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 MEMOIR 
 
 or 
 
 COLONEL JOHN ALLAN, 
 
 5 %& ©fflm 0f the ^jvolutiott, 
 
 BoKN IN EDiNBUHGn Castle, SCOTLAND, Jan. 3, 1740. 
 Died ra Lubec, Maine, Feb. 7, 1805. 
 
 WITH A GENEALOGY. 
 
 BT 
 
 GEORGE H. ALLAN, 
 
 OF NBW TORK. 
 
 ALBANY: 
 
 JOEL MUNSELL. 
 
 1867. 
 
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 . NOTE. 
 
 The writer (lemrea to acMotcledge the kind assistance '->' Frederic 
 Kidder, Esq., of Boston, wJwse valuable suggestions have matenallji 
 \ aided Mm in the preparation of t/w Memoir. 
 
 
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 M E M O I R 
 
 OF 
 
 COLONEL JOHN ALLAN. 
 
 
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 MEMOIR ;^^^^^/^^^ 
 
 OF 
 
 COLONEL JOHN ALLAN, 
 
 BoKN m EDiHBURon Castle, Scotland, Jan. 3, 1746. 
 Died in Lobec, Maine, Feb. 7, 1805. 
 
 WITH A GENEALOGY. 
 
 BY 
 
 GEORGE 11. ALLAN, 
 
 OP NEW YORK. 
 
 ALBANY: 
 JOEL MUNSELL. 
 
 1867. 
 

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 MEMOIR OF COL. JODN ALLAN. 
 
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 To the American people the incidents of the revolutionary war 
 are of peculiar and enduring interest. So much time having 
 elapsed since the termination of that conflict, we may well believe 
 that most of the attainable details of those eventful times have 
 already been communicated to the public. Though the military 
 operations of the revolution may seem comparatively insignificant 
 when compared with the gigantic war for the Union just past, we 
 must remember that in the events of the former period, were laid 
 the foundations of that mighty republic, whose enduring perpet.uity 
 is now insured in the interest of free institutions and equal rights. 
 In the present sketch, the object of the writer is to present a few 
 incidents in the life of one of those worthy men who, in " the times 
 which tried men's souls," stood nobly forward in the defense of 
 liberty, and for this, sacrificed wealth, family connections and 
 public honors. While his name is not found prominently inscribed 
 upon the roll of the famous men of those times, or identified with 
 any of the memorable battles of that period, it can be said of him, 
 that in his difiicult and often daagerous position, he acted well 
 his part, and faithfully and energetically performed his duty. 
 
 John Allan was the eldest son of William Allan, one of the 
 earliest settlers of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was born in Edinburgh 
 Castle, Scotland, Jan. 3d, 1746, 0. S. His father, William Allan, 
 born about the year 1720, was a Scottish gentleman of means, and 
 an officer in the British army. Tradition says his rank was that of 
 a major. But little is known of his early history except what is 
 learned from a family record in his own handwriting, a copy of 
 which is appended. He married July 9th, 1744, Isabella Maxwell, 
 daughter of Sir Eustace Maxwell, a gentleman of Scotland, and at the 
 
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 Memoir of Col. John Allan. 
 
 time of tho birth of his son. in January, 174G, ho was temporarily 
 residing in Edinburgh Cast'e, to which fortress his family, with 
 others, had repaired for refuge during the troubles of tho rebellion. 
 
 Peace with France being fully restored by the treaty of Aix la 
 Chapelle, in 1748, tho Uritish government began to devise ways 
 and means of providing for the largo number of soldiers and sailors 
 discharged from the service ; and of all the plans propobed, none 
 seemed more promising than a systematic colonization of the pro- 
 vince of Nov£t Scotia, till then, though nominally a British province, 
 inhabited only by neutral French and Indians. The government 
 made liberal provision for all who would decide to settle in tho new 
 colony, and in 1749 under the inducements thus offered, Willia ' 
 Allan with his wife and little son John, then but four years of age, 
 bade adieu to his native land, and in company with more than 2,000 
 other settlers, sailed for America. 
 
 A brief glance at the history of Nova Scotia may be found inte- 
 resting. Although the claim of England to a large part of North 
 America depends upon the discovery of the country, in 1497, 
 still the colonial history rests entirely on the great charter of 
 James the 1st, April 10, 1606, by which sundry of his subjects 
 were authorized to establish colonies between the thirty-fourth aud 
 forty-fifth degrees of north latitude. Subsequent grants to the 
 companies of Virginia and New England extended this title as far 
 north as the forty-eighth degree of north latitude, and over this 
 broad belt of fourteen degrees from the Atlantic to the Pacific 
 ocean. 
 
 Under this grint, colonies had been established principally by 
 Englishmen as far south as Florida, and at the time of which we 
 write (1750), the English flag waved from that point, along the 
 coast to Cape Breton. The country called Nova Scotia was occu- 
 pied by the French in 1603, and a settlement made at Port Iloyal, 
 and subsequently at Mount Desert. In 1613, Capt. Argal wae 
 sent to dislodge them, which he effected. In 1621, the territory 
 was granted to Sir Wm. Alexander, secretary of state for Scot- 
 land, who gave it its pre^ant name. The name of Acadie, which 
 was given It by the French is the Indian word for Pollock, a fish 
 very abundant on that coast. During the next eighty years this 
 
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Memoir op Col. John Allan. 
 
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 country had been taken and retaken r^llernatcly by the English and 
 French, but 41^ the treaty of Utrecht in 1713, it w.xb ceded by the 
 French to Great Britain. 
 
 The accession of George I soo i followed the treaty of Utrecht, 
 and labile great progress hud been made in all the other English 
 colonies in America, nothing of any importance htxl been done in 
 Nova Scotia towards settling that country. 
 
 The govnrnor resided at Annapolis Koyal, a small settlen^ent 
 oliefly composed of noutrul French ; the facility of communioatiou 
 with Now England enabling him to maintain his position with a few 
 companies of provincial troops usually supplied by the old colonies. 
 
 The necessity of a British station and military post on rhcb 
 Atlantic coast ot >ce Peninsula had long been felt; but latterly the 
 continued breaches of neutrality on the part of thu 1^'rench popula- 
 tion, together with ,'he loss of Louisbourg under the treaty of Aix 
 la Chapelle in October, 1748, rendered such an establishment 
 indispensably necessary to support the dominion of the British 
 crown in the province. 
 
 A plan wac accordingly submitted to government in the autumn 
 of 1748, and being warmly supported by Lord Halifax, advertise 
 menta appeared in the London Gazette, in March, 1749, under the 
 sanction of his Majesty's authority, " holding out proper encourage- 
 ment to officers and private men lately discharged irom the army 
 and navy to settle in Nova Scotia. Among other inducements, was 
 the offer to convey the settlers to their destination, maintain them 
 for twelve months at the public expense, and tc supply them with 
 arms and ammunition for defense, and with materials and articles 
 proper for Charing the land, erecting dwellings and prosecuting 
 the fishing, and also amp e grants of land. The encouragements 
 appeared so inviting, that in a short time 1,170 settlers with their 
 families, in all 2,376 persons, were found to volunteer, and the sum 
 of £40,000 beinjj- appropriated by parliament for the service, the 
 expedition was plr.ced under the command of Colonel, tie Honora- 
 ble Edward Cornwallis, M. P., as captain general and governor of. 
 Nova Scotia, and set sail for Chebucto Bay, ths place of destination 
 early in May, 1749.'* — Akin's History/ 0/ Halifax, p. 5. 
 
 The fleet consisted of thirteen transports and a sloop of war, and 
 arrived in safety in the bay of Chebucto early in June, 1749. Such 
 
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 Memoir of Col. John Allan. 
 
