Benjamin (1) Allen, son of Nathan Alling and Hannah Todd of New Haven, CT, colonial pioneer of the town of Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont, was born 1 May 1736 in New Haven, CT,christened 13 June 1736 in the First Congregational Society, New Haven. He died 1 Apr. 1774 (drowned), age 37, in Weathersfield, Vermont [g.s.]. Benjamin is buried, with his widow, Lydia, in Richards Cemetery, Weathersfield.
Benjamin married 7 Mar. 1764 at the Second Congregational Society, New Haven, Lydia Tuttle, daughter of Amos Tuttle and Sarah Mansfield of New Haven;she was born 20 July 1741 in New Haven, and died 4 May 1787, age 45, at Weathersfield, VT.
Benjamin Allen was one of the original proprietors of Weathersfield, 1761. For a number of years afterwards no actual settlements were made, though the proprietors continued to hold meetings and to offer as inducement to settle a twenty-acre lot, free to anyone building a house. Additional inducements were offered to anyone starting a saw mill: a set of irons delivered at the blockhouse in Springfield and also a thirteen-acre lot, on condition that the saw mill be kept in operation fifteen years. The settler’s rights were taxed at various times, but at a meeting held in March, 1764, it was voted that a tax of nine schillings on each right be levied for the purpose of paying Benjamin Allen for work he had done on the road from the river upwards of three miles in the town-also to continue the road to the Crown Point road and lay out highways north and south. The following year (1765), Benjamin removed to Woodbury, Litchfield Co., CT, where he and Lydia bought land in the South Purchase, 31 Oct. of that year. The family was probably living in Woodbury from 1765 to 1769; Benjamin returned permanently to Weathersfield in the latter year, in company with Moses Allen, Gershom Tuttle, William Rexford and Aaron Blackslee(Blakeslee).
The first Weathersfield town meeting was held on May 19, 1772. The following officers were elected: Dan Tuttle, moderator; William Upham, town clerk, Dan Tuttle, supervisor; Eliphalet Spafford and William Richardson, assessors; Benoni Tuttle and Gershom Tuttle, collectors; Benjamin Allen and Aaron Blackslee, overseers of the poor; Dan Tuttle, William Richardson and William Upham, commissioners for laying out highways; Benjamin Allen, Aaron Blackslee and Joseph Douglas, surveyors of highways; William Upham and Moses Allen, fence viewers; Timothy Parkhurst, Benoni Tuttle, Eliphalet Spafford and Gershom Tuttle, pound-keepers. The last meeting of the proprietors was held May 16, 1773 with Benjamin Allen/Alling assessor, treasurer and commissioner of highways.
Children:
Isaac b. 29 Sep 1766 d. 19 Sep 1850
Lydia b. 1769 d. 1855
Benjamin b. 20 Aug 1774 d. 23 Aug 1838
Benjamin's siblings were:
1. David Alling b. 2 Feb 1724 d. 22 Apr 1794
2. Samuel Alling b. 31 Jan 1726
3. Hannah Alling b. 4 Oct 1727
4. Nathan Alling b. 14 Oct 1729 d. 2 Jun 1812
5. Zadoc Alling b. 27 Nov 1731 d. abt 1787
6. Amos Alling b. 14 Feb 1734
7. Joel Alling b. 24 Nov 1738
8. Moses Alling b. 4 Dec 1741
9. Sarah Alling b. 20 Oct 1745
The Capt. Benjamin Ally d. 1827 Windsor, Ct. is NOT a sibling. Capt. Benjamin was a son of Capt. Benjamin Allyn and Abigail Loomis of Windsor, CT. There is a pending correction.
Benjamin married 7 Mar. 1764 at the Second Congregational Society, New Haven, Lydia Tuttle, daughter of Amos Tuttle and Sarah Mansfield of New Haven;she was born 20 July 1741 in New Haven, and died 4 May 1787, age 45, at Weathersfield, VT.
Benjamin Allen was one of the original proprietors of Weathersfield, 1761. For a number of years afterwards no actual settlements were made, though the proprietors continued to hold meetings and to offer as inducement to settle a twenty-acre lot, free to anyone building a house. Additional inducements were offered to anyone starting a saw mill: a set of irons delivered at the blockhouse in Springfield and also a thirteen-acre lot, on condition that the saw mill be kept in operation fifteen years. The settler’s rights were taxed at various times, but at a meeting held in March, 1764, it was voted that a tax of nine schillings on each right be levied for the purpose of paying Benjamin Allen for work he had done on the road from the river upwards of three miles in the town-also to continue the road to the Crown Point road and lay out highways north and south. The following year (1765), Benjamin removed to Woodbury, Litchfield Co., CT, where he and Lydia bought land in the South Purchase, 31 Oct. of that year. The family was probably living in Woodbury from 1765 to 1769; Benjamin returned permanently to Weathersfield in the latter year, in company with Moses Allen, Gershom Tuttle, William Rexford and Aaron Blackslee(Blakeslee).
