Caleb Allen (abt. 1748 - 1804)

Born about 1748 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Curtis) Allen — married [date unknown] (to 6 Dec 1775) in Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont

Died 24 Sep 1804 at about age 56 in Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont, United States

Biography

Caleb was born in 1748. In 1775 he married Phoebe Curtis.^[1] He died in 1804.^[2]

Notes

Chauncey L. Knapp. Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783. Tuttle: 1904 (Google eBook), 141.

"A Pay Roll of Capt. John Stark's Company, commanded at this time by Capt. Parmelee Allen in Col. Gideon Warren's Regiment of Militia, for service done in defence of the United States to the Northward frontier," Nov. 6 to Nov. 16, 1778. Twenty-four pounds eighteen shillings and four pence received by Gideon Warren, 15 Apr 1779." Also Footnote.com image.

Hiel Hollister, Pawlet One Hundred Years, J. Munsell: Albany, NY, 1867, 41: member of the Constitutional Convention from the town of Pawlet, 1793.

 ??, 110: he gave land for the oldest cemetery in the north part of Pawlet.

 ??, 157-158: "came with his father, Timothy Allen, in 1768. He was a land jobber, a vocation which the peculiar condition of real estate in the early years of the settlement of the state demanded. Most of the land was owned by non-residents, many of whom took little interest init. Hence business mean looed them up, bought their claims, many times at a nominal price, and then sold the land parcels to actual settlers. The cemetery in the north part of the town was given by him to the school district in which it lies. Its first occupants were revolutionary soldiers. He died in 1804, aged 56. His son, Daty, succeeded to the homestead, which he held until 1816, being follwed by David C. Blossom. He removed to Whitehall, N.Y., where he died some years ago, leaving numerous descendants."

This person was created through the import of Middletown families minus.ged on 10 February 2011.

• Fact: Burial (1804) Blossom Cemetery, Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont, United States
• Fact: Military Service REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch "In Memory of

Caleb Allin who died Sep 24 1804 in the 56 year of his age."

Son of Timothy Allen, Sr, and Sarah Parmelee. . Husband of Phebe Curtis, whom he married on Dec. 6, 1775, in Pawlet, Rutland, VT.

Sources

1. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFFN-L9S : 19 February 2021), Caleb Allen and Phebe Curtis, 1775.
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKN-BJW2 : 30 May 2020), Caleb Allen, 1804; Burial, , ; citing record ID ,Find A Grave: Memorial #42537792

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 February 2021, 16:59), entry for Caleb Allen (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L5JN-ZBC ); contributed by various users.