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1777 and served as a Private and Corporal in Captain John Shumway's Company. Commanded by Colonels Jedediah Huntington and Starr. He was in the Battle of Monmouth and was discharged on 3 January 1780
Additional References:
Revolutionary War Pension file W9325.
Mrs. Orville Dailey, The Official Roster of Soldiers of The American Revolution BuriedIn The State of Ohio, Roster# 2, pg 39
Virgil White, Genealogical Abstracts of Rev War Pension Files, Volume 1, Tennessee. Waynesboro: National Historical Publishing, Co, 1900, pg 33
Johnston, Henry P, edit. The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783. Volume I, Chapter II, Connecticut. Hartford, 1889, pg 147
Spouse: Elizabeth Palmer Children: Elizabeth; Phineas;
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Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn
Asher Allen was born on 22 May 1756 in Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, the son of Phinehas and Alice (Cady) Allen.
While a resident of Mansfield Township, Windham County, Connecticut, Asher enlisted on about 3 April 1777 and served as a Private and Corporal in Captain John Shumway's Company. Commanded by Colonels Jedediah Huntington and Starr. He was in the Battle of Monmouth and was discharged on 3 January 1780. He applied for a military pension on 11 May 1818 in Washington County, Ohio, and received an annual allowance of $96.00. Widow also received a pension, applying on 21 October 1843, in Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio.
He married Elizabeth Palmer on 29 April 1777 in Mansfield. Among their known children were:
Phineas was born on 22 December 1793 and married Elizabeth Hull.
Jehial was born on 3 December 1780 and married Sally Richardson.
Mary was born in 1788
Asher was on 11 March 1792 and married Elizabeth Fox.
Elizabeth was born on 5 June 1794 and married Benjamin Thorla.
The patriot died on 5 February 1840, in Morgan County, Ohio, at the age of 84, and his burial place is unknown. He has a cenotaph SAR Marker at Mound Cemetery in Marietta.
Sources:
Revolutionary War Pension file W9325.
Mrs. Orville Dailey, The Official Roster of Soldiers of The American Revolution Buried In The State of Ohio, Roster# 2, p. 39.
Virgil White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Volume 1, (Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing, Co., 1900), p. 33.
Johnston, Henry P., edit. The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783. Volume I, Chapter II, p. 147.
Hartford, CT: 1889. Pension Roll of 1835, Volume IV, Mid-Western States, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1994, p. 204.
Official roster: Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived in the State of Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR, 1938.
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