The first Weathersfield town meeting was held on May 19, 1772. The following officers were elected: Dan Tuttle, moderator; William Upham, town clerk, Dan Tuttle, supervisor; Eliphalet Spafford and William Richardson, assessors; Benoni Tuttle and Gershom Tuttle, collectors; Benjamin Allen and Aaron Blackslee, overseers of the poor; Dan Tuttle, William Richardson and William Upham, commissioners for laying out highways; Benjamin Allen, Aaron Blackslee and Joseph Douglas, surveyors of highways; William Upham and Moses Allen, fence viewers; Timothy Parkhurst, Benoni Tuttle, Eliphalet Spafford and Gershom Tuttle, pound-keepers. The last meeting of the proprietors was held May 16, 1773 with Benjamin Allen/Alling assessor, treasurer and commissioner of highways.
Children:
Isaac b. 29 Sep 1766 d. 19 Sep 1850
Lydia b. 1769 d. 1855
Benjamin b. 20 Aug 1774 d. 23 Aug 1838
Benjamin's siblings were:
1. David Alling b. 2 Feb 1724 d. 22 Apr 1794
2. Samuel Alling b. 31 Jan 1726
3. Hannah Alling b. 4 Oct 1727
4. Nathan Alling b. 14 Oct 1729 d. 2 Jun 1812
5. Zadoc Alling b. 27 Nov 1731 d. abt 1787
6. Amos Alling b. 14 Feb 1734
7. Joel Alling b. 24 Nov 1738
8. Moses Alling b. 4 Dec 1741
9. Sarah Alling b. 20 Oct 1745
The Capt. Benjamin Ally d. 1827 Windsor, Ct. is NOT a sibling. Capt. Benjamin was a son of Capt. Benjamin Allyn and Abigail Loomis of Windsor, CT. There is a pending correction.
Benjamin (1) Allen, son of Nathan Alling and Hannah Todd of New Haven, CT, colonial pioneer of the town of Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont, was born 1 May 1736 in New Haven, CT,christened 13 June 1736 in the First Congregational Society, New Haven. He died 1 Apr. 1774 (drowned), age 37, in Weathersfield, Vermont [g.s.]. Benjamin is buried, with his widow, Lydia, in Richards Cemetery, Weathersfield.
Benjamin married 7 Mar. 1764 at the Second Congregational Society, New Haven, Lydia Tuttle, daughter of Amos Tuttle and Sarah Mansfield of New Haven;she was born 20 July 1741 in New Haven, and died 4 May 1787, age 45, at Weathersfield, VT.
Benjamin Allen was one of the original proprietors of Weathersfield, 1761. For a number of years afterwards no actual settlements were made, though the proprietors continued to hold meetings and to offer as inducement to settle a twenty-acre lot, free to anyone building a house. Additional inducements were offered to anyone starting a saw mill: a set of irons delivered at the blockhouse in Springfield and also a thirteen-acre lot, on condition that the saw mill be kept in operation fifteen years. The settler’s rights were taxed at various times, but at a meeting held in March, 1764, it was voted that a tax of nine schillings on each right be levied for the purpose of paying Benjamin Allen for work he had done on the road from the river upwards of three miles in the town-also to continue the road to the Crown Point road and lay out highways north and south. The following year (1765), Benjamin removed to Woodbury, Litchfield Co., CT, where he and Lydia bought land in the South Purchase, 31 Oct. of that year. The family was probably living in Woodbury from 1765 to 1769; Benjamin returned permanently to Weathersfield in the latter year, in company with Moses Allen, Gershom Tuttle, William Rexford and Aaron Blackslee(Blakeslee).
The first Weathersfield town meeting was held on May 19, 1772. The following officers were elected: Dan Tuttle, moderator; William Upham, town clerk, Dan Tuttle, supervisor; Eliphalet Spafford and William Richardson, assessors; Benoni Tuttle and Gershom Tuttle, collectors; Benjamin Allen and Aaron Blackslee, overseers of the poor; Dan Tuttle, William Richardson and William Upham, commissioners for laying out highways; Benjamin Allen, Aaron Blackslee and Joseph Douglas, surveyors of highways; William Upham and Moses Allen, fence viewers; Timothy Parkhurst, Benoni Tuttle, Eliphalet Spafford and Gershom Tuttle, pound-keepers. The last meeting of the proprietors was held May 16, 1773 with Benjamin Allen/Alling assessor, treasurer and commissioner of highways.
