Ancestry of
Lewis Henry Lapham

Co-Founder of Texaco

Margaret Allen

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• • Great-grandmother of Lewis Henry Lapham — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 13 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 26 Sep 1758 
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Sep 1831 
  • Death Location:
  • Danby, Rutland, Vermont 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Read Cemetery, Danby, Rutland, Vermont 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Edward Vail
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 Jun 1780 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Danby, Rutland, Vermont 
  • Children:
  
  

  Ira Vail

  John Vail (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  • Notes: 

  • Margaret Allen's husband Edward Vail is said to have been a close friend of Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen. There are also claims that Ethan Allen attended their wedding and that he is a relative of Margaret's. The parentage of Margaret remains a mystery and any connection to Ethan Allen also remains a mystery.

• Sources for Margaret Allen

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A116743 and #A116787.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/04/2014).
  • ³ Vail, William Penn, M.D., Moses Vail of Huntington, L.I.: Showing His Descent from Joseph (2) Vail, Son of Thomas Vail at Salem, Massachusetts 1640, Unknown: Unknown (1947), 215.

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