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"Tradition represents Priscilla to have been very beauti- ful in her youth ; and John also was a comely person. . .. "
Their residence, after a few years in Plymouth, was in Duxbury, on the north side of the village. Near the site of his home a house has been occupied by Alden kindred since early colonial days.
John was reputedly a fine speaker and was interested in military affairs. "Though not of the Leyden church, Alden was distinguished for practical wisdom, integrity, and decision, and early acquired and retained a commanding influence over his associates. In every position he occupied, he fulfilled his duties promptly and to the satisfaction of his employers."
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His son, Capt. John Alden, Jr., mariner, moved to Boston about 1659, where he became a member of Old South Church at its organization, May, 1669. "In 1692, during the witchcraft delusions, he was accused and taken to Salem for examination after being imprisoned in Boston for several weeks. He escaped from prison and went back to Duxbury, but soon surrendered himself. At Salem, he acquitted himself admirably." ("Alden Memorial", by Ebenezer Alden, Randolph, Mass., p. 3).
In Story of a Pilgrim Family by Reverend John Alden, 1890, we find "Pilgrim John Alden was a man of whom his numerous descendants are justly proud ; not for his high station, great wealth, or colossal intellect, but for his rectitude of character, fidelity to duty, and his eminently pious, practical and useful life . He was probably one of the seven well persons left at one time to care for the sick and dying in that terrible first winter. The death of the father, mother and brother of Priscilla, leaving her an orphan in a strange land, together with the beauty and grace that distinguished her, led the young John, from sympathizing with her sorrows, to cherish a tenderer feel- ing in his heart for the fair young girl "
There are two reasons why the name, JOHN ALDEN, is particularly well known. One is the famous poem, "Court- ship of Myles Standish," written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a descendant of Alden's in the eighth genera- tion. The other reason is that John Alden had, probably, the largest number of descendants, as compared with those of other Mayflower Pilgrims.
John Alden was the last survivor of the signers of the Mayflower Compact. He was born c. 1598, and died at Duxbury, 22 Sep. 1687, "in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people, - and his sons buried him." He made no will, having distributed the greater part of his estate among his children during his lifetime. His wife Priscilla had died previously, sometime after 1650.
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Children of John ALDEN and Priscilla Mullins :
*1. Elizabeth2 b. c. 1624, at Plymouth ; d. 31 May 1717, at Little Compton; m. 26 Dec. 1644, at Duxbury, William PABODIE, b. c. 1619; d. 13 Dec. 1707, at Little Compton.
*2. John2 b. c. 1627, at Plymouth; d. 14 Mar. 1701/2, at Boston ; m. (1) -, Elizabeth -; b. -; d. aft. 17 Dec. 1659, and bef. 1 Apr. 1660; m. (2) 1 Apr. 1660, at Boston, Elizabeth (Phillips) Everill, widow of Abiel Everill, b. -; buried 7 Feb. 1695/6, at Boston.
*3. Joseph? b. -; d. 8 Feb. 1696/7, at Bridgewater ; m. - , Mary Simmons, b. -; d. -.
*4. Rebecca2 b. -; d. -; m. bef. 30 Oct. 1667, Thomas DELANO, b. -; d. bef. 22 Apr. 1723, at Duxbury.
(Many genealogists have written that Dr. Thomas Delano married Mary2 Alden. George Ernest Bowman stated (May- flower Descendant, 6:22) that the settlement of Alden's estate shows that Delano married one of Alden's daughters; but he could find no proof of her baptismal name. More recent study of original records by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants led to the ruling in 1947 that Mary2 Alden did not marry and that the wife of Thomas Delano was Rebecca? Alden.)
*5. Ruth2 b. bef. 1644; d. 12 Oct. 1674, at Braintree ; m. 12 May, 1657, John BASS, b. c. 1632, d. 12 Sep. 1716, at Braintree.
*6. Sarah2 b. -; d. - ; m. - , Alexander2 STANDISH (Myles1), b. bef. 22 May, 1627; d. 6 July 1702.
