Thomas Allen (chaplain)

Thomas Allen
BornJuly 1, 1743 
DiedNovember 2, 1810  (aged 67)
OccupationPriest, missionary, writer, preacher, Minister 
RelativesSolomon Allen, Moses Allen 

Reverend Thomas Allen (January 17, 1743 in Northampton, Massachusetts – April 18, 1810 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts), known as The Fighting Parson, was "chaplain to three Berkshire Regiments during the Revolution and was at Ticonderoga and at the Battle of Bennington where he led a group of soldiers from Pittsfield" described as "a political liberal and a religious conservative."

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