Allen Family Cemetery, Loudoun County, Virginia


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Submitted by:
Joseph Bruce Sparks  < jsparks859@aol.com >

The Allen Cemetery is located on property once owned by my 4th generation
great grandfather. Through my genealogy research I found the cemetery, 
cleaned it up and identified the 3 tombstones.  They are as follows: 

(1)Elizabeth Allen, born 1775, died March 1, 1820.  She is the daughter 
of David and Margaret Lee - there is a footstone with initials E.A. 

(2)James Allen, born 1769, died June 9, 1845, son of William and Sarah 
Allen - there is a footstone with the initials J.A. (3)John F. Allen, 
born January 1, 1823, died April 11, 1884, son of James Allen and his
second wife Martha. 

(3) On May 1, 1999, I installed a historic marker on the site.  It reads
as follows: William Allen (1711-1799), an immigrant from Larne, Ireland, 
came to America in 1729 with his brother David.  They were two of 23 
children of Elder Robert Allen and Janet Hare.  William first setteled 
in Hunterdon County, NJ, and in 1759 purchased 1150, acres in Loudoun 
and Fauquier Counties.  In 1762, William purchased 900 acres on this site 
and called it "Red Hill Plantation".  He was a revolutionary war soildier.  
Buried in this cemetery are his relatives.  Installed: May 1, 1999.

William is also known for establishing the first Ironworks known as 
"Union Forge" in New Jeresy.  He went on to become Benjamin Franklin's 
nemesis in Philadelphia as the two argued on many issues.