The Biographical Dictionary of America/Allen, Solomon

ALLEN, Solomon, itinerant preacher, was born at Northampton, Mass., Feb. 23, 1751. He was a brother of Thomas and Moses Allen, noted chaplains in the patriot army. Entering the Continental army as a private, he attained the rank of major. He was one of Andre's guards after his capture, and assisted in suppressing Shays's rebellion in Massachusetts. In 1801, he became an itinerant preacher, and for twenty years rode among the settlements of western New York. (See "Last Hours of Moses Allen," by J. N. Danforth.) He died in New York city, Jan. 28, 1821.