The Biographical Dictionary of America/Allen, Samuel

ALLEN, Samuel, pioneer, was born in England in 1636. In 1691 he immigrated to America, where he bought a grant of land embracing about sixty miles, including the seacoast between Portsmouth and Dover, N.H., from the heirs of John Mason, who had been granted the land by the English crown. Mr. Allen, soon after his purchase, became involved with the original settlers respecting his titles. He was in litigation at the time of his death, and his sons, who inherited the property, carried on the suits until 1715, when the Allen family relinquished the claim. (See Belknap's "New Hampshire.") Mr. Allen died in Newcastle, N.H., May 15, 1805.