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Allen, James a Puritan minister, was born in England in 1632. He was a fellow of New College, Oxford, but was ejected for non-conformity in 1662, came to America, and was ordained teacher of the First Church, Boston, December 9, 1668, as colleague with Mr. Davenport, who was at the same time ordained pastor. He … Continue reading “Allen, James (5)”

Allen, Jacob a Congregational minister, was born at Columbia, Conn., Aug. 18,1781. When about twenty-three he went to North Coventry, where he was converted, and where he studied under Rev. E. T. Woodruff. After teaching, he entered Dartmouth College, graduating in 1811; studied theology with Dr. Burton of Thetford, Vt.; was ordained pastor at Tunbridge, … Continue reading “Allen, Jacob”

Allen, Isaac a Unitarian minister, was born at Weston, Mass., Oct. 31, 1770. He graduated at Harvard College in 1798, was ordained and installed pastor of the Church in Bolton, Mass., March 14, 1814, and died in 1844. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 8, 178. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Allen, Henry an English Wesleyan Missionary, was proposed to the Conference in 1823, sailed for the mission field in Jamaica, W. I., in March, 1824, and ere a month had elapsed, died of pneumonia, April 17. He was a young man of considerable promise. See British Minutes, 1824. Allen, Henry SEE ALLENITES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Allen, Henry”

Allen, Harrison a Congregational minister, was born at Chilmark, on Martha’s Vineyard, April 26,1792. In 1815 he entered upon the preparatory studies for college, and completed them at the academy in Bloomfield. In the fall of 1820 he became a member of Bowdoin College. He taught a portion of his time while in college, graduated … Continue reading “Allen, Harrison”

Allen, George Educator, born at Milton, Vermont, 17 December, 1808; died in Worcester, Massachusetts, 28 May, 1876. He was graduated at the University of Vermont in 1827, and admitted to the bar in 1831. Later, he studied theology, and was rector of an Episcopal church at St. Albans, Vermont, from 1834 to 1837. In 1837, … Continue reading “Allen, George”

Allen, Frances The first nun of New England birth; born Sunderland, Vermont, 1784; died Montreal, Canada, 1819. The daughter of the patriot Ethan Allen, she had no religious training until she went to the Notre Dame Convent, Montreal, where she became a convert and afterwards made her religious profession. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Allen, Frances … Continue reading “Allen, Frances”

Allen, Ethan (3), D.D. a Protestant Episcopal clergyman of the diocese of Maryland. and historiographer of the diocese, was rector in Dover, Md., in 1853; in 1857 was assistant minister in Baltimore; and in 1859 was agent for diocesan missions, and rector of St. Thomas’s Church, Homestead, Baltimore Co.,Md., which offices he continued to hold … Continue reading “Allen, Ethan (3), D.D.”

Allen, Ethan (1) an American general and infidel, was born at Roxbury, Conn., in 1739. He first became conspicuous in resisting the laws of New York in behalf of those who held land grants under New Hampshire. He led the attack against Ticonderoga in 1775, and did other valiant service in the American cause during … Continue reading “Allen, Ethan”

Allen, Elizabeth a minister of the Society of Friends, was born at Bristol, England, Dec. 11, 1787. She had a sweet disposition, was well educated, and was carefully instructed by Christian parents. In 1828 she appeared as a public minister. Her preaching was very pathetic and affecting. In 1863 a serious fall caused a lameness … Continue reading “Allen, Elizabeth”