Ethan Allen, American farmer, general, and politician (born 1738)

Ethan Allen

American farmer, military officer and politician (1738–1789)

Ethan Allen was an American farmer, writer, military officer and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War, and was also the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Fanny Allen.