Abigail AllenAge: 85 years1670–1755
- Name
- Abigail Allen
- Given names
- Abigail
- Surname
- Allen
| Birth | 1670 55 19 |
| Marriage of parents | Gideon Allen — Sarah Prudden — View this family about 1670 |
| Birth of a brother | Gideon Allen August 9, 1671 (Age 19 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Allen about 1674 (Age 4 years) |
| Christening | December 5, 1680 (Age 10 years) Note: Milford, Fairfield, CT
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| Death of a maternal grandmother | Joanna Boyse after November 8, 1681 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Allen February 19, 1682 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Allen 1683 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Hannah Allen October 6, 1685 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a sister | Hannah Allen 1686 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a father | Gideon Allen about 1693 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Prudden after March 1, 1700 (Age 30 years) |
| Marriage | John Shepard — View this family October 9, 1707 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | John Shepard October 26, 1708 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a son | John Shepard 1709 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Rebecca Shepard November 1, 1710 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Allen March 8, 1712 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Abigail Shepard October 22, 1713 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Hannah Shepard November 11, 1715 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Hannah Shepard 1716 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Timothy Shepard March 22, 1718 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a husband | John Shepard about 1719 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage | Daniel Foote — View this family September 8, 1723 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Sarah Foote September 8, 1723 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | George Foote March 26, 1725 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a son | George Foote 1726 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Dorothy Dority Foote March 21, 1729 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Dorothy Dority Foote 1730 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a husband | Daniel Foote 1731 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a brother | George Allen October 7, 1734 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Timothy Shepard — Susannah Stilson — View this family 1744 (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Fairchild — Sarah Foote — View this family February 26, 1746 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a brother | Gideon Allen January 25, 1751 (Age 81 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Sarah Foote 1753 (Age 83 years) |
| Death | December 19, 1755 (Age 85 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Gideon Allen Birth: 1615 47 13 — Boston, Suffolk, MA Death: about 1693 — Milford, Fairfield, CT |
| mother |
Sarah Prudden Birth: May 9, 1650 50 50 — Milford, Fairfield, CT Death: after March 1, 1700 — Milford, Fairfield, CT |
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Marriage: about 1670 — Milford, Fairfield, CT |
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-1 years elder brother |
George Allen Birth: 1668 53 17 — Milford, Fairfield, CT Death: October 7, 1734 — Milford, Fairfield, CT |
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3 years herself |
Abigail Allen Birth: 1670 55 19 — Milford, Fairfield, CT Death: December 19, 1755 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT |
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19 months younger brother |
Gideon Allen Birth: August 9, 1671 56 21 — Boston, Suffolk, MA Death: January 25, 1751 — Fairfield, Fairfield, CT |
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3 years younger sister |
Sarah Allen Birth: about 1674 59 23 — Milford, Fairfield, CT Death: March 8, 1712 — Guilford, New Haven, CT |
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8 years younger brother |
John Allen Birth: February 19, 1682 67 31 — Milford, Fairfield, CT Death: 1683 — Milford, Fairfield, CT |
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4 years younger sister |
Hannah Allen Birth: October 6, 1685 70 35 — Milford, Fairfield, CT Death: 1686 |
| Family with John Shepard |
| husband |
John Shepard Birth: November 1, 1681 — Hartford, Hartford, CT Death: about 1719 — Milford, New Haven, CT |
| herself |
Abigail Allen Birth: 1670 55 19 — Milford, Fairfield, CT Death: December 19, 1755 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT |
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Marriage: October 9, 1707 — Boston, Suffolk, MA |
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13 months son |
John Shepard Birth: October 26, 1708 26 38 — Milford, New Haven, CT Death: 1709 |
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2 years daughter |
Rebecca Shepard Birth: November 1, 1710 29 40 — Milford, New Haven, CT Death: October 31, 1773 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT |
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3 years daughter |
Abigail Shepard Birth: October 22, 1713 31 43 — Milford, New Haven, CT Death: September 27, 1794 — New Haven, New Haven, CT |
