Allen, Joseph
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 15, 1790, in Medfield, Mass.
He was graduated at Harvard in 1811, and was ordained pastor of the congregational church at Northborough in 1816, which relation he sustained until his death. He was a delegate to the peace congress at Paris in 1849; and the author of Historical Account of Northboro; Centennial Discourse; Memoir of Rev. Dr. Lathrop of Springfield; History of the Worcester Association; and Allen Genealogy. He died Feb. 23, 1873, in Northborough, Mass.