Tombstone Tuesday - More Allens in Manchester-by-the-Sea

 These gravestones of a mother and her three children were photographed at the Old Burial Ground in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.

In Memory of
LAVINIA B. wife of
Thomas L. Allen
Who died Oct. 16, 1823
Aged 23
Beside this grave you all may see
Two of our beloved children lie by me
EDWARD L. ALLEN
who died Nov. 29 1826
Aged 3 years
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CHARLOTTE P. ALLEN
who died Sept. 3, 1825
Aged 4 years

In memory of
ANN MARIA
Daughter of
Thomas L. and
Lavinia B. Allen
who died
July 12, 1834
aged 12 years

According to the Manchester Vital Records, Captain Thomas Lee Allen married Lavinia Baker on 15 October 1820, and remarried on 3 January 1830 to Ann Baker.  His two wives were sisters, daughters of Joseph Baker of Manchester and Anna Craft of Hamilton.

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo