John Allen

Birth: 12 Dec 1734, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT

• "Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870," database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/414/connecticut-vital-records-the-barbour-collection-1630-1870 : accessed 12 Jan 2023), John Allen birth, Pomfret, p. 8, citing vol. 1, p. 5 of the original records; from Lucius Barnes Barbour typescript at NEHGS, Boston.
• Elizabeth Pearson White, Edwin Wagner Coles, Roberta Gilbert Bratti, John Howland of the Mayflower, 4 Vols. (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1993), Vol. 2, p. 121; Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/johnhowlandofmay02whit/page/120/mode/2up : accessed 12 Jan 2023).

Death: 1 Aug 1776

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77776440/john-allen: accessed 19 December 2022), gravestone photo for John Allen I (d. 1 Aug 1776, aged 42), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77776440, South Cemetery, Brooklyn, Windham Co, CT, maintained by John Beckstein (contributor 46939506).

Burial: South Cemetery, Brooklyn, Windham Co, CT

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77776440/john-allen: accessed 19 December 2022), gravestone photo for John Allen I (d. 1 Aug 1776, aged 42), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77776440, South Cemetery, Brooklyn, Windham Co, CT, maintained by John Beckstein (contributor 46939506).

Father: Isaac Allen
Mother: Lydia Leonard

Spouse: Dinah Thayer
Marriage: 8 May 1758, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT

• Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret 1705 - 1850, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, 1918, Dinah Thayer - John Allin, p. 188, citing vol. 1, p. 114 of the original records; database with images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/414/connecticut-vital-records-the-barbour-collection-1630-1870 : accessed 29 Nov 2022).

1. John Allen, born 8 Mar 1762, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT
2. Mary Allen, born 1 Dec 1763, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT
3. Sarah Allen
4. John Allen, born 28 Aug 1767, Pomfret, Windham Co, CT

Notes:

John Allen died intestate, probably in Pomfret. On 26 November 1776 his widow, Dinah Allyn, was appointed administrator, and Elijah Thayer posted bond, both of Pomfret. Division of estate was made on 12 May 1779 to the following heirs: his widow, Mrs. Dinah Stores, previously Dinah Allyn; his son, John Allyn; daughters Mary and Sarah Allyn. Payments were made out of the estate to (among others) David Thayer, Elijah Thayer, Phinehas Cady, Noah Adams, Uriah Cady, John Allen, Phinehas Cleveland, Peter Adams, and Hannah Fasset.¹

Sources:

1. "Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9049/ : accessed 19 Dec 2022), John Allen (1776), case no. 112; from Pomfret District, Probate Packets, Allen, John-Ayer, 1752-1880, Connecticut State Library.

Sukey Bemis

Birth: 23 Jun 1792, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

Father: Joseph Bemis
Mother: Jemima Craig

Spouse: Joel Wilson
Intention: 20 Feb 1811, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

1. Winthrop Wilson, born 25 Aug 1816, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

Hattie M. Deane

Birth: calculated 17 Sep 1849, Oakham, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 3 Dec 2022), Harriet M. Sibley, Spencer deaths, vol 393, p. 554; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; Aged 38 years 7 months 9 days.

Death: 26 Apr 1888, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 3 Dec 2022), Harriet M. Sibley, Spencer deaths, vol 393, p. 554; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Burial: Pine Grove Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134911078/harriet-m-sibley: accessed 03 December 2022), gravestone for Harriet M. Sibley (d. 26 Apr 1888, aged 38 ys 7 ms 9 dys), Find a Grave Memorial ID 134911078, Pine Grove Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA, maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).

Spouse: George W. Sibley
Marriage: 10 Dec 1874, Oakham, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 3 Dec 2022), George W. Sibley - Hattie M. Deane, Oakham marriage, vol 454, p. 784; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Notes:

Hattie was 25, born in Oakham, daughter of Asa and Eliza Deane, per record of marriage to George.

