Mary (Bronson) Allen (1732 - abt. 1783)

Born 24 Aug 1732 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Ethan Allen — married 23 Jun 1762 in Washington, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died about 12 Feb 1783 at about age 50 in Sunderland, Bennington, Republic of Vermont

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Biography

Mary Bronson was born in 1732. She passed away in 1783.

Mary was the first wife of Ethan Allen, a leader in the American Revolutionary War who fought for Vermont's independence from the Province of New York. Their marriage was not particularly happy. Mary was supposedly a rigid Frontier wife who was illiterate, deeply religious and shrewish. However, there is little historical evidence to support these claimed characteristics.

Mary died of consumption in 1783 only a few months before her eldest daughter, in Sunderland, Vermont. She is buried at the Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Arlington, Bennington, Vermont.^[1]

Inscription:

wife of Gen. Ethan Allen

Erected by the Brownson Chapter of DAR 1895

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #12786743

• Genealogies of Connecticut Families (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983) Vol. 1, Page 16
• Ancestry Family Trees (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=2701874&pid=1005

• familysearch.org
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F73L-BZV : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Lorain Allen, 1763.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F73L-BZL : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Joseph Allen, 1765.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFFL-K9H : 19 February 2021), Mary Brownson, 1783.
• "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQV-LXVD : 3 March 2021), Mary Brownson Allen, 1783; citing Death, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005465043.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #12786743