*7. Jonathan2 b. c. 1632; d. 14 Feb. 1697, at Duxbury ; m. 10 Dec. 1672, at Duxbury, Abigail Hallett, b. c. 1644 ; d. 17 Aug. 1725, at Duxbury.
*8. David2 b. c. 1646; d. bef. 1 Apr. 1719, at Duxbury ; m. - , Mary Southworth, b. -; d. -.
9. Mary2 b. -; d. -.
10. Priscilla2 b. -; d. -.
11. 2 b. ; d. -.
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Children of Elizabeth2 Alden and William PABODIE:
1. John8 b. 4 Oct. 1645, at Duxbury; d. 17 Nov. 1669; unm.
*2. Elizabeth3 b. 24 Apr. 1647, at Duxbury ; d. aft. 3 May 1677 ; m. in Nov. 1666, at Duxbury, John® ROGERS (John2, Thomas1), b. c. 1640; d. 28 June 1732, at Barrington, R. I. He m. (2) 21 Oct. 1679, Hannah (Hobart) Browne; b. 15 May 1638, at Hingham ; d. 11 Sep. 1691, at Bristol; m. (3) Marah (Cobham) Browning.
*3. Mary3 b. 7 Aug. 1648, at Duxbury ; d. aft. 11 Dec. 1727; m. 16 Nov. 1671, at Duxbury, Edward SOUTHWORTH, b. -; d. bef. 7 Nov. 1727.
*4. Mercy3 b. 2 Jan. 1649, at Duxbury ; d. bet. 26 Sep. and 8 Nov. 1728, at Duxbury ; m. 16 Nov. 1669, at Dux- bury, John SIMMONS, b. -; d. c. 1715.
*5. Martha3 b. 24 Feb. 1650, at Duxbury ; d. 25 Jan. 1712, at Little Compton ; m. (1) 4 Apr. 1677, at Duxbury, Samuel SEABURY, b. 10 Dec. 1640, at Boston; d. 5 Aug. 1681, at Duxbury ; m. (2) -, William FOBES, b. 1649 ; d. 6 Nov. 1712, at Little Compton.
6. Priscilla8 b. 16 Nov. 1652, at Duxbury ; d. 2 Mar. 1652/3.
*7. Priscilla8 b. 15 Jan. 1653, at Duxbury ; d. 3 June 1724, at Kingston; m. 2 Dec. 16 __ , at Duxbury, (Rev.), Ichabod WISWALL, b. c. 1637; d. 23 July 1700, at Duxbury.
*8. Sarahª b. 7 Aug. 1656, at Duxbury ; d. 27 Aug. 1740,. at Little Compton; m. 10 Nov. 1681, at Duxbury, John COE, b. 1658; d. 10 Dec. 1728, at Little Compton.
*9. Ruth3 b. 27 June 1658, at Duxbury ; d. aft. 25 Apr .. 1724, and bef. 27 Mar. 1725; m. Dec. 1676, or 1678, at Duxbury, Benjamin BARTLETT4 (Benjamin®, Mary2 Warren, Richard1) b. 27 June 1658, at Dux- bury ; d. bef. 10 Apr. 1724.
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*10. Rebecca8 b. 16 Oct. 1660, at Duxbury ; d. 3 Dec. 1702, at Little Compton ; m. - , William SOUTHWORTH, b. -; d. 25 June 1719, at Little Compton. He m. (2) Martha -, b. -; d. bef. 8 Apr. 1738.
*11. Hannah® b. 15 Oct. 1662, at Duxbury ; d. 22 or 29 Apr. 1723, at Plymouth ; m. (1) 2 Aug. 1683, at Duxbury, Samuel BARTLETT (Benjamin3, Maryª Warren, Richard1), b. bef. 1666; d. bef. 9 Dec. 1713; m. (2) 4 Mar. 1715, at Plymouth, Sergt. John Churchill, b. -; d. 13 June 1723. (No children by second marriage.)