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 was the care taken for the comfort of this large number of settlers, 
 that but one death occurred on the passa«,^. , 
 
 During the winter months the people were kept actively em- 
 ployed in cutting pickets for fences, and wood for fuel, and in 
 erecting now dwellings. Mills were established, stores 'jpened, 
 supplies of cattle and horses obtainer" from the Acadian French, 
 and when the >\mng opened, grain of various sorts was sown. Depu- 
 tations from the Acadian French, and also from the various Indian 
 tribes were received, and arrangements perfected for the better 
 man^gement of public matters. About this time a fearful epidemic 
 visited the colony, and nearly one thousand persons fell victims 
 during the autumn ind following winter. 
 
 ^n August, 1750, about 350 new settlers arrived in the ship 
 Alderney. Most of these were sent across the river and commenced 
 the town of Dartmouth. The next year the Indians who in conse- 
 quence of the intrigues of French emissaries had become troublesome, , 
 attacked the little village at night, killed and scalped a number of 
 the settlers, among whom was John Pyke, father of the late John 
 George Pyke, Esq. (who afterwards married Col. Allan's sister 
 Elizabeth). The night was calm, and the cries of the settlers and 
 whoops of the Indians were distinctly heard at Halifax. 
 
 It is presumed that when William Allan emigrated, he was still 
 an officer in the British army and was on half pay. He did not 
 remain more than three years at Hali.ax j for we find him in the 
 latter part of 1752, at Fort Lawrence, on that narrow neck which 
 connects Nova Scotia with that part of it now known as New Bruns- 
 wick. What his position was, cannot now be inferred; possibly he 
 may have been its commander, but more probably he was a subordi- 
 nate officer. It IS certain he remained there till 1759. It was 
 from near this place that the Acadians were taken in 1755, by the 
 New England forces under Gen. John Winslow, their villages 
 destroyed, and the inhabitants removed and distributed among the 
 colonies. Only a small part of them escaped to the woods, and 
 these with those that managed to return, are represented by their 
 descendants who retain the name of Acadians, with the language 
 and many of the characteristics of their ancestors. The fall of 
 Quebec, and consequently the surrender of all the French possessions 
 on this continent, soon caused a great change in the v.ffuirs of Nova 
 
Memoir op Col. John Allan. 
 
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 Scotia. The British gave liberal grants of that part of the province 
 from which the Acadians had been removed, and the officers of the 
 army secured a large share of that fertile soil. A county was 
 formed and probably named Cumberland, ^ from the fort before 
 mentioned. It may be stated that this was the same which Col. 
 Eddy attempted to capture in 1776. See Eddy's letter, page 67. 
 
 It may be supposed that Wm. Allan served as an officer through 
 the French war from 1754 to 1763, and then receiving a large 
 grant of fertile alluvial land, which the poor Acadians had with 
 much labor banked in, to protect it from any inroads of the bay, 
 and commenced life as a farmer. In a few years he was known to 
 be wealthy and prosperous; his large farm was cultivated mainly by 
 the labor of the French Acadians, who became for a time servants 
 to the conquerors of their own territory. He was a member of the 
 colonial legislature, and occupied some other positions of trust and 
 honor. 
 
 His children, nine in number, received educational advantages, 
 and eventually )ecame connected with the best families in the pro- 
 vince. In religion, he was probably an Episcopalian, and was 
 undoubtedly a man of intelligence and of energy. His wife died 
 in 1767; he married a second time, and died some years subsequent 
 to the close of the revolution. 
 
 Of the boyhood of his son John, the subject of this memoir but 
 little can be gleaned, but we may suppose he early displayed indi- 
 cations of that vigor and self-reliance which was so characteristic 
 of him in his manhood. It is certain that he received for that 
 period and locality a very respectable education, of which his long 
 and able letters give us such proofs, and from some of his papers 
 we know he was well read in the books common at that period, 
 particularly in English history. He was acquainted with the French 
 
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 1 Cuml)orlaii(l coiiuly in unquestionably tlie most productive part of Nova Scotia, and 
 rot inferior to any portion of America, of the same extent. Here stood tlio two rival 
 forls of Beau Sejour (Fort C'limberlund) and Lawrence, separated from each otlier by the 
 llltle Htream of Missii^'iiash. Krom tlu' bastion of Beuii Sejour Fort, tliero is a splendid 
 view ombracinf,' the great Tantiiuar and Missiguash meadows, Barons fields, Westmore- 
 land and the country at the foot of the Shepody mountains ; vast stacks of hay cover 
 these alluvial lands, as far as the eye can reach, and the substantial farm houses and uu- 
 merouH herds, bespeak the wculili and independence of the yeomanry.— J/arW/iV History 
 qf Kova Scotia, p. 32. London, 1S38. 
 
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 language, which he nroh.Kl , 
 
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 '"ly lift, resided iu M„„,„h„;' , ^"'"'' « '"oie period of hi, 
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 ^-ed Cumberla^dX :;; mr Tf " '«"" "'i"- ^^ i™ 
 
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 '■""■earions in i, ^ieh show ,2' ? '*'""""• ""•' "-ere are 
 
 7»'o" Politiea, matter., L ! J™ "°" f""-' - estrange! 
 
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 "Sh's in Massachusetts at thi '!, """"' ' '"'''"' ™ PoUtica 
 
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 '■appeued in my Rthcrs ZuyZ; T """' ""'"' "'"^' ^''''^ 
 
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 submit to, yet it ,nJ "''' ^'^^ne Will which r T 
 
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 ^- «t present ove.iookL his ^ "' '' ""^ ^"^^ P^-edings 
 ;;-'^-.^ to ,ou in such a ruan^ne , I ""n' ^'''' '^^^^ -^f 
 -'-* we have spoken upon so oft^ " ""'^- ''y "^'ention of 
 
 vented of p,,ceedi„g i/i, ,^ "'!"^ ^^ ■^*'" ^he same, but I am pre 
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 followed. From this time they became intimate, and were married 
 Oct. 10th, 1767. 
 
 It is supposed that after his marriage, his father gave him a part 
 of his. large domain, and he commenced life in agricultural and 
 mercantile pursuits. His farm known as " Invermary," was one 
 of the best in the two counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, 
 and included 348 acres of land. Its location was seven miles from 
 Fort Cumberland on the road to Bay Verte. Upon it, besides his 
 own dwellings, were six or seven common country houses occupied 
 by French Acadian families as tenants, two large barns and four 
 smaller ones. Col. Allan also held several public positions, among 
 which were the offices of justice of the peace, clerk of the sessions, 
 clerk of the supreme court, &c. In the spring of 1770, he was 
 elected a representative to the provincial assembly, which position he 
 held till his seat was declared vacant for nonattendance June 28, 1776. 
 
 The following extrac* from a letter written April 5th, 1775, is 
 signed " I. Winslow." It was no doubt from Doctor Isaac Winslow, 
 who it seems had visited Mr. Allan, but it certainly shows that 
 Allan had once been a resident in Massachusetts, and they had 
 been acquainted there. Doctor Winslow graduated at Harvard 
 College, in 1762, and settled in his native town, Marshfield, as a 
 physician, he enjoyed a high reputation in his profession, particu- 
 larly in his treatment of the small-pox. He died in 1819, aged 81. 
 Like most of his family he was a loyalist, but resided on his estate 
 through the war without molestation. The letter indicates his 
 attachment to the royal cause, and however friendly they may have 
 been, Allan could not have sympathized with him in his political 
 sentiments. 
 
 " You enjoy in your present retired situation, many satisfactions 
 which I do assure you, are far from general in this Country, which 
 is now totally the reverse from , '.at Pleasant & happy part of the 
 world which you once knew it, in the dai/s of your youth. Instead 
 of which, Discord & Contention seem to have joined their Banners 
 far & wide, & I am at times ready to fear that Desolation is at 
 their heels, & just upon the eve of taking place among us. God 
 only knows what events may befall this Land within the Course of 
 tho ensuing Summer, but very great ones we have Sufficient reason 
 to apprehend." 
 
