History and Stories from the Allen/Friesen/Bond Families

by Ruth Alice Allen Carothers

(launched January 2025 and definitely still a work in progress)

THE ALLEN FAMILY

LINEAGE AND STORIES

MY FATHER

MY PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS

MY PATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS

Two letters that my second great grandmother “Kitty” Spence Pitts wrote, one in 1828 and one in 1848, have been transcribed and passed down in our family. The following is a link to the fascinating and exciting discoveries I made which began as research into who the people were that “Kitty” mentioned in those letters and ended up also including a great deal of family history revolving around the life of Kitty’s daughter, my great grandmother Ellen Nancy Pitts Allen, including pre-Civil War history and the murder of her cousin in 1867. A Convoluted Saga from the Pitts Side.

MY PATERNAL SECOND GREAT GRANDPARENTS

  • Robert Buxton Allen (1808-1875) and Louisa Jane Chambers (1818-1897)
  • George Richardson Pitts (1800-Abt 1846) and Catherine “Kitty” Spence (1801 – Bef. 1860)
  • Edward Smith (1847-?) and Sarah Ann Hawkins (1849-?)
  • Frederich Otto Winkler (1827-1893) and Johannette Juia Gebomen Weiss (1846-1934)

MY PATERNAL THIRD GREAT GRANDPARENTS

  • Pines Allen (1784-1846) and Charlotte Bailey (1782-1820)
  • Alexander T. Chambers (Abt. 1787-1874) and Ruth Castlio (1797-1853)
  • Thomas Pitts (1771-1841) and Ann Richardson (1771-1837)
  • Thomas Spence (1751-1821) and Catherine “Caty” Sanford (1763-?)
  • John Smith (1826-1898) and Ann Maria Nash (1826-1893)
  • James Hawkins (Abt. 1820-?) and Ann Thickbroom (?-?)
  • Wilhelm Ernst Winkler (Abt. 1800-?) and Anna Cathrina Muth (1797-?)
  • Heinrich Weiss (1801-1880) and Juliane Catharine Keck (Abt. 1814-?)

MY PATERNAL FOURTH GREAT GRANDPARENTS

  • William Allen (1724-1789) and Sarah Ann Smith (1756-1836)
  • Parks Bailey (1763-1833) and Mary Cabaniss (1769-1819)
  • John W. Chambers (1739-1841) and Mary Elizabeth Thompson (1750-1800)
  • John Castlio (1760-1830) and Eleanor Harrison (1760-1811)
  • Thomas Pitts (1732-1806) and Mary G. Fisher (1735-1815)
  • John Richardson (1750-1787) and Sarah (Lambeth?/Blackwell?)
  • Edward Sanford (1714-1786) and Catherine Pope (1720-1787)
  • William Smith (Abt 1798-?) and Ann (?) (Abt. 1800-Bef. 1851)
  • Richard Nash (??)
  • Thomas Thickbroom (1781-?) and Elizabeth Fleetwood (1781-1852)
  • Christian Gottlob Jacob Winkler (Abt. 1777-1806) and Eleonore Henrietta Warlich (?-?)
  • Johannes Muth (?-?) and Anna Catrine Dierlam (?-?)
  • Heinrich Weiss (?-?) and Elisabetha Wagner (?-?)
  • Hermann Phillipp Keck (?-?) and Anna Maria Mueller (?-?)

MY PATERNAL FIFTH GREAT GRANDPARENTS

  • David Allen (Abt. 1701-Bef. 1740)
  • Henry (Harry) Smith (Abt. 1720-Aft. 1790) and Tabitha Churchill (Abt. 1723-Bef. 1790)
  • Samuel Bailey (1720-1781) and Augusta Parks (Abt. 1724-1780)
  • Charles Cabaniss (1738-Abt. 1816) and Ann (Abt. 1745-Aft. 1820)
  • David Pitts (Abt. 1698-Bef. 1783) and Jane Cruikshank(?) (Abt. 1705-1774)
  • Benjamin Fisher (Abt. 1709-1745) and Margaret Sale (Abt. 1711-Abt. 1741)
  • Richard Sanford (1672-1759) and Susannah Franklin (Abt. 1680-Aft. 1759)
  • Lawrence Pope (Abt. 1669-Abt. 1723) and Jemima Waddy (Abt. 1676-1759)
  • Moses Thickbroom (Abt. 1733-Abt. 1824) and Mary Knight (Abt. 1735-?)

