Timothy Allen (1715 - 1812)

Born 31 Mar 1715 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Parmelee) Allen — married 13 Dec 1744 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died Mar 1812 at about age 96 in Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Sources

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (New Haven Genealogical Magazine, 1922) Vol. 1, Page 21.
• Hollister, Hiel. Pawlet for One Hundred Years (Printed for J. Munsell, Albany, New York, 1867) 12: father of Capt. Parmalee Allen.
  •  ??, 157: "from Woodbury, Conn., 1768. He was a cousin of Ethan Allen, and the first settler in the northwest quarter of the town. He evinced great sagacity in the selection of a home, it being the present homestead of David G. Blossom. He was moderator of the town meeting in 1770. He is well remembered by many of our older citizens as a man of singular piety and eminent gifts. The detachment of troops that surprised Ticonderoga in 1775, halted for the night at his house on their march to that place. He died in 1810, aged 96. His son, Parmalee, was town clerk in 1770, and a captain in Col. Herrick's famous regiment of Rangers, organized in this town in 1777. Another son, Daty, was a physician and an emigrant to Mt. Clemens, Mich., in 1800."
• The Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1974) Vol. 7, Page 301.
  • Timothy Allen b. 31 Aug 1715, son of TImothy Allen and his wife Rachel Bushenll. He m. Branford 13 Dec 1744 Sarah Parmelee.
  • "They removed to Woodbury in 1749 where their children were born. Removed 1768 to Pawlet, Vt. where he d Mar 1812 in his 96th year, having m (2) Jerusha (____), who d before 1837."