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 «» such, „ ,„ ,e., i/ .„ ;; "^ "■." *»g". of bi« „„„vio.i„„, 
 
 'e-ly, regardle,, of con^equlr I ' "°"°"'°" °''"'' """ f'"- 
 was not to be permitted thus to ' • ™° '"°™"' °"''''°' ""»' ""e 
 
 ;pi"-. for tL p Jajai „:re:t'r""v° -"-"-^-^ 
 
 for h« apprebe„,io„, on a cha,lZ7T *°° ''°°°'"'' """■""^ 
 teing now in dang r. l,e t,T "/ T" '° '"^ '"°«- "" "f" 
 United State,; bul p , ' ouT tol . """ *" P'°"»oe for the 
 cursion, among the India "the T""" ■" "'^'''' «""" «" 
 
 --ed for the revolted o e^^ b;:"""''' "" '' ''' '"«"--' 
 of the Mie.Mae tribe. cooperation of a large number 
 
 These Indians, allied (n tl. u 
 
 -;; -in .he fI;: :!;!r;;V:r ^iT--' 
 
 'te 1«Kh,b as intruders in their oonnY , . ' '"""S upon 
 "i* n,neh aifeetion, and for tw ° ^' ''"' "''" ™«"<lo<i 'hem 
 
 '0- against tbem.' Hen! ^/irrst" ^^ '-*'^ '"^-^ 
 assislanee and cooperation A f «"" "'"" ««<"' of 
 
 still in existence, give' „„ d'T'" °'' ''"•""'' "' '*• Allan, 
 E»«l»<.. He immedl t /b :nr °°°°""'.°' "'' ''^^'■' '» »™ 
 .-eling mostl, b, oigbt.^britSn"','" ^ ^°""^' 
 took h,s final departure from Oumb 7 1 ™ ''°'"''- "« 
 
 I"e. with a few compani ns i!aT " /" ""^ '"^ °' ^"^ust, 
 Pa«ge along the ba, of Zj^ 'T """"' '"" *■• ' »'»™y 
 "'I.. On the 18th, the/en fed ri "' f"""^™^^^ »" 'l-o 
 schooner, which proled to b ;;„1m ''r '' "'"^ "^^ '" ^ 
 '™nt,.eigbtu,e„ on board, desi^L" "'"" *'°' ^""^ »»" 
 Kuowingthe insnfficiencyof tbisl , '"''' "" ''°" C^berland. 
 » if captured, Mr. Allan ende! T ""'"'"'' "■" f"' <" «o hold 
 
 ■■is ™h design, bnt w,bo„t4:t,;'*r <'°'- ^^-'^'"''"'•on 
 ■nd Mr. Allan proceeded un >Z """"^ """ °° if^ "«J, 
 
 With Col. ShaJand Is rs PrXr '° 'T""'- "-' "e converse'd 
 ofBdd,, and finding the sen ime'tr " ' °" "■" -'cments 
 i»8 'he cpeditionl f: TuXl 7r'°*°"''''^"'^'"''-^- 
 
 unioerland, he wrote an earnest letter 
 
Memoir of Col. John Allan. 
 
 18 
 
 to Col. Eddy, again urging him to desist, which letter he seat by a 
 special messenger, Mr. Longfellow, who returned in two days saying 
 Eddy was .still determined to proceed. Mr. Allan spent the re- 
 mainder of the month, Oct., 1776, in Machias and Goldsborough, 
 and then sailing westward, arrived in Piscataqua river on the 3d of 
 November. Thence by stage to Boston, where he arrived on the 
 7th. Here he saw maay prominent men in relation to the business, 
 including Messrs. Adams, Austin and the members of the council, 
 but little promise of aid in furnishing the Indians with supplies 
 could be given, owirg to the great need and scarcity at home, and he 
 therefore determined to visit Congress and lay the matter before them. 
 On the 29th of November, he started from Boston on horseback, 
 for Philadelphia, passing through the states of Massachusetts, 
 Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania. His 
 journal of this trip is very interesting, and gives many incidents as 
 they occurred. At Providence he called on Governor Cook, and at 
 Norwich met Governor Trumbull of Connecticut, who gave him a 
 pass through the country. He arrived at Hartford, Dec. 6th, and 
 thence went to Fishkill, where he crossed the Hudson river, avoid ng 
 New York City, then in possession of the British. After a variei;' 
 of adventures and hardships, owing to the roughness of the 
 country, he fell in with Gen. Gates, whrtm he accompanied to the 
 head-quarters of Gen. Washington, to whom he was presented and 
 with whom he dined on Sunday, Dec. 22d. On the 25th, he left 
 for Philadelphia, and the next day heard that Washington had 
 crossed the Delaware with 2,500 men. The weather being bitter 
 cold, he had a difficult journey to Baltimore, where he finally arrived 
 on the 30th. He was received by congress on the 4th of January, 
 and gave them a full statement of matters iu the provinces. He 
 was soon aft«r appointed Superintendent of the Eastern Indians 
 and Colonel of Infantry, and having received his instructions from 
 Hon. John Hancock, he left Baltimore on the 17th, for Boston. 
 He arrived at the latter place on the 3d of February, having re- 
 ceived intelligence on the way, of Col. Eddy's disastrous repulse at 
 Fort Cumberland. 
 
 The attack "on Fort Cumberland caused great excitement in Nova 
 Scotia, and the government was greatly exasperated. The follow- 
 ing is extracted from the recorde ; 
 
14 
 
 MeMO.tr of Cnr T 
 
 ^01-. John Allan. 
 
 "At a Council holclen af rr iv 
 
 On certain infoli; , ' 
 
 eir power exciting & stirrin! p J" '^7^ ^-° *« the utmost of 
 
 « Cun^berJand with a considc^it "' '"'''''''' ^^^^-e the for 
 
 ^"^''and, together with sore v , """^" ^' ^^^^"'^ ^-^ ^ew 
 
 r-'^olved to offer £200 , ' ''"' * ^'^^^^"•^- It was tC 7 
 
 £inn ^ ' I^^^'ard for annv^i ,■ ■^'' "'•^s therefore 
 
 Be™,8|, Ji„j^ « '°g the ,a,d rebellion." 
 
 ■)»>." Allan „„ c„„ee., L „„„,/': '™'«»"'' I 'ave Ward .b „" 
 <"« a-^i™ o« i„ J 775 . °°"" '■■" have been n,„ch „v„. , 
 
 '■';■» ^'cw E„,,„.,,, ' -^ "-e setters .bo „ere e.,>rant 
 
 i-t^e conduct of the soldf 
 
 "-"'"t bj. the iiro a \r ' '■''■"'' ''»<i been b,l, / ''^^ 
 
 ;■■« -'«™.;a,::t:;:^-'^'-■«-,.:;:ot :t::::- 
 
 P-'»n, wbo .00. ber bon, ™^ 7'"«°" b, ber fafte: a^ 
 
 ""» soon surrounJed bv I! •. , ''" "omforloble Hi. , 
 
 ^t---e„.oro/.,^;::;':*.wbo,e„,a„«riL^^^^ 
 
 I 
 
Memoiu of Col. John Allan. 
 
 15 
 
 I 
 
 her three little boys at their grandfather's. She was taken before 
 the governor who commanded her to tell where her husband was, 
 or be imprisoned. She remained firm, and gave them no informa- 
 tion for some weeks. She then told her persecutors that " her 
 husband had escaped to a free country." 
 
 Mrs. Allan remained in prison at Halifax, six or eight months, 
 separated from husband and children. She was small in stature, 
 delicate in constitution, and not well suited to this kind of treat- 
 ment. She was often insulted, and suffered much from the insolence 
 and brutality of her overseers. At the sacking of her house many 
 valuable articles were burned and destroyed ; others were carried off 
 by the soldiery. Among the latter were several silk dresses, which 
 were given to the soldiers' wives who by wearing them in her pre- 
 sence, strove to annoy and wound her feelings in every possible way. 
 
