The first recorded name bearer was 'Alawn', a legendary poet of the fifth century a. From early times the spelling form has varied considerably not least in the Celtic countries where it has ranged from Eilian to Alwyn and Alleyne. The Bretons, who were originally British settlers in France, returned as invaders with William, Duke of Normandy, otherwise known as 'The Conqueror' in , and in so doing it is claimed, re-introduced the name into England.
Certainly 'Alanus' without a surname, is recorded in the Domesday Book for the county of Suffolk. Early surname recordings include those of Roger Alain of Yorkshire in the rolls of the village of Calverly, in , and Richard Aleyns of Staffordshire, in the Assize Court Rolls of The coat of arms most associated with the surname has the blazon of a gold field, charged with three black hounds passant, the crest being an eagle rising. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Geoffrey Alein, which was dated , in the 'Feet of Fines' rolls of Cambridgeshire, during the reign of King Henry , known as 'The Frenchman', - John Allen and His Inventions.
John Allen of Bridgewater in Somerset was a noted early 18th century physician and writer on medical matters. He also turned his attention to some interesting inventions. Having a door behind, it will hold four persons beside the coachman.
It is not liable to be overturned, but will travel with a pair of horses sixty miles a day with as much ease as a common chariot with six can, carrying the same number of people. In he had letters patent granted him for three inventions: the navigating a ship in a calm; the improvement of an engine to raise water by fire; and a new method of drying malt. His scientific mind got him admitted to the Royal Society in Allans in Scotland. The Alan name became popular in Scotland by its frequent use in the family of the Stewarts.
Alan, son of Waldeve, witnessed charters by King David I in Subsequently it appeared regularly in old Scottish records.
Alanus the brother of Galfridus Redberd, for instance, witnessed the sale of a tenement in Perth in Many of the MacAllans, Allansons and Allans who settled in Aberdeenshire were descended from the son of a MacFarlane chief who had migrated there when his clan was proscribed in the 16th century.
Some sons of the chief of clan Grant also took the Gaelic surname MacAilean which eventually converted to Allan. Many of similar names who settled in the Lowlands were descended from Clanranald Macdonalds. The Allens of Gelliswick. According to family legend the Allens came originally from Ulster and had arrived in Wales in the early 17th century when one Thomas Allen was literally washed up in Pembrokeshire after a shipwreck.
They first appeared in the historical record in the midth century when William Allen took on the lease of Gelliswick. They remained tenants at Gelliswick until when the Allens acquired the freehold at Rickeston. Gelliswick House was an L-shaped house consisting of a tall five bay single-pile block with a rear staircase projection of three full storeys above the cellars, with an earlier five-bay Elizabethan house retained as a service wing.
It is one of only three surviving high-style Jacobean structures in the Western Hemisphere and is the oldest datable brick house in Virginia. A reconstructed garden replicates what was on site during the lifetime of Arthur Allen and his son. The Alleyne Line in Barbados. Richard Alleyne and his wife Christian, left his home in Kent and ventured to Barbados in at the tender age of During the fighting which followed he was hit in the throat by a musket ball and died of his wounds.
There his family was to remain for three generations until Thomas Harbin Alleyne returned in Francis Alleyne, born in Barbados in , has a line of seven children, 39 grandchildren, and more than 75 great and great great grandchildren.
Shy Ben Allen in New Brunswick. Who will have me? The happy couple were married on the spot by a minister who happened to be in attendance. It is said that any pugnacious tendencies in the Allen female descendants can be attributed to Sarah. The Norman Conquest brought new rulers to England and they brought their names and language, a form of French, with them.
Over time their names became less French and more English in character. The names Allen, Brett, Everett, and Harvey were probably Breton in origin as Bretons also arrived, sometimes as mercenaries. The new Norman lords often adopted new last names, sometimes from the lands they had acquired and sometimes from places back in Normandy.
Over time the name here also became more English. Return to Main Page. Click here to cancel reply. Name required. Email will not be published required. Allen Family History. The name Alan first came to England with the Norman Conquest. After the Conquest, along with several other Breton first names, the first name Alan became widespread in England.
Several remain popular as surnames to this day. The first recorded English mention of the surname dates from the earliest records of the Domesday Book which record a certain Alanus in Suffolk in The name also appears in this form in the Domesday records for Lincolnshire in The name Allen as a surname, and as a first name with various spellings in both cases , is also popular in Scotland, though there is no question of Breton links in these cases as this part of Britain was not subject to Norman conquest.
It may thus be originally a place name-for a man who lived by, or under a large, prominent stone or rock; or in some cases it may have been a nickname, attributing stoniness-either of strength, or character, or brain-to its owner. These early nicknames were often the result of local wit-and were often ironic-the local Alan or stone could therefore frequently have been not the village Sampson, but rather the village simpleton or weakling.
As Allan the most frequent Scottish form this name is often found in Northumbria. Here some of the derivations are doubtless from the Breton, though the large majority are of Scottish Gaelic origin. This led to the fall of Damascus, and ultimately Turkey itself. There are 5 towns in the United Kingdom which contain either Allan or Allen in their names. These range from Allanaquoich to Allensmore.
The United States has 5 towns named Allen, along with another 8 towns which have Allen contained in their names. With about , namesakes, Allen is the 39th most popular surname in England and Wales, while Allan, with about 16,, is the 41st most popular surname in Scotland. Allen is notably popular in and around Leicester where an estimated one in about families bears the name. In descending numerical order Nottingham, Sheffield and Birmingham are other Allen strongholds. Around the world, Allens are most common in Canberra one in families , Melbourne one in and Auckland one in The United States has more Allens than the entire population of Bristol-an estimated total of just over , makes this their 25th most popular name.
View the most partisan surnames in The United States. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name. The last name Allen is the th most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 8, people. Allen is also the 1, st most widely held first name internationally, held by , people. It is the most commonly held surname in one country:Montserrat, where 0.
The surname Allen is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by , people, or 1 in In The United States Allen is most numerous in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Georgia, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in countries.
It also occurs in England, where 12 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found. The incidence of Allen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Allen last name grew percent between and ; in England it grew percent between and ; in Ireland it contracted 25 percent between and ; in Wales it grew percent between and and in Scotland it grew percent between and In The United States those bearing the Allen last name are The amount Allen earn in different countries varies greatly.
In Italy they earn 3. Allan One-name Study - A profile of the Allan surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.
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