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The Men who Entered TT with Ethnn
Allen.
Fort Edward. n. Y. Aug. 25. 19t

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Fort Edward, N. Y, Aug. 25, 1906.
To the Editor OF tho Free Press:
II is now some years since the eror
was first made to collect the names o.
the Green Mountain Boys, with theii
associates from Massachusetts, and Con
necticut, who were present at the captur,
of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen OF
May 10th. 1775. With each successive pub
1ication the list has slowly grow, unit
as will be seen 1t now Includes. as
believe. 80 OF the original SO that actually
entered the fort with Allen. II Is posi-
bic that the remaining 30 names are &c
be found among the men who accom-.
panied the expedition from Connecticut
and Massachusetts,.
During the time that has elapsed since
this effort to restore the roster was com
menced, many names have come to my
notice OF men who were engaged In some
capacity in the expedition. Some OF them
went TO Skeresborongh; some went to
Albany; some remained on the Vermont
side Mt Hands Cove and went the next
day 10 Crown Point. These names I have
preserved and as has often been the case
TO information In relation to them has
been accompanied with some few items
Of personal history. and sometimes there
has been a little cr,rmb Of new historic
Information. all of which I have en-
dcavored to treasure up.
n IS said that after Colonel Herrick's
party had gone to Skenesborough 40
men remained at Castleto0. In the list
which I send you with this. are the names
Of &c men that I believe took part in
some capacity In the expedition against
~Ticondcroga and Crown Point and Skones-
borough. There are yet a good many
names to be added before the list shall
he complete, but II is not altogether i'm
probable or impossible but that many adj
ditions may vet he made to the roll.
Information in relation TO the men that
participated in this expedition is invited,
as are also criticisms and corrections.
All such communications addressed to
me will be gratefully received and ack-
nowledged. and when, as is often the case,
] have Information in relation TO the per-
sonal history OF these men other than
what is here published, 7 shall he glad
70 furnish II TO those who may be in
terested. The fact that the Hands Cove
Chapter Of the D.. A. r. of Shorehan,.
VI, last week dedicated a boulder with
a bronze tablet to mark the spot on Lake
Champlain whence Ethan Allen embarked
FOR the capture of Fort Ticonderoga,
seems to make this an appropriate time
to republish the list Of this Spartan band
and TO solicit further information in
regard to the same.
Such lists have been published in various
papers and periodicals in the State of
Vermont. but the results that have at
tended the publication in the Free Press
have been so gratifying that ! am con-
strained to ask it's publication once moro,
in the hope that If there are other Green
Mountain Boys whose names are not here
with reported. their descendants may feel
! inspired to communicate their names tc
the undersigned.
ROBERT q. BASCOM,
Secretary Of the New York State His
torical Association. Fort Edward, n. Y.
THE LIST.
IN the following list those marked
thus 90 are believed to belong
to the So immortals who entered
the fort with Aliens names. Those
marked thus % have a military record in
the Vermont Revolutionary rolls. 30 in
number)
- Col. Ethan Allen stands at the head
of this list. He was in OF the
expedition. marched into the fort at the
head of the center file of men and de-
mandcd and received the surrender of
The fort in the name of the Great Jehovah
and the Continental Congress" as he said.
but it will be observed that some attribute
the use of different language to him on
that occasion. His life and public serv-
Ices are so we'll known that II seems UNI
necessary here to give further details
thereof.
: Ira Allen. brother of Ethan, was paid
by Connecticut for services in connection
with this expedition. but so far 1t does
mot appear what those services were.
(Seo Conn. Men in the Revolution)
4Heman Allen. brother of Ethan. was
with the party at Bennington. (Chitten-
den. page 33)
I Levi Allen, brother of Ethan. was one
of the Connecticut party and was with
The expedition at Norfolk and also at Ben
nington. Connecticut Historical Collec-
lions. Vol, l. page 1919 (chittenden'
page 33)
- Ebenezer Andrews is said 70 have
been present at the capture, proceedings
Vermont Historical society, 1901. page
es)
. John Alexander Of Brattleborough is
FtAA w q 49, I'N - "a ':S I
lid. page $50
I" Ebenezcr Allen OF Poultney, VT, said
to have been a relative of Ethan and to
have been with him at Ticonderoga, was
sne Of the first settlers of Poultney, born
I'm Northampton, Mass, October II, 1743:
married, 1902, Miss Richards. Moved to
Bennington 17GS. Lieutenant in Warmers
regiment. 1775, afterwards resided at Tin
mouth. Delegate to several of the Yer
mont Conventions, Captain in Herrick's !
Regiment of Rangers: died In Burlington,
March 26th, 1906. (Men of Vermont, page
f3)
Benedict Arnold entered the fort by
he side of Allen.
- Thomas Ashley of Poultney, VT,
WAS one of seven brothers that came
o that town and were among its first
settlers. His brother Elijah said that
Thomas was the next man to Allen that
inferred the Fort at Old Ticonderoga He
stood as sentinel at the head of the
stairs when Allen entered the room of
Me commander and demanded the sur
lender of the fort. lie was twice mar
lied, his second wife being the widow of
Eebediah Dewey. Uiistory of Poultney,