Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs . by the Indians during King Philips war, and Edward Allen, Jr., the great-great-grandfather of Sarah (AllenConverse, was one of the first of the refugees to return after peace was partially established. His son Samuel, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Conversea soldier in the Kings service, was several times driven from his home bthe savages and was finally killed by them while working in his fields, Augus25, 1746. Corporal Enoch Allen, grandfather of Mrs. Converse, was born in DeerfiekMassachusetts, November
Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs . by the Indians during King Philips war, and Edward Allen, Jr., the great-great-grandfather of Sarah (AllenConverse, was one of the first of the refugees to return after peace was partially established. His son Samuel, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Conversea soldier in the Kings service, was several times driven from his home bthe savages and was finally killed by them while working in his fields, Augus25, 1746. Corporal Enoch Allen, grandfather of Mrs. Converse, was born in DeerfiekMassachusetts, November 27, 1744. He removed to Ashfield, Massachusettsafter 1767, and died there July 8, 1789. His first service in the Revolutionarwar was as a member of Lexington Alarm Roll, a private in Lieutenant Samuel Bartletts company. This company marched April 22, 1775, in response tan alarm of April 19, from Ashfield, and was in the actual service five day;He next enlisted on April 27, 1775, in Captain Ebenezer Webbers compan)Colonel John Fellows regiment, and served with that command as a privat. trn-t/-*^<t-~e__ CONVERSE 1099 until September 22, 1777, when he enlisted in Captain Ephraim Jennings com-pany, Colonel David Wells regiment, for service on the Expedition North-ward. His name appears on the muster roll of this latter company as cor-poral. Corporal Enoch Allen married, November 28, 1777, Mercy, daughterof Deacon Ebenezer Bedden, of Ashfield, granddaughter of Samuel Bedden,of Wethersfield, later of Hatfield, who fought in King Philips war; his wifewas slain at the Indian massacre and raid on Hatfield, September 19, Bedden, the great-grandfather of Mercer (Bedden) Allen, was one ofthe earliest settlers of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Corporal Enoch Allen diedJuly 8, 1789, and in 1795 his widow Mercy removed with her eight children toGrand Isle, Vermont. Hon. Heman Allen, father of Sarah (Allen) Converse, and grandfather ofJohn Heman Converse, of Philadelphia, was the e
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