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I am a Metcalfe researcher and am seeking more information on this Valentine Allen:

12 Sept 1668. Mr. Rawleigh TRAVERS, 580 acs. S. Side Rappa. Co., aboute 3 mi. From the Riv., 12 Sept. 1668, p. 194, Beg. nere a run of Occupaso Cr., adj. Cornelius Nowell, & VALL. ALLIN, to E’wd of Chickahomani Path, towards Potobaco Towne &c, Trans. of 12 pers: ...Robt. METCALFE. [same list of persons transported as 7 June 1666 and 20 June 1666 but land assigned to different person] (Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Abstracted by Nell Marion Nugent, Vol. 2: 1666-1695, Virginia State Library, Richmond, 1977, p. 41)

A William Allen names Gilbert METCALFE as his son-in-law [step son] of London per this power of attorney:

7 July 1659. Know all men by these presents, that I Willim ALLEN of London mercht have assigned, ordained & made: & in my steed & place by these prflts putt & constituted my Sonne in Law Gilbert METCALFE & in my name & to my use & behoofe to Aske, demand, levy, sue for, recover & recieve all & every person or persons whatsoever inhabiting or residing in any part of Virginia & Maryland in parts beyound ye Seas or eyther of them (except the Inhabitants adjacent to or nere James River) all such summe & sumes or money, debts, duties claymes & demands whatsoever as they or any of them doe owe & are indebeted unto mee by Bond, Bill, Specialty, accompt, contract, or agreemt or otherwise howsoever. Gyving & by these prnts granting unto my sd Attorney full & lawfull interest & authority to & in ye prmises the sd persons to mee indebted or any of them their Executors Adthistrators & goods for default delay or refusal! Of paymt of ye sd moneys, debts, duties, claimes & demands by them respectively to me owing, to sue, pursue, arreast, attach, implead, imprison & condemme untill satisfaction shall be given. And to receave compownd & agree & uppon Receipt, composition or agreemt or me & in my name to acquitt, release & discharge: One Attorney or more under him to substitute & ye same att his pleasure to revoke And generally to doe, Execute & prforme all & whatsoever further or other Act or Acts thing or things shall bee meete & requisite, to bee done in or about ye prmises, in as large ample & effectuall manner & forme to all intents & purposes as my selfe might or could doe, if I were then & there present, & did ye same personally. Ratifying & by these prnts confirming all & whatsoever my sd Attorney shall lawfully doe, or cause to be done for & concerning the Recovery & Receipt of the prmises by virtue of these prflts. In wittnes whereof I ye sd Willm ALLEN have hereunto sett my hand & Seale. Dated ye 7th day of July in the yeare of Or Lord God, accoring to ye accompt uned in England 1659. Sealed & delivered after ye interlying of ye words (adjacent to or neare) & yet blotting out ye words betweene Inhabitants & mee in ye Eight line. & the blotting out ye words betweene River & all such, in ninth line, in ye prseflce ofLocus + Sigilli [seal] Willm ALLEN. [witnesses] John ALFOR[D?], Willm BRAXTON, John BARGERNAN, Row: PLA... his servants Will. MINI.., Robert. (Archives of Maryland Online, Volume 65, Page 675)

Do you know the names of Vallentine Allen's parents? I am trying to determine if he is related by marriage to these Metcalfes in England. Thanks for any help!

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