*12. William8 b. 24 Nov. 1664, at Duxbury ; d. 17 Sep. 1744, at Little Compton ; m. (1) -, Judith -; b. c. 1669; d. 20 July, 1714, at Little Compton ; m. (2) Elizabeth -; b. -; d. 14 Dec. 1747, at Little Compton; m. (3) Mary (Morgan) Starr, b. -; d. .
*13. Lydia8 b. 3 Apr. 1667, at Duxbury ; d. 13 July, 1748, at Saybrook, Ct .; m. c. 1683, Daniel GRINNELL ; b. c. 1668; d. 7 Jan. 1740/1, at Saybrook, Ct.
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Child of John2 ALDEN and Elizabeth
1. Mary3 b. 17 Dec. 1659, at Boston ; d. -.
Children of John2 ALDEN and Elizabeth (Phillips) Everill :
2. Johnª b. 20 Nov. 1660, at Boston ; d. y.
3. Elizabethª b. 9 May 1662, at Boston ; d. 14 July, 1662.
*4. John8 b. 12 Mar. 1663, at Boston; d. 1 Feb. 1729/30, at Boston; m. (1) c. 1687, Elizabeth -; b. c. 1669; d. 26 Nov. 1719, at Boston; m. (2) 22 Nov. 1722, Susanna Winslow4 (Edward3, Maryª Chilton, James1), b. 31 July 1675; d. -.
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5. William® b. 16 Mar. 1664, at Boston ; d. 7 June, 1664.
*6. Elizabeth8 b. 9 Apr. 1665, at Boston ; d. aft. 15 Apr. 1736; m. (1) -; John WALLEY, b. -; d. 1701, or before; m. (2) 30 Apr. 1702, at Boston, Simon WILLARD, b. -; d. c. 1712.
7. William3 b. 5 Mar. 1666, at Boston ; d. y.
8. Zachariah3 b. 8 Mar. - , at Boston ; d. y.
*9. William8 b. 10 Sep. 1669, at Boston; d. 9 or 10 Feb. 1728; m. 21 May, 1691, at Boston, Mary Drury ; b. 1671/2; d. 11 Feb. 1727, at Boston.
*10. Zachariah8 b. 18 Feb. 1672, at Boston ; d. bef. 17 Aug. 1709 ; m. 13 Jan. 1700, at Boston, Mary Vial, b .-; d. aft. 15 Apr. 1736.
*11. Nathaniel8 b. 17 Oct. 1677, at Boston ; d. 1 July 1700; m. 1 Oct. 1691, at Boston, Hephzibah Mountjoy, bapt. 9:8th mo. 1673, at Boston; d. -. She m. (2) 8 June 1703, at Boston, John Mortemore.
12. Sarah8 b. 27 Sep. 1681, at Boston ; d. -.
Children of Joseph? ALDEN and Mary Simmons :
*1. Isaac8 b. bef. 1670; d. 24 June 1727, at Bridgewater ; m. 2 Dec. 1685, at Bridgewater, Mehitable Allen, b. 20 Jan. 1664, at Bridgewater ; d. aft. 30 Oct. 1727.
*2. Josephª b. c. 1667; d. 22 Dec. 1747, at Bridgewater ; m. c. 1690, Hannah Dunham, b. c. 1670; d. 14 Jan. 1747, at Bridgewater.
*3. John3 b. c. 1674; d. 29 Sep. 1730, at Middleborough ; m. - , Hannah White, b. 5 May 1681, at Wey- mouth ; d. 5 Oct. 1732, at Middleborough.
*4. Elizabeth3 b. bef. 1678; d. 8 May 1705, at Bridgewater ; m. 12 Dec. 1693, at Bridgewater, Benjamin SNOW® (Rebecca2 Brown, Peter1), b. -; d. 28 May 1743,
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at Bridgewater. He m. (2) Sarah (Allen) Cary, widow of Jonathan Cary.
*5. Mercyª b. -; d. -; m. 26 June 1688, at Taunton, John BURRILL, b. -; d. 16 Nov. 1731, at Wey- mouth.
