Stephen CONGDON & Mercy ALLEN

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Husband: Stephen CONGDON

   Born:                          in North Kingstown, RI
Married: 17 JAN 1814               in North Kingstown, RI
   Died: 31 AUG 1839
 Father: William CONGDON
 Mother: Anne GIFFORD
Spouses: Mary TAYLOR

   Wife: Mercy ALLEN

   Born: 22 JUL 1759               in North Kingstown, Washington County, RI
   Died: 04 NOV 1841               in Mansfield, Tolland County, CT
 Father: Jonathan ALLEN
 Mother: Elizabeth HULING
Spouses: William SPENCER

Additional Information

Stephen CONGDON:

Notes:
Stephen and Mercy were members of the Six-Principle Baptist Church at North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

Book: North Kingstown: A Pictorial History of Its People and Places, by James Carter.R.I., Vintage Media, Stratham, NH 1999. 974.59CAR
- There is a photo on page 20 of Thomas Congdon Peirce (1829-1926) was represented North Kingstown in the General Assembly. The photo was taken in 1889. He was the brother of John B. Peirce. They sailed to the California gold rush in 1849 but Thomas C. returned in 1851. He built a resort called the Cold Spring House. (not sure of relationship to Stephen Congdon).

- Tim Fredrick visited the Mansfield, CT cemetery in 2008 but didn't find a grave for Mercy or Stephen Congdon.

- There is a "Congdon Road" in Allenton, Rhode Island.

Mercy ALLEN:

Name: Mercy SPENCER ¹

Notes:
This is the first instance of "Allen" in the family -- later used as a male first name. At her marriage, Elder James Wightman was the officiant. According to http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~legends/wightman.html there was a James Wightman who was made pastor of the Stony Lane Baptist Church.

In "("Vital Records" Violet E. Kettelle Genealogical Collection, Box 5, Folder 15)", Violet Kettelle gives us the information on Mercy's second marriage:

1-17-1814 Mercy ("Mary" was crossed out), dau of Jonathan and Eliz Allen and Wid. of Wm(4), Henry(3), William(2) married Stephen Congdon of Wm and Anne

Notes from "Violet E Kettelle Collection, ‘William(2) Spencer (John(1))’, Box 5, Folder 16. Rhode Island Historical Society Collections. (notebook)":
- Violet Kettelle writes that Mercy Spencer was the daughter of John Allen and Elizabeth Huling, and she died 11-4-1841 in Mansfield, CT
- She lists the Marriage date as 10-22-1781 in North Kingstown

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Book: North Kingstown: A Pictorial History of Its People and Places, by James Carter.R.I., Vintage Media, Stratham, NH 1999. 974.59CAR
- Judge John Allen, "a Quidnesset patriot, was abducted from his home by the British in 1779. According to Daniel Gould Allen's History of Quidnesset, it was Mansfield Allen, the judge's cousin, who led the British forces to their prisoner. The British burned Judge Allen's house and detained him -- by most accounts -- in Newport for several months. Caleb Allen, Mansfield's brother, lived in this ca 1740 house on Fletcher Road. Historian Anna Lawrence implicates Caleb in the 1779 abduction and says that he fled to Nova Scotia soon after the incident. According to Lawrence the judge's wife and children subsequently occupied Caleb Alloen's vacant house."
- Tim Fredrick visited the Mansfield, CT, historical cemetery, and there were several markers for Allens including a Phineas Allen.

Footnotes

1810 United States Federal Census.
Ancestry.com. 1810 U.S. Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1810 United States Federal Census. M252, 71 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, roll 59, page 78, image 157.00.

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