William Allen (1726 - 1838)

William's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Allen family tree.

William's Family

Add a parent

Add a parent

William Allen Add a partner Add a child Add a partner Add a child

Add a sibling

Relationships:

+ Add

William Allen &

William Allen

Unknown partner

Priscilla (Allen) Scroggins

Children:

Bio

Priscilla (Allen) Scroggins

Mar 9, 1777 - Nov 17, 1893

We currently do not have photos of William Allen. Below are potential family photos that share William's last name or surname. Pictures really do say a thousand words. Add photos of William during various points of his life

Merwin L Allen

Merwin L Allen

Maria (Allen) Flower

Sheila Shumate Allen

Jerry D. Allen Sr.

Jerry D. Allen Sr.

Jerry D. Allen Sr.

Jerry D. Allen Sr.

Jerry D. Allen Sr.

Bryan F Allen

Jimmy Lou Allen

Jimmy Lou Allen

Margaret Connie (Colabella) Allen

Brenda Sue (Allen) Mercer

Brenda Sue (Allen) Mercer

Add photo

What do you remember about William Allen? Share your memories of special moments and stories you have heard about him. Or just leave a comment to show the world that William is remembered.

Post

Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during William's lifetime

In 1804, when he was 78 years old, on July 11th, Alexander Hamilton, former Secretary of the Treasury, and Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States, fought a duel. Alexander Hamilton was shot and died the next day. Burr was indicted for murder and was acquitted but his political career was ruined.

In 1805, he was 79 years old when on October 21st, Lord Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleets in the Battle of Trafalgar in Spain. 33 British ships fought 41 ships from Spain and France. The Franco-Spanish fleet lost 22 ships while the British lost none. The battle ended plans to invade Great Britain.

In 1810, by the time he was 84 years old, in October, King George III of the United Kingdom - King of England during the American Revolutionary War - was recognized as insane. Although he reigned until his death in 1820, he was mentally ill - the cause is unknown - and in 1810 regency was established to oversee his rule. His eldest son was recognized as Prince Regent.

In 1824, William was 98 years old when on December 3rd, the U.S. presidential election of 1824 was finally decided. None of the four candidates for U.S. President gained a majority of the electoral votes so for the first - and last - time the election was thrown into the U.S. House of Representatives for a decision, called a contingent election. John Quincy Adams won on the first vote. Another candidate, Andrew Jackson, never accepted the results and accused Adams and Henry Clay - the Speaker of the House - of striking a "corrupt bargain".

In 1838, in the year of William Allen's passing, on January 11th in New Jersey, Samuel Morse and two others first publicly demonstrated Morse's new invention - the telegraph. Patented by Morse in 1837, the electrical telegraph used a code developed by him and his assistant, Samuel Vail, and sent a message two miles. In 1844, Morse broadcast from Washington DC to Baltimore Maryland the message "What hath God wrought" and the telegraph took off.