The Political Graveyard: Allen-Hitchcock family of Burlington, Vermont

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Allen-Hitchcock family of Burlington, Vermont

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Ethan Allen (1738-1789) — of Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass.; Arlington, Bennington County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt. Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., February 12, 1738. Farmer; land speculator; formed the Green Mountain Boys in 1770; captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775; successfully advocated for the formation of Vermont as a separate state from New Hampshire and New York; served as judge under Vermont's Banishment Act, with authority to confiscate the property of British loyalists. Deist. English ancestry. Died in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt., February 12, 1789 (age 51 years, 0 days). Interment at Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.

		Relatives: Son of Joseph Allen (1708-1755) and Mary (Baker) Allen (1709-1774); married 1762 to Mary Brownson (1732-1783); married, February 16, 1784, to Frances Montresor 'Fanny' (Brush) Buchanan (1760-1834); grandfather of Henry Hitchcock (1792-1839).
		Political family: Allen-Hitchcock family of Burlington, Vermont.
		Epitaph: "His spirit tried the mercies of his God in whom alone he believed and strongly trusted."
		See also Wikipedia article

Samuel Hitchcock (1755-1813) — of Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt. Born in Brimfield, Hampden County, Mass., March 23, 1755. Lawyer; Chittenden County State's Attorney, 1787-90; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1789; Vermont state attorney general, 1790-93; delegate to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1791; Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1792. Died in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt., November 20, 1813 (age 58 years, 242 days). Interment at Elmwood Avenue Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.

		Relatives: Son of Mary (Burt) Hitchcock (1711-1792) and Noah Hitchcock; married, May 26, 1789, to Lucy Caroline Allen (1768-1842); father of Henry Hitchcock (1792-1839).
		Political family: Allen-Hitchcock family of Burlington, Vermont.
		See also Wikipedia article

Henry Hitchcock (1792-1839) — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt., September 11, 1792. Lawyer; secretary of Alabama Territory, 1818-19; Alabama state attorney general, 1819; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1825-30. Presbyterian. Died, in a yellow fever epidemic, in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., August 11, 1839 (age 46 years, 334 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.

		Relatives: Son of Samuel Hitchcock (1755-1813) and Lucy Caroline (Allen) Hitchcock (1768-1842); married, October 11, 1821, to Anne 'Annie' Erwin (1803-1854); grandson of Ethan Allen.
		Political family: Allen-Hitchcock family of Burlington, Vermont.
		See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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