Ebenezer Allen (1743–1806) was an American soldier, pioneer, and member of the Vermont General Assembly.
Allen and Ashley (both had married daughters of Zebulon Richards) arrived at the site of the town along the Poultney River on April 15, 1771.
All of its residents (except one) supported the American Revolution and most males served in the revolutionary army at various times during the war.
He was appointed a captain in Colonel Herrick's battalion of rangers in July 1777, and distinguished himself at the battle of Bennington.
He was a Justice of the Peace, served on many town committees, and was a representative to the Vermont General Assembly from 1788 to 1792.
"[5] In 1792 Allen toured the unsettled portions of Ohio, Michigan and Upper Canada with a group of Indians for a year.
In 1795, Allen was part of a partnership with Charles Whitney, also of Vermont, Robert Randal, of Philadelphia and several British subjects in Detroit including John Askin and William Robertson, which planned to buy the entire lower Michigan peninsula from the United States government for $500,000.