ethan
allen homestead history
timeline
| Ethan Allen Timeline Pick
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| 1738 | Jan. 21 |
Ethan Allen is born in Litchfield County, Connecticut. |
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| 1755 | Apr. | Ethan's father dies, forcing Ethan to give up dreams of attending college. | |
| 1757 | Summer | EA joins Litchfield County militia as a private | |
| 1760 | Apr. 4 | Fanny Montresor is born | |
| 1762 | Jan. | Ethan becomes part owner of an iron works near Salsbury | |
| June 23 | Marries Mary Brownson | ||
| 1766- 1767 |
Travels
to the New Hampshire, or "Wentworth" Grants, to trap and
explore |
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| 1770 | Feb. | EA chosen as agent for the Wentworth Title holders | |
| Summer | Green Mountain Boys organized at Catamount Tavern in Bennington. Ethan is elected colonel commandant | ||
| Nov. 27 | EA, Remember Baker, Robert Cochran, and six others declared outlaws by New York | ||
| 1772 | Jan. | Ethan Allen, Robert Cochran, & Remember Baker issue "counter reward to New York Governor Tyron's Bloody Act." | |
| 1773 | Jan. | Onion River Land Company formed | |
| Aug. | Remember Baker killed | ||
| 1774 | Mar. 9 | New York Governor Tyron raises reward on Ethan Allen to $250
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| 1775 | Jan. | Ethan publishes "A Brief Narrative. . ." | |
| May 10 | Ethan Allen with Benedict Arnold at his side, leads Green Mountain Boys to capture of Fort Ticonderoga | ||
| June 22 | Ethan Allen & Seth Warner appear before Continental Congress in Philadelphia | ||
| July 4 | New York Assembly hears Ethan and Seth Warner and authorizes a Green Mountain Regiment at New York expense | ||
| July 26 | Seth Warner elected Colonel of Green Mountain Regiment | ||
| Sept. 24 | Ethan captured attacking Montreal | ||
| 1778 | May 6 | Prisoner exchange involving EA arranged | |
| May 31 | Ethan Allen returns from captivity | ||
| Sept. | Ethan
presents Vermont claims for statehood
to Congress in Philadelphia |
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| 1780 | July | Ethan receives first letter from loyalist John Beverly Robinson leading to Haldimand Negotiation | |
| 1781 | March | Ethan forwards Beverly Robinson's letters (Haldimand Negotiations) to Congress | |
| 1784 | Feb. 9 | Marries Fanny | |
| Summer | Ethan moves to Burlington | ||
| 1787 | May 1 | Letter detailing exchange of lands (Homestead) | |
| 1789 | Feb. 12 | Ethan
Allen dies. |
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