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he was full of christian love, while he made such a bold stand against the errors of the times. He died 1671, etat. 75, having been at Dedham 24 years.

Dr. Mather calls him a diligent student and good scholar. It is evident that he had good abilities for a polemical divine from his Defence of the nine proposition which were so many points of church discipline. In this work he was assisted by Mr. Shepherd of Cambridge.*

In the synod of 1662, Mr. Allen made a very conspicuous figure, and he wrote in defence of it against the celebrated president Chauncy. Besides these controversial pieces he printed a few discourses which are not now to be met with. His friends also, published the two last discourses he ever preached, one from Canticles, viii. 5, and the other from John, xiv. 22. From their account we must think his epitaph just.

JOHANNES ALLEN,

Vir sincerus, amans pacis; patiensq; laboris

Perspicuus, simplex, doctrinæ purus amator,

ALLEN JAMES, one of the silenced ministers who left England after the act of Uniformity, 1662. He came to Boston, and was invited to preach at the first church, as an assistant to Mr. Davenport. Having continued with them six years he was ordained their teacher, Dec. 9, 1668. He lived in the style of a gentleman, built a stone house which is now occupied by his great grandson, the sheriff of Suffolk, and which is probably the oldest house in the town, It is said "that he had a farm of forty acres in Boston." He had certainly a very handsome estate, and was kind and hospitable. He was very strongly attached to the order of the churches, as defended by

In the history of Cambridge (Hist. Coll. 7th vol.) we find among the works of Mr. Shepherd, a discourse to clear up the old way of Christ, in the churches of New-England. Mr. Cotton speaks with respect of these divines. Shephardus cum Allinio fratre (fratrum dulce par) uti eximia pietate, et conditione non mediocri, atque etiam mysteriorum pietatis predicatione, &c. Preface to Norton's sermon.

Dr. Increase Mather, his particular friend, and opposed those attempts to introduce innovations which were made in more than one instance during his ministry. He died Sept. 22, 1710, in the 78th year of his age.

His posterity have been respectable in Massachusetts. His eldest son James received a liberal education, and Jeremiah his second son, was treasurer of the province. They both filled several offices, with ability and reputation. Calamy's Account of ejected ministers. Private information.

ALLEN JAMES, the grandson of the Rev. Mr. Allen, was elected a member of the house of representatives for Boston, 1739. At this time a pointed opposition was made to the administration of gov. Belcher, and the town of Boston took the lead in it so as to change their representation.†

Mr. Allen continued in opposition to the government while Shirley was in the chair, and was once expelled the house for his freedom of speech. The town immediately rechose him. The house refused him his seat. The altercation lasted till the May succeeding, when another house of representatives was appointed, among whom Mr. Allen's name is enrolled, and to which no objection could be made. He continued a member of the general court till he died, 1755. Independent Advertiser, 1749.

ALLEN JOHN, one of the early graduates of Harvard College, having received the honours of that

The printed works of Mr. Allen are, "Man's reflection, a means to further his recovery of his apostacy from God." 12mo. 2d-The substance of a number of sermons upon the health of the soul. Small quarto. The election sermon, 1679.

†The representatives from Boston, 1738, were Elisha Cooke, esq. Oxenbridge Thacher, esq. Timothy Prout and Thomas Cushing, jun. In 1739, Mr. Thacher and Mr. Prout were left out, because they were Belcher's friends and adhered to his measures-Mr. Allen and Mr. Kilby, who were his most violent opposers, men of zeal in whatever they undertook, were elected in their places. Mr. Bromfield who was likewise on the popular side was a third in the new choice-Mr. Cooke had died previous to the election.

infant seminary in 1643. He was settled in the ministry at Great Yarmouth, in Old England, as a colleague with Mr. John Brinsley; and was silenc ed by the act of Uniformity, 1662. He afterwards took a house at Goulstone and often preached. He preferred this place because it was out of the jurisdiction of the bishop of Norwich, who was an enemy to Independents. He died, A. D. 1675, after passing the 50th year of his age. Calamy's contin- ~ uation, page 67.

