Parmalee Allen (1746 - 1806)

Born 1746 in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah (Burroughs) Allen — married 18 Dec 1777 in Pawlet, Rutland, Republic of Vermont

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1806 at about age 60 in Granville, Washington, New York, United States

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Biography

Captain Parmalee Allen served with Col. Gideon Warren's Regiment, Vermont Republic Militia during the American Revolution.

Parmalee Allen is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A001776.

Parmalee Allen is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 102739
Rank: Captain

Parmalee Allen is DAR Ancestor #: A001776. Pension Number: W9693. Spouse(s): 1) Ann Wheeler 2) Deborah Burroughs

Children in patriot file:

1. Anna who m. Hiram Hoyt,
2. Ethan who m. 1) Anna Wilson 2) Maria Husted,
3. William who m. Abigail Gardner,
4. Sally who m. Samuel Johnson,
5. David who m. Abigail Rowell Warner. ^[1]

He was town clerk of Pawlet, Vermont in 1770 ^[2]

• Parmalee C. Allen, 1820-1897, born in Washington, NY, is almost certainly his grandson. (FaG# 32891139)

Note

• Hiel Hollister, Pawlet One Hundred Years, J. Munsell: Albany, NY, 1867, 12, 157: commanded one company of Rangers in Sep 1777 attack on Ticonderoga, Mount Defiance, and Mount Hope.

• Vermont: The Tuttle Company, 1904, 831: "The fact that the 'Green Mountain Boys' were at Quebec in 1776; that two of the officers on these rolls - Captain and Commissary Elijah Babcock, and Capt. Robert Cochran are identified in name and rank with those on a list handed to the Provincial Congress of New York by Ethan Allen and Seth Warner, on July 4, 1775, as officers of the Green Mountain Boys; and the further fact that none of the men are recorded in any other place, or with any other organization, all confirm the belief that the soldiers on its rolls herewith were a part of that historic band." Lieut. Palmerly Allen.

Parmalee was a second cousin to Ethan Allen. He first served on the “Enterprise” in Lake Champlain in May 1775 under the overall command of Benedict Arnold. He continued to serve until December 1781. His company fought at the Battle of Bennington, Vermont in the summer of 1777. Later that fall, his forces were instrumental in the defeat of British General Burgoyne’s forces at the Battle of Saratoga. It was the victory at Saratoga that convinced the French to enter the war and ultimately lead to independence. After the war the Allens lived in Granville, N.Y., until Parmalee’s death in 1808 and then moved to Wales Township, N.Y. with her children.

He married 1st Ann Wheeler.

He married 2nd Deborah Burroughs on 18 Dec 1777. Their children are:

1. (son)
2. William, moved to Macomb County in 1822; son is George Washington Allen.

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Aug 15, 2018 Meehan-411), "Record of Parmalee Allen", Ancestor # A001776.
2. ↑ per Biography of Allen Surname of Pawlet, VT Pawlet (VT) One Hundred Years Hiel Hollister 1867

• 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.

• "The County Press" [1] Historic Headstone replaced.

• "Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont, Volume 2" [2]

• Heitman, Francis Bernard. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution (W.H. Lowdermilk & Co., Washington, DC, 1893); p. 68

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5B-DBY : accessed 16 September 2022), Parmalee Allen, Westfield, Washington, New York, United States; citing p. 301, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 26; FHL microfilm 193,714.

• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-4ZMH : 20 February 2021), Parmalee Allen, 1779; citing 1779, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,280.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-8WTZ : 20 February 2021), Parmlee Allen, 26 Jul 1781; citing 26 Jul 1781, Vermont, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,370.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-4ZFV : 20 February 2021), Parmlee Allen, 1778; citing 1778, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,280.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-4ZJB : 20 February 2021), Parmlee Allen, 1778; citing 1778, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,280.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-69FW : 20 February 2021), Parmilee Allen, 16 Nov 1778; citing 16 Nov 1778, Vermont, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,370.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QR72-VRT2 : 1 March 2021), Parmalee Allen, 1 Jan 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140774.

Acknowledgements

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