*6. Hopestill8 b. -; d. -; m. c. 1689, Joseph SNOW3 (Rebeccaª Brown, Peter1), b. -; d. 18 Dec. 1753, at Bridgewater.
Children of Rebecca2 (Alden) and Thomas DELANO:
*1. Benoni3 b. c. 1667; d. 5 Apr. 1738, at Duxbury ; m. -, Elizabeth Drew, b. 5 Feb. 1673, at Plymouth ; d. bef. 21 Aug. 1733.
*2. Thomas3 b. -; d. -; m. 24 Oct. 1699, at Duxbury, Hannah (-) Bartlett b. -; d. -.
*3. Jonathan3 b. in 1675; d. 6 Jan. 1765, at Duxbury ; m. 12 Jan. 1698, at Duxbury, Hannah3 Doten (Thomas2, Edward1), b. in Dec. 1675. at Plymouth ; d. 12 Apr. 1764.
*4. David3 b. -; d. bet. 1750 and 1755, at Middleboro ; m. 9 Jan. 1705, at Middleboro, Elizabeth Eddy, b. c. 1682, at Middleboro; d. prob. aft. 1755, at Middle- boro.
5. Mary3 b. -; d. -.
*6. Sarah3 b. -; d. aft. 15 May 1746; m. - , John DREW, b. 29 Aug. 1676, at Plymouth; d. bef. 10 July 1745.
*7. Ruth3 b. -; d. -; m. - -, Samuel DREW, b. ; d. -.
*8. Joseph3 b. -; d. 22 May, 1770, at Duxbury ; m. - , Hannah -, b. -; d. 16 Jan. 1763, at Duxbury.
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Children of Ruthª Alden and John BASS:
*1. Johnª b. 26 Nov. 1658, at Braintree; d. 30 Sep. 1724, at Braintree; m. (1) -, Abigail Adams, b. 27 Feb. 1658, at Braintree; d. 26 Oct. 1696, at Brain- tree; m. (2) 17 May 1698, Rebecca Savil, b. -; d. -.
*2. Samuel3 b. 25 Mar. 1660, at Braintree ; d. 20 Feb. 1751, at E. Bridgewater ; m. (1), bef. 18 July 1694, Mary Adams, b. 25 Feb. 1667, at Braintree ; d. 9 Mar. 1706, at Braintree; m. (2) -.
*3. Ruth3 b. 28 Jan. 1662, at Braintree ; d. 5 June 1699, at Braintree; m. c. 1683, Peter WEBB, b. 1 Dec. 1657, at Braintree ; d. 12 Feb. 1717, at Salem. He m. (2) -, Amy Hayden, b. 16 Sep. 1672, at Braintree ; d. 8 Nov. 1732, at Boston.
*4. Joseph8 b. 5 Dec. 1665, at Braintree ; d. 22 Nov. 1733, prob. at Boston ; m. (1) 5 June 1688, at Braintree, Mary Belcher, b. 8 Sep. 1668, at Braintree ; d. 2 Nov. 1707, at Braintree; m. (2) 23 Feb. 1708, Lois Rogers, of Lynn.
*5. Hannahª b. 22 June 1667, at Braintree; d. 24 Oct. 1705 ; m. 1687 or 1688, Joseph ADAMS, b. 24 Dec. 1654, at Braintree ; d. 12 Feb. 1736/7, at Braintree. (Joseph Adams married 3 times : (1) 20 Feb. 1682, Mary Chapin, who d. 14 June 1687; (2), Hannah Bass, as above; (3) Elizabeth -. )
*6. Mary3 b. 11 Feb. 1669, at Braintree; d. aft. 31 Dec. 1716; m. (1) 24 3d mo. 1686, at Braintree, Chris- topher WEBB, b. 25 Mar. 1663, at Billerica; d. in Mar. 1689/90, at Braintree; m. (2) 13 Apr. 1694, at Braintree, William COPELAND, b. 15 Nov. 1656, at Braintree ; d. 30 Oct. 1716, at Braintree.
