An American Family History

Sarah Kimball Allen was born in 1635 in Watertown, Massachusetts. Her parents were Richard Kimball and Ursula Scott.

She married Corporal Edward Allen on November 24, 1658. Edward probably came from Scotland.

They settled at first in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachuetts.

Their children included:
John Allen (1659, married Elizabeth Pritchard),
Sarah Allen (1661, died young),
Edward Allen (1662, married Mercy Painter),
Sarah Allen Smith (1664),
Elizabeth Allen Pritchard (1666, married William Pritchard),
William Allen (1668),
Martha Allen Kent (1696),
Benjamin Allen (1673),
David Allen (1676),
Abigail Allen Palmer (1678, married Timothy Palmer),
Samuel Allen, and
Caleb Allen (1685, married Hannah Eaton).

In 1670 their barn with sixty loads of barley was burned by lightning.

When her father died in 1675 she received

forty pound, five pound to be payd the yeare & halfe after my decease and the rest five pound a yeare tillit be payed, also to her children I give seaven pounds ten shillings to be payed to them as they come of age or at day of marriage, if any dye b effort, that part to be equally devyded to the rest. And to my daughter Sarah above sd: I also give the bed I lye on with the furniture after one year use of it by my wife. 

They moved to Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut in 1678 where he had purchased 180 acres.

On December 16 1695 the Allens were allowed to sit near the pulip because Sarah was hard of hearing.

Sarah died on June 12, 1696 in Suffield, aged about fifty six years. Edward followed soon after on November 21, 1696. His estate was inventoried at £257. In his will he directed that their son Samuel should live with Benjamin, and Caleb with David, until they were twenty-one. The older brothers to teach the younger the "art or trade of a weaver," and when they came of age to build each a house, and give each a cow.

Mary White Rowlandson,Talcot was captured by Native Americans during King Philip's War (1675-1676).

Children of Richard Kimball, Sr. and Ursula Scott Henry Kimball Abigail Kimball Severens Elizabeth Kimball Richard Kimball, Jr. Mary Kimball Dutch Martha Kimball Fowler John Kimball Thomas Kimball Sarah Kimball Allen Cornet Benjamin Kimball Caleb Kimball

Old Style Calendar Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.