Elizabeth Weld

Birth: 16 Dec 1757, Oxford, Worcester Co, MA

• Oxford Vital Records to 1850

Father: Daniel Weld
Mother: Joanna Haven

Esquire Weld

Birth: 14 Jan 1767, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

Father: Daniel Weld
Mother: Joanna Haven

Spouse: Sarah Allen
Marriage: 24 Mar 1793, Brooklyn, Windham Co, CT

• "Early Connecticut Marriages," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3719/ : accessed 7 Dec 2022), Esquire Weld - Sally Allen; from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, 7 books in 1 volume (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing, 1997), bk. 1, p. 43.

Notes:

On 11 June 1783 Esquire Weld nominated Edward Wheelock to be his guardian.¹

Sources:

1. Worcester County, Massachusetts, probate case 62822.

Joanna Weld

Birth: 14 Aug 1748, Oxford, Worcester Co, MA

• Oxford Vital Records to 1850

Death: 9 Jul 1835, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia Co, VT

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V897-F8X : accessed 20 Dec 2022), Joanna Thayer death; citing Vermont State Archives & Records Administration, Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier, Vermont; FHL film 27707.

Burial: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia Co, VT

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133452331/joanna-thayer: accessed 20 December 2022), gravestone photo for Joanna Thayer (d. 9 Jul 1835, aged 86), Find a Grave Memorial ID 133452331, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia Co, VT.

Father: Daniel Weld
Mother: Joanna Haven

Spouse: David Thayer
Marriage: 5 Feb 1767, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

1. Elijah Thayer, born 12 May 1767
2. David Thayer, born about 1772, MA
3. Elizabeth Thayer, born about 1778
4. William Thayer, born 10 Oct 1780
5. Nancy Thayer, born about 1786, MA
6. Lucinda Thayer, born 9 Apr 1788
7. Joanna Thayer, born about 1792
8. Chester Thayer, born
9. Fanny Thayer, born

Jonathan Weld

Birth: 27 Sep 1753, Oxford, Worcester Co, MA

• Oxford Vital Records to 1850

Father: Daniel Weld
Mother: Joanna Haven

Ansella D. Wilson

Birth: 24 Dec 1849, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• Spencer Vital Records to 1850; no first name given.
• Henry Mendell Tower, Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Mass, 4 vols (Spencer, Massachusetts: W. J. Heffernan-Spencer Leader Printers, 1901), vol. 1, p. 172; online at books.google.com, accessed 4 Dec 2022.

Father: Winthrop Wilson
Mother: Cornelia Lamb Wheelock

Notes:

In 1920 Ansella was living in Worcester with her brother Edgar and sister Adella, unmarried. She died 14 Oct 1924, per unsourced trees on Ancestry.com, 4 Dec 2022.

Joel Wilson

Spouse: Sukey Bemis
Intention: 20 Feb 1811, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

1. Winthrop Wilson, born 25 Aug 1816, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

Luella M. Wilson

Birth: 15 Aug 1852, probably Rutland, Worcester Co, MA

• Henry Mendell Tower, Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Mass, 4 vols (Spencer, Massachusetts: W. J. Heffernan-Spencer Leader Printers, 1901), vol. 1, p. 172; online at books.google.com, accessed 4 Dec 2022.
• Vital Records of Rutland, Massachusetts, to the end of the Year 1849; no first name; birth date is given as September 1852.

Death: 1934

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134411849/luella-maria-morse: accessed 04 December 2022), gravestone photo for Luella Maria Morse (1852–1934), Find a Grave Memorial ID 134411849, Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA, maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).

Burial: Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134411849/luella-maria-morse: accessed 04 December 2022), gravestone photo for Luella Maria Morse (1852–1934), Find a Grave Memorial ID 134411849, Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA, maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).

Father: Winthrop Wilson
Mother: Cornelia Lamb Wheelock

Spouse: Harlan Page Morse
Marriage: 20 Dec 1881, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 3 Dec 2022), Harlan P. Morse - Luella M. Wilson, Spencer marriages, vol 327, p. 331; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Marion Delos Wilson

Birth: 14 Jun 1846, Rutland, Worcester Co, MA

• Vital Records of Rutland, Massachusetts, to the end of the Year 1849

Death: 25 Sep 1849, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• Spencer Vital Records to 1850

Father: Winthrop Wilson
Mother: Cornelia Lamb Wheelock