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 1740 - Yes, date unknown

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• Birth	Bef 1740	, , , Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I564	Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
  Last Modified	01 Apr 2009
  Family	Margaret Gamble,   b. Abt 1743, , , , Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1760	, York Or Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	1. John Allen, Jr,   b. 10 Mar 1761, , , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Oct 1830, , , Kentucky, USA > 2. Grizella Allen,   b. 20 Aug 1763, , York, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 17 Aug 1845, , Callaway, Missouri, USA > 3. Joseph Darby Allen,   b. 1765, , , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1860, , Callaway, Missouri, USA > 4. Sarah Allen,   b. Abt 1770, , , North Carolina, USA > 5. James Allen,   b. Abt 1773, , York, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 5 Jul 1854, , Callaway, Missouri, USA   6. David Allen,   b. Abt 1777, , York, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Bef 10 Nov 1832   7. Jane Allen,   b. Abt 1779, , , , Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2008
  Family ID	F98	Group Sheet

• Misc Documents		Bio, Allen, John Bio from The Pioneers of Missouri book. He was my 4th great grandfather.

• Notes

  John Allen emigrated to York Co. Penn. from Ireland ca. 1753. No land records found there for him. After the Revolution moved to Iradell (Rowan) Co. N. Carolina. Was in the Continental Army. (Not Proved). Moved to Montgomery Co. Ky, near Mt. Sterling ca. 1795. Some descendants think they may have come late in life to St. Louis or St. Charles, to be near her nephew Gov. Hamilton Gamble, but no proof has been found of where they died or are buried.....Margaret Corbin Lutz. Possible father and mother James Allan and Grizzell Bruce and the birth info of John Allen are written in a letter from Crockett Harrison to Margaret Lutz dated Aug.3, 1990. Crockett states that it is not definitive proof, but implies that is very likely correct. But, a check with LDS Family Search for James Allan/Allen with Grizzell/Grissel and other Grizel combos yields quite a few variations of possibilities, most from Scotland in the same time period. From the book Pioneer Families of Missouri, which was written in 1876 and is not always accurate: "ALLEN, David Allen and his wife, MARGARET GAMBLE, were natives of Scotland, but came to America and settled in south Carolina prior to the revolution. Mr. Allen took part in the war, and saw some hard service in the Continental army. After the return of peace he removed to KY., and settled in Montgomery Co. He had 2 sons, James and Joseph, who came to MO. The former married SARAH SMITH, of Bath Co., KY, and settled in Callaway Co., MO in 1825. Joseph married MARGARET MURPHY, and settled in Callaway Co., about the same time. The children of James Allen were Jane, Caroline, John, Nancy, David, James, William, Milton, Mary, Harvey, Martha and Virginia. The children of Joseph Allen were Clarinda, Jane, Grezella, Margaret, Amanda, John and Sally."