Fear (Brewster) Allerton (abt. 1605 - bef. 1634)

Born about 1605 in Scrooby, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Allerton — married about 1626 (to before 12 Dec 1634) in Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died before 12 Dec 1634 before about age 29 in Plymouth Colony

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Biography

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Biography

Fear Allerton née Brewster (c. 1606 - before December 12, 1634) was the third daughter of Mayflower Pilgrim William Brewster and his wife Mary, born in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. She was named Fear because at the time of her birth, the Puritans were holding secret meetings and were under constant threat of arrest. Her early years, and indeed her whole life, were full of unrest.

In 1608, she moved with her family and other pilgrims, to Amsterdam (and later Leiden), Holland. Fear was only 14 when her parents, William Brewster and his wife Mary and two younger brothers, Love and Wrestling, left for America on the Mayflower. She was left in the care of her older siblings, Jonathan (born in 1593) and Patience (born in 1600). Jonathan joined the pilgrims in 1621 on board the Fortune. Fear arrived in New England with Patience on board the Anne in July 1623.

Fear married Isaac Allerton, another Mayflower pilgrim, before the first division of cattle on 22 May 1627, when she is listed with Issac as Fear Allerton.^[1] He was 20 years her senior. They had a son, Isaac Allerton Jr., born about 1627. There is speculation that they had a daughter, Sarah Allerton, who was baptised on August 13, 1633 and probably died in infancy.

Fear died young, but the exact date is unknown. The deaths of Fear and her sister, Patience (Brewster) Prence, were mentioned in a letter from Governor John Winthrop dated 12 Dec 1634 and it is assumed that the sisters died shortly before that date.^[1] In 1634, smallpox and influenza ravaged both the Indians and the English in the New England area. ^[2]

THE CHILDREN OF ISAAC AND FEAR:^[3][4]

1. Sarah, born ca. 1626, listed with family on 1627 cattle division, no further record;
2. Isaac Jr., born ca. 1630, died 1702 in Virginia, married 1st to Elizabeth ____, possible daughter of Joanna Swinnerton, and they had 2 children; married 2nd to Elizabeth (Willoughby) Overzee Colclough, they had 3 children.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Bowman, George Ernest. "The Deaths of Patience (Brewster) Prence and Fear (Brewster) Allerton," published in the Mayflower Descendant (Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- ). Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, Vol 30, 1932, pages 97-98.
2. ↑ "Mayflower" by Nathaniel Philbrick.
3. ↑ A genealogical profile of Isaac Allerton published online by Plymouth Ancestors, A collaboration between Plimoth Plantation and the New England Historic Genealogical Society, at Plimouth.org. (Link via Wayback Machine, capture date 17 June 2017.)
4. ↑ Wakefield, Robert S. and Margaret Harris Stover. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (Volume 17: Isaac Allerton), Mayflower Families, 1988. p.1-3.

See also:

• "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations," Vol. 17 p. 1-3.
• "The England and Holland of the Pilgrims," by Henry Martyn Dexter and Morton Dexter.
• Wikipedia - Fear Brewster.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #131849792.
• Wikipedia - The Anne and the Little James.
• Roser, Susan. Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 p 67
• The Brewster Genealogy : 1566-1907 : A record of the descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower" (1908)