*7. Sarah3 b. 29 Mar. 1672, at Braintree ; d. 19 Aug. 1751; m. 7 Jan. 1691/2, Ephraim THAYER, b. 17 Jan. 1669, at Braintree; d. 15 June 1757. He m. (2) Mary (-) (Burrill) Kingman.
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Children of Sarah' Alden and Alexander? STANDISH :
*1. Miles8 b. -; d. 15 Sep. 1739, at Duxbury ; m. bef. 5 July 1702, Experience Sherman® (Desire? Doty, Edward1), b. 22 or 24 Sep. 1678, at Marshfield ; d. 31 Mar. 1744, at Duxbury.
*2. Ebenezer3 b. c. 1672; d. 19 Mar. 1755, at Plympton ; m. c. 1697, Hannah Sturtevant, b. c. 1679 ; d. 23 Jan. 1759, at Plympton.
*3. Lorah3 b. -; d. aft. 2 Aug. 1725 ; m. - , Abraham SAMSON, b. -; d. c. 1727.
*4. Lydia3 b. bef. 1672; d. aft. 1748; m. aft. 26 Oct. 1686, Isaac SAMSON, b. c. 1660; d. 3 Sep. 1726, at Plympton.
*5. Mercyª b. bef. 1670 ; d. bef. 1729 ; m. bef. 1685, Caleb2 SAMSON (Henry1), b. bef. 1670; d. aft. 9 July, 1744, and bef. 17 Oct. 1750.
*6. Sarah3 b. c. 1666; d. 4 Mar. 1740, at Plympton ; m. c. 1694, Benjamin3 SOULE (John2, George1), b. c. 1665; d. 1 Dec. 1729, at Plympton.
*7. Elizabeth3 b. bef. 1670; d. -; m. bef. 1685, Samuel DELANO, b. bef. 19 May 1666; d. c. 1728.
8. David3 b. -; d. 1689.
Children of Jonathan? ALDEN and Abigail Hallett:
*1. John3 b. c. 1681; d. 24 July 1739, at Duxbury ; m. 12 Jan. 1709/10, at Scituate, Hannah Briggs; b. c. 1684 ; d. 8 Feb. 1739/40, at Duxbury.
*2. Jonathan3 b. aft. 1686; d. 10 July 1770, at Gorham, Me .; m. 17 Jan. 1717/18, at Marshfield, Elizabeth (Arnold5) Waterman (Elizabeth Gray4, Mary Win- slow3, Mary2 Chilton, James1), b. -; d. aft. 3 Apr. 1727. (She m. (1) Anthony Waterman4 (Sarah
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Snow', Abigail' Warren, Richard1), b. 4 June 1684 ; d. 3 Apr. 1715, at Marshfield).
*3. Andrewª b. aft. 1681; d. -; m. 4 Feb. 1713/14, at Duxbury, Lydia Stanford, b. -; d. -.
*4. Elizabeth3 b. aft. 1672; d. bet. 21 Feb. 1738, and 2 May 1757; m. (1) bef. 2 July 1711, Edmund CHAND- LER, b. -; d. aft. 4 Apr. 1715, and bef. 8 Oct. 1717; m. (2) 12 July 1722, at Duxbury, Pelatiah West, b. 8 Mar. 1674; d. 7 Dec. 1756, at Duxbury. (If any children by second marriage, they died young, as Pelatiah West's will mentioned no chil- dren).
*5. Sarah3 b. c. 1679; d. 26 June 1738, at Duxbury ; m. c. 1701, Thomas SOUTHWORTH (Mary Pabodieª, Elizabeth? Alden, John1), b. c. 1675; d. 2 Sep. 1743, at Duxbury.
*6. Anna3 b. bef. 1686; d. 8 June 1705, at Bridgewater ; m. 21 Dec. 1699, at Duxbury, Josiah SNELL, b. 5 May 1674, at Bridgewater; d. 4 Apr. 1753, at Bridge- water.