Children:
Isaac b. 29 Sep 1766 d. 19 Sep 1850
Lydia b. 1769 d. 1855
Benjamin b. 20 Aug 1774 d. 23 Aug 1838
Benjamin's siblings were:
1. David Alling b. 2 Feb 1724 d. 22 Apr 1794
2. Samuel Alling b. 31 Jan 1726
3. Hannah Alling b. 4 Oct 1727
4. Nathan Alling b. 14 Oct 1729 d. 2 Jun 1812
5. Zadoc Alling b. 27 Nov 1731 d. abt 1787
6. Amos Alling b. 14 Feb 1734
7. Joel Alling b. 24 Nov 1738
8. Moses Alling b. 4 Dec 1741
9. Sarah Alling b. 20 Oct 1745
The Capt. Benjamin Ally d. 1827 Windsor, Ct. is NOT a sibling. Capt. Benjamin was a son of Capt. Benjamin Allyn and Abigail Loomis of Windsor, CT. There is a pending correction.
Benjamin married 7 Mar. 1764 at the Second Congregational Society, New Haven, Lydia Tuttle, daughter of Amos Tuttle and Sarah Mansfield of New Haven;she was born 20 July 1741 in New Haven, and died 4 May 1787, age 45, at Weathersfield, VT.
Benjamin Allen was one of the original proprietors of Weathersfield, 1761. For a number of years afterwards no actual settlements were made, though the proprietors continued to hold meetings and to offer as inducement to settle a twenty-acre lot, free to anyone building a house. Additional inducements were offered to anyone starting a saw mill: a set of irons delivered at the blockhouse in Springfield and also a thirteen-acre lot, on condition that the saw mill be kept in operation fifteen years. The settler’s rights were taxed at various times, but at a meeting held in March, 1764, it was voted that a tax of nine schillings on each right be levied for the purpose of paying Benjamin Allen for work he had done on the road from the river upwards of three miles in the town-also to continue the road to the Crown Point road and lay out highways north and south. The following year (1765), Benjamin removed to Woodbury, Litchfield Co., CT, where he and Lydia bought land in the South Purchase, 31 Oct. of that year. The family was probably living in Woodbury from 1765 to 1769; Benjamin returned permanently to Weathersfield in the latter year, in company with Moses Allen, Gershom Tuttle, William Rexford and Aaron Blackslee(Blakeslee).
The first Weathersfield town meeting was held on May 19, 1772. The following officers were elected: Dan Tuttle, moderator; William Upham, town clerk, Dan Tuttle, supervisor; Eliphalet Spafford and William Richardson, assessors; Benoni Tuttle and Gershom Tuttle, collectors; Benjamin Allen and Aaron Blackslee, overseers of the poor; Dan Tuttle, William Richardson and William Upham, commissioners for laying out highways; Benjamin Allen, Aaron Blackslee and Joseph Douglas, surveyors of highways; William Upham and Moses Allen, fence viewers; Timothy Parkhurst, Benoni Tuttle, Eliphalet Spafford and Gershom Tuttle, pound-keepers. The last meeting of the proprietors was held May 16, 1773 with Benjamin Allen/Alling assessor, treasurer and commissioner of highways.
Children:
Isaac b. 29 Sep 1766 d. 19 Sep 1850
Lydia b. 1769 d. 1855
Benjamin b. 20 Aug 1774 d. 23 Aug 1838
Benjamin's siblings were:
1. David Alling b. 2 Feb 1724 d. 22 Apr 1794
2. Samuel Alling b. 31 Jan 1726
3. Hannah Alling b. 4 Oct 1727
4. Nathan Alling b. 14 Oct 1729 d. 2 Jun 1812
5. Zadoc Alling b. 27 Nov 1731 d. abt 1787
6. Amos Alling b. 14 Feb 1734
7. Joel Alling b. 24 Nov 1738
8. Moses Alling b. 4 Dec 1741
9. Sarah Alling b. 20 Oct 1745
The Capt. Benjamin Ally d. 1827 Windsor, Ct. is NOT a sibling. Capt. Benjamin was a son of Capt. Benjamin Allyn and Abigail Loomis of Windsor, CT. There is a pending correction.
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Here lies buried
Mr. Benj. Allen who was drowned April 1 1774 in the 38th year of his age.
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