Allen family of Brampton

[bedfordshire boy]

Hi Carriej

Forgive me for butting in John. The best starting place to look for information on parishes is on www.genuki.com

There's no mention on there of an alternative name. Each parish had just the one established church at that time - St Mary Magdelene in the case of Brampton (although a larger town could have a number of parishes - but there was just the one in Brampton).

Regards

David
(the same one as last night on the other message board)

[carrij]

Hi David  thank you so much for your help .  carrij

[johnP-bedford]

Carrie,  Sorry I do not have any info on your Thomas Allen. I am assuming witness 'Sarah's father' indicates Thomas's wife was named Sarah. The witness 'Mary' if named Allen could be Thomas's sister ?

Regards John

[johnP-bedford]

Ok I am widening the net a bit ....

We've established that Robert Allen is son of John Allen & Susannah Bracegirdel. I am pretty sure John is son of Matthew Allen of Alconbury, who married Bridget Woodley of Buckden, on Dec 12 1780. 

... and I'm sure that these had another son William chr 25 June 1798.

I'm now looking for a marriage of William to a Maria ?
They had George in 1820, James 1822 & William 1825

Can someone please find the marriage of William & Maria

Thanks John     

[bedfordshire boy]

Hi John

There's a William and Mary Redhead in 1818 in Elton, but that's a bit of a hike from Alconbury.

Where was George baptised? Do you have them in censuses?

Regards

David

[johnP-bedford]

Hello David

George (5/MAY/1820) & other children of William & Maria Allen, Bricklayer were baptised in Brampton.  George married his cousin Eunice Allen in June 1853, (Eunice born 1824 daughter of John & Susannah Bracegurdel).

On 1851 George is nephew in household of James Lucas & wife Bridget b 1792
- who most likely is sister to William & John. 

Cheers John

[tony h]

Hi John,
I was in Conington over the weekend and there are lots of Allens in the churchyard all buried side by side. I've posted some background info on another topic
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,100207.0.html

hope it helps in some way

Best wishes
Tony

[johnP-bedford]

Hello Tony, Thanks for the information; however I have not yet found a link from my Allens of Brampton to any at Conington. I see on the map Conington is a few miles up the A1 from Brampton so perhaps not linked at all - who knows. Perhaps if you noted their names & dates & let me know I'll have a look in Hunts Record office when I go in December (if not sooner)

Regards John

[VMS]

Hello to all,

I found this thread whilst Googling for information on the Allen family of Brampton. Not sure if it is of interest to anyone, but Robert Allen, whom this thread began with, had a brother John (also mentioned previously). This John married Charlotte Allen, from a completey seperate set of Allens as far as I can tell. This other set of Allens are the ancestors of my own family and I have an ever-growing tree containing Charlotte's brother Thomas, and many generations from him directly down to me! If anyone is interested in sharing info in this area, please post and let me know

~VMS~