Rev. Henry Allen

???? - 1829

Previous owner (non-claimant)

Biography

Owner of 1/3 of Valley estate in Barbados which, before his marriage, he had assigned to his father-in-law William Archer and Ralph Allen Daniell (both q.v.) as trustees, who were awarded the compensation. Son and co-heir of James Mapp Allen and brother of Frances F. Jones and Mary J. Roberts (each of whom q.v.), owners of the other 2/3. An HEIC clergyman, chaplain at Cuddalore, where he died in 1829.

  1. Henry Allen, son of James of Lymington Hampshire matriculated Trinity College Oxford 29/06/1815 aged 18, BA 1822.

  2. 'Henry Allen was born in 1797, being the son of James Allen of Lymington in Hampshire. He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, 1815 ; graduated B.A. 1822 ; appointed a Chaplain 1823. On arrival at Madras he was gazetted to Cuddalore. [Rev. D.] Rosen was then in charge of the old S.P.C.K. Mission. Both used the mission Church for their religious purposes, and Allen showed the best possible spirit towards Rosen and his missionary work. Allen died at Cuddalore in January 1829, much regretted by the European and the native Christian community. A tablet was put up to his memory in the old mission Church. He left a widow, who married Mr. F. A. West of the Madras Civil Service in 1831.'


Sources

T71/898 Barbados claim no. 3619 (Valley).

  1. Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni 1500-1886 [database online]

  2. Frank Penny, The church in Madras : being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the presidency of Madras Vol. Ii (1912) pp. 374-5.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Anne Augustine Archer
Occupation
Clergyman
Religion
Church of England

Associated Claims (1)

£3,250 16s 0d
Other association

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner

Allen deceased by the time of the 1832 Barbados Slave Register.


Legacies Summary

Imperial (1)

East India Company
Other  
notes →
Chaplain at Cuddalore, Madras. Allen died at Cuddalore in January 1829, 'much regretted by the European and the native Christian community. A tablet was put up to his memory in the old mission...
sources →
Frank Penny, The church in Madras : being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the presidency of Madras Vol. Ii (1912) pp....

Relationships (5)

Brother → Sister
Brother → Sister
Son → Father
Son-in-law → Father-in-law
Notes →
William Archer was assigned 1/3rd of Mapps or Valley estate in Barbados as one of the trustees of the settlement on Rev. Henry Allen's marriage to Anne Augustine Archer...
Beneficiary of Trust → Trustee
Notes →
Ralph Allen Daniell was assigned a 1/3rd interest in the Valley (Mapps) estate as one of the trustees of the marriage settlement of Rev. Henry Allen in 1824....