Arthur Allen

ALLEN See The Allen Family of Surry County... by William Carrell, in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 50, 2006 and Ancestry of Arthur Allen, undated manuscript by Paul C Reed, FASG
John Allen, Senior, gentleman, born about 1540, settled in Droitwich, Worcester, England, before 1571. He lived in St Mary Wytton, a parish which had become only a geographical designation, since it was at St Andrew's, that baptisms, marriages, and burials were recorded, although the registers are missing before 1571 and from 1588-1591. His burial occurred on 5 December 1630. His widow Margaret was buried 16 August 1643. And she might have been his second wife. He had no will, and the administration of his estate is no longer fully readable. His children recorded at St Andrew's: . 1. John Allen (bapt. before 1570) . 2. Elinor Allen (bapt. Oct 1574) . 3. Phillip Allen (daughter bapt. 3 Oct 1575, buried 7 Jan 1578/9) . 4. Francis Allen (bapt.2 Jul 1578, buried 17 Aug 1578) . 5. Christian Allen (bapt.18 Sep 1579) . 6. Francis Allen (bapt. 7 Mar 1580/1) John Allen, Junior, gentleman (before 1570-after 1630) . 1. Thomas Allen (c.1590-19 Oct 1649) married Isabel (d.1686) . 2. William Allen (Nov 1592-will22 Oct 1632) m.14 Jan 1628/9 Elizabeth Sanders . 3. Jane Allen (bapt.20 Oct 1594) . 4. John Allen (bapt.6 Mar 1597/8-after 1626) . 5. Mary Allen (bapt.2 Dec 1599) . 6. George Allen (bapt.17 Sep 1601-after 1634) m.9 Feb 1623/4 Elizabeth Yarnold . 7. John Allen (bapt.22 May 1604) . 8. Roger Allen (bapt.8 Sep 1605-Sep 1677) his mother was Marjorie . 9. Arthur Allen (bapt.23 Oct 1608-May/Jun 1669) see below 10. Elizabeth Allen (bapt.23 Jan 1608/9) Considering her date of baptism, Arthur may have been . . . a year old at his baptism. 11. Humphrey Allen (bapt.14 Jan 1609/10) 12. Hugh Allen (bapt.1 Mar 1610/11) 13. Thomas Allen (bapt.9 Oct 1612) possible child of this John
Arthur Allen was baptized on the 23rd day of October 1608, son of John Allen, gentleman, at St Andrew's, Droitwich, Worcester, England. Arthur came to Virginia in the early 1630s, and settled about 1640 in the part of James City County that would become Surry County, where he served as Justice from 1652 until his death, and served on the Lawnes Creek Parish vestry in 1660 and probably other years. He patented 200 acres of land near Lower Chippokes Creek in March 1649/50 for importing 4 persons, including Alice Tucker, who became (or had become) his wife. The date of the grant does not indicate the date of marriage, as a person could file for a headright many years after paying their passage. The average delay was 4 to 5 years. (reference) He eventually accumulated 2,450 acres of land. He apparently engaged in the tobacco trade, as he was also listed as a merchant in Bristol, England, from 1655 until 1669. He died in Surry County between 15 May and June 1669.
He built a remarkable house, for the time, a 5300 square foot brick mansion, of Jacobean architecture, completed in 1665. It has been commonly known as "Bacon's Castle" since September, 1676, when William Rookings and 70 supporters of the rebel Nathaniel Bacon occupied it for four months during Bacon's Rebellion against Governor William Berkeley of Virginia. The contemporary occupant of the house, Major Arthur Allen, Jr, was a member of the House of Burgesses, and a loyal supporter of the Governor.
Alice Tucker was the sister of Daniel Tucker (born c1613) and possibly the daughter of the Daniel Tucker (1575-1625) who was born in Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent, stockholder in the Virginia Company of London, came to Jamestowne in 1608 in the Second Supply, and served as the second Governor of Bermuda, 1616-1619, where he died. There is no documentation to support this relationship, but if so, Alice was sent back to England after his death (since she was not listed in the 1624/5 Muster of Jamestowne) and was imported by Arthur Allen some time in the 1630's, and married him in Virginia. She is thought to have been a few years younger than Arthur. After Arthur's death, Alice married John Hardy, and lived in Isle of Wight County. John died soon after his will was written in October 1675, and Alice was reported to be living again in the brick house in Surry in September 1676 when that house was seized by Bacon's rebels, and they threw her out. She then apparently returned to Isle of Wight and lived with her daughters until soon after giving her power of attorney to William Mayo on 11 May 1681.
