Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families . Nov. 13, 1873. ^t Oxford, wasmarried Sept. 21, 1901, to Franklin G. Taft, a na-tive of Blackstone, Mass., and resides in Willi-mantic. CHRISTOPHER ALLEN, of StaffordSprings, Tolland v:ounty, was born in Allenton, , Aug. 15, 1854, a son of Charles and Mary (Cong-don) Allen. Allenton, R. I., was named for thefirst settler of this family of Aliens, who locatedthere at an earlv date, and to this ho
Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families . Nov. 13, 1873. ^t Oxford, wasmarried Sept. 21, 1901, to Franklin G. Taft, a na-tive of Blackstone, Mass., and resides in Willi-mantic. CHRISTOPHER ALLEN, of StaffordSprings, Tolland v:ounty, was born in Allenton, , Aug. 15, 1854, a son of Charles and Mary (Cong-don) Allen. Allenton, R. I., was named for thefirst settler of this family of Aliens, who locatedthere at an earlv date, and to this honored pioneerMr. Allen traces his line of descent through hisfather Charles, Samuel B., Matthew, Benjamin,and Matthew. Matthew Allen emigrated from England toDartmouth, Bristol Co., Mass., in 1700. and in1712 purchased and settled on a tract of land inNorth Kingstown, which is now called Island. Charles Allen, father of Christopher Allen, wasborn in 1798, in Allenton. and was prominentlyidentified with all public affairs of his native died in 1869. He married Mary of Benjamin Congdon, of North Kings-town, R. I., and became the father of the followivLr.
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