individual described in and who executed
the above renunciation of letters of administration and he acknowledged
that he executed the same for the purpose therein mentioned.
S Vanderheyden
Com'r of Deeds
Troy NY
In the matter of the Estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased, remonstration of SYLVESTRUS ALLEN [sic].
Filed March 28, 1866.
Know all men by these Presents that we, DARIUS ALLEN, LORIMUS VANDERHEY DEN and EDWARD BROWNELL [sic]
of the city of Troy, NY are held and firmly bound unto the People of
the State of New York, the sum of thirty four hundred dollars current money of the United States of America, to be paid to the said People to which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our and each of our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents.
Sealed with our Seals, and dated the 26th day of March in the year of o ur Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six.
The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden DARIUS ALLEN Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of BENJAMIN ALLEN deceased, shall faithfully execute the trust reposed in him as such, and also, that he obey all orders of the Surrogate of the County of Rensselaer, touching the Administration of the Estate
committed to {blank}: - them this obligation to be void otherwise to be of force.
DARIUS ALLEN
EDWIN BROWNELL
LORIMUS VANDERHEYDEN Sealed and Delivered in the presence of JAMES LANSING
LORIMUS VANDERHEYDEN and EDWIN BROWNELL of this city of Troy in said county, being each duly sworn, do each depose and say that he is worth the sum
of thirty four hundred dollars, over and above all debts due from, or
liabilities incurred by, him.
Edwin Brownell
Lorimus Vanderheyden Subscribed and Sworn before me this
28th day of March 1866
JAMES LANSING
Comm of Troy NY
State of New York
Rensselaer County
On this 26th day of March 1866, before me personally appeared DARIUS ALLEN, LORIMUS VANDERHEYDEN and EDWIN BROWNELL to me well known to be
the individuals described in and who executed the within Bond, and
severally duly acknowledged the execution thereof, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.
James Lansing
Comm of Deeds
Troy NY [Alternative search value: JOANNA ALLEN, LORENZO ALLEN, LORENZO DOW ALLEN.]
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Lorenzo married Mary E. (b. abt. 1823); at this time I (Cherie J.) haven't yet discovered Mary's name. She shows as E.M. in records I've found via the Wayne Historian's Office.
Their children included: Harriet, Margaret Jane, Catherine, Orra Bell and Anna Belle.
On January 24, 1895 his adoptive brother (cousin) Darius Allen passed away. One of Darius' death notices refers to Lorenzo:
The following is from The Arcadian Weekly Gazette, 6 February 1895, Wayne County, New York.
Gen. Darius Allen of Troy, whose death was recently announced in Associated Press dispatches, was a brother of our townsman, L.D. [Lorenzo Dow] Allen, Esq.
Lorenzo passed away August 11, 1900.
Here are notices regarding Lorenzo's death. The originals are at the Wayne County Historian's Office:
From the Arcadian Weekly Gazette, 15 Aug. 1900
SODUS CENTRE
Funeral of Lorenzo Dow Allen
The obsequies of Lorenzo Dow Allen, who died Saturday, Aug. 11 [1900] were attended from his late home on Mill street Monday afternoon, Rev. Mr. Rasch of the Baptist church officiating. Interment was made in the family plat in our cemetery. Deceased was born in Massachusetts May 5, 1820, and as a child, accompanied by his parents to this town where they settled. He had resided here over sixty years, and previous to the advent of old age and its accompanying feebleness, was a prominent business man. He was ever active in promoting the interests of the village and vicinity, he being one of the thirteen voters who participated in the organization of the Presbyterian society here March 16, 1863. He had held various offices of trust and honor, one being postmaster under Buchanan's administration. Two daughters, Mrs. John T. Pierce, with whom he had made his home for many years, and Mrs. Lyman Curry of Phelps survive .
