Alice (Polk) Allison (1732 - 1797)

Born 1732 in Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland

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Died 17 Feb 1797 at about age 65 in Horton Township, Kings, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Alice (Polk) Allison was born in Ireland.

Alice was the daughter of Thomas Pollock and Mary Cochrane.^[1]

Alice signed a bill of sale 2 Mar 1807: "Know all men by these presents that Alice Allison of Horton, Widow and Relict of Joseph Allison, late of Horton in the County aforesaid, yeoman deceased. Administratrix, William Allison and John Allison, Administrators of all and singular the Goods and Chattels, rights and credits which were of the said Joseph Allison at the time of his death to be administered. For and in consideration of the sum of Thirty-nine pounds lawful money of the Province aforesaid to them in Hand paid by Simon Fitch, of Horton, in the county aforesaid, Esquire, upon the Second day of March last, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have Granted, Bargained, and Sold and made over unto the said Simon Fitch a certain Negro woman named Nelly, of the age of twenty-five or thereabout, now in the possession of the said Simon, where she hath been since the said Second day of March last, which Negro woman was and is a part of the Personal Estate of the said Joseph Allison (if a Negro can be considered personal property in Nova Scotia) and all the Right, Title, Interest and Claim which the said Joseph Allison in His Lifetime Had, and which the said Alice Administratrix, William Allison and John Allison Administrators aforesaid Had or have in and to the said Negro woman and to her services for and during her natural life, to Have and to Hold the said Negro Woman and all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Claim and Demand which the said Joseph Allison Had in his lifetime, and which the)r the said Alice Administratrix, William Allison and John Allison Administrators Had or Have of and in the said Negro Woman and to her Services for and during Her natural life unto the said Simon Fitch His Executors, Administrators and Assigns in as full and ample a manner as the said Joseph Allison in His lifetime possessed the same and as the said Alice Administratrix, William Allison and John Allison Administrators as aforesaid Held or possessed the same. In Witness whereof the Parties to these Presents have Hereunto Subscribed their names and affixed their seals at Horton this second day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seven.
Alice Allison , Administratrix, [l .s .]
Wm . Allison , Administrator. [l .s .]
John Allison , Administrator. [l .s .]
Signed, sealed and
Delivered in presence of
Jeremiah Calkin , Jr . J" ^[2]

The Chignecto Isthmus First Settlers states: "His wife was Mrs. Alice Polk, of Londonderry. She survived him for several years, and gave the historic silver spoons to her youngest child, Nancy (Mrs. Leonard), who lived to be ninety years of age. They are now in the family of her great-grandson, the late Hon. Samuel Leonard Shannon, of Halifax.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ O'Hart, John, Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation, New York, P. Murphy & son; 1915; page: (22 of 1002), Internet Archive (accessed 27 February 2024). "––––, married, first, Mr. Colwell; secondly, Mr. Allison; removed to Nova Scotia."
2. ↑ Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, 1896-1898
3. ↑ Chignecto Isthmus First Settlers by Howard Trueman

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 August 2017, 17:12), entry for Alice Polk Or Pollack(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L4TQ-GXZ); contributed by various users.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Marie Chantigny for creating Polk-1281 on 6 Sep 2013.