Mary Elizabeth Allen

1796 - 1878

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Daughter of Robert Allen of Lymington (died c. 1833) and Mary Gibbes Allen, and sister of Eliza Susannah, Charlotte, Henrietta Louisa, Rev. Robert and Henry Allen (each of which q.v.), and possibly aunt of the Henry George Acklom [sic] Allen, identified in the claim.

  1. Will of Robert Allen of Lymington proved 29/08/1833. Mary Gibbes Allen is identified as Robert Allen's wife in a dispute with the 3rd Earl of Egremont and the Smith family over property in Barbados in 1803-1807.

  2. The death of a Mary E. Allen was registered at Lymington Q3 1878 aged 82; in 1871 Mary E. Allen aged 74 was a lodger in Lymington (and also was shown as born there).


Sources

T71/897 Barbados claim no. 2954B (Mapps estate).

  1. PROB 11/1819. West Sussex Record Office: Petworth House Archives, PHA/8005-8016 and PHA/10597-10599.

  2. FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online]. 1871 census online.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Associated Claims (1)

£1,259 6s 11d
Awardee

Relationships (7)

Sisters
Sisters
Sisters
Sister → Brother
Sister → Brother
Daughter → Mother
Daughter → Father

Addresses (1)

Lymington, Hampshire, Wessex, England