additional info provided by FAG member Allison Campion (49694678):
From RIHCC: Removed from Rev. Joseph W. Allen Lot (NK177)

death record from familysearch:
Rhode Island Deaths and Burials
Name Joseph Wanton Allen
Gender Male
Death Date 02 May 1873
Death Place North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Age 78
Birth Date 1795

from
James N. Arnold, editor: The Narragansett Historical Register, Vol. 2, 1883 - 84, pp. 41- 44. (google books)

Elder Joseph Wanton Allen's ancestry.
He was the son of Caleb and Anne (Allen, of Christopher) Allen of Quidnessett in North Kingstown. Caleb was son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Huling) Allen. Jonathan was the son of John and ---- [the wife's name is not given]. He lived on Prudence. He was son of William2, son of William1, the first ancestor of the Prudence Allens.

William was born in Wales, England, in 1640, and emigrated to this country in 1660.

Joseph Wanton Allen was married to Maria Spink, daughter of Nathaniel, April 6, 1820. Issue:
Julia Elma - born Feb. 23, 1821; married Thomas Noyes, South Kingstown; died Dec. 2, 1859. Regret we have not an account of her death.
Lydia Spink - born July 21, 1823; m. Lowell Pitcher, East Greenwich; died April 3, 1881, aged 57.
Martha Ann - born May 23, 1825; died June 11, 1835.
Jonathan - born Dec. 31, 1826; died July 29, 1859.
Thomas - born Jan. 29, 1828; died Sept. 5, 1835.
Nathaniel Spink - born April 16, 1831; m. --- Tillinghast. Has one daughter Eva.
William Penn - born Aug. 17, 1833; died Aug. 17, 1834.
Thomas Pointer Allen - born May 23, 1836. Merchant in Providence.
Joseph Wanton - born July 3, 1839; died Sept. 16, 1843.

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birth record from familysearch:
from Rhode Island Births and Christenings
Name Joseph Wanton Allen
Gender Male
Birth Date Aug 1794
Birthplace NORTH KINGSTOWN,WASHINGTON,RHODE ISLAND
Father's Name Caleb Allen
Mother's Name Annie