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Martha Allen

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Martha Allen

Birth
Death
21 Jun 1736 (aged 3)
Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Approximate birth date calculated from headstone transcription below. Please note the surname spelling variations between records and her mother's grave marker.

Martha has a death entry in the Vital Records of Barnstable Massachusetts: To the end of the year 1849; As published in multiple volumes of The Mayflower Descendant; Volume 32, page 155.
ENTRY: ALLIN - Martha, d. James and Susanah, June 21, 1736, age 4.

GRAVE MARKER TRANSCRIBED IN: "Memorial Inscriptions from Cemeteries in the East Parish Barnstable, including Dimmock's Lane, Meetinghouse or Cobb's Hill, Lothrop's Hill: the ancient Burying ground, & Parish Line. From Jan. 1683 to 1894."
Unknown creator, hand calligraphed manuscript, listings alphabetical by family name, with additional notes written in the margins by unknown hands.
No publishing information.
"Allen-Allyn", page 1.
Strugis Library, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1. Lothrop Collection Manuscripts, folder 6
2. Manuscript available online through the "Town and Local History Collection".
ENTRY: "Martha, daughter to James & Martha Allen his wife, died June ye 21st 1736, aged 3 years & 2 months."
Approximate birth date calculated from headstone transcription below. Please note the surname spelling variations between records and her mother's grave marker.

Martha has a death entry in the Vital Records of Barnstable Massachusetts: To the end of the year 1849; As published in multiple volumes of The Mayflower Descendant; Volume 32, page 155.
ENTRY: ALLIN - Martha, d. James and Susanah, June 21, 1736, age 4.

GRAVE MARKER TRANSCRIBED IN: "Memorial Inscriptions from Cemeteries in the East Parish Barnstable, including Dimmock's Lane, Meetinghouse or Cobb's Hill, Lothrop's Hill: the ancient Burying ground, & Parish Line. From Jan. 1683 to 1894."
Unknown creator, hand calligraphed manuscript, listings alphabetical by family name, with additional notes written in the margins by unknown hands.
No publishing information.
"Allen-Allyn", page 1.
Strugis Library, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1. Lothrop Collection Manuscripts, folder 6
2. Manuscript available online through the "Town and Local History Collection".
ENTRY: "Martha, daughter to James & Martha Allen his wife, died June ye 21st 1736, aged 3 years & 2 months."

Inscription

[Winged skull motif.]

"Martha [daughter of?]
James & __usanna
AlLen His W[ife?]
Died ___ne _____
[Another line of illegible lettering.]"


[A scrolled border is carved around the lettering. Heavy lichen growth and stone damage obscure some of the carvings.]



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  • Created by: seekerJay
  • Added: Jul 2, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54414976/martha-allen: accessed ), memorial page for Martha Allen (21 Apr 1733–21 Jun 1736), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54414976, citing Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by seekerJay (contributor 46998289).