Mary Eleanor Allen

1770 - Aft 1823  (~ 58 years)

• Name	Mary Eleanor Allen  [1]
  	She's identified in husband Ezekiel's will. Maiden name has been suggested to be Allen or Gray. My research leads me to believe it was Allen and that her mother's maiden name was Gray.
  Born	Between 1766 and 1770	Durham Parish, Charles, MD   [1]
  	1810 census: between 25 and 44 years; 1820 census: over 45. Per headstone information, Lucinda was born in 1789. James' year of birth estimated to be 1787. [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Address	Aft 1792 Bef 1795	, , VA
  	The family moved to Virginia, likely Stafford County, about this time based on when and where their children were born.
  Census	6 Aug 1810	Falmouth, Stafford, VA   [2]
  	4 males under 10 (Ezekiel, Asa, John, Joseph) 1 male 16-25 (James) 1 male 45 and over (self) 1 female under 10 (Amelia) 1 female 10-15 (Catherine) 4 females 16-25 (Lucinda, Precious, Mary, ?) 1 female 26-44 (wife Mary) 13 household members
  Died	Aft 1823	, , VA
  	She survived her husband.
  Person ID	I4354	Allison | Allison
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	William Allen,   b. Bef 1726, Durham Parish, Charles, MD ,   d. Bef 20 Jan 1793, , Prince William, VA  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Gray,   b. Bef 1744, , Charles, MD ,   d. Aft 1766  (Age ~ 23 years)
  Married	, Charles, MD   [1]
  Notes	Children listed in order of appearance in William's will. Estimate of birth order only.
  Family ID	F1669	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ezekiel L Skinner, Sr,   b. Bef 1765, Durham Parish, Charles, MD ,   d. Bef 26 May 1823, , Stafford, VA  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Children	+ 1. James A Skinner,   b. Abt 1787, , , MD ,   d. 30 Oct 1814, , , GA  (Age ~ 27 years) + 2. Lucinda Skinner,   b. Abt 1792, , , MD ,   d. 3 Dec 1873, , Blackford, IN  (Age ~ 81 years)   3. Precious Skinner,   b. Between 1790 and 1796,   d. Aft 1819  (Age ~ 30 years) + 4. Mary Eleanor Gray Skinner,   b. Abt 1796, , , VA ,   d. Bef 1870  (Age ~ 73 years) + 5. Catherine Skinner,   b. Abt 1798, , , VA ,   d. 1856, , Licking, OH  (Age ~ 58 years) + 6. Ezekiel Ludwell Skinner, Jr,   b. 12 May 1800, , , VA ,   d. 29 Nov 1860, , Licking, OH  (Age 60 years) + 7. Asa William Gray Skinner, Sr.,   b. 12 Mar 1802, , , VA ,   d. 9 Mar 1875, Hanover Twp, Licking, OH  (Age 72 years) + 8. John Thomas Ludwell Skinner,   b. 1804, , , VA ,   d. 29 Jun 1862, , Licking, OH  (Age 58 years)   9. Joseph/Josias Skinner,   b. 13 Apr 1807, , , VA ,   d. 21 Nov 1873, , Blackford, IN  (Age 66 years) + 10. Amelia Skinner,   b. Abt 1809, , , VA
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F1179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Ezekiel Ludwell Skinner, Sr, will and testament Fauquier County, Virginia Will Book 8, pg 318 and 319
  		William Allen Charles County, Maryland Will Book AF-11 Pgs 137 & 138 "I give and bequeath to my loving Daughter Precius Allen... to my grandson Richard Allen, son of Zachariah Allen... to my granddaughter Catharine Munkister dau of Charles Munkister and Virlender Munkister... to my son Samuel Allen... to my beloved children Rhody Allen, Zachariah Allen, James Allen, William Allen, Levi Allen, (illegible) Allen, Judah Allen and Mary Eleanor Allen..."

  
  

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• Sources

  [S370] Early Colonial Settlers, Southern MD and VA's Northern Neck Counties, Mike Marshall, (Mike Marshall). [S186] 1810 United States Federal Census , National Archives and Records Administration, (United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Third Census of the United States, 1820. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1810 ). [S110] 1820 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1820). [S5] Find A Grave.