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• Name: Lemuel Allen, Sr.
• Born: November 10, 1776 Connecticut
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• Adelia Allen
• Lemuel Allen, Jr.
• Lucy Allen
• Died: July 7, 1851 Webster, New York
• Buried: possibly Greenvale Rural Cemetery, Fairport, Monroe County, New York

Lemuel Allen moved from Connecticut to Vermont to New York. He appears to have been in Hopkins' Regiment during the 1814 seige of Fort Erie. Be cautious not to confuse him with another Lemuel Allen, son of Silas Allen.

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• "Seek parents and birthplace of Lemuel Allen, born Nov. 10, 1776, died July 7, 1851, Webster, N.Y. Settled Monroe County, N.Y., 1817. Children: Lemuel, Adelia, Lucy.—Lemuel H. Peets, 69 Dewey Ave., Fairport, N.Y. 14450." Syracuse Herald Journal, Syracuse, New York, Sunday, September 1, 1974, p. 15.
• Name, Allen, Lemuel; Rank, Priv.; Organization, Capt. Jenks Pullen Co. of Col. Caleb Hopkins Regiment; Paid from Aug. 28 1814 to Nov. 2, 1814; $18.00; Remarks, W. Watkins P.M. Nou. 62; Roll 2352. - New York War of 1812 Payroll Abstracts for the New York State Militia, Series B0810 (23.5 cu. ft.). New York (State). Adjutant General’s Office. New York State Archives, Albany, New York.
• 1850 US Census, New York, Monroe County, Penfield, Family No. 406, Line 20; Name, Lemuel J. Allen; Age, 57; Male; Occupation, Farmer; Real Estate, 2,240; Birthplace, Vermont; Line 21; Name, Martha Allen; Age, 50; Female; Birthplace, Massachusetts; Line 22; Name, Edwin G. Allen; Age, 19; Male; Occupation, Carpenter; Birthplace, New York; Line 23; Name, Lemuel Allen; Age, 74; Male; Birthplace, Connecticut.
• 1800 US Census, Vermont, Bennington County, Dorset; Name, Lemuel Allen; Free white males under 10, 1; Free white males 16-25, 2; Free white females 16-25, Number of household members under 16, 1; Number of household members, 4.
• I do not know if this is his stone. Death, 7 July; Greenvale Rural Cemetery Fairport, Monroe County, New York. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13492537

• "Chauncey Dutton Webster, bap. Sep. 28, 1794, m. Nov. 27, 1817, Adelia Allen, a sister of his brother Elijah's wife, and sister of Lemuel Allen, Jr., of Pittsford, from which it appears that they were children of Lemuel Allen, Sr."

  p. 600, History and genealogy of the Gov. John Webster family of Connecticut, by Webster, William Holcomb and Webster, Melville Reuben, 1915, E.R. Andrews Print. Co., Rochester, NY. https://archive.org/details/historygenealogy00webs/page/600/mode/2up