Mercy Wright

Mercy Wright, daughter of Judah Wright Sr. and Mercy Burt, was born 14 Mar 1668 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, and died 5 Feb 1728 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut.

She married Samuel Allen, son of Nehemiah Allen and Sarah Woodford, on 15 Dec 1692 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. They lived in Deerfield, Mass; Springfield, Mass., and North Hampton, Mass.

Their children:

1. Nehemiah Allen born 1693, Northampton, Hampshire, MA.
2. Mercy Allen born 1695, Northampton, Hampshire, MA, married Eliakim Root. Mercy died 1728.
3. Nehemiah Allen born 1697, Northampton, Hampshire, MA, married (1) Mary ?, died 1723, married (2) 1728, Hanna Wakely, born 1694, died 1777. Nehemiah died 1753.
4. Mary Allen born 1699, Northampton, Hampshire, MA, married 1727, Benjamin Smalley.
5. Daniel Allen born 1 Nov 1701, Northampton, Hampshire, MA. married 28 May 1737, in Litchfield, CT, Mary Grant.
6. Hester Allen born 1704, Northhampton, Hampshire, MA, died 1707, Northhampton, Hampshire, MA.
7. Lydia Allen born 1706, Northhampton, Hampshire, MA, married 1738, Selah Murray, born 1701, died 1754. Lydia died 1746.
8. Hester Allen born 1707, Northhampton, Hampshire, MA.
9. Joseph Allen born 1708, Deerfield, MA, married 1736, Mary Baker, born Jan 1708, Woodbury, CT, (daughter of John Baker and ? Comfort). Joseph died 1755, Cornwall, CT.
10. Ebenezer Allen born 1711, married Mary Hurlbut, born 1712. Ebenezer died 31 Aug 1760.

Biography

Biography

Mercy Wright Allen was the grandmother of Ethan Allen, an American Revolutionary War leader who fought for Vermont's independence.

After the death of her husband, Mercy Allen traded her small holdings in Coventry for much larger land rights on the Connecticut frontier, which became Litchfield. Five years later, she bought into the Litchfield Proprietorship, becoming the only woman proprietor.

She drew for a house lot in the town's first land division in 1721, took responsibility for building Litchfield's south garrison during an Indian scare, and directed the family in clearing their new farm.

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