Lawsuits of Ethan and Ira Allen, 1779–1812

Lawsuits of Ethan and Ira Allen, 1779-1812

Plaintiff(s)     Defendant Year instituted Cause of Action Disposition
1 General Ethan Allen, Ira Allen Levi Allen 1779 Title to land For plaintiffs
2 Abraham Ives Ira Allen 1788 Unknown For plaintiff, £11-13-0
3 Richard Burling Ira Allen 1788 Unknown For plaintiff, £9-2-0
4 Ira Allen David Buck 1788 Unknown Unknown
5 Robert Lewis Ethan Allen 1788 Unknown Unknown
6 Ira Allen William Hubbel 1789 Unknown Unknown
7 John Fraden De Montmollin, Samuel De Montmollin Ira Allen 1789 Unknown Default by defendant, plaintiff awarded £215-0-9, damages £9-15-7
8 George Goodtitle Ira Allen 1789 Title to land Unknown
9 Robert Work Ira Allen c. 1790 Unknown Unknown
10 John Rawlinson Ira Allen c. 1790 Unknown Unknown
11 Horace Baker Ira Allen c. 1790 Unknown Unknown
12 Henry McCallen Ira Allen 1790 Unknown Unknown
13 Ira Allen Frederick Saxton 1790 Unknown Unknown
14 Ira Allen Jonathan Bean 1791 Unknown Unknown
15 Ira Allen Simeon Hathaway 1793 Unknown Unknown; jury trial finds for plaintiff
16 Ira Allen Elias Trask 1793 Trespass, destruction of walnut trees Unknown
17 Ira Allen Samuel Robinson 1793 Unknown Plaintiff fail to appear, £26 costs to defendant
18 Charles Hicks Ira Allen, administrator of Ethan Allen Estate 1793 Payment of EA note Defendant default, plaintiff awarded £25-9-5, costs £19-2-3
19 John Thorn Ira Allen, admin. of EA Estate 1793 Payment of EA note Defendant default, plaintiff awarded £25-9-5
20 Richard Thorn Ira Allen, admin. of EA Estate 1793

 

 

