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Personal data Arthur Allen Jr. 

• He was born in the year 1627 in Bacons Castle, Surry, Virginia, USA.
• He died on September 5, 1710 in Isle of Wright, Isle of Wight, Virginia, Verenigde Staten, he was 83 years old.
• A child of Arthur Allen and Alice Tucker
• A child of John Allen and Margaret King

Household of Arthur Allen Jr.

He is married to Katherine Baker.

They got married in the year 1680 at Surry, Virginia, USA, he was 53 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Katherine Allen  
2. Elizabeth Allen  
3. Mary Allen  
4. John Allen  
5. Joseph Allen  
6. Ann Allen  
7. James Allen  
8. Arthur Allen  1651-1736 
9. Elizabeth Allen  

Notes about Arthur Allen Jr.

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Arthur was sent to Englaind in 1660 to be educationd. He was burgess & Speaker of the House of Burgess.

Arthur Allen II, usually known as Major Allen, was charged for the taxes for Bacon's Hill as early as 1670. At the age of 24 he was appointed. by Gov. Berkeley, as Justice of the Peace of Surry County Court.

Arthur was a strong supporter of the Govenor in Bacon's Rebellion. He was present at the fateful court session of Aug 10, 1676 when the Surry justices voted to send supplies to the rebel Nathaniel Bacon. He must have opposed the decision because shortly thereafter he hid his silver, left his home and followed Gov Berkeley. He was at Jamestown when Baco attacked and burned the town, and he later became one of Berkeley's most trusted officers. He was "Captain Allen" by late November 1676. At Bacon's Castle, on Friday, Sep 15, 1676, John Finley, Arthur's overseer, retuned home on horseback from Jamestown where he had been visiting with Arthur. Joseph Rogers, one of Bacon's supporters, arrested him almost within sight of Bacon's Castle. Rogers questioned Finely, then released him. Before Finley rode half a mile further on, Rogers and other Baconian supporters re-arrested Finley, disarmed him and stole his horse. Finley was sent to Charles City County where he was imprisoned for the next 11 weeks.

Three days later, on Monday, Sep 18th, 70 of Bacon's followers, led by William Rookings, Arthur Long (Arthur's brother-in-law), Robert Burgess, Joseph Rogers & William Simmons seized, occupied & garrisoned Bacon's Castle. They wrought havoc both inside and outside the home while they remained there. They shot and ate some of Arthur's cattle, ground his wheat into meal in a hand mill and trampled his crops of wheat, tobacco and grain into the ground. The rebels also plundered the house and stole three fine saddles, some bridles, 22 pair of fine dowlas sheets, six pairs of new Holland sheets, 56 pillow cases, 24 fine napkins, two table cloths, 24 fine Holland dowlas aprons, 36 fine dowlas towels, 26 women's shifts (most were fine dowlas & new), several pairs of sleeves, handerchiefs, women's had linen of all sorts, a new bed and bolster, three pewter basins, 14 new pewter plates, two pewter porringers & three mustard pots. However, they were unsuccessful at finding Arthur's silver.

The Baconian Rebels fled on the night of Dec 27th when Bristish marines from the ship "Young Prince" moved up to Surry from Isle of Wight County. The rebels stole more of Arthur's household linen and books by stuffing them into pillow cases, their breeches, and whatever else was handy. Arthur later sued the rebels in both Surry and Charles City County courts for about 25,000 pounds of tobacco for damages. He compromised with some of the smaller men in Charles City and accepted a payment of 250 pounds of tobacco each, but he insisted on full payment from the leaders.

Arthur had expanded the Allen Estate to 8,580 acres.

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