1738—January 21 Ethan Allen was born in Litchfield County,
Connecticut. 1749—Benning Wentworth, governor of New Hampshire,
makes his first land grant, for the town of Bennington.
1757—Allen joins Litchfield County militia as a private.
1762—Allen becomes part owner of an iron foundry near Salisbury,
Connecticut. —Allen marries Mary Brownson. 1764—Britain issues
the Privy Council Decree, giving all land west of the
Connecticut River to New York. 1770—Allen purchases his first
two plots of land in the Grants (now Vermont). 1771—Green
Mountain Boys organized at the Catamount Tavern in Bennington.
Allen is elected —Ethan Allen, Remember Baker, Robert Cochran,
and six others declared outlaws by New York. 1773—Onion River
Land Company formed. 1775—April 19. American patriots and
British soldiers fight at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts,
beginning the American Revolution. —May 10. Allen, with Benedict
Arnold at his side, leads Green Mountain Boys in the capture of
Fort Ticonderoga. —June 22. Allen and Seth Warn