Allen, William (4),
a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Sussex County, Del., in 1790. His early life and conversion are unrecorded. In 1819 he was received into the Philadelphia Conference, in which he served diligently until his sudden death, May 28,1841. Mr. Allen was esteemed for his literary ability, and the simplicity and meekness of his Christian character. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1842, p. 308.