Children of David2 ALDEN and Mary Southworth:
*1. Ruthª b. c. 1674; d. 2 July 1758, at Rochester, Mass .; m. 29 Nov. 1694, at Duxbury, Samuel SPRAGUE, b. c. 1669 ; d. 25 July 1740.
*2. Elizabeth b. -; d. aft. 14 Dec. 1725; m. 9 Dec. 1697, at Duxbury, John SEABURY, b. -; d. 17 Dec. 1759, at Hempstead, L. I.
*3. Priscilla3 b. -; d. aft. 19 Jan. 1735/6; m. 4 Jan. 1699, at Duxbury, Samuel CHESEBOROUGH, b. -; d. 2 Mar. 1735/6.
*4. Aliceª b. c. 1685; d. 12 July 1774, at Dennis, Mass .; m. 5 Dec. 1706, at Duxbury, Judah PADDOCK, b. 15 Sep. 1681, at Yarmouth; d. 31 Mar. 1770, at Dennis, Mass.
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*5. Benjamin3 b. -; d. 14 Apr. 1741, at Duxbury ; m. aft. 3 Oct. 1707, Hannah4 Brewster (Wrestling®, Love?, William1), b. 1688; d. 8 Jan. 1763, at Dux- bury.
*6. Samuel3 b. Dec. 1688; d. 24 Feb. 1781, at South Duxbury; m. 26 Feb. 1727/8, at Duxbury, Sarah Sprague, b. c. 1701; d. 28 Mar. 1773, at South Duxbury.
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ISAAC ALLERTON (c. 1586 - c. 1659)
Fifth Signer of the Mayflower Compact
"Isaac Allerton, of London . was one of the four signers of the letter from Leyden to Carver and (Robert) Cushman 1/10 June, 1620 ; was at one time the richest man of the colony; was Assistant, 1621, and sole officer for three years under the government . . He passed his later years at New Haven, and died there 1659, insolvent."
Mourt's Relation (1865 ed.) p. 96
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary 1:38 Leyden Mss. Rec.
ALLERTON FAMILY SURNAMES THREE GENERATIONS
ALLERTON
LEE
CUSHMAN
MAVERICK
NEWTON
EYRES (HEIRS, HYRES or HIRES)
SKINNER
GRAFTON
STARR
HARLOW
TRAVERS
HAWKS
WARD
HUTCHINSON
WOODMAN
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ISAAC ALLERTON (c. 1586 - c. 1659)
Isaac Allerton is claimed to have been the first merchant of New England, and the founder of the coasting trade and fishing industry.
He was the first to welcome John Winthrop and his Company to the shores of the New World.
Isaac's occupation in England was tailoring.
"He is generally admitted to have been the wealthiest of all the Pilgrims, and is one of the few among them to whom Bradford and other contemporaneous writers always give the prefix 'Mr.,' which in those days was used as an index of superior family or respectability.
"He was one of the three upon whom the privilege of citizenship was conferred by the city of Leyden, his asso- ciates in this honor, which was given February 5, 1614, being (Gov.) William Bradford and Degory Priest, his brother-in-law."
Allerton was born c. 1586, and married (1) 4 November 1611, at Leyden, Holland, Mary Norris, of Newbury, Eng- land. Witnesses included Edward Southworth. She died 25 February 1620/1, at Plymouth. Before 22 May 1627, he married Fear Brewster, daughter of Elder William Brewster. She was "a woman of pleasing appearance and of a pious disposition." She died in December 1634. He married a third time, before 1644, Joanna -, believed to have been from Marblehead, which was then a part of Salem. She died after 14 May 1680, at New Haven, Conn.
When Bradford was elected Governor of the Plymouth Colony after Carver's death in 1621, Allerton was made Assistant or Deputy Governor, an office which he held alone until 1624, when the number of assistants was in- creased to five, and in 1633 to seven, of which he was one.
