ETHAN See also:

• ALLEN, BOG OF
• ETHAN ALLEN (1739–1789)
• ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
• ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
• ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
• ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)

ALLEN (1739–1789)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LITCHFIELD

Litchfield, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, on the loth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1739 . He removed, probably in 1769, to the " New See also:

• HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire Grants," where he took up lands, and eventually became a See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of those who refused to recognize the See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction of New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, and contended for the organization of the " Grants " into a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province . About 1771 he was placed at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the " See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

Mountain Boys," an irregular force organized for resistance to the " Yorkers." On t'he loth of May 1775, soon after the out-break of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of American See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence,"in command of a force, which he had assisted some members of the Connecticut See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly to raise for the purpose, he captured See also:

• TICONDEROGA

Ticonderoga from its See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison, calling upon its commanding officer—according to the unverified See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of See also:

• ALLEN, BOG OF
• ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
• ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
• ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
• ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
• ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)

Allen himself—to surrender " in the name of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• JEHOVAH (YAHWEH2)

Jehovah and the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

Continental See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress." See also:

• SETH
• SETH (Egyptian Set, Sth~~~{{{or Sts)
• SETH (I* according to Dillmann, " setting " or " slip "; Septuagint, Philo and New Testament, fie, but r Chron. i. 1 Ells in A ; Josephus, EfjOor, Vulg. Seth)

Seth See also:

• WARNER, OLIN LEVI (1844-1896)
• WARNER, SETH (1743-1784)
• WARNER, WILLIAM (1558?-16o9)

Warner being elected See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of the " Green Mountain Boys " in See also:

• JULY

July 1775, Allen, piqued, joined See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• SCHUYLER, PHILIP JOHN (1733–1804)

Schuyler, and later with a small command, but without See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, accompanied General See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• MONTGOMERY
• MONTGOMERY ( Tre' Faldwyn)
• MONTGOMERY, GABRIEL, SEIGNEUR DE LORGES, COMTE DE (c. 1530-1574)
• MONTGOMERY, JAMES (1771-1854)
• MONTGOMERY, ROBERT (1807-1855)

Montgomery's expedition against See also:

• CANADA

Canada . On the 25th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1775 near See also:

• MONTREAL

Montreal he was captured by the British, and until exchanged on the 6th of May 1778 remained a prisoner at See also:

• FALMOUTH

Falmouth, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, at See also:

• HALIFAX
• HALIFAX, CHARLES MONTAGUE, EARL OF (1661–1715)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF (1716-1771)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE SAVILE, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1633-1695)

Halifax, Nova See also:

• SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

Scotia, and in New York . Upon his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release he was brevetted colonel by the Continental Congress . He then, as brigadier-general of the See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia of See also:

• VERMONT

Vermont, resumed his opposition to New York, and from 1779 to 1783, acting with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Ira Allen, and several others, carried on negotiations, indirectly, with See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Governor See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• HALDIMAND, SIR FREDERICK (1718–1791)

Haldimand of Canada, who hoped to win the Vermonters over to the British cause . He seems to have assured Haldimand's See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent that " I shall do everything in my See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to make this See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state a British province." In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1781 he wrote to Congress, with characteristic bluster, " I am as resolutely determined to defend the independence of Vermont as congress that of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, and rather than fail will retire with the See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

hardy Green Mountain Boys into the desolate caverns of the mountains and wage war with human nature at large." He removed to See also:

• BURLINGTON

Burlington, Vermont, in 1787, and died there on the Iith of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1789 . He was, says See also:

• TYLER
• TYLER, JOHN (1790—1862)
• TYLER, MOSES COIT (1835—1900)
• TYLER, WAT [or WALTER] (d. 1381)

Tyler, "a blustering frontier See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero—an able-minded See also:

• IGNORAMUS (Latin for " we do not know," " we take no notice of ")

ignoramus of rough and ready See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour, of boundless self-confidence, and of a shrewdness in thought and See also:

• ACTION

action equal to almost any emergency." Allen wrote a Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity (1779), the most celebrated See also:

• BOOK

book in the " See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison literature " of the American revolution; A Vindication of the Inhabitants of Vermont to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government of New York and their Right to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

Independent State (1779); and See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

Reason, the Only See also:

• ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

Oracle of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man; or A Compendious See also:

• SYSTEM

System of Natural See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion, Alternately adorned with Confutations of a Variety of Doctrines incompatible with it (1784) . Ethan's youngest brother, IRA ALLEN (1751–1814), born on the 21st of See also:

• APRIL

April 1951 at See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall, Connecticut, also removed to the New Hampshire Grants, where he became one of the most influential See also:

• POLITICAL

political leaders . In 1775 he took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Ticonderoga and the invasion of Canada . He was a member of the See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention which met at See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester, Vermont, and in January 1777 declared the independence of the New Hampshire Grants; served (1776–1786) as a member of the Vermont See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of safety; conducted negotiations, on behalf of Vermont, for a truce with the British and for an See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange of prisoners, in 1781; served for eight terms in the general assembly, and was statetreasurer from 1778 to 1786 and surveyor-general from 1778 to 1787 . In 1789, by a See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of £4000, he made possible the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the university of Vermont, of which institution, chartered in 1791 and built at Burlington in deference to his wishes, he was thus virtually the founder .

In 1795, on behalf of the state, he See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French government arms for the Vermont militia, of which he was then the ranking See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general, but he was captured by a British cruiser See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland on his return See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey, was charged with attempting to furnish insurrectionary Irish with arms, and after prolonged litigation in the British courts, the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case not being finally decided until 1804, returned to Vermont in 18oi . During his See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence he had been dispossessed of his large holdings of See also:

• LAND

land through the operation of tax See also:

• LAWS

laws, and to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape imprisonment for See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt, he removed to See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, where on the 4th of January 1814 he died . He published a dull and biassed, but useful Natural and Political See also:

• HISTORY

History of Vermont (1798), reissued (187o) in vol. i. of the Collections of the Vermont See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society . There is no adequate See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography of Ethan Allen, but See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall's Ethan Allen (New York, 1892) may be consulted . The best See also:

• LITERARY

literary estimate may be found in M . C . Tyler's Literary History of the American Revolution (2 vols., New York, 1897) .