 Payment of EA note Defendant default, plaintiff awarded £25-9-5
21 Sam Hand Ira Allen, admin. of EA estate 1794 Payment of EA debt Jury trial, finds for plaintiff, defendant fail to appear, plaintiff awarded £159
22 Levi Allen Estate of EA c. 1794 Eight EA notes Plaintiff awarded £29-6-2
23 Thomas Sheldon Ira Allen, admin. of EA estate 1794 Unknown Plaintiff died
24 John Williams Ira Allen 1794 Unknown Plaintiff awarded £34
25 Samuel Scoville Ira Allen 1794 Failure to deliver cattle Plaintiff awarded £15-14-6
26 Neil McMullen Ira Allen 1794 Debt payment Defendant no show, default, plaintiff awarded £40-9-6
27 Ira Allen Benjamin Marvin 1794 Unknown Unknown
28 Joseph Earl Ira Allen 1794 Unknown Unknown
29 John Blagg, Samuel Broome Ira Allen 1794 Payment of note Plaintiff awarded $8,609
30 John Stevens Ira Allen 1794 Settle book account Unknown
31 Cephas Smith Ira Allen 1794 Payment of note Plaintiff default, costs to defendant
32 Caleb and Jacob Frost Ira Allen 1794 Guarantor payment Plaintiff awarded $635
33 William Harrington Ira Allen 1794 Town seeking tax payment Unknown
34 James Seaman Ira Allen 1794 Guarantor payment Plaintiff awarded $1,431
35 Ira Allen Jacob Bayley 1794 Payment of note Plaintiff awarded £27
36 David Maxfield Ira Allen 1794 Failure to deliver oxen Jury trial, plaintiff awarded £14-18-11 and £8-10-10
37 Benjamin Minturn, John Champlain Ira Allen 1794 Debt payment Plaintiff awarded $1,533
38 Minturn and Champlain Ira Allen 1795 Payment for goods sold Defendant no show, default, plaintiffs awarded £95-6-11
39 David Welch Ira Allen, admin. of Heman Allen estate 1795 Payment of note Defendant fail to appear, plaintiff awarded damages £34-19-7
40 Samuel Broome, Jeremiah Platt Ira Allen, admin. of Heman Allen estate 1795 Multiple claims for payment of notes Defendant fail to appear, plaintiff awarded damages $15, 978
41 Caleb and Jacob Frost Ira Allen 1795 Payment for goods sold Defendant no show, default, plaintiff awarded £62-10-3
42 Ira Allen James Ward 1795 Trespass, destruction of walnut trees Judgment for defendant, plaintiff to pay costs
43 Ira Allen Zelock Story 1795 Trespass, destruction of walnut trees Jury trial, plaintiff no show, defendant awarded costs, £5
44 John Armstrong, Jr. Ira Allen, admin. of EA estate 1795 Payment for debt Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded £9
45 Gilbert Hyat Ira Allen 1795 Failure to deliver cattle Plaintiff awarded £17-1-4
46 Moses and Lucinda Catlin Ira Allen 1795 Title to land Plaintiffs awarded $46,720
47 Solomon Waddams Ira Allen 1795 Payment of note Defendant no show, default, plaintiff awarded £251
48 Joab Stafford Ira Allen, admin. of EA estate 1795 Payment of EA note Defendant no show, default, £53
49 Ira Allen Allan Man 1795 Unknown Unknown
50 Ira Allen Isaac Maxfield 1795 Trespass, destruction of walnut trees Plaintiff no show, awarded costs to defendant of £8-8-6
51 Ira Allen Jacob Truman 1795 Trespass Plaintiff no show, awarded costs to defendant of £6
52 Ira Allen Ephraim Lake 1795 Trespass Plaintiff no show, awarded costs to defendant £5
53 Ira Allen William Ward 1795 Trespass Jury finds for defendant, awarded costs to defendant, £6
54 Joseph Hopkins Ira Allen 1795 Unknown Defendant no show, default awarded to plaintiff, £12-19-7
55 Joseph Hopkins Ira Allen 1795 Unknown Defendant no show, default awarded to plaintiff, £27-18-1
56 Abraham Griggs Ira Allen 1795 Payment of note Defendant no show, default awarded to plaintiff, £39-9-9
57 Alexander Frazier Ira Allen, admin. of EA estate 1795 Book account amounts owed by EA Plaintiff awarded £82-6-7, costs £9-18-4
58 Thomas Diamond Ira Allen, admin. of Remember Baker estate 1795 Payment of note Plaintiff awarded $66.44
59 Henry Haddock Sr., Henry Haddock, Jr. Ira Allen 1795 Payment of debts Defendant no show, default awarded to plaintiffs, £28-5-10 and £28-4-6
60 Thomas Johnson Ira Allen 1795 Payment of debt Defendant no show, default awarded to plaintiff, £9-7-4
61 David Holbrook Ira Allen 1795 Payment of debt Defendant no show, default awarded to plaintiff, £7-16-6
62 Ira Allen David Fossot 1795 Unknown Unknown
63 Ira Allen Ebenezer Hurlbert 1795 Unknown Jury trial finds for defendant, awarded costs, £8-14-6
64 Theopolis Mansfield Ira Allen 1795 Unknown Default for defendant
65 Ira Allen Benjamin Masoin 1796 Unknown Plaintiff no show, awarded costs to defendant £9
66 Ira Allen Alban Mann 1796 Trespass Jury finds for plaintiff, awarded £104
67 William Blodget Ira Allen, admin. of EA estate 1796 EA breach of “certain promises” Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $172.27 and costs of $72.10
68 Hubbell & Ensign Ira Allen, admin. of EA estate 1796 Payment of EA note Jury trial for plaintiff, awarded damages and costs, $403.27
69 Luther Holly Ira Allen 1796 Payment of debt Defendant no show, awarded to plaintiff, £40-8-7
70 Ira Allen Obediah Doody 1796 Payment of debt Defendant awarded damages, £9
71 James Everts Ira Allen 1796 Payment of debt Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded £40-8-7
72 Ira Allen Samuel Sheldon 1796 Payment of note Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded £84
73 Levi Sheppard Ira Allen 1796 Payment of note Plaintiff awarded damages, £36-6-0, costs £22-5-9
74 Ira Allen David Fassett 1796 Payment of note Jury awarded plaintiff £15
75 James Everts Ira Allen 1796 Unknown Unknown
76 James McCotter Ira Allen 1797 Payment of note Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $104.99
77 Luther Holly Ira Allen 1797 Payment of debt Unknown
78 Abram Baldwin & Co. Ira Allen 1797 Payment of debt Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $91.90
79 Samuel Sheldon Ira Allen 1798 Payment of land tax (Georgia) Plaintiff no show, defendant awarded costs
80 Samuel Sheldon Ira Allen 1798 Payment of land tax (Georgia) Plaintiff no show, defendant awarded costs
81 Samuel Sheldon Ira Allen 1798 Payment of land tax (Essex) Plaintiff no show, defendant awarded costs
82 Samuel Sheldon Ira Allen 1798 Payment of land tax (Burlington) Plaintiff no show, defendant awarded costs
83 Alexander Schutt Ira Allen 1798 Payment of debt Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $509.90
84 Henry Cull Ira Allen 1798 Payment of note Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $4,866.53
85 Ira Allen William Mills 1798 Breach of covenant Plaintiff awarded $100
86 Ira Allen Joshua Smedley 1798 Payment of note Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $375
87 Ira Allen Christopher Dutchen 1798 Payment of note Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $209.47
88 Thomas Butterfield Ira Allen 1798 Unknown Plaintiff no show, defendant awarded $13 costs
89 Ira Allen Samuel Sheldon 1799 Sale of cattle Unknown
90 Ira Allen William Coit 1799 Arbitration on note Plaintiff “banned,” defendant awarded costs $43
91 Nathaniel Seaman Ira Allen 1799 Failure to deliver cattle Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $513.40
92 Leffert & Jones Ira Allen 1799 Payment of debt Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $180.77
93 Leffert & Jones Ira Allen 1799 Payment of debt Plaintiff awarded damages and costs $264.83
94 Ira Allen Nathan Carey 1799 Failure to deliver cattle Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $8.70
95 Ira Allen Nathan Carey 1799 Failure to deliver cattle Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $34.92
96 Jacob Watson Ira Allen 1799 Breach of covenant Plaintiff no show, defendant awarded costs $22.20
97 Isaac Webb Ira Allen 1799 Unknown Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $118.97
98 David Stevens Ira Allen 1799 Payment of note Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $793.88
99 Noah Chittenden Ira Allen 1799 Breach of contract Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $3,683
100 Martin Chittenden Ira Allen 1799 Breach of contract Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $1,687.62
101 Nehemiah Allen Ira Allen 1799 Payment of debt Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $286
102 Alexander Davison Ira Allen 1799 Settle book account Defendant confessed judgment; plaintiff awarded $919.66
103 Ira Allen William Harrington c. 1799 Unknown Unknown
104 William Harrington Ira Allen 1799 Settle book account Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $710.39
105 Elnathan Keyes Ira Allen 1799 Settle book account $2,000 attachment on land
106 Thomas Brush Ira Allen 1799 Unknown Unknown
107 John Sax Ira Allen 1799 Payment of note Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $455.83
108 Jonathan Parker, Jr. Ira Allen 1799 Payment of note Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $338.75
109 John Waggoner Ira Allen 1799 Payment for surveying Jury awarded plaintiff $1,229.36
110 James Savage Ira Allen 1799 Payment for surveying Plaintiff awarded $3,249.85
111 James Savage Ira Allen 1800 Payment for surveying Unknown
112 Samuel and Lucy Hitchcock, Pamela Allen Ira Allen 1800 Division of land Unknown
113 Abel Ellis Ira Allen 1800 Unknown Unknown
114 Pascal Enos Ira Allen 1800 Payment for services rendered Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $2,278.11
115 Elisha Thatcher Ira Allen 1800 Payment of debt Unknown
116 Sam Stains Ira Allen 1800 Unknown Plaintiff awarded $398.80
117 John Gray Ira Allen 1800 Settle book account Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $1,482.27
118 Ira Allen Erastus Hall 1801 Payment of debt Plaintiff awarded $23.60
119 Hubbell & Ensign Ira Allen, admin. of EA estate 1801 Payment of debt Jury awarded plaintiff $314.94
120 Roger Enos, Jr. Ira Allen 1801 Payment for services rendered Unknown
121 John Stanniford Ira Allen 1801 Surety claim Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $25.10
122 Nathaniel Seaman Ira Allen 1801 Failure to deliver cattle Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $500
123 Ira Allen Job Gilbert 1802 Payment of debt Plaintiff case ruled insufficient, defendant awarded $22.08 costs
124 Jabez Penniman Ira Allen 1802 Malfeasance Plaintiff awarded $7,000
125 Stafford Stevens Ira Allen 1802 Payment of debt Plaintiff awarded $490.30
126 William Beaufort Ira Allen 1802 Settle book account Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $142.90
127 Elkanah Billings Ira Allen 1802 Unknown Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded

