Allen Family

Information on this family from: Miss. Carolyn Lee Allen of Rutland, Vt.: Mrs. Dorotha (Allen) Jaqua of Ponca City, Okla.; and from DAR Lineage Books.

(1) Edward Livingston Allen

Date of Birth: Feb 24, 1835
First Marriage: 1861, Mary A. Ormsbee
Date of Death: 1916
Place of Death: Fair Haven, VT
Place of Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Fair Haven, VT

Spouse: Mary A. Ormsbee
Father: Jolls M. Ormsbee
Mother: Harriet E. Lee
Date of Birth: July 26, 1840
Place of Birth: Orwell, VT
Date of Death: Sug 17, 1925
Place of Death: Fair Have, VT
Place of Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Fair Haven, VT

Children:

1. Herbert Ormsbee Allen, born July 15, 1863, Fair Haven, VT
2. Caroline Lee Allen, died age 2
3. Edna Livingston Allen, born May 23, 1867, Fair Haven, VT, died Aug 27, 1939, Unmarried, DAR #122875
4. Edward (Joseph) Evarts Allen, born June 20, 1871, Fair Haven, VT,

(2) Herbert Ormsbee Allen

Father: Edward Livingston Allen
Mother: Mary A. Ormsbee
Date of Birth: July 15, 1863
Place of Birth: Fair Haven, VT
First Marriage: 1890, Julia Maria Hill
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Spouse: Julia Maria Hill
Father:
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Date of Birth: 1865
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Children:

1. Dorotha Allen, born July 26, 1893, Cleveland, OH

Married Paul E. Jaqua. Res. 1967 at 711 Marland Drive, Ponca City, Okla. She has contributed information on this family.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 165
page 71
Mrs. Dorotha Allen Jaqua.
DAR ID Number: 164234
Born in Cleveland, Ohio.
Wife of Paul E. Jaqua.
Descendant of Col. Noah Lee, as follows:
1. Herbert O. Allen (b. 1863) m. 1890 Julia Maria Hill (b. 1865).
2. Edward L. Allen (1835-1916) m. 1861 Mary A. Ormsbee (b. 1840).
3. Joel Ormsbee (d. 1841) m. 1838 Harriet Lee (1813-43).
4. James R. Lee (1773-1864) m. 1803 Betsey Fairchild (1750-1858).
5. Noah Lee m. 1772 Dorcas Bird (1751-1830).
Noah Lee (1745-1840) served as colonel of the Vermont troops. He was born in Norwalk, Conn.; died in Castleton,
Vt.

(2) Edward (Joseph) Evarts Allen

Father: Edward Livingston Allen
Mother: Mary A. Ormsbee
Date of Birth: June 20, 1871
Place of Birth: Fair Haven, VT
First Marriage: April 10, 1906, Harriet Lucy Grant, Sandy Hill, NY
Date of Death: May 4, 1943
Place of Death: Fair Haven, VT

Spouse: Harriet Lucy Grant
Father:
Mother:
Date of Birth: Sept. 20, 1879
Place of Birth: Glens Falls, NY
Date of Death:
Place of Death: Fair Haven, VT
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Children:

1. Carolyn Lee Allen, born June 21, 1907, Fair Haven, VT, Living 1967 at 54 Cresent St, Rutland, VT 05701, Died Feb 5, 2000. Teacher. SSN# 008-34-1026.
2. Robert Evarts Allen, born April 14, 1909, Fair Haven, VT
3. Harold Ormsbee Allen, born Oct 27, 1910, Fair Haven, VT

(3) Robert E. Allen

Father: Edward E. Allen
Mother: Harriet L. Grant
Date of Birth: Apr. 14, 1909
First Marriage; Feb 29, 1941, Dorothea Elizabeth Pearsall, Schenectady, N.Y
Place of Birth: Fair Haven, Vt.
Date of Death: April 1968

Spouse: Dorothea Elizabeth Pearsall
Father: John Pearsall
Mother: Lauretta Beck
Date of Birth: July 2, 1912
Place of Birth: Schenectady, N.Y.
Date of Death: Aug 1984,
Place of Death:

Children:

1. Gordon Douglas Allen, born June 29, 1945, Akron, OH, Died Jan 16, 1998, SSN# 061-36-2703

Additional Facts:

Robert El Allen: SSN #444-03-3396
Dorothea Allen: SSN#108-09-4468, Residence: 12305 Schenectady, Schenectady, NY

(3) Harold Ormsbee Allen

Father: Edward E. Allen
Mother: Harriet L. Grant
Date of Birth: Oct. 27, 1910
Place of Birth: Fair Haven, Vt.
First Marriage: April 30, 1932, Florence Louise Baldwin
Date of Death: Feb. 14, 1958
Place of Death: Troy, N.Y.

Spouse: Florence Louise Baldwin
Father:
Mother:
Date of Birth: Jan. 25, 1913
Place of Birth: Poultney, Vt.
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Children:

1. Peter Ormsbee Allen, born May 17, 1936, Schenectady, N.Y.
2. John Spencer Allen, born Dec. 2, 1939, Schenectady, N.Y.

(4) Peter O. Allen

Father: Harold O. Allen
Mother: Florence L. Baldwin
Date of Birth: May 17, 1936
Place of Birth: Schenectady, N.Y.
First Marriage: May 25, 1957, Sally Clark Thomas
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Spouse: Sally Clark Thomas
Father:
Mother:
Date of Birth: Mar. 9, 1937
Place of Birth: Claremont, N.H.
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Children:

1. Rebecca Lee Allen, born Jan. 13, 1958, Hyde Park, N.Y.
2. Peter Ormsbee Allen, Jr., born May 15, 1959, Troy, N.Y.
3. Jennifer Lee Allen, born June 25, 1962, Schenectady, N.Y.
4. John Paul Allen, born Oct. 21, 1966, Kingston, N.Y.

(5) John Spencer Allen

Father: Harold O. Allen
Mother: Florence L. Baldwin
Date of Birth: Dec. 2, 1939
Place of Birth: Schenectady, N.Y
First Marriage: May 3, 1963, Nancy Diane Johnson
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Spouse: Nancy Diane Johnson
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Date of Birth: Nov. 5, 1945
Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Fla
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Children: no record

Additional Facts:

Miss. Carolyn Lee Allen quotes from an old letter dated Oct. 28, 1904 from Dr. Millie J. Chapman as follows:
"My grandmother (Abigail Ormsbee) was a sister of Gov. (of Vt.) E.J. Ormsbee's father (John Mason Ormsbee) and a cousin to Jolls M. Ormsbee father of Mary Adelaide Ormsbee (grandmother of Carolyn Lee Allen)" () added by me.

The following is taken from Dr. Chapman's genealogy of the Ormsbee family.
Abigail Ormsbee
b. Aug. 1, 1793 at Shoreham, Vt.
d. Aug. 7, 1880
m. Feb. 16, 1815 Alexander Thompson of Warsaw, N.Y.
Their dau. Robey Ormsbee Thompson b. Oct. 31, 1817
m. Feb. 5, 1837 L.K. Chapman
Their dau. was; Dr. Millie J. Chapman

Miss. Carolyn Lee Allen says the Allens are all buried. in Cedar Grove Cem. at Fair Haven, Vt.

Quoting from Mrs. Jaqua's letter of Feb. 22, 1967:
"I might add that Harriet Lee had a sister, Carolyn Lee, who was b. Oct. 4, 1821 and who d. in Jan. 1892. She brought up my grandmother, as her own mother died when she was three."