Mary (Baker) Allen (abt. 1709 - 1774)

Born about 7 Jan 1709 in Woodbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Allen — married about 11 Mar 1737 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1774 at about age 65 in Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Mary Baker Allen was the mother of Ethan Allen an American Revolutionary leader who fought for Vermont's independence.

Mary was born in January of 1708/9 in Woodbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony. She was the daughter of John Baker and Sarah Hurlburt.^[1]

Mary married Joseph Allen on 11 Mar 1736/7.^[2]

The widow Mary Allen died 18 June 1774 ae 65, and was buried at the Town Hall Cemetery in Salisbury, Connecticut.^[3]

Children^[4]
Mary's known children were:

• Ethan Allen, born 10 Jan 1738 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, died 12 Feb 1789 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States
• Heman Allen, born 15 Oct 1740 in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, died about 18 May 1778 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States
• Lydia (Allen) Finch, born about 6 Apr 1742 in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, died 1770 in Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut
• Heber Allen, born 4 Apr 1743 in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, died 10 Apr 1782 in Poultney, Vermont, USA
• Levi Allen, born 16 Jan 1745 in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, died Jan 1801 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States
• Lucy (Allen) Beebe, born 2 Apr 1747 in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, died 10 Jun 1775 in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
• Zimri Allen, born 10 Dec 1748 in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, died 1776
• Ira Allen, born 21 Apr 1751 in Cornwall, Connecticut, died 7 Jan 1814, maybe in Irasburg, Orleans, Vermont, United States

Research Notes

County Name: The town of Woodbury was originally established in Fairfield County. In 1751, it was included in the newly established Litchfield County.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Baker, Mary, d. Jno. & Sarah, b. Jan. [ ], 1708," citing Woodbury Land Records Volume 2, Page 193: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Woodbury, Page 6 (accessed 15 Jun 2021 - subscription required). "Mary, b. Jan. 1708/9; bapt. 13 March 1708/9...: Jacobus, "Two Baker Families," TAG, 47 (1971), Page 102; also available online at AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 15 Jun 2021 - subscription required). See also (transcript only) "Mary Baker," female, b. Jan. 1708, Woodbury: Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, FamilySearch.org (accessed 15 Jun 2021).
2. ↑ "Mary ... m. 11 March 1736/7, Joseph Allen of Litchfield and Cornwall:" Jacobus, "Two Baker Families," TAG, 47 (1971), Page 102; also available online at AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 15 Jun 2021 - subscription required).
3. ↑ The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library. Town Hall Cemetery Salisbury, Connecticut p. 5 Accessed at Ancestry ($)
4. ↑ Woodruff, George C. A Genealogical Register of the Inhabitants of the Town of Litchfield, Connecticut, (The Case Lockwood & Brainard Company, Hartford, Conn., 1845) Page 8
5. ↑ "Fairfield County, Connecticut," Wikipedia.org (accessed 15 Jun 2021).

• Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928 (subscription required).
• Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SZ-SNY : 7 January 2020), Mary Baker, 1708.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines (deceased). "Two John Baker Families of Woodbury, Conn.," The American Genealogist (TAG), Volume 47 (1971), Pages 100-105.
• Woodruff, George C. A Genealogical Register of the Inhabitants of the Town of Litchfield, Connecticut, (The Case Lockwood & Brainard Company, Hartford, Conn., 1845) Page 8
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130311790/mary-remberance-allen