$52.63
128 Luther Hawley Ira Allen 1802 Unknown Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $286.25
129 Thaddeus Tuttle, Benjamin Boardman, James Watson Ira Allen 1802 Land dispute Plaintiffs no show, defendant awarded costs
130 Timothy Hollibert Ira Allen, admin. of EA estate 1803 Failure to pay for land Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $825.32 damages, costs
131 John Harrison Ira Allen 1803 Payment of note Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $94.37 damages
132 Stephen Pearl Ira Allen 1803 Breach of custodial duty Unknown
133 Ira Allen Joshua Stanton 1803 Title dispute Judgment for plaintiff
134 Jonathan Parker, Jr. Ira Allen 1803 Payment of debt Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $137.75
135 David Stephens Ira Allen 1803 Enforcement of judgment Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $1,000.84
136 James Monroe Ira Allen 1803 Payment of bond Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $352.16
137 Joseph Blake, Sr., Perez Morton, John Peck Ira Allen 1804 Fraud Judgement for plaintiff, awarded $8,582
138 Ira Allen Silas Hathaway

Stephen Thorn

Robert Bowne

Edmund Kirby

Edmond Prior

George Bowne

Robert L. Bowne

Samuel L. Bowne

Thomas Pearsall

Henry Haydockler

Richard Lawrence

James Byrd

Robert Pearsall

 1804 Bankruptcy Case dismissed
139 Frazier & Young Ira Allen 1804 Failure to deliver lumber Plaintiff awarded $7,309, defendant’s land valued at $20,000 attached
140 Ira Allen Executor of Levi Allen estate 1808 Payment of debt Defendant estate insolvent, dismissed
141 Ira Allen, admin. of EA estate Eleazer Hutchins 1808 Unknown Adjudged lack of jurisdiction, dismissed
142 James Boutwell Ira Allen 1809 Unknown Unknown
143 Ira Allen David Harvey 1811 Payment of debt Unknown
144 Issac Scott Ira Allen 1812 Payment of note Defendant no show, plaintiff awarded $32,416.90