From the Arcadian Weekly Gazette, 9 Jan. 1901
A.G. Walhizer, superintendent of the Brick Church cemetery, advises our correspondent that only nineteen interments were made therein during the year just closed, as follows:
January 9 Maria Twist, age 93 years.
January 9 Elsie Coon age 82 years
January 11 Celia D. Cottrell age 29 years
April 2 Samuel J. Taylor age 71 years
April 5 Chester Allen age 76 years
May 2 Martha P. Rustin age 76 years
June 11 Clark Reynolds age 88 years
July 14 Ann Lemmon age 95 years
July 19 Elvina A. Tobey age 81 years
August 10 Gordon Raymer age 2 months
August 11 Lorenzo D. Allen age 81 years
August 25 Charles Himes age 72 years
August 31 Orsen Mason, Sr. age 71 years
September 19 Clarence Shepard age 3 months
October 8 Chas. Shepard age 75 years
October 9 Caroline Miller age 87 years
October 27 Rb't Shepherdson age 78 years
November 66 Benjamin Coon age 78 years
December 23 Mary C. Rogers age 62 years
[This memorial is created with the permission and endorsement of relative, family historian Bill Gawne.]
Lorenzo Dow Allen was born May 1820, and his parents were Squire (Esquire) Allen and Hannah Hill.
That Lorenzo Dow Allen was born in New York is proven by his draft card. In some census reports and in his obituary his birth place is given as Massachusetts. But he, himself, gave his birth information as 43 years old and born in New York, per his statements to the draft board, as follows,
U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
about Linneo D Allen
Name: Linneo D Allen
Residence: Sodus, New York
Class: 2
Congressional District: 24th
Age on 1 July 1863: 43
Race: White
Place of Birth: New York
Lorenzo's siblings were Benjamin (1816-1866) and Sylvester (b. 1839).
His adoptive siblings (cousins) were Joanna Allen (1808-1891) and Darius (1805-1895). Joanna and Darius were orphaned when Darius was about four years old, and were raised by their uncle. This is according to a biography of Darius, published at the time Darius was alive.
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The following Will for Benjamin Allen refers to Joanna (Allen) Ewing and Darius Allen as half sister and half brother of Benjamin.
It refers to Sylvestrus (Sylvester) Allen and Lorenzo Dow Allen as full brothers of Benjamin.
Estate of Benjamin ALLEN
who died in March 1866 Surrogate's Court
Troy, Rensselaer Co, NY
In the matter of the application for Letters of Administration on the
Estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased, late of the city of Troy.
Filed 28th day of March 1866
County of Rensselaer, NY.
DARIUS ALLEN of the City of Troy in said County, being duly sworn, do depose and say that I am the brother of the said deceased; that said deceased died a natural death at the city of Troy in said county, on the fifth day of March, 1866, without having a last Will and Testament; and that said deceased at the time of his death was possessed of certain personal property in the State of New York, the value thereof does not exceed the sum of seventeen hundred dollars, as I have been informed and believe; that the said deceased left him surviving no widow, children or descendants, father or mother, but brother and sisters as follows
LORENZO D ALLEN of Sodus, Wayne Co, NY; SYLVESTRUS ALLEN of the same p lace, full brothers of said deceased who have filed their ----- of rights to administer said estate and JOANNA EWING, wife of CALVIN EWING of Sodus aforesaid and DARIUS ALLEN of the City of Troy half
brother and half sister of said deceased, only next of kin; and that he was at or immediately previous to his death an inhabitant of the County of Rensselaer. And I pray that Administration on the Estate of the said deceased is
granted by the Surrogate Court of the County of Rensselaer to me.
Sworn before me this 24th? Day of March, 1886.
DARIUS ALLEN
County of Rensselaer
I DARIUS ALLEN will well, honestly, and faithfully discharge the duties of administrator of the estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN deceased, according to law.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 28th? day of March 1886.
Darius Allen
County of Rensselaer Surrogate Court.
