Upper Level: Arthur Allen 1607-1669 Alice Tucker 1613

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Arthur Allen 1607-1669 Alice Tucker 1613

The pictures are from an old magazine. It may have been Architectural Digest or Life Magazine (the page was large), The picture and paragraph explaining the architecture was on page 36 along with other famous houses.

From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon's_Rebellion

Bacon's Castle, also known as "Allen's Brick House" or the "Arthur Allen House" is located in Surry County, Virginia, USA.

Soon after Surry County was formed in the Royal Colony of Virginia in 1652, Arthur Allen built a Jacobean brick house in 1665 near the James River, where he and his wife Alice (née Tucker) lived. He was a wealthy merchant and a Justice of the Peace in Surry County. Allen died in 1669, but his son, Major Arthur Allen II, inherited the house and property.

The Allen family's brick home became known as "Bacon's Castle" because it was occupied by the followers of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. The name "Bacon's Castle" was not used until many years after Bacon's Rebellion.

The following from online: museumintern.blogspot.com

... It was noted in his diaries that when he returned to live back at his home, after Bacon's rebels took it over, the largest amount of damage was in the cellar and that no wine was left drinkable. Archeologists from AVPA have found wine bottles broken in fireplaces and areas around the backyard where bonfires took place.

(Colonel) Arthur Allen

Parents: John Allen and Unknown mother
Born: 1608 Worcester, England
Christened 23 Oct 1608 St. Andrew, Droitwich, Worcester, England
Note: Name is spelled Arthure in record
Occupation: Merchant (also listed as a Merchant in Bristol, England), Justice of the Peace, Planter (tobacco)
Excerpt from Encyclopedia Virginia (link in sources section below for full article):

Arthur Allen became an agent for tobacco merchants in Bristol, England, and arrived in Virginia during the 1640's (note: other sources claim 1630's). He amassed one of the largest plantations in Surry County by the 1660's.

He probably arrived in Virginia during the 1640's as an agent for tobacco merchants trading out of Bristol, in which capacity he made at least one return trip to Bristol. he also dealt with several leading London merchants. Among them Micajah Perry, Phillip Perry, and Thomas Lane. by 1649, Allen had settled between Lawnes Creek and Chippokes Creek in the southern part of James City County. When that area became Surry County in 1652, Allen was appointed to the court, and by 1661 he was a member of the quorum. he also served on the vestry of Lawnes Creek Parish.

Arthur Allen may have married twice, not once in 1650 as stated in early histories of Surry County and Bacon's Castle; and he probably had at least 7 children, not the two or three who are mentioned in some accounts of the family. His first son, Humphrey Allen, was probably born in England early in the 1630's and died in Virginia in 1666. Note the wording of this paragraph: He MAY have married twice and PROBABLY had about 7 children and that Humphrey was PROBABLY born in England.

Arthur inherited Allen's Brick House (pictured above), carried on the family name, and had a long and varied political career. Allen's FOUR daughters all married well, with the result that some of the areas most notable persons were descended from him.

Mary Long, the wife of Arthur Long, who commanded the company of Bacon's men who occupied Allen's Brick House, was probably yet another of Arthur Allen's daughters.

Allen died after May 15 1669 (he sat with the county court on that date and by June when the tax lst was compiled, his widow, Alice, was charged with the eleven tithables resident at Allen's plantation.

Married 1) unknown in England (according to the above source, which has no verification)
2) Alice Tucker abt 1630 possibly in Virginia, but she was 'imported' in 1649 with four others, so likely England)
Died: Abt June 1669 Virginia
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0354318 Batch C023462 dated 1571-1769
Online: http://jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm
http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Allen/Allen-Arthur.html
https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Allen_Arthur_1608-1669#start_entry
Alice Tucker
Born abt 1613 England
Debate on her parents: Either William Tucker and Mary his wife or Daniel Tucker whose wife is unknown
Married 2) John Hardy
Died after 1686 Virginia (see the comments below by boxmommy)
Sources
Online: http://jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm
Wikipedia
http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Allen/Allen-Arthur.html

CHILDREN

Please note:
These children were not born at Bacon's Castle which was built in 1665.
Their birth year and order is also debatable.
If the parents were married when Arthur was 18, the first child could have been born in 1626. If that is the case, a few may have been born in England since according to the source ( jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm) Arthur did not arrive in America until 1630's. He "imported" four people, including Alice, his wife, in 1649/50, so it could be that some of these children were born in England (the source did not list who the four people were).

