Notes for Samuel Russell Allen This is request number 7 of 12 allowed for this hour. GenServ Report Output: vitals 23 Aug 1997 Samuel ALLEN (316), born 15 Apr 1773, Manchester, Bennington, VT, died 27 Feb 1864, Madrid, St.Lawrence, NY, son of Jonathan Har- sham ALLEN (606) and Margaret HOFFCUT (610). SOURCE NOTES: !Our County and its People: A Memorial Record of St. Lawrence County New York. Ed. Gates Curtis. Syracuse N.Y, D. Mason & Company, Publishers, 1894. He settled at Chateaugay, NY, cleared a farm; later moved to Waddington on Banks of St. Lawrence being one of the first 3 settlers (p234). (p322) Samuel Allen was the first to commence a settlement on the banks of the St. Lawrence river in Lisbon. He with his family and others came from Ver- mont. Allen settled just below the Galloup rapids, in February, 1797, but sold out in 1802 and went to Madrid. Also in History of St. Lawrence County N.Y. by Durant page 287: "Waddington is an old settlement--the first white family living in a hut every mem- ber dressed in deerskin were found by Samuel Allen in 1797---they disappeared shortly after this. Mr. Allen was the next settler (the 14th Nov. No land was sold until 1798. The title of Waddington with the exception of islands in the survey--the town- ship of Madrid which had been laid out and the patients by (patents?) the state several years before. NAME: Middle name may not be Russell - that could be from town in write up in "Our County..." BIRTH: Our County (Curtis) said Wilsborough, Vt. This could be Willsboro, NY.in 1770; (or perhaps Wardsboro, VT or Willsburgh Town, Clinton Co, NY) Birth year 1774 in 1860 cen- sus. M.Boyd has b. Manchester, VT !CENSUS: 1860 Census of Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., NY has a Samuel Allen, age 86, b. Vt living with Richard and Cordelia Storks(?) which is 6 houses away from Noble S. Allen, age 40. CENSUS 1850: Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., NY. Samuel 76 with Esther 58, Cordelia, 24, Nathaniel 24, Samuel 18, Lucy Cody 12, George R. 55, Susan, 48, Lydia L, 16, Erwin Haut 5. CENSUS 1840 don't have CENSUS: 1830, Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., NY. Samuel was age 50-60, 1 m 10-15, females, 1 age 50-60, 1 20-30, 1 15-20, 1 10-15, 1 5-10, 1 under 5. !Census 1820, Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., NY, age 26-45, 1Msfmcd@exis.net] street_1: [4302 Chesaapeake Ave] street_2: [] city: [Hampton] state: [VA] zip: [23669] country: [USA] telephone: [804-723-5612] remarks: [] =========================================================================