Heman Allen (1740 - abt. 1778)

Born 15 Oct 1740 in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Beebe) Wadhams — married 18 Feb 1773 (to 18 May 1778) in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 18 May 1778 at about age 37 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Captain Heman Allen served with Colonel Seth Warner's Extra-Continental Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Heman Allen is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-102491
Rank: Captain

Heman Allen was the brother of Ethan Allen, a leader in the American Revolutionary War who fought for Vermont's independence from the Province of New York.

The following is a Biographical Note for Heman Allen from the Allen Family Papers located at the University of Vermont Library.

Heman Allen: Born at Cornwall, Connecticut on October 15, 1740, Heman Allen was reportedly the most capable and dependable of the six Allen brothers. A merchant at Salisbury from the mid-1760's until the end of his life, Allen also played a major role in his family's New Hampshire Grants land speculations and in the formation of the new state of Vermont. He served as a delegate to most of the early Vermont conventions of 1775-1777 and represented the settlers holding New Hampshire titles before Congress in 1776. Active in the Canadian campaign of 1775-1776, Allen also fought at the Battle of Bennington in August of 1777; there he either was wounded or suffered from heatstroke, according to differing accounts. Whatever the cause, his health declined gradually therafter and Heman Allen died in Salisbury on May 18, 1778, at the age of thirty-seven.^[1]

Birth

15 OCT 1740 Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut

Death

18 MAY 1778 Salisbury, Addison, Vermont, USA

Burial

Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, USA

Note

Corrected his first name, which was Heman, not Herman. Heman is a Biblical name that means "faithful". Please, researchers, when you come across an unfamiliar name, don't assume that it is just a misspelling of a name that is more familiar to you.

Sources

1. ↑ Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

See also:

• Historical Collections Relating to the Town of Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut (The Salisbury Association, Inc., Salisbury, Conn., 1916) Vol. 2, Page 42
• Find A Grave: Memorial #23251967
• Goodrich, John E. The State of Vermont, Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783, Rutland, Vt The Tuttle Company, 1904., pp. 814, 815.