Andrew Allison (1722 - 1780)

Andrew Allison (@1710-1780) who married 1st Ann Simonton and 2nd Margaret McConnell is the brother (or half-brother by a different mother) of my 5th great-grandfather, Thomas Allison (1722-1794) who married Magdalene Simonton (1725-1794), sister of Ann. PLEASE NOTE we are Group I in the Family Tree DNA Allison/Ellison Project, NOT Group C.

Four brothers went from PA to settle on what was then the western frontier of NC, now Statesville NC. Three brothers settled on Fourth Creek: Andrew (@1710-1780), Thomas (1722-1794) and Robert (probably before 1720 - @1811 or 1816). A fourth brother settled on Third Creek: James, married to Mary MNU (possibly Watson) from Cecil Co MD, he died 1760. A probable fifth brother, John Allison (possibly born @ 1724), a minister, came for a short time in 1757-58 and also obtained a land grant; he was later assigned to a Presbyterian church near Charleston, SC and died 1766. Robert sold his land to Robert Simonton and "Widow" McKee, went to Washington Co., VA, then went with two of his sons to Logan Co. KY.

We hypothesize that these brothers are five of the six sons of Thomas Allison who died in Chester Co. PA in 1737, wife Isabella or Izabella, probably his second wife. The eldest son named in the 1737 will is William Allison, and we know nothing of him so far. Daughters named in the will are Annas, Margaret, Mary, and Christiana, and we have no information on them. At the time of the will (Nov. 1737) Thomas, John, Margaret, Mary and Christiana are all minors left to the care of Isabella. James and Robert inherit property in the will, hence are of legal age to inherit at that time. James is named an executor of that will, so I assume he is age 21 or older at that time. William, Andrew and Annas are named as having already received their inheritance previously, so they are also of legal age to inherit at that time. We wonder if these three older children are from a first marriage, or if they received inheritance when they married.

Also going from PA to Fourth Creek, NC at the very same time were Jean ALLISON Watt and Margaret ALLISON Bowman. These sisters were daughters of a James Allison and his wife Rebekah (MNU). We hypothesize that these two Allison families are closely related; no proof yet.

Due to several connections between our family and the LATTA family, we hypothesize that we are also related to the Dr. Rev. Francis Alison and his sister, Mary Alison Latta. Their father was supposedly a Robert Allison, a weaver from Leck in Northern Ireland. No proof yet.

A second set of Allison brothers came down to NC about 15 years later. We have DNA evidence that we are related to this line, both Group I. It is possible these are the sons of the eldest brother William (son of Thomas died 1737) mentioned above, no proof. Two of these brothers settled in Bethany, just north of Statesville: William (married Agnes Gilchrist) and Thomas "the schoolmaster" who was unmarried. The other two brothers settled in Poplar Tent, NC: Robert and John. It is believed that two older brothers remained in PA, George and James. James went to western PA to the area just south of Pittsburgh.

I am not a professional genealogist. I am very keen to communicate with anyone researching this line.

Allison-772 and Allison-674 appear to represent the same person because: Andrew Allison born 1723 was the husband of both Ann Simonton and Margaret McConnell