MY PATERNAL SIXTH GREAT GRANDPARENTS

  • Reynold Allen (Abt. 1660 – Abt. 1710)
  • Samuel Bailey (1691-?) and Sarah Lewis
  • David Parks
  • Matthew Cabaniss (1710-Bef. 1790) and Hannah Clay (1716-1790)
  • John Pitts (Bef. 1670-Bef. 1730) and Elizabeth (Abt. 1678-Aft. 1730)
  • Benjamin Fisher (1676-1716) and Elizabeth Boughan (Abt. 1684-1717)
  • Cornelius Sale (Abt. 1683-1746) and Mary Samuel (?-Aft. 1746)
  • Robert Sanford (1642-1700) and Anne Smith (1645-1708)
  • Edward Franklin (1635-1694) and Mary (1640-Bef. 1721)
  • Humphrey Pope (Abt. 1630-1684) and Elizabeth Hawkins (1635-1718)
  • Thomas Waddy (1654-1689) and Anne Hull (Abt. 1656-Bef. 1689)
  • Richard Thickbroom (Abt. 1703-?) and Ann (Abt. 1708-?)

MY PATERNAL SEVENTH GREAT GRANDPARENTS

  • William Allen (Abt. 1625-Abt. 1685) and Sarah
  • Samuell Bayly (1651-1710) and Ann (?)
  • Henri Hubert Cabanis (1670-1720) and Mary Harrison (1685-1729)
  • Thomas Clay (Abt. 1691-?)
  • Jonathan Fisher (Abt. 1646-Abt. 1720) and Rebecca (?-Aft. 1720)
  • James Boughan (Abt. 1650-Abt. 1711) and Mary Edmondson (Abt. 1655-Bef. 1711)
  • William Sale (1638-1704)
  • Anthony Samuel (?-Abt. 1729)
  • Robert Sanford (Abt. 1620-?) and Martha
  • Isaack Smith (Abt. 1615-?) and Margaret (Abt. 1620-?)
  • Richard Hawkins (1605-1665) and Grace Cutland (1615-1636)
  • John Waddy (1618-1686)
  • Augustine Hull (Abt. 1624-Aft. 1665) and Anne Sturman (Abt. 1624-1761)

MY PATERNAL EIGHTH GREAT GRANDPARENTS

  • Benjamin Harrison and Hannah Churchill
  • Richard Hawkins (1586-1622) and Judith Hele (1568-1629)
  • John Cutland (1590-1655)

MY PATERNAL NINTH GREAT GRANDPARENTS

  • John Hawkins (1532-1595) and Katherine Elizabeth Gonson (Abt. 1534-1591)

MY PATERNAL TENTH GREAT GRANDPARENTS

  • William Hawkins (1495-1554) and Joan Trelawny (1508-1589)
  • Benjamin Gonson and Ursula Hussey

MY PATERNAL ELEVENTH GREAT GRANDPARENTS

  • John Hawkins (?-Bef. 1490) and Joan Amados
  • William Trelawny (1476-1513)
  • William Gonson (?-1544)
  • Benedicta Water (?-1545)
  • Anthony Hussey

MY PATERNAL TWELFTH GREAT GRANDPARENTS

  • Christopher Ganson (?-1498) and Elizabeth Trussell (?-1498)
  • William Amados

MY PATERNAL THIRTEENTH GREAT GRANDPARENTS

  • Roger Trussell