Corp. Edward Allen

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Edward was the 1st child born of Elihu Allen (b. 1739) and his wife Abigail __________ of Cornwall, Litchfield County, Colony of Connecticut. Edward's siblings were: Elihu (b. 1764), Anne (b. 1766), Josiah (b. 1772), and possibly others.

At about the age of 14 years on January 6, 1777, Edward, a resident of Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, enlisted as a Private for the Duration of the War in Colonel Seth Warner's Independant Regiment of the Continental Line. In 1777, Warner's Regiment served in the Northern Department of the Army at Fort Ticonderoga, the Battles of Hubbardton, Bennington and Saratoga. It remained in the Northern Department during the Campaigns of 1778 and 1779.

On December 26, 1779, Edward, then a resident of Cornwall, switched Regiments and joined, Captain Elijah Chapman's Company, Colonel Herman Swift's 7nd Regiment of the Continental Line. Edward probably joined the Regiment while they were wintered at the Morristown Huts '79-'80. In the summer 1780, Swift's Regiment served with the main Army on the Hudson River in New York State. The Regiment wintered '80-'81, at Camp "Connecticut Village," near the Robinson House, upper Hudson. There they were consolidated with the 5th Regiment for the formation of '81-'83 as the 2nd Regiment of the Continental Line.

The Regiment remained in Camp at West Point and vicinity from January 1, 1783 until early in June, when by General Washington's order it was disbanded with the greater portion of the Army. Edward was on the Rolls of his Company in 1783 as a Corporal. He was discharged on June 8, 1783 and was then honored by being awarded the "Badge of Merit". His discharge was signed: "G. Washington".

A Patriot of the American Revolution for CONNECTICUT with the rank of CORPORAL.
DAR Ancestor # A001506