​ALLEN, Benjamin, clergyman and author, was born in Hudson, N.Y., Sept. 39, 1789. He was educated in the Presbyterian faith, but afterwards joined the Protestant Episcopal church, and began his work as a layman among the colored people of Charlestown, Va. He was admitted to the priesthood in 1818. In 1815 he published the Layman's Magazine, a weekly periodical; and in 1820 an abridged edition of Burnet's "History of the Reformation." In 1821 he assumed charge of the parish of St. Paul, ​phia. He established a printing office in 1827. He is the author of: "Christ and Him Crucified"; "Living Manners" (1822); "The Parent's Counsellor"; "History of the Church of Christ" (1823-'24); "Sketch of the Life of Dr. Pilmore" (1825). He died at sea, Jan. 13, 1829.