The Allen Family from Scotland to Casey County

The Allen Family from Scotland to Casey County

The Allen branch of the family originated in Scotland and spelt the name Allan.  Henry Allan is the most distant relative of this branch that I could find.  Henry and his wife, Christina Knox were from Glasgow.  Henry was born in 1626 and Christina was born in 1629.  They had four children: James Robert, Issobell, Heneie, and Thomas.  Our branch is descended from James Robert Alan.

James Robert moved from Scotland to Ireland.  His son Robert Allen was born in Atrim, Ireland in 1701.  Robert married Sarah Cathey.  Later he came to America and had seven children, my line is decended from Benjamin, born in 1745.

Benjamin married Margaret Green Wohoab and they had ten children.  Benjamin was awarded 1000 acres of land in Casey County, Kentucky for raising and commanding a unit of the Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War.  He sat on a jury of a trial involving Daniel Boone in 1788 and appeared on the first censes in what is now Casey County in 1780. He was the first Allen to be buried in the Allen Cemetery, in Casey County, KY.  He died in 1826.

 I will post more on Benjamin and his decedents, my ancestors, later.