Winthrop, in his Journal, reports, 12 June 1630 : "About four in the morning, we were near our port; we shot off two pieces of ordinance and sent our skiff to Mr. Pierce ; about an hour after, Mr. Allerton came on board us in a shallop as he was sailing to Pemaquid." He is
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regarded by some as the founder of Marblehead, the head- quarters for his fishing vessels. He built a large warehouse there and lived with his son-in-law, Moses Maverick.
Finally, he was notified to leave Marblehead, on account of his liberal religious views; so he transferred all his houses, buildings, and stages for curing fish to his son-in- law, Moses.
He was one of the eight "undertakers" who assumed the Colony's debt in 1627.
He made five voyages to England as agent for the Colony.
"He was the only one of the Pilgrims who became a resident of New York. The New Amsterdam records show that he was there in February, 1639 . .
one of the earliest English settlers. Until his death twenty years later, Allerton played a prominent and honorable part in the political and business life of the Dutch colony.
"During the earliest years . . there, he was associ- ated in business with Govert Loockermans, one of the leading and most interesting figures in the history of those times .
"In April, 1647, Allerton purchased from one Philip de Truy the land lying between the Highway (now Pearl Street) and the shoreline of the East River, which was then west of the present location of Water Street. This strip . . extended from the present location of Peck Slip southerly to about where Fulton Street is now. At the upper end of this property . . he built a wharf and warehouse, with a small building adjoining it for a resi- dence, and from that time on until long after his death 'Allerton's buildings' were a prominent landmark in the Dutch city · . (site now occupied by No. 6-12 Peck Slip.)
"At about the same time, he became a resident of New Haven, for on March 10, 1647, seats in the meeting house there were assigned to him and his wife; and he built 'a grand House on the Creek with Four Porches,' the site of which, on the corner of State and Fair Streets, has been
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marked with a tablet and inscription by the New Haven Colony Historical Society." But the New Amsterdam records show that he maintained his business there until his death.
"Isaac Allerton continued to have friendly relations with the Massachusetts colonies° after leaving Plymouth, a large share of the trade between them and the Dutch passing through his hands, and he was always active in assisting natives of New England, even giving his personal guarantee, for the purpose of avoiding quarrels between his countrymen and the people of New Amsterdam.
"That his intelligence and enterprise were thoroughly appreciated by the Dutch citizens is shown by the fact that when in 1643 a Council of eight were chosen from among the citizens, nominally to assist Gov. Kieft, but in reality to manage him, Isaac Allerton was one of them.
Allerton died in February, 1658/9 at New Haven. "His will was little else than a few memoranda of debts due him, which he desired his son Isaac and his wife to receive and pay out to his creditors as far as they would go . . . Two of the debts total 1600 guilders and one item shows rent due for a period of eighteen months, "for three rooms rented to Henry Brassen at 3 guilders per week." Also, the will declares, "My brother Brewster owes me four score pounds and odd "
Most of the foregoing data were obtained from Walter S. Allerton's genealogy, The Allerton Family. In sum- ming up his comments on Isaac Allerton, the author gives reasonable indication that much of the adverse historical criticism of Allerton may have stemmed from contempora- neous jealousies, subconscious but none-the-less potent, because of Allerton's commercial enterprise (and enter- prises) :
· "For many years, he traded with Virginia, carrying grain, flour, and other products of the northern colonies, and bringing back the tobacco . In 1650 he established a plantation on the Machodoc River
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"The services which he rendered to the Colony have been justly appreciated by a few careful historians only . . The record of Allerton's work is buried in the dusty re- cesses of English offices . . . It is hardly possible that any among the Colonists could have accomplished all that Isaac Allerton did in London, and it is not too much to say that the very existence of the Plymouth Colony depended for a time upon the success of his negotiations there.
"His name will be forever cherished by the entire people of that mighty nation, the cornerstone of whose founda- tions was so deeply and enduringly laid by the Pilgrims of Plymouth."
