Elizabeth (unknown maiden name) married William Allen, Jr., at unknown date. It was most likely in current Northern Ireland, as it is known today or in Lancaster County, PA where they were settled. It was an established Scots-Irish area.

They had Allen children, exact order unknown:

John

Sarah, (James Dixon), below

Samuel (Rebecca Smith), died 1777, below

Elizabeth, ? - D 22 Sep 1823 (Saml Mann, 1 Sep 1749 - 3 Dec 1806)*

Jean/Jane, May 1736 (John Sawyer, Sr.), below

Joseph, Sr., abt 1739, below

William, 1740 (Rebecca Green), below

Mary, abt 1747 (John Snodgrass), below

Children, Joseph, Col. William, Mary and Sarah are buried here and there may be others without headstones.

In the Historical Sketch of Old Hanover Church by Rev. Thos. H. Robinson, D.D., published in 1878, by the Dauphin County Historical Society, page 39 says: Elizabeth Allen was born in Mar 1705 and died 3 May 1800.

William Allen, son of William, born Feb 1709, married Elizabeth (surname unknown). Elizabeth was born in Mar 1705 and died on 3 May 1800 and had 7 children born in Hanover (Twp., then Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania). "Allen of Hanover" in Pennsylvania Genealogies: Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German by Dr. William Henry Egle, Harrisburg, PA, 1896, page 7-14. It only lists 7 children, excluding Joseph.

"Andrew Snoddy McReynolds, grandfather of Mrs. Richard B. Ziegler, was commissioned sheriff (1st) of Columbia county, October 4, 1822, says the "History of Columbia and Montour counties." He married, March 7, 1816, Jane Mann, who was born in Hanover, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1787, and died at Muncy, Pennsylvania, March 31. 1850. Jane (Mann) McReynolds was a granddaughter of William Allen on the maternal side; he was born in Scotland, but left his native country on account of religious persecution and settled in the province of Ulster, Ireland. Among his children was a son, William, Jr., born February, 1709, in county Antrim, Ireland, and died December 26, 1784. William, Jr., came to America about 1730 and settled in Hanover township. Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. He took the oath of allegiance in 1777. His wife, ELIZABETH Allen, was born March, 1705, and died May 3, 1800. Their daughter, Elizabeth Allen, who died September 22, 1823, was the wife of Samuel Mann, born September 1. 1749, died December 3, 1806. Samuel Mann's mother, Margaret Mann, was born June 15, 1713. Jane Mann, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Allen) Mann, married Andrew Snoddy McReynolds." The History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: With Genealogical Memoirs, by Luther Reily Kelker, Vol. 3, p 594.

Elizabeth and her husband William, share the gravestone. I believe it says:

In Memory of

William Allen

Who Departed this

Life Decm 26 1784

Aged 75 Years 10

Month & __ Days

Also his wife Eliza

beth Allen Depart

ed this life May 3

1800 (aged) 95 years

________________

RSA believes Sarah Elizabeth Allen was born in Ireland and died in York County, PA and that her maiden name was Aldworth (requested data, none received). Familysearch has a LOT of incorrect data on this family, the Aldworths (their 1742 County Cork, Republic of Ireland marriage) and then several Suffolk, England birth records and German burials, plus extra kids. Having the same names are not enough. Family connections are necessary.

*Jane Mann McReynolds born in Hanover, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania on 2 Jul 1787 and died 31 Mar 1850 in Muncy, Pennsylvania, was the daughter of Samuel Mann and Elizabeth Allen. She married Andrew Snoddy McReynolds on 7 Mar 1816 and was buried at Muncy Cemetery in Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Per Luther Reily Kelker's the History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: With Genealogical Memoirs, Lewis Publishing Co., 1907, Vol. 3, p 594.

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