 After Col. Allan's return from his visit to Congress, and his 
 interview with Washington, he remained in Boston about three 
 months, urging upon the members of the council the necessity of 
 protection to the eastern part of Maine, as well as the great ad- 
 vantage to the country of the taking possession of the western part 
 of Nova Scotia, and advocating the sending of an armed force for 
 that purpose, which they consented to do. But above all he repre- 
 sented the condition of the Indians there, and the absolute need of 
 conciliating and assisting them by establishing truck-houses to 
 furnish them with the articles they so much needed. 
 
 After his return from the expedition to the St. Johns of which 
 his journal and letters give a full account, he assumed the duties 
 of Superintendent of the Indian tribes. As they had assisted and 
 shown much bravery in the defense of Macbias, many of them 
 were enlisted and did duty as soldiers for a month or two, till the 
 danger of another attack had passed, when most of thera were fitted 
 out with supplies for a winter hunt upon the Schoodic lakes and in 
 that vicinity, and returned in the spring to repay with their furs 
 and skins the advances made to them. This was tho course of 
 matters for several years. Thus keeping them within his control, 
 and where runners could in a few days reach theni should he want 
 their assistance; but in the spring and summer they came near the 
 salt water where they could furnish themselves with fish, and for 
 the last two years of the war, he seems to have kept them much of 
 
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 Memoik Of Col. Johh Allan. 
 
 the toe o« Pa^amac,„oddy Uy, where he «.„ ,hej ooulj a„d 
 food more plealy, and also bold that place aa our oulp J. He ke„t 
 a r„„tho„aeordep„tof .uppliea at Machia,, whioh he received 
 from the government at Boston, and the Indiana alwaja ezpeeted 
 to be furnished at stated periods. He kept a regular set of booka 
 and an account with the head of each Indian famify. These are s, i 
 extant ■„ the archives of Massaehnse.ts. But from the poverty 
 
 s 172'°"" M'"''''*™''^°"""«'-'"80ods coastwise, 'the 
 supply was generally scanty and often times were very long delayed 
 
 TJ '^f ""^^«'P'"-^ ""^ held the Penobscot and the country 
 chuse."s "" '°''°"""' '° '•""'' ''■""''""' f""" M«~ 
 
 was plenty, the Indians were quiet and easily controlled : but in 
 tunes of scarcity, were impatient and often insolent and threatening 
 to ake vengeance on whoever came in their way, and a. Col. All! 
 had promise them that aid would soon arrive, and when th 
 found It did not come, he alone had to bear the bl me, and his ife 
 w^ of en in danger. Hardly any situation could e mor 
 pleasant than trying to appease a set of half starved Indians and 
 keep them loy.,1 to our side, while the British emissar „cre 
 sending messengers. -.„d offering them everything they w he" , 
 ftey would come to them and join their cause Du ing tlXpeld 
 
 IS letters to the government are very numerous and earnest In 
 the absence of the Indians on their long winter hun s thev 
 
 for their f. thful return. In the fall of 17S0, the British Injfan 
 agent, as wi 1 be seen in another part of this volume, „.,de „ . a" 
 efforts to induce them ,„ leave our cause and join the enemr Fo 
 a long period no supplies had readied Machias and a famine almost 
 Fevai ed^ As a last resort, Col. Allan announced his intent ^o 
 going to Boston to obtain the so much needed aid, but the I d Ins 
 believed that he would never return, and they should be left 
 t c .„ er mercies „f their enemies, demai.dcj some se™ ^ f 
 the fu ailment of his promises. It was f nally arranged thai he 
 should eave his two oldest sons, William and Mark, i^n b 1 
 of the Indians as hostages; and they remained with thetl 1!: 
 
Memoir of Col. John Allan. 
 
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 two years, living on fish, parched corn and seala' meat. William 
 was thirteen ycara old and Mark eleven at this time. They suflFered 
 many hardships and were in a wretched condition when finally 
 restored to their home — ragged, dirty and dovered with vermin, — 
 as the Indians were then living nearly in a savage state. 
 
 It would be diflScult to furnish a more tryingcase than this, or one 
 that showed a stronger, devotion to the cause, and of fidelity to his 
 adopted country. The boys were great favorites with the Indians; 
 they learned their language and always had an attachment to them, 
 and in after life aided them in various ways. The writer has often 
 heard the old Indians speak of their living with the tribe, and 
 particularly about John, who always r-^sided not far from their 
 homes. 
 
 He often spoke of the circumstance, and when he was more 
 than eighty years old communicated many facts in relation to it. 
 He died at Whiting, Washington county, Maine, in 1863. 
 Amonf^ the family papers is a letter to the boys from their father, 
 containing kind advice, such as only a good father would impart to 
 his children. The following is an extract : 
 
 It is dated Fort Gates, Machias, May 21, 1782. Col. Allan, after 
 some directions about supplies, gives them some advice as follows : 
 
 " Be very kind to the Indians & take particular notice of Nicholas, 
 Francis Joseph and Old Coucouguash. I send you your books, 
 papers, pens & ink, wafers, ct some other little things j shall send 
 more in two or three days. Let me entreat you my dear children 
 to be careful of your company & manners, be moral, sober and 
 discreet. * * * puly observe your Duty to the 
 Almighty, morning & night. Mind strictly the Sabbath Day, not to 
 have either work or play except necessity compels you. I pray 
 God to bless you my dear boys." 
 
 The British were very bitter against Col. Allan, and for years a 
 price was set upon his head, and the soldiers sought every oppor- 
 tunity to take him dead or alive. They also incited the Indians to 
 take his life repeatedly, and tried to bribe them to do so. An 
 attack was made upon him at Machias, in a house now occupied by 
 Obadiah Hill. Col. Allan was sitting in a room with his sons, 
 William and John, when an Indian came in ; he did not my much, 
 but they noticed him go behind the door. Being on intimate terms 
 ' 3 
 
18 
 
 Memoik of Col. Joun Allan. 
 
 with Col. Allan, little attention was paid to the circumstance. Soon 
 a powerful Indian from the eastward, towards Halifax, strode into 
 the room, and advancing directly to Col. Allan as he sat in his 
 chair, brandished a huge knife over his head, and glared at him 
 with ferocity. Col. Allan heipi his seat, and looked him steadily 
 in the eye. Just as the savage was about to strike, the friendly 
 Indian sprang from behind the door, and felled the assassin to the 
 floor in an instant. He was disarmed, and Col. Allan sent him off 
 I-cme in a birch canoe. 
 
 Hj was once traveling on skates among the Schoodic lakes when 
 he was set upon by a party of Indians in the service of the British, 
 also mounted on skates. They gave chase and closely pressed him 
 for a mile or two, when coming to an open place or channel of 
 water, he gave a tremendous j-mp and landed safely on the other 
 side. The Indian's ■'.ppalled at his daring feat, stopped at the brink 
 of the water, and none of them daring to follow, Col. Allan was 
 soon safe and entirely beyond their reach. 
 
 His enemies attempted frequently to entrap him. At one time 
 some friendly Indians heard of a plan the British had formed to 
 take him when he was suffering with the gout. They wrapped 
 him in blankets, carried him off to the woods and thus Iftiffled the 
 English. At another time the captain of an English merchant 
 vessel sent a polite note to Col. Allan inviting him to dinner. Col 
 Allan was pleased with the courtesy, and was about to go, when 
 Capt. Dyer,' who feared treachery, begged Col. Allan to remain 
 and let him go instead. Col. Allan refused, but finally yielded, 
 and the captain went in his stead. He proceeded to the English 
 ship, and \fas no sooner on deck than the perfidious captain cried 
 
 in exultation, " Now, thank God, I've got you, you d d rebel!" 
 
 " No, you haven't got him, said the brave Dyer, you've only got 
 me." Capt. Dyer was taken to Halifax where we died, some time 
 afterwards a prisoner of war. 
 
 Col. Allan had a sixteen oar barge, on which was mounted a small 
 swivel gun. On one occasion he was sailing on Passamaquoddy bay 
 with his sons William, Mark and John, and seeing an English raft of 
 lumber, bore down upon it and fired a shot. The men in charge. 
 
