Edmond Allen

Abt 1690 - Bef 1768  (< 78 years)

• Name	Edmond Allen  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1690	Accomack Co, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Land bought	1736	tract A187, Chincoteague Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [2]
  	In 1736 Henry Custis and Scarburgh his wife sold their third of 250 acres to Edmund Allen and in 1751 they sold him the third belonging to Thomas, who had died without issue. The Robinson Custis third was not traced, but it is believed that Allen had acquired that also.
  Land cause	4 Jul 1738	Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  	Edmund Allen and Ann, his wife, formerly the wife of Thomas Custis, (dec.) vs. - Suit for dower. Thomas Custis, minor, son and heir at law of John Custis, dec., Gent., (who was the son & heir at law of the said Thomas Custis, dec. Petition for 1/3 part of 1750 acres of land and appurtenances lying at a place called Deep Creek, which was by the last will of the said Thomas Custis, dec., her former husband, given to his son, John Custis, Gent., dec., and by the last will and testament of the said John Custis given to his son, the said Thomas Custis, as the dower of the said Ann of the endowment of the aforesaid Thomas Custis, dec., her former husband - Peter Bowdoin gdn. of Thomas Custis, minor.
  Will - Brothers	23 Sep 1738	Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	He was shown as a brother Edmund Allen in the will of Stephen Allen, mother Margaret Bagwell.
  Will - Sisters	2 Oct 1744	Accomack Co, Virginia   [4]
  	He was shown as Edmund Allen in the will of Patience Custis, who named Allen and Bagwell siblings.
  Heir - named as	27 Feb 1751	Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	It was on this date that the will of Stephen Allen, mother Margaret Bagwell, was probated and Edmund Allen was named eldest brother & heir-at-law to the testator.
  Land bought	28 Nov 1753	tract A70, east of Tasley, Accomack Co, Virginia   [5, 6]
  	Henry & Sarah White sold 100 acres to Edmund Allen for £42.5 lying and being near the court house, near the line of Joseph Wimbrough, being a part of 100 acres and 125 acres conveyed by John Cole to the said Henry by indenture dated 28 Mar1739. Signed: Henry White & Sarah (her X mark) White. Witt: Levin Gale, Samuel Wilson & William Miskell.
  Land cause	27 May 1755	Accomack Co, Virginia   [7]
  	Edmund Allen and Anne, his wife, who was the wife of Henry Custis -- demand against John Custis, son & heir of Robinson Custis, Tabitha Scarburgh Custis & Margaret Custis, 1/3 of the three messuages, plantations &c. & 1333 acres of land in the parish of Accomack as the dower of the said Anne of the endowment of the aforesaid Henry Custis, lately her husband, whereof she hath nothing &c.
  Will	14 Oct 1767	Accomack Co, Virginia   [8, 9]
  	To daughter Margaret Allen whole estate both in Virginia & Maryland except the planta where I now live which I give to my wife Tabitha Allen during her widow Should my daughter die without issue during the life time of Stephen, Edmund or John Allen, children of my brother John Allen, then the estate left my daughter Margaret to be equally divided between them. Wife Exec. Witt: James Henry, James Berry, Major Gibbons. Whitelaw shows that Edmund Allen left all his lands (tract A103) to a daughter Margaret, who married Charles Stockley, and from them the titles passed to their daughter Elizabeth A. Stockley, who married Dr. Thompson Holmes.
  Death	Bef 26 Jan 1768	Accomack Co, Virginia   [8]
  	It was on this date that his will was probated.
  Land cause	28 Jun 1786	tract A187, Chincoteague Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [10]
  	In the case of Margaret Allen, Inf't. daughter & Devisee of Edmund Allen, dec. vs. Henry Custis, Sr., heir of Robinson Custis, dec'd it was shown that the said Margaret and Henry together and undivided hold 735 acres of land and Marsh lying on Jingoteague Island & Wild Cat Marshes aforesaid, and that there is due to the said Margaret 2/3 thereof and to the said Henry the other 1/3 thereof &c.
  Record ID	57891
  Person ID	I57891	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Edmund Allen,   b. 1654, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 2 Oct 1711, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 57 years)
  Mother	Margaret Drummond,   b. Abt 1670, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 27 Feb 1750/51, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 81 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1690  [11]
  Family ID	F4732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann (50) Kendall,   b. Abt 1693, Northampton Co, Virginia d. 18 May 1760, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1735  [12]
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F45919	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Tabitha (141) Bayly,   b. Abt 1728, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 26 Oct 1773, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 45 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1762  [8, 13]
  Children	+ 1. Margaret Allen,   b. Abt 1766, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023
  Family ID	F24217	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 160 (will of Stephen Allen, mother Margaret Bagwell), 570. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1380 (tract A187), 572. [S571] Nottingham, Acc Land Causes, 1728-1825, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 4 (Edmund Allen &c vs Thomas Custis &c), 571. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 142 (will of Patience Custis naming Allen and Bagwell siblings), 570. [S1025] Leslie & Neil Keddie, Accomack Co, VA, Deeds, 1750-1754, (Salisbury, MD: Family Tree Bookshop, 2007), p. 56 (Henry White & Sarah to Edmond Allen), 1025. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 903 (tract A70), 572. [S571] Nottingham, Acc Land Causes, 1728-1825, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 15 (Edmund Allen vs. John Custis), 571. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 239 (will of Edmund Allen, wife Tabitha), 570. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1087 (tract A103), 572. [S571] Nottingham, Acc Land Causes, 1728-1825, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 25 (Margaret Allen of Edmund vs. Henry Custis of Robinson), 571. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 53 (adm of Edmond Allen to widow Margaret), 570. [S888] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 2, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005), p. 584 (Mason Family), 888. [S2652] Nora Miller Turman, Turman, John Benjamin Burton, (Accomac: Self Published Photocopy in the Eastern Shore Public Library), 2652.