ALLEN JAMES, first minister of the church in Brookline was a native of Roxbury. He was graduated at Harvard College, 1710; was ordained 1718, and died 1747, in the 56th year of his age, and 29th of his ministry. "He was a pious and judicious divine." He was one of the ministers who encouraged the revival of religion in 1743, but afterwards, like many other zealous brethren, expressed his disappointment concerning its general effect upon the churches, and on the morals of individuals. He lived and died as a christian, and his publications do equal honour to his head and heart.* Pierce's Cent. sermon.

ALLEN ETHAN, was a man born for troublesome times. In a tranquil state of society, and in rural walks he might only have been distinguished for his great bodily strength, or rude, boisterous behaviour. But opportunities were not wanting to display the peculiar genius of the man and his local situation made him a warrior before he was called to fight the battles of his country. The lands granted by the province of New Hampshire to certain settlers, were claimed by the state of New York. If the people who held the lands had made this acknowledgment, they must have purchased what

• He printed seven sermons.-1. Thanksgiving sermon, Nov. 1722.-2. Upon the government of the world by a wise providence, 1727.-3. The doctrine of merit exploded, 1727.4. Upon the great earthquake, 1727.-5. A sermon to young men, 1731. A funeral sermon upon the death of Mr. Aspinwall,1733-7, The election sermon, 1744.

they considered as their own. They disputed the title, and defended themselves by arms. Allen was their leader, and he was declared an outlaw. As soon as hostilities commenced between Great Britain and her colonies, these hardy soldiers of the wilderness, engaged fiercely in the cause of America, and marched directly to Ticonderoga and Crown Point, which places were garrisoned by British troops. These garrisons were surprised and taken May 10th, the former by Allen, and the other by col. Seth Warner, one of the boldest of these mountaneers, who from this time took the name of the Green mountain boys.

After this, col, Allen passed the lake with the troops that gen. Montgomery commanded, and was sent to the Canadians to give them information and gain their influence, in which he met with some success. This was during the summer months. He went a second time in November. But attempting to take Montreal, he with his whole party of Canadians, were taken prisoners. He says, that Brown first proposed this, but did not assist him according to his promise. It was thought an imprudent action, and col. Allen, whose fame had been trumpeted through the provinces, was now called a "high flying genius" fearless as a man, but without prudence for a superior officer. His courage did not forsake him when he was taken, but he acted and spake like one conscious of doing well, and deserving applause. He was put in irons and sent over the Atlantick, was in prison in England, and aboard a vessel, in Halifax and New York, and in 1771 exchanged for col. Archibald Campbell, who had been taken with a battalion of Highlanders in Boston bay in the summer of 1776. He published a book the next year, which is styled "his narrative" which makes him a hero in suffering as well

as action.

We hear but little of him during the last year of the war, the historian not finding so many instances

of his prowess as are related in the narrative.-He might perhaps expect a separate command, which some officers had who were inferior to him in the date of their commisions, or had not been so early in the field. He appeared after his exchange to have been more of a politician than a warrior; and entered fully into all the debates about making the green mountains a separate state; and amused his mind at the same time with theological enquiries. With these, the publick were favoured. He print. ed a book called the Oracles of Reason in which he thought he had said enough to discard all revelation. But he was not fortunate enough to convince others that religion was a fable; or that he was able to manage a controversy in which men of much greater ingenuity had failed. The book was equally bad in argument and style; it was wretchedly printed, very little read, and is now wholly forgot

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ALLEN EBENEZER, also a green mountain boy, was one of the first soldiers of the revolution. He was in the party that went against Ticonderoga. With forty men he went upon the hill Defiance, and carried the fortress without loss of a man. He also distinguished himself in the battle of Bennington; taking advantage of a breastwork of rocks, he contended with the front of the enemy, till he caused a temporary retreat. He was among those who exerted themselves in making Vermont a separate state, and lived to see not only the wilderness subdued, where he first ploughed the ground, but the places filled with inhabitants.-The account of his death is mentioned in the newspapers of the year 1805.

ALLERTON JOHN, one of the number who arrived at Plymouth, 1620-he died the first winter.

ALLERTON ISAAC, one of the first settlers, who was employed as their agent in England upon several occasions. In 1620 he went over to treat with the adventurers and to obtain money and articles

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