Hi there,
As John discovered I am also descended from Robert ALLEN's parents, John and Susannah ALLEN via their youngest daughter, Eunice.
Other family members are also researching this ALLEN line and have made the following comments to your posts. [All information is sourced from Brampton Parish Registers unless otherwise stated].
"1. Robert Allen, son of John and Susannah (Brasgurdel/Bracegirdle), bapt 26 July, 1813 at Brampton.
Siblings, all bapt in Brampton were:
William, bapt 27 July, 1807, married Ann Heffer/Hepher in Needingworth, 1829;
Robert, bapt 25 Dec 1808 [prob. buried 20 Aug, 1811]
Matthew, bapt 13 Jan, 1811, married (i) ? (ii) Alice Smith, 8 Aug 1839, St.
Mary's, Haggerston, Middx;
Rhoda, bapt Herodias 24 July 1815, married George Ashbridge, 11 Oct 1837 at Alconbury;
Thomas, bapt 11 May 1817, married Mary Ann(e) Carter, 1846;
John, bapt 24 July 1820, married Charlotte Allen (sic), 12 Jan 1853;
Eunice, Bapt 26 July, 1824, married George Allen (the son of John's brother, William), 16 May, 1853.
2. 1841 Census: John ALLEN died on 8 Dec, 1840 so was not alive. His widow Susannah was with their son Matthew ALLEN , his wife and daughter, both Alice, and his brother Thomas, in Worship St. Shoreditch on the census [HO 107/709/9 folio 14 p20].
3. 1851 Census: John and Eunice ALLEN were brother and sister (both married others in 1853). Bridget Peters was their cousin, daughter of their aunt Eunice (nee Allen) and James Peters. Eunice died in 1836 and the children were with various other family members.
I think 'Emma' is an enumerator's transcription error for Eunice - this is the only place I have seen the name "Emma ALLEN" and I cannot find Eunice anywhere else on this census.
4. Susannah Brasgurdel/Brasgirdle/Bracegirdle was possibly the daughter of William Bracegirdle and Elizabeth Hainsworth, who were married at Easton in 1774."
We hope this will be helpful!
Cheers
Wendy