In the matter of the administration of the goods chattels and credits o f BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased.
I, SYLVESTER ALLEN of the town of Sodus in the County of Wayne and State of New York, a brother of BENJAMIN ALLEN late of the City of Troy
deceased intestate, do hereby renounce all right and claim to
administration of the goods chattels and credits of the said intestate.
Witness my hand at Sodus New York this 20th Day of March 1866.
Signed in the presence of [signature very faint/blurred].
State of New York
County of Rensselaer
On this 20 Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six before me personally came the above named SYLVESTER ALLEN to me known to be the individual described in and who executed the above renunciation of letters of administration and he acknowledged that he executed the same for the purpose therein mentioned.
[signature faint]
In the matter of the Estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased, remonstration of LORENZO D. ALLEN.
Filed March 28, 1866.
I, LORENZO D. ALLEN of the town of Sodus in the County of Wayne and State of New York a brother of BENJAMIN ALLEN late of the City of Troy deceased intestate do hereby renounce all right and claim to administration of the goods chattels and credits of the said intestate.
Witness my hand at Sodus New York this 20th? Day of March 1866.
Lorenzo D Allen Signed in the presence of}
PHILIP W CISSLEY [?]
S. VANDERHEYDEN
State of New York
County of Rensselaer
On this 20 Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty six before me personally came the above named LORENZO D ALLEN to me known to be the individual described in and who executed
the above renunciation of letters of administration and he acknowledged
that he executed the same for the purpose therein mentioned.
S Vanderheyden
Com'r of Deeds
Troy NY
In the matter of the Estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased, remonstration of SYLVESTRUS ALLEN [sic].
Filed March 28, 1866.
Know all men by these Presents that we, DARIUS ALLEN, LORIMUS VANDERHEY DEN and EDWARD BROWNELL [sic]
of the city of Troy, NY are held and firmly bound unto the People of
the State of New York, the sum of thirty four hundred dollars current money of the United States of America, to be paid to the said People to which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our and each of our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents.
Sealed with our Seals, and dated the 26th day of March in the year of o ur Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six.
The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden DARIUS ALLEN Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of BENJAMIN ALLEN deceased, shall faithfully execute the trust reposed in him as such, and also, that he obey all orders of the Surrogate of the County of Rensselaer, touching the Administration of the Estate
committed to {blank}: - them this obligation to be void otherwise to be of force.
DARIUS ALLEN
EDWIN BROWNELL
LORIMUS VANDERHEYDEN Sealed and Delivered in the presence of JAMES LANSING
LORIMUS VANDERHEYDEN and EDWIN BROWNELL of this city of Troy in said county, being each duly sworn, do each depose and say that he is worth the sum
of thirty four hundred dollars, over and above all debts due from, or
liabilities incurred by, him.
Edwin Brownell
Lorimus Vanderheyden Subscribed and Sworn before me this
28th day of March 1866
JAMES LANSING
Comm of Troy NY
State of New York
Rensselaer County
On this 26th day of March 1866, before me personally appeared DARIUS ALLEN, LORIMUS VANDERHEYDEN and EDWIN BROWNELL to me well known to be
the individuals described in and who executed the within Bond, and
severally duly acknowledged the execution thereof, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.
James Lansing
Comm of Deeds
Troy NY [Alternative search value: JOANNA ALLEN, LORENZO ALLEN, LORENZO DOW ALLEN.]
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Lorenzo married Mary E. (b. abt. 1823); at this time I (Cherie J.) haven't yet discovered Mary's name. She shows as E.M. in records I've found via the Wayne Historian's Office.
Their children included: Harriet, Margaret Jane, Catherine, Orra Bell and Anna Belle.
On January 24, 1895 his adoptive brother (cousin) Darius Allen passed away. One of Darius' death notices refers to Lorenzo:
The following is from The Arcadian Weekly Gazette, 6 February 1895, Wayne County, New York.