Humphrey Allen
Born pre-1630 England
Died 1666 Virginia
Sources
https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Allen_Arthur_1608-1669#start_entry
Elizabeth Allen
Born abt 1630 Virginia
Married 1) Robert Caufield abt 1650
Children: Mary
2) (Sheriff) Joseph John Jackman abt 1652
Died 1691
Sources
Online http://jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm
http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Allen/Allen-Arthur.html
*Joane (Jane) Allen

Born abt 1631 Virginia

Married 1) Dr. Robert Williamson abt 1651 Virginia
Children: George, James, Robert, Arthur, George, Robert, Francis
2) Robert Burnett 2 Nov 1672 Isle of Wight, Virginia
3) Reuben Proctor abt 1674

Sources
Online: http://jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm
http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Allen/Allen-Arthur.html
Katherine Allen
Born abt 1633 Virginia
Married 1) John Johnson (one of his descendants is U.S.President Lyndon B Johnson)
Note: boxmommy has Robert Johnson as his father - see comments section
Children: John
2) William Mayo
Note: see boxmommy comments section for William
Children: William, James, John, Peter, Margaret, Patience, Mary
Note: These children may have been from a former marriage William had
Died 1693 Isle of Wight, Virginia
Sources
Online: http://jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm
http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Allen/Allen-Arthur.html
Mary Allen
Born abt 1634 Virginia
Married Captain Arthur Long abt 1651 Virginia
Will dated 27 Jan 1679 (she was a widow at the time)
Sources
Book: Southside Virginia Families Vol 1 by John Boddie page 3
Online http://jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm
http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Allen/Allen-Arthur.html
(Major) Arthur Allen (Jr)
Born abt 1639 Virginia
Occupation: Major Allen was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
From Encyclopedia of Virginia [Page 170]

Allen, Maj. Arthur, was the son and heir of Arthur Allen, of Surry county, and of his wife, Alice Tucker. Maj. Allen's father, in 1749, patented 200 acres between Lawne's Creek and Lower Chippoakes Creek. Maj. Allen was burgess from Surry county in 1682, in 1685-86 and in 1688. In the last-named session he was speaker of the assembly. He married Katherine, daughter and heiress of Cap. Laurence Baker, of Surry. On July 3, 1677, Mr. Arthur Allen sued Mr. Robert Burgess for that "during the most Horrid Rebellion (Bacon's rebellion) he with others did seize and keep garrison in the pit's house neare fower months." This ancient brick mansion is still standing, one of the oldest houses in Virginia, and is known as "Bacon's Castle" (1914). Maj. Allen's will was proved in Surry court, Sept. 5, 1710.

Married 1) Katherine Baker abt 1658
Children: Arthur, Elizabeth, John, Catherine, James, Ann, Mary, Joseph
2) Elizabeth Bray abt 1670 (some have this woman married to his son James, more research is needed)
Children: James
Died 19 May 1710
Sources
Online http://jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm
http://vagenweb.org/tylers_bios/vol1-16.htm
http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Allen/Allen-Arthur.html

10 comments:

lisalu0310January 22, 2014 at 8:38 AM
Brilliant, has helped fill in so many gaps in family tree. My partner I believe is 8th x great grand nephew of Arthur Allen