 ICapt. Allan refers to this in one of his letters in this volume. 
 
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Memoir of Col. John Allan. 
 
 19 
 
 about twenty in number, took fright and fled to their boats. Col. 
 ' Allan broki) up the raft and set the fragments adrift. No one 
 was with him except his three sons. This was done almost 
 under the guns of an English ship of war, from which three barges, 
 well manned, were immediately sent in pursuit. An exciting 
 chase ensued. Col. Allan's barge behaved nobly, and kept well 
 ahead, llapidly rounding a point of land he drew a plug from the 
 bottom of the boat, which caused her to fill with water and she 
 soon sank. Jumping into the water, Col. Allan with his boys 
 swam to the shore, and secreted themselves in the woods. The 
 English boats (iame sweeping round the point confident of catchiiis; 
 him in the little bay, but to their consternation, nothing could be 
 seen of either man or boat. They returned to their ship fully 
 pursuaded that Col. Allan was in league with the devil. The boat 
 was soon after raised and did good service in many a subsequent 
 crmae.— lichUion of Mr. John Allan at tht age of eighty-two. 
 
 At the close of the war Col. Allan returned to Boston, and resigned 
 the position he had filled so long and with such fidelity, to the cause 
 he had espoused, and honorably closed his accounts with govern- 
 ment as the following certificate shows : 
 
 Boston, Sept. 24, 1783. 
 To the Honorable Senate and Hon. House of Representatives : 
 
 The Committee appointed by the Honorable Court by their 
 resolve of 3d July, 1783, to settle the Accounts of Col. John Allan, 
 Supt. of Indian affairs in the Eastern Department & Commander of 
 the Post at Machias, have attended that Service. They have care- 
 fully collected and examined all the charges against him in Cash 
 and Supplys received from the Late Board of War & the Commis- 
 sary General, c*t they have also particularly examined all his accounts 
 & returns for the expenditure of the same with his Vouchers to 
 support said Charges, & we find he has been particularly attentive 
 to the business committed to his charge. Very regular & correct 
 in keeping his Books & Accounts, & after critically examining the 
 same h every Voucher, We find his accounts right cast & well 
 
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 Memoir of Col. John Allan. 
 
 vouched, and that on a final settlement which we have made with 
 him, there remains a balance due to him of sixteen hundred & 
 fourteen pounds, nineteen shillings. Specie, for which we have given 
 him a Certificate. 
 
 All of which is submitted, 
 (Signed) Thomas Walley, 
 
 £1614 : 19 : Peter Buyer, 
 
 John Demino, 
 
 Committoe. 
 
 In 1784, he removed to Maine and the next year commenced a 
 mercantile business on Dudley, afterwards called " Allan's Island," 
 near Lubec. In this he does not seem to have been successful, 
 for his generosity of heart was such that it prevented him from 
 taking proper measures to collect debts due him. The result was, 
 that in two years he closed up the business and retired to Lubec 
 Mills, at which place he resided until his death. The island, 
 however, remained in possession of his family for several years. 
 
 In 1792, about 22,000 acres of wild land were granted to him 
 and his associates by the government of Massachusetts, now the 
 town of Whiting, but owing to its location and the soil being hard 
 and barren, it did not prove "much value to him or his family. 
 
 In 1801, he made a representation to Congress of his great losses 
 consequent on his joining the American cause. This amounted to 
 more than ten thousand dollars. An appraisement was made "nd 
 testified to by most of the prominent men in Cumberland ct Mnty, 
 many of whom had been his old aeighbors. A^^^r much efibrt, he 
 received a grant of about two tliou-aii' acres of land in Ohio, upon 
 a part of which the city of <'<;'ai.ilM * now -tauus. This locality 
 Mjas then apparently more distant than Oregon is now, and but little 
 could be realized from it, and it proved of but small advantage to 
 him or his family. He took considerable interest in the incorpora- 
 tion of Eastport, and in surveying and locating the settlers on their 
 lots. 
 
 Like a large part of the ofiicers of the revolution, he felt the 
 difficulties and trials incident to poverty. The country and people 
 were passing through a state of depression and exhaustion of which 
 
Memoir o? Col. John Allan. 
 
 21 
 
 wo can bardly conceive, and lie never lived to see the prosperity 
 which lii;aUy resulted from the privations and toils of the patriots 
 who achieved our liberties. 
 
 It is evident from his letters that be took a great interest in the 
 adoption of the constitution, and the settlcmunt cf our national 
 government; he was also interested in the adjustment of our 
 boundary an fixed by the treaty with England, always contending 
 that the Magaguadavio was the true St. Croix, and r:^ much dil'- 
 satisfied by the strange decision of the commissioners which gave 
 the island of Grand Manan to the British. 
 
 But the exposures and privations of Col. Allan seem to have un- 
 dermined his constitution, and from a private journal which he 
 kept, he was ia the autumn of 1804 suflfering severely from asthma. 
 It is painful to follow his entries as he almost daily records his 
 sleepless and suffering nights, as well as the dark and dreary days of 
 winter and the doom that was around him. The last entry is 
 Sunday, Dec. 9th. It was evident he was fully aware of his critical 
 situation, and that his end was near. He appears to have borne 
 his trials with fortitude, but continued gradually to r'ecline till the 
 evening of February 7th, 1805, when he expired at the age of fifty- 
 nine years. 
 
 He was buried on the island where he had previously lived, and 
 which now bears his name. 
 
 ■ Here in August, 1860, his descendants from many distant homes 
 assembled to dedicate an elegant ruonument they had caused to be 
 erected to his memory. During that pleasant Jay the eldest related 
 to the young the story of the life, sufferings and services of their 
 ancestor, which can now never be forgotten. Two years later when 
 the country he had served so faithfully was in the midst of a terrible 
 struggle for the preservation of those principles, and to protect the 
 same territory he had so successfuUv defended eighty years before, 
 a battery was erected on this island, and near his grave. It was 
 indeed fitting that his last resting place should be surrounded by 
 the emblems of national defense, and that the flag of his adopted 
 country should wave over his tomb. 
 
 In considering the character of Col. Allan, I do not intend to 
 claim that he was better than many of his associates, or free from 
 imperfections, but to testify so far as I have found verified by un- 
 

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 Memoir of Col. John Allan. 
 
 questioned documents, to his ardent love and fidelity t,o the cause 
 he adopted, a cause he could not have joined in its darkest days, 
 and at great pecuniary'sacrifice, from any other modves than a 
 love of liberty and the rights of man. 
 
 Of the value of his services and their results, it would seem all 
 who carefully peruse this volume must conclude that they were 
 very great. For, looking at the condition of the territory east of 
 the Penobscot, and the sparse and feeble settlements along its sea- 
 board, we can see that had the four tribes of Indians done what the 
 British government earnestly wished, and would have aided them 
 to do, they could have united and destroyed, or driven away every 
 inhabitant east of the Penobscot. This Col. Allan foresaw, and to 
 prevent it, made a long journey to report these facts to Congress, 
 and Gen. Washington. They saw the danger, and that Col. Allan 
 was the man to wield the necessary influence with the Indians, and 
 so control them, as to make them our friends, and often to aid in 
 defending our people. Without this aid it is most likely that 
 Machias, our eastern outpost, must have been abandoned. 
 
 Had this place been given up, it would have been an abandonment 
 of the whole territory, and must have disastrously affected the 
 settlement of our eastern boundary. This Col. Allan seems to hove 
 anticipated, as his papers show. It is now generally conceded that 
 our present boundary was fixed mainly on the ground of occupation, 
 and had we not been able to hold it, we cannot say what river in 
 Maine would now divide us from a British province. 
 
