Jonathan Alling (1683 - 1775)

Born 13 Oct 1683 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Sackett) Alling — married 1 Oct 1713 in New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1775 at age 91 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Jonathan Alling is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Connecticut Army
Captain of 6th Co., 11th Regiment, Connecticut Militia

Jonathan Alling, son of John Alling and Susanna (Coe) Alling, born in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, 13 October 1683; died in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, 12 or 13 June 1775, age 91; buried City Green Cemetery, New Haven; member of the First Congregational Society, New Haven; Captain of the 6th Company, 11th Regiment Militia, businessman, representative of the colony in the Assembly and Legislature; married in New Haven, New Haven County, 1 October 1713, Sarah Sacket.

Donald Lines Jacobus^[1] wrote:

[p 16] Jonathan, b 13 Oct 1683 NHV, d 13 June 1775 ae. 92 NHT1, 12 June 1775 ae. 91 NHC1; Capt.; m 1 Oct 1713 NHV—Sarah da. John & Mary (Wooding) Sackett, b 1 Aug 1693 NHV, d 13 Nov 1766 ae 75 NHT1, 16 Nov NHC1. FAM. 10.
[pp 24-26]. FAM. 10. JONATHAN & SARAH (SACKETT) ALLING: [children] 1 JOHN . . . 2 JONATHAN . . . 3 MARY . . . 4 SARAH . . . 5 JAMES . . . 6 JOSEPH . . . 7 SARAH . . . 8 JESSE . . . 9 SUSANNA . . . 10 OLIVER . . . 11 RHODA . . .
[Abbreviations: NHC1: First Congregational Society, New Haven. NHT1: City Burial Ground (“Grove Street Cemetery”), New Haven, including stones in Center Church crypt and those removed from the Green. NHV: Vital statistics, New Haven.]

George P. Allen^[2] wrote:

[pp 22-23] 27/17 Capt. Jonathan Alling,³ gr.s. of Roger, 1st, b. Oct. 13, 1683; d. June 13, 1775; m. Oct. 1, 1713, Sarah, dau. of John Sacket, b. Aug 1, 1693; d. Nov. 13, 1766.
Children. John . . . Jonathan . . . Mary . . . Sarah . . . James . . . Joseph . . . Sarah . . . Jesse . . . Susanna . . . Oliver . . . Rhoda . . .
Capt. Jonathan Alling’s will was dated May 25, 1767, and presented in Probate Court, August 4, 1775, by James Alling, the surviving executor.
Imprimis—Gives to dau. Mary Dickerman, five lbs. lawful money in addition to former gifts. Item—To dau. Sarah Smith, the same. Remainder, both real and personal thus: To the heirs of Eldest s. John, deceased, One Share and a half share, to each of two youngest daus. um. and now with me 3/4 part of one share, that is the heirs of my s. John, deceased, shall have 30 lbs., s. Jonathan 20 lbs. s. James 20 lbs., s. Joseph 20 lbs., Jesse 20 lbs, s. Oliver 20 lbs., dau. Susanna Alling 15 lbs., dau. Rhoda Alling 15 lbs., that is in that proportion. Appints sons Jonathan and James Exers. JONATHAN ALLING. [SEAL.].
Capt. Jonathan Alling was a successful business man, an energetic and prominent citizen, a valuable leader in the train band, of which he was a captain of the 6th Co., 11th Regiment Militia, and was elected and represented the colony in the Assembly or Legislature twenty-three times from 1739 on. Of his children, the first, Sarah, died young . . .

Jonathan was mentioned in the will of his father John Alling, dated 8 March 1714.^[3]

Franklin B. Dexter wrote about the City Green and Grove Street Cemetery in November 1883.^[4]

From the settlement of the town, in 1638, the central upper part of the present City Green was used as the common place of burial; the latest interment being (it is believed) that of Mrs. Martha Whittelsey, who was buried by the side of her husband, the Rev. Chauncey Whittelsey, in October, 1812. In 1797 the Grove Street Cemetery began to be used, the first first interment being that of Mrs. Martha Townsend.
In 1813 the present Center Church was placed on the Green, over the tombstones of about one hundred and forty persons, whose names are engraved on tablets in the vestibule. Between 1795 and 1821 most of the monuments on the Green were removed to the Grove Street Cemetery, where they now are, some of them in private lots, and the remainder (about four hundred and seventy) ranged in approximately alphabetical order against the west and north walls of the enclosure. The oldest stone thus removed, which is now legible is that erected in memory of . . .
FRANKLIN B. DEXTER.
‘’November,’’ 1882.
19. [‘’West Wall.’’].
In Memory of
Cap. JONATHAN
ALLING, who de-
parted this Life
June 13th. 1775 in
his 92d. Year.
Blessed are the dead,
That die in the Lord.

Sources

Notes

1. ↑ Jacobus.
2. ↑ Allen, George P.
3. ↑ Allen, John Kermott.
4. ↑ Dexter.

Bibliography

• Allen, George P. A History and Genealogical Record of the Alling-Allens of New Haven, Conn. (Price, Lee & Adkins Co., New Haven, Conn., 1899), pp 17, 22-23.
• Allen, John Kermott. ’’Genealogical sketches of Roger Alling : of New Haven, Conn., 1639, Gilbert Allen of Morristown, N.J., 1736, and Thomas Bancroft of Dedham, Mass., 1640, and some of their descendants’’. Lansing, MI: Journal Steam Printing House, 1883, pp 22-23.

• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 (FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010), FHL Film Number 3350.

• The Connecticut Journal. New Haven, CT: Thomas and Samuel Green. Wednesday, 21 Jun 1775, p 2, , col. 3. [Deaths.] Capt. Jonathan Alling, aged 92.]

• Dexter, Franklin B. "Inscriptions on Tombstones In New Haven, Erected Prior to 1800" Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society (1865-). 1882. Vol. III, pp 471, 474.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com). Find A Grave: Memorial #8638879. [Memorial includes photographs of the gravestone.]

• Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Records Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library, 215-1, Grove Street Cemetery, Maple Avenue West, p 396.

• Jacobson, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (New Haven Genealogical Magazine) Published New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932. Vol. I, pp 16, 24-26.