The Allen Family in Connecticut
A correction and genealogical account from Albert Wadhams of Goshen, Conn.
A letter correcting the record about a statue-unveiling speech for Ethan Allen, tracing the Allen family's roots in Connecticut before their move to Vermont — a small genealogical dispute that opens a window onto the founding of Vermont's most famous family.
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Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 25, 1876 · Page 1
Albert Wadhams1 min readGoshen, Conn.
We copy the following from a private letter, from Mr. Albert Wadhams, of Goshen, Conn.:
'I regret the error in the Report of the Exercises attending the unveiling of the Stephenson statue of Gen. Ethan Allen, July 4th, 1873, as to my descent. A correct report of it would have been this, to wit: Albert Wadhams, of Goshen, Conn., a grandson of the widow of Captain Heman Allen, next younger brother of Ethan Allen.'
'Allow me here to give you some account of the Allen family in Connecticut, before their removal to Vermont. After the death of Joseph Allen (the father of Ethan) in Cornwall, Conn., on the 4th of April, 1755, and after Heman Allen had married Abigail Beebe, in Salisbury, Conn., and located there, the family made their home at Heman's. This was all the home they had in Connecticut. Captain Heman Allen was the only one of the Allen brothers that did not remove to Vermont, but he was engaged with them in their land purchases there and bought lands in Burlington, Vt. (The land where Henry Wadhams Catlin now lives was bought by him.) Heman Allen at the age of 37 died [...]'
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