ALLEN, ANDREW LEE (son of Elijah Allen, born 1763, and Mehitable Hall, both of New Hampshire). He. was born Nov. 24, 1791, Limeric Parsonfield, N.H. Came to Utah Aug. 12, 1852, John M. Higbee company.
Married Clarinda Knapp 1825, who was born Aug. 10, 1802, and came to Utah with husband. Their children: Elijah b. Feb. 7, 1826, m. Eliza Ann Bickmore; Lydia b. June 5, 1827; Sophronia b. Nov. 6, 1828, m. Abram Foster; Charles b. Oct. 15, 1830, m. Adelaide Hoops; Andrew b. Aug.16, 1832, m. Manerva Whittle; James b. Oct. 12, 1833, m, Mary Mathews; Sidney b. Aug. 12, 1835, m. Ann Cooper; Susan b. Dec. 31, 1837, m. John Goaslind; Levi b. April 1, 1842, m. Lavinia Henson; Julia b. June 8, 1844. Family home Provo, Utah.
The town of Allegany was formed from Great Valley on April 18, 1831. It was originally called Burton, and its name was changed to Allegany on March 28, 1851. Humphrey was taken off in 1836. It lies on the south border of the county, and includes part of the Allegany Indian Reservation.
There are 3 streams, Four Mile, Five Mile and Mill Creeks,
which
are tributaries of the Allegany River. Much of the town was covered by
lumber in 1860, and lumbering was an important industry. Allegany,
(p.v.) is located upon Allegany River, and in 1862 contained a tannery,
door
factory, and blind factory. It had 3 churches and 70 houses, and was a
station on the NY and Erie R.R. A college, run by the Franciscans was
located
near the village. Five Mile Run is a p.o. that was
first
settled
by Ebenezer Reed from Connecticut, who located near the mouth of Five
Mile
Creek in 1820. Other early settlers include: Andrew Allen, Hiram Wood,
James
Strong, Isaac Eggleston, and Amos and David Orton, who settled along
the
creek in 1821.
Researched and written by Richard Arldon Ware, g-g grandson of Andrew
Lee Allen.
On January 27, 1846, Andrew Lee Allen
went to the Nauvoo Temple and there received his endowments with his
wife Clarinda Knapp. The Nauvoo Temple
Endowment Register, which is a complete record of all initiatory
and endowments done in the Nauvoo Temple, records Andrew's birth
date as November 27, 1794 (p. 207). It also
states he was born in Wakefield, New Hampshire.
The Autobiography of Charles H. Allen (written by
Andrew's son Charles) records Andrew's birth date as November 27, 1794
but states he was born in Lemeric (Limerick), Parsonsfield, New
Hampshire. Limerick and Wakefield are about 20
miles apart.
The Arizona Death Certificate of Charles Hopkins Allen
states Andrew was born in New Hampshire. This
certificate was recorded by his son, Elijah Allen.
Gerald R. Fuller wrote in his book Ancestors and
Descendants of Andrew Lee and Clarinda Knapp Allen, p. 90 that
Andrew was born November 24, 1791 in Limerick, York, Maine.
It is not known where Gerald obtained the date of
November 24, 1791 since no other records support that
conclusion. Gerald's statement that Andrew was born in
Maine needs further explanation.
New Hampshire became a state June 21, 1788, just a few years
before Andrew was born in 1794. Because Maine
did not become a state until 1820, Andrew was necessarily born in New
Hampshire and not Maine.
Before 1820, a portion of what would become Maine was then a
part of the state of New Hampshire. When the
Providence of Maine became a state March 15, 1820, part of New
Hampshire became part of Maine, including Limerick. Approximately
20 miles away from Limerick, Maine (across the border into New
Hampshire) is the town of Wakefield, New Hampshire.
Since Andrew himself told the Nauvoo Temple in 1846 that he was born in
Wakefield, New Hampshire, it is probably more correct than the
birthplace of Limerick which his son, Charles Hopkins Allen, recorded
in his autobiography.