 Judge Jones, who resided a long period at JMachias, and who well 
 knew the history of Eastern Maine, stated in 1820, " That it was an 
 immense advantage to the inhabitants eastward o*" the Penobscot 
 that the great majority of the Passamaquoddy & ot. John Indians 
 joined ^vith us instead of adhering to the enamy, for had they been 
 against us, and been set on by the British to plunder our towns and 
 'settlements, the whole population must have been destroyed. 
 Great credit is due the Indians for their rigid adherence to our 
 cause, although at times the commissary's department was destitute 
 of provisions and clothing for them."— Wmiamson's Uistorj/ of 
 3faine, 
 
 Is it then saying too much for Col. Allan, to assert that mainly 
 to his efforts ras this result due, and should we not at this late day 
 
Memoir of Col. John Allan. 
 
 28 
 
 render this long deferred tribute to his memory, and rank him 
 among the revolutionary worthies who deserve the gratitude of our 
 country ? 
 
 According to the testimony of those who remember him, Col. 
 Allan was a man who won the respect of almost all about him. He 
 was ardent, but energetic ; rigid and exacting as an officer, but hu- 
 mane to all who had done wrong. He was hospitable and generous, 
 and although very exact in all business matters, particularly when 
 entrusted with the property of others, he was too lenient with his 
 debtors to succeed in business affairs. Though not connected or 
 sympathizing with any particular church, he had strong religious 
 feeling as many of his letters and other writings show, and rather 
 looked to the practically carrying out the principles of the Sermon 
 on the Mount, than to have rested his faith on any sectarian theory. 
 
 In personal appearance he was rather tall and straight, inclining 
 in his last years to be corpulent, with dark brown hair and blue 
 eyes J in conversation animated and generally interesting. 
 
 In taking leave of this subject the writer would say, that he has 
 been induced to pay this poor tribute to his memory only from a 
 feeling that the value of his services had been overlooked, and it 
 was the duty of some one to make an enduring record of what he 
 had done for posterity. The lesson of his life has not been lost 
 upon his descendants, over thirty of whom responded to the call of 
 their country in the late war for the Union ; and in their various 
 positions have done what they could to perpetuate the blessings of 
 liberty. The gratitude of a nation is due, not only to those who 
 founded it, but also to those who have aided in its preservation. 
 
 I 
 
 
I 
 
GENEALOGY OF THE ALLAN FAMILY. 
 
 COMPILED BY GEOROE H. ALLAN, OF NEW YORK. 
 
 Copy of an Original Record of the Family of William Allan, 
 born in Scotland about 1720, came to Halifax, N. S. in 1749. 
 Died about 1790. 
 
 1744. July the 9^^, (0. S.). William Allan & Isabell Maxwell; 
 married. 
 
 1746. Jan. 3''. John Allan born about half after one o'clock 
 Friday afternoon in Edinburgh Castle ; Baptas'd by Mr. Glasgow 
 the 5ii'. 
 
 1747. Aug' 16. Mary Allan born about 11 at night, Sunday, in 
 Perth and Died the 22'', Same month. 
 
 1750. Dec. 25<i'. Elizabeth Allan born about 3 o'clock in Hali- 
 fax J babtized by Mr. Tully, in the church of England ; Mr. Forbes 
 Baker, Mr. Sennacherib Martyn & Mrs. Goupland, Godfathers & 
 Godmother. Marry'd Thursday, August 27''', 1772, to John George 
 Pyke. 
 
 J 752. Octobr 27. William Allan Born about 4 in the morning, 
 at Chignecto, Fort Lawrence, Friday ; Capt. John Hale, Lieut. 
 Rob' Patvshell «&. Mrs. Bishop, Godfathers & Godmother. Babtised 
 by Mr. Wood. 
 
 1754. Sept. 30. George Allan Born about 4 o'clock Monday 
 Morning, Chignecto, Fort Lawrence; Mr. Sennacherib Martyn, 
 Godfather, Babtized by Mr. Wood. Dyed the 19th May, 1804, a 
 little before five O'clock on Saturday Afternoon. 
 
 1756. Aug. 25"'. James Allan Born Tuesday, about Fort Cum- 
 berland; Babtized by Mr. W. Wood; Died November 1st, 1757. 
 
 1759. April, lO'i'. Jean Allan, Born Tuesday half afte: 10 at 
 night. Fort Cumberland ; Babtized by the reverd Mr. Thomas 
 
 
Ill 
 
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 Genealogy op the Allan Family. 
 
 Wilkinson. 1775. February 7th, Tuesday, marry'd to Thomas 
 Cochran by the reverend Docf Breynton. 
 
 1760. Nov. 21st. Winckworth Allan Born ; Cristned by Joshua 
 Tiffs. 
 
 1762. July 23. Isabella Allan Born. 
 
 1767. Isabel Allan (wife of William Allan Senior), Departed 
 this life about the Turn of the Night between the 30th & 31st of 
 August, 5 minutes before 12 O'clock. 
 
 Note. It will be seen by the above record, that seven of the 
 nine children of William Allan, were born in America. Two of 
 them, Mary and James, died in infancy, and as near as I can ascer- 
 tain, George and Winckworth were never married. The latter 
 went to England and became a wealthy merchant in London where 
 he died. The three daughters, Elizabeth, Jean and Isabella, 
 became connected by marriage with the Pyke, Cochran and Hill 
 families of Halifax. Their descendants are numerous, influential 
 and wealthy. Many of them have occupied prominent positions in 
 provincial society; several of them have occupied high rank in 
 the British army, and have been knighted by the queen for bravery 
 iii xiidia and the Crimea. William Allan, Jr., removed from Hali- 
 fax to Fort Cumberland, and in 1787, married Sarah Dixson. He 
 died Oct. 4, 1806, leaving a widow and four sons. Of these, two 
 are still living, Thomas Cochran Allan, born 1790, cashier of the 
 Miramichi Bank, still an active and energetic business man at the 
 age of 77 ; and his brother, William Maxwell Allan, a prominent 
 merchant of Halifax. The latter has 3 sons and 2 daughters. A 
 list of the descendants of John Allan, the eldest son, is appended. 
 Col. John Allan was the eldest son of William Allan, one of the 
 original settlers of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was born in Edia- 
 burgh Castle, Scotland, Jan. 3d, 1746, Old Style. He came to 
 lirilifax, N. S., with his parents in 1749, and Oct. 10th, 1767, mar- 
 ried Mary Fatten b. Feb. 3, 1746; d. June 8, 1819. He was a 
 representative in the provincial parliament of Nova Scotia from 1770 
 to 1776, when he was obliged to flee for refuge to the United States, 
 his ideas of freedom having made him obnoxious to the British 
 government, who offered rewards for his apprehension. He came to 
 the States in the autumn of 1776. Proceeding to Philadelphia, he 
 had several interviews with General Washington and also waited upon 
 
Genealoqy of the Allan Family. 
 
 27 
 
 congress. He was soon after appointed colonel of infantry and 
 Superintendent of Eastern Indians, and was stationed throughout 
 the war at Machias, Maine. He remained at his post till 1783, 
 when he commenced a mercantile business, which not succeeding 
 well, he turned his attention to agriculture, in which he continued 
 till his death, which occurred Feb. 7th, 1805. He had 9 children 
 as follows : 
 
 2. William Allan b. in Halifax, N. S., July 23, 1768; m. Alice 
 Crane, b. 1770 ; died 1841. He died March 6, 1814. Had 11 
 
 children. 
 
 3. Mark Allan b. in Cumberland, N. S. March 31, 1770 ; m. 
 Susan Wilder, b. 1774; died 1852. He died Sept. 22, 1818, 
 Had 13 children. 
 
 4. John Allan b. in Cumberland, N. S. Dec. 23, 1771 ; m. Me- 
 hitabel Crane, b. 1779 ; died 1846. He died Oct. 3, 1863. Had 
 13 children. 
 
 5. Isabel Maxwell Allan b. in Cumberland, N. S. Oct. 23, 1773; 
 not married ; d. July 12, 1829. 
 
 6. George Washington Allan b. in Cumberland, N. S. March 13, 
 1776 ; m. Mary Cutts Hart, b. 1779 ; died 1864. He was drowned 
 at sea, Aug. 24, 1806. Had 3 children. 
 
