Winifred (Unknown) Allen (abt. 1614 - bef. 1676)

Winifred (Unknown) Allen migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Winifred (___/?Longman) (Crawford) (Wolcott) Allen's parents and origins are unknown. Her first husband was likely John Craford/Crawford who was of Watertown, Massachusetts by 1634. Their marriage is also estimated to be by this date as their daughter Rebecca was born about this time. ^{[1] [2]}

There is a marriage record of a John Craford and Winifred Longman, recorded at St. Vedast, London, England on February 2, 1629/30, but is unconfirmed that this is the correct family. ^[1]

Mr. Crawford drowned on 12 August 1634, after setting out in a small boat with his brother and his servant on the Charles River. The boat overturned and all three men drowned. ^{[1] [3]}

Winifred married second, by 1637, John Wolcott at Watertown, likely as his third wife. ^[1] Her husband John was baptized at Axbridge, Somerset, England on 13 May 1599. ^[2]

Her husband John Wolcott died by 5 June 1638, when widow Wolcott was ordered to provide an inventory of his estate. ^[2]

Her husband John Wolcott died owning debts of close to L 1000 to Edward White, merchant of London, and widow Winifred sold many parcels to alleviate that debt, and further deeded other lands to Edward White, along with her third husband Thomas Allen. ^[2]

She married third, Thomas Allen by 10 November 1642. ^{[1] [2]}

Thomas died at Barnstable, Massachusetts in 1680. ^[4]

In Thomas' last Will, written 18 February 1675/6, and proved on 5 March 1679/80, he left bequests to his children and Winifred's daughters: ^{[2] [5]}

• son Samuel ^[5]
• Samuel's eldest son Thomas ^[5]
• son John ^[5]
• daughter Mehitable ^[5]
• to daughter in law Sarah, William Clark's wife - 40s ^{[2] [5]}
• daughter Martha, Benjamin's wife - 40s ^{[2] [5]}
• daughter-in-law Rebecca, Samuel Spragues wife - 40s ^{[2] [5]}
• son-in-law Samuel Annible was named one of the executors ^[5]

Children

by Mr. Crawford

1. Rebecca born about 1634; died at Reading, Massachusetts on 18 July 1710; married first, Samuel Sprague at Boston on 23 August 1655; married second, John Brown of Malden on 24 June 1697. ^[1]

by John Wolcott

1. Martha born about 1636; married Benjamin ___. ^[2]
2. Sarah born about 1638; married William Clark at Plymouth on 1 March 1659/60. ^[2]

by Thomas Allen

1. Samuel, son of Thomas Allen, baptized on 18 February 1643; ^{[6] [5]}married Hannah Walley on 10 May 1664. ^[7]
2. John, son of Thomas Allen, baptized on 27 September 1646 ^{[6] [5]}; married Mary Howland in 1673. ^[7]
3. Mehitable, daughter of Thomas Allyn, baptized on 26 November 1648. ^{[6] [5]}; married first Samuel Annable; married second Cornelius Briggs. ^[4]

Timeline

• 1634: Of Watertown, Massachusetts, wife/widow of Mr. Crawford. ^{[1] [2]}
• 1637: June 26: Winifred Wolcott was granted 3 acres in the remote meadow at Watertown. ^[2]
• 1638: April 9: Winifred Wolcott was granted 6 acres at the town plot. ^[2]
• 1638: June 30: Mrs. Wolcott was ordered by the court to provide inventory of her husband's estate to be examined by court deputies, to determine the items of her husband's and the children's leavings. Mr. Edward White, merchant of London had claims due from John Wolcott of New England. ^[2]
• 1640: June 1: Theophilus Eaton corresponded with John Winthrop Sr., indicating that his brother Nathaniel Eaton had received several sums from Mrs. Wolcott for Mr. White. ^[2]
• 1640: December 1: The order to the court deputies was renewed to examine the estate and accounts of Mrs. Wolcott and Mr. White. ^[2]
• 1641: May 31: Winifred Wolcott of Watertown, deeded several parcels including the dwelling house, barns, stables, garden and other plots of land, meadow and pasture to Edward White for the value of L388, relating to John Wolcott's debts owed to White. ^[2]
• 1641: July: Winifred Wolcott by 'virtue of a court order', granted a house, garden and lots of 6, 30 and 4 1/2 acres valued at L 88 towards the debt of L 873 7d owed Mr. White from her late husband John Wolcott. ^[2]
• 1642: May 10: Winifred Wolcott was granted a farm of 183 acres at Watertown. ^{[1] [2]}
• 1642: November 10: Deeded by Thomas Allen and Winifred his wife, fo Barnstable, houses, lands and estates in Watertown to Edward White of London. ^[2]
• 1655: June 25: Thomas and Winifred Allen of Barnstable sold land, meadow and marsh to Samuel Stratton of Watertown. ^[2]
• 1693/4: January 30: Samuel Sprague Sr., with the consent of his wife Rebecca and other Sprague family members sold about 150 acres of the farm granted to Winifred Wolcott at Watertown, to Joshua Biglo. ^[1]

Research Notes

• Origin and birth unknown. Birth estimated at 1614 based on marriage by 1634]
• A marriage recorded between John Crawford and Winifred Longman 1629/30 in London has not been confirmed to be the correct couple, although is a possibility]
• Cannot find any reference to date of death. She is not mentioned in the abstract's of Thomas Allen's last Will written in February 1675/6, although her children are and in 1693/4, daughter Rebecca Sprague and husband Samuel Sprague sold Winifred's Watertown lands]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Anderson, Robert C., George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. (___) Crawford in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001, p. 230-231 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB115/i/7373/230/235158722
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21} Anderson, Robert C. John Wolcott in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2011, p. 531-542 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB496/i/13260/531/24793265
3. ↑ Anderson, Robert C. Early Massachusetts Probate in: Great Migration Newsletter, 5 (1994):25-26 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1567/i/21168/25/45663757
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Freeman, Frederick. The History of Cape Cod: Annals of the Thirteen Towns of Barnstable County, v. 2, W. H. Piper & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, 1869, p, 274
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11} Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and Other Contemporaneous Documents, Boston, Massachusetts, 1900, p. 15. Reprint:Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1965
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} "Barnstable, Massachusetts: Church Records, 1639-1892, p. 88, 90. " Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.)
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Barnstable,1:3 in Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).

• Watertown Records: Comprising the First and Second Books of Town Proceedings, with the Lands, Grants and Possessions, Also the Proprietors' Book, and the First Book and Supplement of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Volume 1, Press of F.G. Barker, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1894
• THE WOLCOTT FAMILY OF SOMERSET, ENGLAND http://www.wolcottfamily.com/somerset.html
• Wolcott Immigrants and Their Early Descendants (The First Six Generations) : Published by The Society of the Descendants of Henry Wolcott, 2002
• U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 - Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.

Acknowledgement

Crawford-6306 was created by Trevor Bruso through the import of BRUSO-12-110b61(4).ged on March 18, 2014.