Lisa
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boxmommySeptember 17, 2015 at 11:40 AM
Katherine Allen Johnson died before 1693. It was her sister Isabel Allen who married William Mayo Jr and was the executor of his will in 1715.
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boxmommyDecember 16, 2015 at 3:11 PM
Alice (Tucker Allen) Hardy was still living in 1686 on the remainder of the 1666 Patent of 1150 acres to John Hardy that he left in his 1676 will for her to live on the remainder of her life, as she is named as a neighbor to a new patent to Thomas Harris Jr on the southwest corner of the 1666 patent. The 1666 Patent to John Hardy is on the southwest corner of the 1658 Patent to Thomas Harris Sr of 1000 acres that names John Hardy as the 1st of 20 headrights.
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boxmommyFebruary 24, 2017 at 2:09 PM
You are still omitting the daughter Isabel Allen who married William Mayo, as the widow Alice Tucker Allen Hardy named her son in law William Mayo as her power of attorney in 1681, witnessed by her son Arthur Allen Jr.
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AnonymousMarch 8, 2017 at 8:06 PM
I am a eleventh generation grandson of Arthur Allen, Col.
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AnonymousMarch 8, 2017 at 8:07 PM
I am an eleventh generation grandson of Col. Arthur Allen
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boxmommyNovember 4, 2017 at 11:39 AM
I never said that Katherine Allen married a John Johnson. She was married to Robert Johnson and had a son John Johnson named as a son in law in the will of John Hardy and two daughters that married sons of Lucy Hardy and Hodges Council. William Mayo is also named in the last paragraph of the John Hardy Will that pertains to relatives of his current wife Alice Tucker Allen. All records of this William Mayo that name a wife give her a name of Isabel, including his 1713 Will. In 1681, the widow Alice (Tucker Allen) Hardy gave her Power of Attorney to this William Mayo.
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JamesJuly 2, 2019 at 12:28 AM
I am 10th great grandson of Colonel Arthur Allen and Alice Tucker.
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From a Funeral Program

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not for too long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone

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When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the hills we know

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Miss me, but let me go.

The Line

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who had a hair of red.
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Quotes from the Prophets

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The Passing of the Pot (Chamber Pot)

As far back in childhood
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One household vessel greets me
That wasn't made for show
Beneath the bed twas anchored
Where only few could see
But served the entire family
With equal privacy
Some called the critter Peggy
And some the thundermug
And others called it badger
A few called it jug
To bring it in at evening
Was bad enough no doubt
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Who had to take it out
Our big one was enormous
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A watermelon party
Composed of six or eight
When nights were dark and rainy
It was a useful urn
On icy winter mornings
The cold rim seemed to burn
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Each took his turn a waiting
Or did the best he could
Sometimes when in a hurry
To our disgust and shame
We fumbled in the darkness
And slightly missed our aim
The special one for company
Was decorated well
But just the same it rendered
That old familiar smell
Today this modernism
Relieves me a lot
And only in my vision
I see that homely pot.
(author unknown)

Poem about ancestors

Though steep is the path I follow today,
The footprints of time will show me the way.
For many have traveled a smiliar road,
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No troubles I face are new to this earth,
That man has not faced from time of his birth.
The route has been charted and roads have been paved
By legions before me who were stalwart and brave.

Their steps never faltered nor courage grew dim,
For they trusted the Lord and let Him led them.
If my faith and my trust remain steadfast and true,
God will guide and protect me in all that I do.
- Dolores Karides

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor.
I cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place
and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned.
He mended all his fences.
He avoided any man who came to
take the US census

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and every 20 years or so,
This rascal changed his name.
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so I play "Gene-solitaire"
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I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;
but the weather took engravings,
and some vandals took the rest.
He died before the county clerks
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No family Bible has emerged -
In spite of all my efforts.

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who has caused me many groans -
left me even one more challenge:
He brothed a lady,
by the name of "Jones"!
(Got this from a publication
put out by the DUP organization
that names the author: Merrell Kenworthy)

Poem: Heaven's Door

If I should go before you,

If life on earth were through;

I'll stop just inside Heaven's door,

and there I'll wait for you.

You've but to look 'cross star filled skies,

Past the moon and then beyond;

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Across the span of time and space,

This love will reach this far;

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No matter where you are.

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Which Shall It Be? by Adelaide Proctor

Which shall it be?

"Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at John and John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak:
˜Tell me again what Robert said,"
And then I, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter:˜I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."

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Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.

˜Come, John,said I,
We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep. So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band:
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lilian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said: ˜Not her!"

We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of twilight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair;
I saw on James rough, red cheek
A tear undried. E'er John could speak,
He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.

Pale, patient, Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
˜No, for a thousand crowns, not him!"
He whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son”
Turbulent, restless, idle one”
Could he be spared?
Nay, He who gave
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
˜And so," said John, ˜I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer."

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And knelt by Mary, child of love;
˜Perhaps for her ˜twould better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head: ˜Nay, love, not thee,
The while my heart beat audibly.

Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. ˜No, John, no!
I cannot, will not, let him go."

And so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven."