Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Ethan Allen across 8 places, from 1766 to 1789.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Ethan Allen ( – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, writer, military officer, and politician.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Ethan Allen is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Ethan Allen was documented, and when
1766year
Northampton, Massachusettsattested“He lived in Northampton, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1766, where his son Joseph was born and where he invested in a lead mine.”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
1766year
Northamptonattested“He lived in Northampton, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1766, where his son Joseph was born and where he invested in a lead mine.”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
1778year
Salisbury, Connecticutattested“Heman remained in Salisbury where he ran a general store until his death in 1778, but Allen's movements are poorly documented over the next few years.”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
25 May 1778exact date
Valley Forgeattested“Following his visit to Valley Forge, Allen traveled to Salisbury, arriving on May 25, 1778.”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
1779year
Westminster (town), Vermontattested“In a dispatch to Clinton from Westminster, two prisoners from New York sentenced after Allen's intervention pleaded with the governor to free them from being at "the disposal of Ethan which is more to be dreaded than Death with all its T…”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
1779year
New Yorkattested“In a dispatch to Clinton from Westminster, two prisoners from New York sentenced after Allen's intervention pleaded with the governor to free them from being at "the disposal of Ethan which is more to be dreaded than Death with all its T…”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
1787year
Burlington, Vermontattested“Allen and his family moved to Burlington in 1787, which was no longer a small frontier settlement but a small town, and much more to Allen's liking than the larger community that Bennington had become.”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
11 February 1789exact date
South Hero, Vermontattested“On February 11, 1789, Allen traveled to South Hero, Vermont with one of his workers to visit his cousin, Ebenezer Allen, and to collect a load of hay.”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
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1762year
Salisbury, Connecticutmentioned“In 1762, he became part owner of an iron furnace in Salisbury.”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
July 1762month
Roxbury, Connecticutmentioned“He also married Mary Brownson from Roxbury in July 1762, who was five years his senior.”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
October 1771month
Rupert, Vermontmentioned“Friction increased with the provincial government in October 1771, when Allen and a company of Green Mountain Boys drove off a group of Scottish settlers near Rupert.”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
1772year
Winooski Rivermentioned“Allen joined his cousin Remember Baker and his brothers Ira, Heman, and Zimri to form the Onion River Company in 1772, a land-speculation organization devoted to purchasing land around the Winooski River, which was known then as the Onio…”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
1775year
Connecticut Colonymentioned“He had it printed in Connecticut and began selling and giving away copies in early 1775.”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
2 May 1775exact date
Battle of Benningtonmentioned“Allen agreed to help and began rounding up the Green Mountain Boys, and 60 men from Massachusetts and Connecticut met with Allen in Bennington on May 2, 1775, where they discussed the logistics of the expedition.”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
2 May 1775exact date
Massachusettsmentioned“Allen agreed to help and began rounding up the Green Mountain Boys, and 60 men from Massachusetts and Connecticut met with Allen in Bennington on May 2, 1775, where they discussed the logistics of the expedition.”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
August 1777month
Battle of Benningtonmentioned“There Allen remained while Vermont declared independence, and John Burgoyne's campaign for the Hudson River met a stumbling block near Bennington in August 1777.”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
3 May 1778exact date
Staten Islandmentioned“On May 3, 1778, he was transferred to Staten Island.”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
1781year
General John Starkmentioned“(This law was so successful at collecting revenue that Vermont did not impose any taxes until 1781.) Allen personally escorted some of those convicted under the law to Albany, where he turned them over to General John Stark for transport…”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
1783year
Vermontmentioned“As the war had ended with the 1783 Treaty of Paris, and the United States, operating under the Articles of Confederation, resisted any significant action with respect to Vermont, Allen's historic role as an agitator became less important…”source: Wikipedia: Ethan Allen
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