Gen. Darius Allen of Troy, whose death was recently announced in Associated Press dispatches, was a brother of our townsman, L.D. [Lorenzo Dow] Allen, Esq.
Lorenzo passed away August 11, 1900.
Here are notices regarding Lorenzo's death. The originals are at the Wayne County Historian's Office:
From the Arcadian Weekly Gazette, 15 Aug. 1900
SODUS CENTRE
Funeral of Lorenzo Dow Allen
The obsequies of Lorenzo Dow Allen, who died Saturday, Aug. 11 [1900] were attended from his late home on Mill street Monday afternoon, Rev. Mr. Rasch of the Baptist church officiating. Interment was made in the family plat in our cemetery. Deceased was born in Massachusetts May 5, 1820, and as a child, accompanied by his parents to this town where they settled. He had resided here over sixty years, and previous to the advent of old age and its accompanying feebleness, was a prominent business man. He was ever active in promoting the interests of the village and vicinity, he being one of the thirteen voters who participated in the organization of the Presbyterian society here March 16, 1863. He had held various offices of trust and honor, one being postmaster under Buchanan's administration. Two daughters, Mrs. John T. Pierce, with whom he had made his home for many years, and Mrs. Lyman Curry of Phelps survive .
From the Arcadian Weekly Gazette, 9 Jan. 1901
A.G. Walhizer, superintendent of the Brick Church cemetery, advises our correspondent that only nineteen interments were made therein during the year just closed, as follows:
January 9 Maria Twist, age 93 years.
January 9 Elsie Coon age 82 years
January 11 Celia D. Cottrell age 29 years
April 2 Samuel J. Taylor age 71 years
April 5 Chester Allen age 76 years
May 2 Martha P. Rustin age 76 years
June 11 Clark Reynolds age 88 years
July 14 Ann Lemmon age 95 years
July 19 Elvina A. Tobey age 81 years
August 10 Gordon Raymer age 2 months
August 11 Lorenzo D. Allen age 81 years
August 25 Charles Himes age 72 years
August 31 Orsen Mason, Sr. age 71 years
September 19 Clarence Shepard age 3 months
October 8 Chas. Shepard age 75 years
October 9 Caroline Miller age 87 years
October 27 Rb't Shepherdson age 78 years
November 66 Benjamin Coon age 78 years
December 23 Mary C. Rogers age 62 years
Lorenzo Dow Allen was born May 1820, and his parents were Squire (Esquire) Allen and Hannah Hill.
That Lorenzo Dow Allen was born in New York is proven by his draft card. In some census reports and in his obituary his birth place is given as Massachusetts. But he, himself, gave his birth information as 43 years old and born in New York, per his statements to the draft board, as follows,
U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
about Linneo D Allen
Name: Linneo D Allen
Residence: Sodus, New York
Class: 2
Congressional District: 24th
Age on 1 July 1863: 43
Race: White
Place of Birth: New York
Lorenzo's siblings were Benjamin (1816-1866) and Sylvester (b. 1839).
His adoptive siblings (cousins) were Joanna Allen (1808-1891) and Darius (1805-1895). Joanna and Darius were orphaned when Darius was about four years old, and were raised by their uncle. This is according to a biography of Darius, published at the time Darius was alive.
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The following Will for Benjamin Allen refers to Joanna (Allen) Ewing and Darius Allen as half sister and half brother of Benjamin.
It refers to Sylvestrus (Sylvester) Allen and Lorenzo Dow Allen as full brothers of Benjamin.
Estate of Benjamin ALLEN
who died in March 1866 Surrogate's Court
Troy, Rensselaer Co, NY
In the matter of the application for Letters of Administration on the
Estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased, late of the city of Troy.
Filed 28th day of March 1866
County of Rensselaer, NY.