 7. Horatio Gates Allan b. in Machias, Me., June 13, 1779 ; m. 
 Charlotte Crane, b. at West Point, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1782; died Dec. 
 19th, 1840. He was drowned Oct. 20, 1837. Had 5 children. 
 
 8. Anna Allan b. in Machias, Me., April 16, 1781 ; d. in Boston, 
 Aug. 21, 1783. 
 
 9. Elizabeth Allan b. in Machias, Me., April 16, 1781; d. un- 
 married, in Whiting, Me., June 22, 1863. 
 
 10. Wiuckworth Sargent Allan b. Lubec, Me., May 31, 1788 ; 
 he was drowned unmarried Oct. 2, 1811. 
 
 William Allan (2), b. 1708; d. 1814, had 11 children, viz : 
 
 11. Alice Allan (1), b. Apr. 8, 1790 ; m. Jonathan Greaves. 
 He died. She is still living (Feb. 67). Had 9 children, as 
 follows: Elizabeth,! William,- Mary,'^ Alice,^ John,'^' George,*^ 
 (1st Mass. Vols.), Jonathan," Harriett,'^ and Jane." Most of them 
 died young. Elizabeth m. Mr. Woodell, had 1 child; Ceorge, 
 m. Edna Campbell and has 1 son. 
 
 12. John Allan (2), b. Oct. 19, 1791 ; d. Oct. 26, 1793. 
 
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 Genealogy of the Allan Family. 
 
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 13. Mary Allan (3), b. Feb. 14, 1794 ; m. Abijah Gregory. She 
 died Feb. 19, 1827. Had 4 sons, Uriah Warren ' b. May 13, 
 1819 ; d. Apr. 29, 1841. William Allan -' b. Dee. 13, 1820 ; m! 
 Alice Crane ; George Albert a b. May 20, 1822 ; d. Feb. 19, 1853. 
 Abijah ' (m. Anna Fessenden) b. Feb. 16, 1824 ; d. Dec. 31,' 1851. 
 The two last died in California. 
 
 14. Mohitabel Allan (4), b. June 2, 1796; m. Rev. George 
 Brown. Both living. Had 2 children, Georgiana i b. Apr. 19, 
 1832; drowned May, 1859. Lucius -' born 1835 : m. 'larrietj! 
 Crane. Has 1 child. 
 
 15. Isabel Maxwell Allan (5), b. Oct. 2, 1797; m. (1) John 
 Everett 1794-1826 and (2) Isaac Parrit, 1782-1842. By her first 
 husband she had 4 children. (1) Alice Allan Everett b. 1818; m. 
 Geo. H. Stevens. She died 1852. Had 4 children all living, 'viz : 
 Sarah, Isabel, Everett and Ella. (2), Charles Henry Everett b. 
 1821; m. Adelia Ketchum. Had 2 children, Mary b. 1848; and 
 John Forrest b. 1850. (3), Emeline Everett b. 1823 ; m. (1), L. 
 M. Jordan, and (2), C. M. Tinker. Has 2 children, Octavil b. 
 1849; and John Henry b. 1854. (4), Mary Gregory Everett b. 
 1827 ; m. John W. Hill. Has 3 children, Charles, b. 1852 ; d. 1859, 
 Georgiana b. 1860, and Lewis b. 1863. 
 
 10. Eliza Ann Allan b. June 14, 1799. Resides in Machias, Me. 
 
 17. William Allan b. March 24, 1801 ; died Dec. 26, 1824. 
 
 18. George Washington Allan b. Sept. 25, 1802; m. 1831, 
 Mary Ann Rotch b. 1810. Resides in Boston. Had 3 children' 
 Georj^e Hayward i b. June 16, 1832 ; Frances Maria '-' b. Oct. 16,' 
 1834 ; m. W. H.-Thomes b. May 5, 1824. Has 1 dau. Mary A. b! 
 Jan. 3, 1858 ; and Edward Jerome - b. Sept. 7, 1838; d May 27 
 1858, 
 
 19. Charlotte Crane Allan b. June 24, 1804. Resides in Machias 
 Me. 
 
 20. Susan Patton Allan b. Oct. 15, 1806 ; m. James Crane b. 
 1807. Had 5 children. Jared,' (6th Maine Vols.), b. Oct. 23, 
 1836; m. Hannah Longfellow. Has 1 child Helen May. Helen -^ 
 b. 1839 ; d. an infant. Harriet Jacobs ■> b. Nov. 29, 1840 , m. Lucius 
 Brown. Has 1 child. James Eustace,' (6th Maine Vols.), b. Sept., 
 1842; m. Jennie Whclplcy. Susan E.- b. Feb., 1846; m. Frank 
 H. Bealc. 
 
Genealogy of the Allan Family. 
 
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 21, Harriet Cochran Allan b. Deo. 29, 1809; m. Asa Jacobs; 
 d. July 29, 1840. Had 1 son, Wm. Wirt Jacobs b. June, 1840 ; d. 
 Aug., 1840. 
 
 Mark Allan (3), 1770-1818, had 13 children, viz : 
 
 22. Susan Allan (1), b. Jan. 8, 1793 ; m. Samuel Wheeler. She 
 died 1851. Had 5 children, Susan, i Samuel,- Mark,'^ Catharine,* 
 William. 5 
 
 23. Anna Allan (2), b. Feb., 1794 ; died in infancy. 
 
 24. Mary Patton Allan (3), b. Apr., 1795 ; m. Andrew Sprague. 
 Had 11 children, Andrew,' Mary A.,- Benjamin,-' Susan, » Samuel,^ 
 Eliza,c Sarah," George,'^ Elijah,'* Martha,'Oand Caroline, ii, most of 
 whom are married and have families of children. 
 
 25. Lydia C. Allan (4), b. Aug. 9, 1797 ; m. True Bradbury. 
 Had 5 children Wyer, Samuel, Stephen, Sarah and Mary, all of 
 whom are married and have families. Several members of this 
 family enlisted in the army and navy during the late war, 
 
 26. Elizabeth Allan (5), b. Feb., 1799 ; m. Eben Chickering. 
 Had 1 son, John Newton Chickering. 
 
 27. Jane Cochran Allan (6), b. Dec, 1800 ; m. Eben Wilder, 
 Had 8 children, Eben,i Mariner,'^ Jane,'' Mark,t (28th Maine Vols.,) 
 Heman,'5 Abigail,'* Harriet," and William,* some of whom married 
 and had families of children. 
 
 28. John Allan (7), b. Sept. 3, 1802; m. (1), Lydia Kilby, (2), 
 Emma Wiswell. Had 2 sons, John i b. 1840 ; and William 2 b, 
 1846; d. 1846. 
 
 29. Theophilus W. Allan (8), b. Apr. 28, 1804; m. Martha R. 
 Sargent. She died 1865. Had 8 children. Nelson S.' b. Feb, 22, 
 1830; m. Abby G. Hobart, Has 2 children. Martha Anna b. 
 March 27, 1832 ; m. A. L. Todd. Has 2 children. Theophilus 3 
 b. Nov. 21, 1834; d. FeV 9, 1859. Harriet LA b. Dec. 27, 1836; 
 m. Rev. A. J. Rich. Has 3 children. John Davis •> b. March 11, 
 1839; m. Margaret Hersey. Susanna" b. July 13, 1842. Eliza- 
 beth ' b. April 10, 1845, and William R.s b. May 24, 1847. 
 
 30. Sally Allan (9), b. July, 1806. Resides in Dennysville, Me, 
 
 31. William Allan (10), b. March 13, 1808; m. Jane Potter b. 
 1814. Had 3 children, Mary Eliza ' b. 1842. Susan -^ b. 1848 ; 
 d. 1852. Wm. F.f born 1850; d. 1854. Resides Dennysville, Me. 
 
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 Genealogy of the Allan Family. 
 
