Frances Montresor Buchanan Allen Penniman (1760-1834) was a member of a prominent Revolutionary-era family and the spouse of Ethan Allen. Ethan Allen was a military officer whose career or family position supplies an important part of this entry’s Revolutionary context. The marriage connected Frances Montresor Buchanan Allen Penniman to the political, military, commercial, or social developments surrounding the Revolution. This life overlapped the Revolutionary era, when war, political upheaval, disrupted trade, military service, and changing governments placed unusual demands on households and extended families. Born in New York City, New York and later dying in Colchester, Vermont, the course of this life reflects the movement of Revolutionary-era families across colonial, national, and sometimes Atlantic settings. Including Frances Montresor Buchanan Allen Penniman in HistoryGPS recognizes that households, marriages, property, correspondence, hospitality, and kinship networks were essential parts of the world in which Revolutionary leaders acted.