DARIUS ALLEN of the City of Troy in said County, being duly sworn, do depose and say that I am the brother of the said deceased; that said deceased died a natural death at the city of Troy in said county, on the fifth day of March, 1866, without having a last Will and Testament; and that said deceased at the time of his death was possessed of certain personal property in the State of New York, the value thereof does not exceed the sum of seventeen hundred dollars, as I have been informed and believe; that the said deceased left him surviving no widow, children or descendants, father or mother, but brother and sisters as follows
LORENZO D ALLEN of Sodus, Wayne Co, NY; SYLVESTRUS ALLEN of the same p lace, full brothers of said deceased who have filed their ----- of rights to administer said estate and JOANNA EWING, wife of CALVIN EWING of Sodus aforesaid and DARIUS ALLEN of the City of Troy half
brother and half sister of said deceased, only next of kin; and that he was at or immediately previous to his death an inhabitant of the County of Rensselaer. And I pray that Administration on the Estate of the said deceased is
granted by the Surrogate Court of the County of Rensselaer to me.
Sworn before me this 24th? Day of March, 1886.
DARIUS ALLEN
County of Rensselaer
I DARIUS ALLEN will well, honestly, and faithfully discharge the duties of administrator of the estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN deceased, according to law.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 28th? day of March 1886.
Darius Allen
County of Rensselaer Surrogate Court.
In the matter of the administration of the goods chattels and credits o f BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased.
I, SYLVESTER ALLEN of the town of Sodus in the County of Wayne and State of New York, a brother of BENJAMIN ALLEN late of the City of Troy
deceased intestate, do hereby renounce all right and claim to
administration of the goods chattels and credits of the said intestate.
Witness my hand at Sodus New York this 20th Day of March 1866.
Signed in the presence of [signature very faint/blurred].
State of New York
County of Rensselaer
On this 20 Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six before me personally came the above named SYLVESTER ALLEN to me known to be the individual described in and who executed the above renunciation of letters of administration and he acknowledged that he executed the same for the purpose therein mentioned.
[signature faint]
In the matter of the Estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased, remonstration of LORENZO D. ALLEN.
Filed March 28, 1866.
I, LORENZO D. ALLEN of the town of Sodus in the County of Wayne and State of New York a brother of BENJAMIN ALLEN late of the City of Troy deceased intestate do hereby renounce all right and claim to administration of the goods chattels and credits of the said intestate.
Witness my hand at Sodus New York this 20th? Day of March 1866.
Lorenzo D Allen Signed in the presence of}
PHILIP W CISSLEY [?]
S. VANDERHEYDEN
State of New York
County of Rensselaer
On this 20 Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty six before me personally came the above named LORENZO D ALLEN to me known to be the individual described in and who executed
the above renunciation of letters of administration and he acknowledged
that he executed the same for the purpose therein mentioned.
S Vanderheyden
Com'r of Deeds
Troy NY
In the matter of the Estate of BENJAMIN ALLEN, deceased, remonstration of SYLVESTRUS ALLEN [sic].
Filed March 28, 1866.
Know all men by these Presents that we, DARIUS ALLEN, LORIMUS VANDERHEY DEN and EDWARD BROWNELL [sic]
of the city of Troy, NY are held and firmly bound unto the People of
the State of New York, the sum of thirty four hundred dollars current money of the United States of America, to be paid to the said People to which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our and each of our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents.
Sealed with our Seals, and dated the 26th day of March in the year of o ur Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six.
The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden DARIUS ALLEN Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of BENJAMIN ALLEN deceased, shall faithfully execute the trust reposed in him as such, and also, that he obey all orders of the Surrogate of the County of Rensselaer, touching the Administration of the Estate
committed to {blank}: - them this obligation to be void otherwise to be of force.
DARIUS ALLEN
EDWIN BROWNELL
LORIMUS VANDERHEYDEN Sealed and Delivered in the presence of JAMES LANSING
LORIMUS VANDERHEYDEN and EDWIN BROWNELL of this city of Troy in said county, being each duly sworn, do each depose and say that he is worth the sum
of thirty four hundred dollars, over and above all debts due from, or
liabilities incurred by, him.