 32. Patton Allan (11), b. 1810 ; d. 1812. 
 
 33. Abigail Allan (12), b Juno 11, 1813. Kesides in Dennys- 
 ville, Me. 
 
 34. Ebenezer W. (13), b. 1818; d. 1825. 
 John Allan (4), 1771-1863, had 13 children. 
 
 35. Charlotte A llan( I), b. Sept. 29, 1798 ;in. James Nutter. She 
 died 1842, Had 16 children, viz: Matthias! b. 1817 ; d. 1838, 
 Mehitabel a b. 1818. Mary •' b. 1820. James ' h. 1821 ; d. 1841. 
 Susan 5 b. 1822; d. 1845. Martha" b. 1825. Jackson 7 b. 1826. 
 Abijah^ b. 1827; d. 1829. Valeria" b. 1829 ; d. 1834. Jose- 
 phine '0 b. 1831. Ellen " b. 1832. Ursula i^ b. 1835. George »3 
 b. 1836 ; d. 1861. Daniel i^ b. 1838. Emma '^ b. 1840. Joanna le 
 b. 1842 ; d. 1846. Several of these have families. 
 
 36. John Crane Allan (2), b. Jan. 31, 1800; m. 1825 Achsah 
 Sawyer. Had 5 children. Anna i b. 1826; m. James Carey. 
 Has 2 children. George Washington 2 b. 1829; m. 3Iary Moore. 
 Has 2 children. Nathaniel,* 6th Maine Vols., b. 1832; died 
 Libby Prison, Richmond, 1864, Amelia* b. 1834; m. Israel P. 
 Smith. Has 3 children. Albert^ 15th Maine Vols., born 1838 • 
 d. 1862. 
 
 37. Horatio Gates Allan (3), b. Dec. 6, 1801; m. 1828, Margaret 
 Leighton b. 1806 ; d. 1843. Had 5 children. Mary L i b. 1830. 
 Edward H.-' b. 1832. Keziah-^ b. 1835. Melissa " b. 1839; d. 
 1842, and William ■> b. 1845. The first three have families. 
 
 38. Elizabeth Allan (4), b. Sept. 14, 1803; m. 18L7, Major 
 Joseph Allan. Had 6 children, Louisa,i William,"^ Elbridge,'^ 
 Isabel, > Albion,' and George,« 6th Maine Vols. Four of these are 
 married and have families. 
 
 3i.\ Winckworth Allan (5), b. Aug. 25, 1805; m. 1828, Hannah 
 Robinson. Had 9 children. Sophroniai b, 1829. Benjamin 2 b. 
 1831; d. 1852. Joseph'^ b. 1834. Fernando i b. 1838; d. 1843. 
 Sophila-^ b. 1840. John'' b. 1842; d. 1843. William ' b. 1845. 
 Emma '^ b. 1847. Mary » b. 1850. Several of these have families. 
 
 40. George Washington Allan (6), born June 27, 1807 ; d. unm. 
 Oct. 10, 1832. 
 
 41. Mehitabel Crane Allan (7), b. Aug. 29, 1809; m. Wm, 
 Goodwin. She died 1850 in Northern Michigan. Had 3 children, 
 Alissa,' Laura ~ and Frank.^ 
 
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Genealoqy op the Allan Family. 
 
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 42. Henry Dearborn Allan (8), b. Oct. 30, 1811 ; ra. Catharine 
 Morang b. 1812. He was killed by the bursting of a cannon, July 
 4, 1866. Had 5 children. Alvrah W.' b. 1843. Susan - b. 1845. 
 Elizabeth 'J b. 1850. Isabella^ b. 1852, and Sarah ^> b. 1854. 
 
 43. Isabella Allan (9), b. March 25, 1814 ; m. Hiram Huckins. 
 She d. 1848. Had 6 children, John,i Valeria,- Alice,^ James,'^ 
 Henry ■' and Emerson." Two of these are married. 
 
 44. Mary Ann Allan (10), b. Aug. 22, 1816 ; m. Edward Good- 
 win. Had 9 children. Joanna b. 1837. James b. 1838. Eliza- 
 beth b. 1839. Aurelia b. 1841. George, 28th Maine Vols., b. 1843. 
 Franklin b. 1845. Sarah b. 1853. ' Joseph b. 1855 ; d. 1858, and 
 Adda b. 1861 ; d. 1862. Two or three of these are married. 
 
 45. Evelina Allan (11), b. Feb. 6, 1819; m. Benj. P. Bridges. 
 Had 4 children. Heury, 28th Maine Vols., b. 1840. Mehitabel b. 
 1844. Eliza Ann b. 1846; d. 1862, and Zachary Taylor b. 1849. 
 Henry died in the army in 1863, at Plaquemine, La. Mary m. J. 
 B. Leighton. 
 
 * 46. Alice Allan (12), b. May 20, 1821 ; d. next day. 
 
 47. Abijah Gregory Allan (13), June 5, 1823 ; m. Sarah Jewett. 
 Had 3 children. John 1 1848. Harriet b. 1855, and Ella b. 
 1856. He enlisted in 13th Maine Regt., and died in N. Orleans, 
 July 27, 1862. 
 
 George Washington Allan (6), b. 1776; d. 1806. Had 3 children. 
 
 48. Theodore Cutis Allan (1), b. Dec. 26, 1803 ; m. Nancy Hall. 
 He died 1865. Had 2 children. Theodore b. Feb., 1844, and 
 Mary born April, 1847. She is married and lives in Orland, Me. 
 
 49. John George Allan (2), born Apr. 5, 1805; d. April, 1824. 
 
 50. Mary Elizabeth Allan (3), b. March 15, 1807; m. George 
 Comstock b. Apr. 19, 1799. Had seven children. Hiram b. Feb., 
 1828 ; m. Mary E. Brown. Has J child. Mary Ardelia b. Dec. 
 20, 1829; d. Aug. 8, 1849. x.nr. Maria b. May 21, 1832; m. 
 John A. Davis. Has 2 children. Theodore Allan (Navy) b. May 
 8, 1834 ; acting Master U. S. Steamer " Onward." Eurilla Eliza- 
 beth b. Jan. 8, 1838 ; m. Alfred Small. Lucia Emily b. May 8, 
 1843. Sarah Jeaunett b. June 11, 1845. 
 
 Horatio Gates Allan (7); b. 1779; d. 1837. Had 5 children. 
 
 51. Charles Hill Allan (1;, b, Nov. 15, 18U9;. m. Clarissa Var- 
 ney. He died 1864. 
 
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 QBNEALOaY OF THE AlLAN FaMILY. 
 
 52. Winckwortli Sargent Allan (2), b. March 11, 1812 j lu. (1) to 
 Hannah Libby, and had b-" her, 2 children. Prentiss, (12th Regt. 
 Me.,) b. 1841, and Emma b. 1842 j m. (2) to Catharine B. Libby, 
 and had by her three children. Edgar b. 1848. Catharine b. 1855, 
 and an infant daughter ; d. 1847; m. (3) to Susan Knox. Had by 
 her 1 child, Lena b. 1861. 
 
 53. William George Allan (3), b. Aug. 9, 1814; m. Anna Lan- 
 der. Has 3 children. Mary Isabella b. Sept. 18, 1843 ; m. J. H. 
 Winchell. Georgiana Brown b. Sept. 1, 1845. Alice Kate b. Fob. 
 13, 1851. Resides, Haverhill, Mass 
 
 54. Alice Crane Allan (4), b. Oct. 7, 1818 ; m. Asaph Sawyer. 
 Has 3 children. Charlotte b. Aug. 11, 1846. Alice b. March 27, 
 1848. Nathaniel Gates b. Apr. 24, 1850. 
 
 55. Mary Isabel Allan b. Nov. 15, 1821 ; died unmarried Sept. 
 23, 1841. 
 
 
J ru. (1) to 
 12th Regt. 
 B. Libby, 
 ae b. 1855, 
 :. Had by 
 
 A.nna Lan- 
 ; m. J. H. 
 
 ate b. Fob. 
 
 ih Sawyer. 
 March 27, 
 
 Tried Sept.