Sunday, June 22, 2008

Adoniram Allen's GGGrandmother, Mayflower Passenger

21June2008 is a good day to post Adoniram Allen's great-grandmother was Susan White, who came to Plymouth with her husband, William White and son, Resolved White. She gave birth to a son, named Peregrine White, on board the Mayflower, in November while the settlers were waiting for houses to be built. Resolved White had several children, including a daughter named Anna. Anna White married a man whose last name was Hayward. They had one daughter (that I have been able to look up online) named Sarah Hayward. Sarah married David Allen and David Allen is Adoniram's father. URLs:

Mayflower passenger list:
http://members.aol.com/calebj/passengers2.html

By searching on "Adoniram Allen 1734" on Google, you will come to www.23andme.com which shows the lineage from Adoniram to David Allen,Jr. his father, then David Richard Allen, Sr., who traces back to an Edward or Edmond Allen, Tutbury Castle, England, 1636. Follow Sarah Hayward, David Sr.'s wife, and you trace back to Anna White, Resolved White's daughter. Here is the best URL:

http://www.gencircles.com/users/debbieferguson/2/data/101215

Adoniram born in 1734 was named for his uncle Adoniram, born 1714/1715. Notice Adoniram died young, most likely, which makes it easier to see why Adoniram was named for him.