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GENEALOGY FAMILY GROUP SHEET

Benjamin ALLEN

A traditional family group sheet showing the couple, their parents, vital events, and children in one research-friendly record.

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What is a Family Group Record?

A Family Group Record, sometimes called a Family Group Sheet, documents a single family unit in detail. While a pedigree chart looks backward at direct ancestors, a family group record looks sideways and downward, focusing on parents and their children.

It records the names, birth, marriage, and death information for both parents, along with details about their children. Looking at siblings and parents together can reveal naming patterns, gaps between births, migrations, remarriages, and other clues that are easy to miss when people are viewed one at a time.

Family group records also work as evidence containers. They give researchers a place to compare conflicting dates, document sources, and keep notes about why one conclusion seems stronger than another. Used together with pedigree charts, they help turn a collection of names into a connected family story.

Family 1

Husband / Partner

American Revolutionary War Soldier flag male ancestor Benjamin ALLEN
Born: 4 October 1743
Place: Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Southport) (Greenfield Hill)
Married / Joined: 25 February 1773
Place: Weston, Connecticut, USA
Died: 27 March 1827
Place: Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)
His Father
flag male ancestor Joseph ALLEN
Born: 27 June 1702
Place: Guilford, Connecticut, USA
Died: 10 March 1776
Place: Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Southport) (Greenfield Hill)
His Mother
flag female ancestor Rachel BENNETT
Born: March 1701
Place: Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Southport) (Greenfield Hill)
Died: 1775
Place: Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)
Wife / Partner flag female ancestor Rhoda ALLEN
Born: 1 September 1750
Place: Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Southport) (Greenfield Hill)
Died: 10 October 1814
Place: Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)
Her Father
flag male ancestor John ALLEN
Born: 1714
Place: Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Southport) (Greenfield Hill)
Died: 30 December 1791
Place: Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)
Her Mother
flag female ancestor Sarah BENNETT
Born: 8 April 1716
Place: Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Southport) (Greenfield Hill)
Died: 18 April 1761
Place: Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)

Children

Listed in birth order when known. Select a child for the full genealogy record.

1. flag male ancestor  Gideon ALLEN
Born 28 June 1772
Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Southport) (Greenfield Hill)
Died
2. flag male ancestor  Benjamin ALLEN
Born 20 June 1773
, Connecticut, USA
Died 16 February 1848
Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)
3. flag male ancestor  John Secor ALLEN
Born 1776
Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Southport) (Greenfield Hill)
Died 27 November 1865
Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)
4. flag female ancestor  Rhoda ALLEN
Born 22 April 1777
Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)
Died 20 September 1854
Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)
5. flag female ancestor  Polly ALLEN
Born 1778
, Connecticut, USA
Died 18 October 1870
Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)
6. flag male ancestor  Delaney ALLEN
Born 1783
, Connecticut, USA
Died 17 November 1833
Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)
7. flag male ancestor  Jeremiah ALLEN
Born 1789
Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)
Died 1843
Westport, Connecticut, USA (Green's Farms)
8. flag female ancestor  Permelia ALLEN
Born 1 August 1802
, Connecticut, USA
Died 22 March 1880
Marion Township, Sanilac, Michigan, USA