Some Descendants of Esther Swift (William) and Ralph Allen

  1. Jedidiah Allen was born on 3 Jan 1646/7 in Sandwich and died on 21 Jan 1711/2 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey. [SGIF, p. 41] He died between 15 Sep 1711 and 6 Feb 1711/2. He married Elizabeth Howland by 1669. [GMB, p. 1019]
    In 1691 Jedidiah Allen sold his wife's sister's husband Robert Dennis 150 acres in Monmouth county, New Jersey. [RDRI, p. 416]
    Jedidiah "became a leading citizen of East Jersey". [GDTF, 3;2;79] A notable Quaker Quarterly Meeting was held in his orchard in Shrewsbury, Monmouth county. [GDTF, 3;2;79] He was a representative from Monmouth county to the General Assembly in in 1703. [GDTF, 3;2;79]
    Jedidiah Allen of Shrewsbury, Monmouth county, New Jersey signed his will on 15 Sep 1711; in was proved on 6 Feb 1711/2. Among others it names his wife Elizabeth and disposes of some property, including "a negro girl and a grindstone." [TFLI, p. 228] He named his daughter Mary Wells. [GDTF, 3;2;79]
    1. Mary Allen was born on 15 Nov 1681 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [SGIF, p. 40] She married first Daniel Wells about 1706/7. [SGIF, p. 40] He died on 31 Jan 1715. [SGIF, p. 40] She probably married second Thomas Smith. [SGIF, p. 39] Thomas was born say 1672 and died in 1732 in Cape May county, New Jersey. [SGIF, p. 39] He married first Alathea Dayton about 1700/1. [SGIF, p. 39] Alathea, the daughter of Jacob and Ruth (Diament) Dayton, was born abut 1680 and died on 19 Dec 1714. [SGIF, p. 39] Thomas married third Abigail, the widow of Samuel Johnson. [SGIF, p. 39] Abigail was probably the daughter of Richard Swain, born 7 Feb 1683. [SGIF, p. 43]
      Daniel Wells was a Quaker. [SGIF, p. 40]
      Thomas Smith, yeoman of Cape May, signed his will on 28 Dec 1731; it was proved on 13 May 1732. [SGIF, p. 43] Among others he mentions his son Anthony Smith. [SGIF, p. 46]
      1. Anthony Smith was born on 26 Jul 1723. [SGIF, p. 65] He died in 1809 or 1810 in Greene county, Pennsylvania. [SGIF, p. 65] He married Lydia Willets after 16 May 1746 (lic.). [SGIF, p. 65] Lydia, the daughter of Timothy and Judith Willets, was born on 16 Jan 1726 and died after her husband signed his will on 3 Jun 1798. [SGIF, pp. 65-6]
        Anthony and Lydia became Quakers at Little Egg Harbor, Burlington, New Jersey in 1768. [SGIF, p. 65]
        1. Judith Smith was born on 9 May 1751. [ANAT, gives only the year][SGIF, p. 77] She died in 1836. [ANAT] She married first Jacob Burge. [ARMN] Jacob was born on 5 Apr 1743 and died before 3 Jun 1798. [SGIF, p. 77] She married second John Hank. [SGIF, p. 77]
          In his will Judith's father Anthony gave his daughter Judith Burge the right to live with her mother as long as she remained a widow. [SGIF, pp. 69-70]
          1. Jacob Burge was born on 28 Jan 1783. [ARMN, gives only the year][SGIF, p. 79] He died in 1862. [ARMN] He married Miriam Matthews [ARMN] on 9 Dec 1807. [SGIF, p. 79] Miriam was the daughter of William and Ann Matthews. [SGIF, p. 79] She was born on 8 Nov 1786. [ARMN, gives only the year][SGIF, p. 79] She died after 1860. [ARMN]
          • Oliver Burge was born on 28 Sep 1821. [ARMN, gives only the year] He died in 1908. [ARMN] He married Jane M. Hemingway [ARMN] on 29 Apr 1846. [SGIF, p. 79] Jane was the daughter of Hope Hemingway of Mahoning county, Ohio. [SGIF, p. 79] She was born on 30 Apr 1824 [ARMN, gives only the year] in Mahoning county. [RMNB, p. 23] She died on 5 Apr 1890 [ARMN, gives only the year] in Jennings county, Indiana. [RMNB, p. 23]
            • Almira Park Burge was born on 16 Sep 1849. [ARMN, gives only the year][SGIF, p. 79] She died in 1943. [ARMN] She married Franklin Milhous. [ARMN] He was born in 1848. [ARMN] He died in 1919. [ARMN] Almira was an ancestor or Richard Nixon.

References

GMB Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
ANAT Bell, Raymond M., "Addenda to the Nixon Ancestor Table," The American Genealogist 47, 1971, 114.
ARMN Bell, Raymond M., "Ancestors of Richard Milhous Nixon," The American Genealogist 46, 1970, 85 - 91.
RMNB Bell, Raymond Martin, The Ancestry of Richard Milhous Nixon, Washington, PA, unknown, 1986.
TFLI Dickenson, Thorn, "Early History of the Thorne Family of Long Island," in Hoff, Henry B., editor, Genealogies of Long Island Families from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, v. 2, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987, pp. 153-343.
GDTF French, Howard Barclay, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French, Philadelphia, French, 1909-1913.
SGIF Hook, James W., Smith, Grant, and Irons families of New Jersey's shore counties: including the related families of Willets and Birdsall, New Haven, unknown, 1955.
RDRI Humphrey, Otis, "Descendants of Robert Dennis of Portsmouth, Rhode Island," in Roberts, Gary Boyd, Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register v. 1, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989, pp. 415-8

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