Born in Massachusetts in 1796, and raised as a Congregationalist, Allen graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont, moved to Maryland and joined the Episcopal Church and became lay reader at Trinity Church, West Marlboro.
Born in Massachusetts in 1796, and raised as a Congregationalist, Allen graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1818. He moved to Maryland and joined the Episcopal Church and became lay reader at Trinity Church, West Marlboro.