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Ira Allen – militia leader, and the founder of the University of Vermont (Ethan Allen's brother) [10] Remember Baker – militia member (captain) (Ethan Allen's cousin) [11] John Fassett Jr. – Vermont Supreme Court Justice, 1778–1786, diarist who chronicled the Green Mountain Boys’ 1775 expedition to Canada. [12] David Fay – Vermont ...
Ethan Allen (1738-1789) is widely revered as one of Vermont's greatest early public figures. Born in Connecticut, he speculated extensively with his brothers and other extended family members in land in Vermont, and was an instrumental figure in securing the territory's independence from New York and its eventual statehood.
Ethan Allen (January 21, 1738 [O.S. January 10, 1737] [a] – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, writer, military officer and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War, and was also the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Fanny Allen.
In 1771, Allen went to Vermont (then part of the British colonial Province of New York) with his brother Ethan as a surveyor for the Onion River Land Company. The four Allen brothers established the company in 1772 (dissolved 1785) [ 1 ] to purchase lands under the New Hampshire Grants .
State flag of Vermont Location of Vermont in the U.S. map The following is a list of notable people who were born in the U.S. state of Vermont, live or lived in Vermont, or for whom Vermont is a significant part of their identity and who have entries in Wikipedia: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items ...
A Family Record of Dr. Samuel Adams, United Empire Loyalist of Vermont and Upper Canada: The First Five Generations Descending from William Adams of Ipswich (1594-1661) and the Descendants of Dr. Samuel Adams of Arlington, (1730-1810). R.T. Adams, 1995. Fryer, Mary Beacock. Kings Men, the Soldier Founders of Ontario. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1980.
In 1770, Ethan Allen—along with his brothers Ira and Levi, as well as Seth Warner—recruited an informal militia, the Green Mountain Boys, to protect the interests of the original New Hampshire settlers against the new migrants from New York. A significant standoff occurred at the Breakenridge farm in Bennington, when a sheriff from Albany ...
Fort Ethan Allen was a United States Army installation in Vermont, named for American Revolutionary War figure Ethan Allen. Established as a cavalry post in 1894 and closed in 1944, today it is the center of a designated national historic district straddling the town line between Colchester and Essex. Locally, it is known simply as "The Fort ...