Edwin Brownell
Lorimus Vanderheyden Subscribed and Sworn before me this
28th day of March 1866
JAMES LANSING
Comm of Troy NY
State of New York
Rensselaer County
On this 26th day of March 1866, before me personally appeared DARIUS ALLEN, LORIMUS VANDERHEYDEN and EDWIN BROWNELL to me well known to be
the individuals described in and who executed the within Bond, and
severally duly acknowledged the execution thereof, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.
James Lansing
Comm of Deeds
Troy NY [Alternative search value: JOANNA ALLEN, LORENZO ALLEN, LORENZO DOW ALLEN.]
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Lorenzo married Mary E. (b. abt. 1823); at this time I (Cherie J.) haven't yet discovered Mary's name. She shows as E.M. in records I've found via the Wayne Historian's Office.
Their children included: Harriet, Margaret Jane, Catherine, Orra Bell and Anna Belle.
On January 24, 1895 his adoptive brother (cousin) Darius Allen passed away. One of Darius' death notices refers to Lorenzo:
The following is from The Arcadian Weekly Gazette, 6 February 1895, Wayne County, New York.
Gen. Darius Allen of Troy, whose death was recently announced in Associated Press dispatches, was a brother of our townsman, L.D. [Lorenzo Dow] Allen, Esq.
Lorenzo passed away August 11, 1900.
Here are notices regarding Lorenzo's death. The originals are at the Wayne County Historian's Office:
From the Arcadian Weekly Gazette, 15 Aug. 1900
SODUS CENTRE
Funeral of Lorenzo Dow Allen
The obsequies of Lorenzo Dow Allen, who died Saturday, Aug. 11 [1900] were attended from his late home on Mill street Monday afternoon, Rev. Mr. Rasch of the Baptist church officiating. Interment was made in the family plat in our cemetery. Deceased was born in Massachusetts May 5, 1820, and as a child, accompanied by his parents to this town where they settled. He had resided here over sixty years, and previous to the advent of old age and its accompanying feebleness, was a prominent business man. He was ever active in promoting the interests of the village and vicinity, he being one of the thirteen voters who participated in the organization of the Presbyterian society here March 16, 1863. He had held various offices of trust and honor, one being postmaster under Buchanan's administration. Two daughters, Mrs. John T. Pierce, with whom he had made his home for many years, and Mrs. Lyman Curry of Phelps survive .
From the Arcadian Weekly Gazette, 9 Jan. 1901
A.G. Walhizer, superintendent of the Brick Church cemetery, advises our correspondent that only nineteen interments were made therein during the year just closed, as follows:
January 9 Maria Twist, age 93 years.
January 9 Elsie Coon age 82 years
January 11 Celia D. Cottrell age 29 years
April 2 Samuel J. Taylor age 71 years
April 5 Chester Allen age 76 years
May 2 Martha P. Rustin age 76 years
June 11 Clark Reynolds age 88 years
July 14 Ann Lemmon age 95 years
July 19 Elvina A. Tobey age 81 years
August 10 Gordon Raymer age 2 months
August 11 Lorenzo D. Allen age 81 years
August 25 Charles Himes age 72 years
August 31 Orsen Mason, Sr. age 71 years
September 19 Clarence Shepard age 3 months
October 8 Chas. Shepard age 75 years
October 9 Caroline Miller age 87 years
October 27 Rb't Shepherdson age 78 years
November 66 Benjamin Coon age 78 years
December 23 Mary C. Rogers age 62 years
Gravesite Details
The 1876 birth date for Lorenzo must be a flawed transcription of the marker. He was born about 1820. The transcriber could have thought the 2 was a 7. His dau. Catherine was born 1852. So it's a clear mis-transcription of her father's birth year.
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