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2 years daughter |
Hannah Shepard Birth: November 11, 1715 34 45 — Milford, New Haven, CT Death: 1716 |
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2 years son |
Timothy Shepard Birth: March 22, 1718 36 48 — Milford, New Haven, CT Death: August 22, 1776 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT |
| Family with Daniel Foote |
| husband |
Daniel Foote Birth: January 10, 1682 — Stratford, Fairfield, CT Death: 1731 — Fairfield, CT |
| herself |
Abigail Allen Birth: 1670 55 19 — Milford, Fairfield, CT Death: December 19, 1755 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT |
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Marriage: September 8, 1723 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT |
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| daughter |
Sarah Foote Birth: September 8, 1723 41 53 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: 1753 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT |
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19 months son |
George Foote Birth: March 26, 1725 43 55 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: 1726 — CT |
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4 years daughter |
Dorothy Dority Foote Birth: March 21, 1729 47 59 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: 1730 — CT |
| Daniel Foote + Dorothy Blackman |
| husband |
Daniel Foote Birth: January 10, 1682 — Stratford, Fairfield, CT Death: 1731 — Fairfield, CT |
| husband’s wife |
Dorothy Blackman Birth: March 18, 1683 22 19 — Stratford, Fairfield, CT Death: January 28, 1722 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT |
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Marriage: January 2, 1705 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT |
- Generation 1
Abigail Allen, daughter of Gideon Allen and Sarah Prudden, was born in 1670 in Milford, Fairfield, CT and died on December 19, 1755 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT at the age of 85. She married 2 times. The first time she married John Shepard on October 9, 1707 in Boston, Suffolk, MA. He was born on November 1, 1681 in Hartford, Hartford, CT and died about 1719 in Milford, New Haven, CT. The second time she married Daniel Foote on September 8, 1723 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT. He was born on January 10, 1682 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT and died in 1731 in Fairfield, CT at the age of 48.
Children of Abigail Allen and John Shepard:
- John Shepard (1708–1709)
- Rebecca Shepard (1710–1773)
- Abigail Shepard (1713–1794)
- Hannah Shepard (1715–1716)
- Timothy Shepard (1718–1776)
Children of Abigail Allen and Daniel Foote:
- Sarah Foote (1723–1753)
- George Foote (1725–1726)
- Dorothy Dority Foote (1729–1730)
- Generation 2back to top
Timothy Shepard, son of John Shepard and Abigail Allen, was born on March 22, 1718 in Milford, New Haven, CT and died on August 22, 1776 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT at the age of 58. He married Susannah Stilson, daughter of Moses Stilson and Charity Bailey, in 1744 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT. She was born in 1706 in Milford, New Haven, CT and died in 1749 at the age of 43.
Children of Timothy Shepard and Susannah Stilson:
- James Shepard (1733–1816)
- Rebecca Shepard (1739–1744)
- Cornelia Shepard (1739–1744)
- Moses Shepard (1739–1745)
- Lois Shepard (1739–1744)
- George Shepard (1739–1745)
- Amos Shepard (1739–1745)
- Mary Shepard (1739–1744)
- Hannah Shepard (1739–1744)
Sarah Foote, daughter of Daniel Foote and Abigail Allen, was born on September 8, 1723 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT and died in 1753 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT at the age of 29. She married James Fairchild, son of Edward Fairchild and Elizabeth Blackman, on February 26, 1746 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT. He was born on September 19, 1720 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT and died in 1753 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT at the age of 32.
Children of Sarah Foote and James Fairchild:
- James Fairchild (1750–1751)
- Generation 3back to top
James Shepard, son of Timothy Shepard and Susannah Stilson, was born in 1733 and died on December 18, 1816 in CT at the age of 83. He married 2 times. The first time he married Ana Merritt, daughter of George Merritt and Kezia Morehouse, on October 21, 1769 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT. She was born in 1732 in CT and died on May 5, 1794 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT at the age of 62. The second time he married Grace (Olmsted) ? on March 9, 1797 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT. She was born in 1753 and died in 1802 at the age of 49.
Children of James Shepard and Ana Merritt:
- Merrit Shepard (1769–1770)
- Andrew Shepard (1771–1772)
- Ammon Shepard (1774–1804)
- Molly Shepard (1776–1777)
- Isaac Shepard (1780–1781)
- Susanna Shepard (1782–1783)
- Lois Shepard (1785–1786)
- Kesiah Shepard (1788–1789)
- Ira Shepard (1791–1792)
| CHR | Milford, Fairfield, CT |
| Shared note | Death:Ancestral File; !The Families of Old Fairfield; !Death & Marr:Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Conn., J.H.Beers & Co.; |