Ancestry of
Ted Danson

TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”

Thomas Allen Jr.

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Ted Danson — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 80 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Allen 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Christophers   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Sep 1755 
  • Birth Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 May 1842 
  • Death Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Amelia Taber
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Apr 1778 
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. James Church, New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Lewis Allen (Ahnentafel No:40 )

• Sources for Thomas Allen Jr.

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A001852.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/30/2015).
  • 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), 13-16.
  • 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), 322, 483, 785.
  • ⁵ 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.
  • ⁶ Stoddard, Mrs. Frances M., Genealogical History of the Allen Family and of Some of Their Connections, Boston: Privately printed (1891), 28, 31, 34-40.

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