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- Ralph Allen, the son of George Allen and his first wife, is believed
to have been born in about 1615 in England. Although it has not been
determined when he arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, it is
known that he did not travel on the same ship as his father, George.
According to available records, Ralph was generally referred to as a
planter and wheelwright. This was apparently to distinguish him from
the other Ralph Allen residing at Sandwich who was married to a woman
named Esther Swift and was a mason by trade. Although Ralph is
thought to have married sometime around 1630-1635, it is not known at
this time whether he married in England, or after he arrived in the
Massachusetts Bay Colony. Our Ralph is believed to have been married
to a woman named Susannah.
Ralph eventually settled at Sandwich in the New Plymouth Colony of
Massachusetts where his father lived. In 1657, while residing at
Sandwich, Quakerism began spreading throughout the Colony, and Ralph
and six of his brothers and sisters were apparently among the first to
be "convinced." Unfortunately, the adoption of Quakerism by the
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