The Allerton family population grew very slowly till about 1750. Isaac of the Mayflower left but one son in New England, Isaac, Jr., and he in turn left Isaacª, b. New Haven, Conn., and Willoughby®, b. in Virginia. The Virginia male line became extinct as early as 1760. "The history of the Allerton family is a strong proof of the enduring quality of family traits and characteristics, both physical and mental, for we find in members of two branches, that have been entirely separated for two cen- turies, the same physical appearance and the same mental peculiarities We claim a share of his (Isaac's) courage and his enterprise, and we admit that we have inherited somewhat of his quick temper and his wandering disposition and unsettled spirit."
Children of Isaac1 ALLERTON and Mary Norris :
1. Bartholomewª b. c. 1612, at Leyden. (Came to Ply- mouth with his parents on the Mayflower but re- turned to England soon after 1627. No issue known.)
*2. Remember2 b. c. 1614, at Leyden; d. bet. 12 Sep. 1652, and 22 Oct. 1656, at Salem; m. - , Moses MAVERICK of Marblehead, b. -; d. 28 Jan. 1685/6, at Marblehead. He m. (2) 1656, Eunice, widow of Thomas Roberts, b. -; d. -.
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*3. Mary' b. June 1616, at Leyden; d. 28 Nov. 1699, at Plymouth; m. 1636, Thomas CUSHMAN, bapt. 8 Feb. 1607/8, at Canterbury, Eng .; d. 10 or 11 Dec. 1691, at Plymouth. Thomas Cushman was the son of Robert Cushman. Robert came in the Fortune in 1621, the first ship after the Mayflower, but stayed only one month, returning to England. "He preached the first sermon in New England, on the highly appropriate subject of self-denial." (Savage, Geneal. Dict. 1:492.) Thomas, aged 14, was brought up by Gov. Bradford. He was chosen Ruling Elder in 1649. At her death Mary (Allerton) Cushman was "the last survivor of the Mayflower Pilgrims."
4. Sarahª b. -; d. s. p. (She stayed in Holland with her aunt Sarah Priest, sister of Isaac Allerton.)
5. (son)? stillborn on the Mayflower 11 Dec. 1620.
6. - 3 b. -; bur. 5 Feb. 1620, at Leyden.
Child of Isaac1 ALLERTON and Fear2 Brewster :
*7. Isaac b. 1630, at Plymouth ; d. 1702, at Westmoreland Co., Va .; graduated Harvard 1650; accompanied his father on his voyages between Plymouth, New Haven, New Amsterdam and Virginia; m. (1) c. 1652, Elizabeth -; b. -; d. c. 1660; m. (2) c. 1663, in Virginia, Elizabeth (Willoughby) (Over- zee) Colclough, b. -; d.
Children of Remember? Allerton and Moses MAVERICK:
*1. Rebecca3 bapt. 7 Aug. 1639, at Salem; d. 4 Nov. 1659, at Lynn ; m. 3 June 1658, at Lynn, John HAWKS, b. 1633 ; d. 5 Aug. 1694, at Lynn. He m. (2) 11 Apr. 1661, Sarah Cushman® (Maryª Allerton, Isaac1), b. bef. 1647; d. aft. 3 Dec. 1694.
2. Maryª b. 14 Feb. 1641; d. bef. 1656.
*3. Abigail® bapt. 12 Jan. 1644, at Salem; d. bef. 1682; m. - , Samuel WARD, bapt. 18 Nov. 1638, at
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Hingham; d. bef. 22 Apr. 1691. He m. (2) aft. 3 May 1681, Sarah (Bradstreet) Hubbard, widow of Richard, b. -; d. -.
4. Elizabeth3 b. 3 Dec. 1646 ; d. y.
5. Samuel3 b. 19 Dec. 1647 ; d. bef. 1686 ; d. s. p.
*6. Elizabeth3 b. 30 Sep. 1649; d. bef. 29 Nov. 1698; m. (1) 6 Apr. 1665, at Salem, Nathaniel GRAFTON, b. -; d. 11 Feb. 1670/1, at Barbadoes; m. (2) bef. 1 May 1679, Thomas SKINNER, b. -; d. 28 Dec. 1690, at Boston.
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