Ancestry of
Ted Danson

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Lewis Allen

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Ted Danson — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 40 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Allen Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Amelia Taber   
  • Birth Date:
  • 2 May 1783 
  • Birth Location:
  • Mt. Pleasant Estate, near New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 May 1844 
  • Death Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Denison Smith
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Sep 1805 
  • Marriage Location:
  • St James Church, New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Thomas Humphrey Cushing Allen (Ahnentafel No:20 )

  Mary Smith Allen

  Lewis Denison Allen

• Sources for Lewis Allen

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A001852.
  • ² Abbott, Susan Woodruff, Woodruff Genealogy: Descendants of Mathew Woodruff of Farmington, Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut: The Harty Press, Inc. (1963), 231.
  • ³ Phinney, Mary Allen, Allen Genealogy: A Brief History of Lewis Allen (of Fisher's Island and New London, Conn.) and His Descendants . . ., Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc. (1954), 16-17, 22-23, 142.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 321-322, 482-483, 784-785.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 49.
  • ⁶ Smith, H. Allen, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of the Rev. Nehemiah Smith of New London County, Conn., with Mention of . . ., Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers (1889), 169.
  • ⁷ Stoddard, Mrs. Frances M., Genealogical History of the Allen Family and of Some of Their Connections, Boston: Privately printed (1891), 37, 51-52.

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