1. Humphrey Allen (c1633-c1666) possibly a brother of Allen, circumstantial evidence supports son. 2. Elizabeth Allen (c1635-c1718) m(1) Robert Caufield (2) Joseph John Jackman 3. Joan Allen (c1638-before 1729) m.c1652 Dr Robert Williamson (d.c1669); m.c1672 Robert Burnett . . .(d.1679); m.c1700 Reuben Proctor (d.1729) 4. Daughter Allen (c1640-before 1675) married first a Johnson, second William Mayo 5. Mary Allen (d.1679) married Arthur Long (c1641-1677) one of Nathaniel Bacon's insurgents 6. Arthur Allen (1649-1710) married Katherine Baker He was sent to England in 1660 to be educated . . and as "Major Arthur Allen" continued his father's prominence in Surry County, was a member of the . . House of Burgesses, and expanded the Allen Estate to 8,580 acres.
Daughter Allen (c1640-before 1675) married first a Johnson, possibly John Johnson Jr (1623-after 1659) as his second (or later) wife, since he was unmarried in a 1653 deed. There is NO documentary evidence of this connection! She later married William Mayo. The will of John Hardy, October 1675, leaves "to my Wife's Grand child John Johnson one cow when he comes to the age of Seventeen yeares." and other bequests to his "sons in law" William Mayo and Robert Burnett. When Alice Tucker Hardy gave her power of attorney to her son-in-law William Mayo on 11 May 1681, John Johnson (III) was a witness. John Hardy received a land patent in 1666 for importing William Mayo. William Mayo's wife was Isabel on a 1691 deed, and he died in 1713. His brother was Edward Mayo of Barbados and later Pasquotank County, NC. Edward's daughter Sarah Mayo (1668 Barbados- -before 1726 NC) married in 1688, in Philadelphia, John H Culpepper (1633-before 1695). John Johnson (1659-1707) received a grant of land in 1681 for paying John Culpepper's passage to Virginia - six times. See Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet for more on headright land patents.
1. John Johnson (c1659-1707) m.c1687 Mary, m.1701 Mary Thompson Day 2. William Mayo (These children might have been from a previous or later marriage of William Mayo) 3. James Mayo 4. John Mayo 5. Peter Mayo 6. Margaret Mayo 7. Patience Mayo 8. Mary Mayo "youngest daughter"
John Johnson (c1659-1707) married first Mary, whose last name is unknown, and second, in 1701 Mary Thompson widow of James Day. After John's death, she married Reuben Gladhill. Her will of 30 Nov 1712 (Isle of Wight Will & Deed Book 2, p.543) named her only surviving child James Day. John received grant of land 23 April 1681. Since John had to have been 21 years of age to own land, he had to have been born before April, 1660. The will of his step-grandfather, John Hardy, dated 7 Oct 1675, bequeaths "to my wife's grandchild John Johnson one cow when he comes to the age of Seventeen yeares" This indicates that John was born after 7 Oct 1658. Therefore, my estimate of 1659. John Johnson (1659) purchased land on Blackwater River 13 Aug 1687 from Mathew Tomlin. And he patented land in 1692 adjoining James Allen and William Mayo. John's will was written 7 January 1703/4, and proved 9 Aug 1707. (Isle of Wight Will & Deed Book 2, p.484, and a copy here) and see Johnson. He named four children in his will:
. 1. Martha Johnson (c.1688 - before 1747) married between 1704 and 1715 Hugh Matthews . 2. John Johnson, Jr. married Mary and moved to Bertie Dist. NC before 10 May 1735, . 3. Patience Johnson . 4. Mary Johnson

My line: John Allen (c1540-1630) married Margaret John Allen (c1590-after 1630) Arthur Allen (1608-1669) married Alice Tucker Daughter of Arthur Allen married John Johnson, Jr. (c1623-after 1659) John Johnson (1659-1707) married Mary Martha Johnson (c1688-before 1747) married Hugh Matthews (c1680-1751) Benjamin Matthews (d.1762) Benjamin Matthews (1748-1818) m.1775 Mary Sauls (c1750-1806) Allen Matthews (1789-after 1870) married Sity Riley (1789-1854) Arthur Matthews (1827-1898) m.1866 Lucy Pierce (1840-1922) Carson B Matthews (1874-1948) m.1913 Jeanne Marie Tynes (1878-1958) Frances Mary Tate Matthews (1917) m.1949 Virgil Raymond Liptrap (1907-1977) James Matthews Liptrap (1951)

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