ALLAN, John (Allen). 1,000 acres in Ohio 1800-02 (Smith); From Cumberland, N.S. Leader of revoutionary activity (Everest); ASP VIII, 1, 106; 1800 of Eastport, Portsmouth , New Hampshire. Wife and five small children suffered great hardships during the Rev. besides her imprisonment. Son of William Allen, who disinherited him. Superintendent of the Indian East Dept. (RG217); b. Scotland, to N.S. age three. m. a New Englander. Member of Assembly for Cumberland Twp. (Brebner); Mass. 2d Lt. Brewer's Mass Regt., May to Dec. 1775, Ensign 14th Cont. Inf. 1st Jan. 1776-Dec. 1776; Col. Mass Militia 1777-1781 (Heitman); MassArch v. 144, pp. 169-171; G. H. Allan 'Sketch of Col. John Allan,' NEHGR v. XXX (1876), p. 355; Came to Halifax with his father in 1749. Educated in Mass. Settled in Cumberland 1767 (Stewart); refugees gather around him at Machias (Stewrat); See Canadian refugees (DSAL); b. Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, 3 Jan. 1746, son of William and Isabell (Maxwell) Alan, d. Lubec, Me., 7 Feb. 1805, m. Cumberland 10 Oct. 1767 Mary Patton. Additional gen. inf. (Throop); Wright.
ALLAN, John (Allen). 1,000 acres in Ohio 1800-02 (Smith); From Cumberland, N.S. Leader of revoutionary activity (Everest); ASP VIII, 1, 106; 1800 of Eastport, Portsmouth , New Hampshire. Wife and five small children suffered great hardships during the Rev. besides her imprisonment. Son of William Allen, who disinherited him. Superintendent of the Indian East Dept. (RG217); b. Scotland, to N.S. age three. m. a New Englander. Member of Assembly for Cumberland Twp. (Brebner); Mass. 2d Lt. Brewer's Mass Regt., May to Dec. 1775, Ensign 14th Cont. Inf. 1st Jan. 1776-Dec. 1776; Col. Mass Militia 1777-1781 (Heitman); MassArch v. 144, pp. 169-171; G. H. Allan 'Sketch of Col. John Allan,' NEHGR v. XXX (1876), p. 355; Came to Halifax with his father in 1749. Educated in Mass. Settled in Cumberland 1767 (Stewart); refugees gather around him at Machias (Stewrat); See Canadian refugees (DSAL); b. Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, 3 Jan. 1746, son of William and Isabell (Maxwell) Alan, d. Lubec, Me., 7 Feb. 1805, m. Cumberland 10 Oct. 1767 Mary Patton. Additional gen. inf. (Throop); Wright.
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