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Ralph Allison (bef. 1621)

Ralph Allison
Born before in St. Helen Auckland, Durham, Englandmap
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Ralph Allison was born in England.

RALPH ALLISON

bpt. 8 July 1621 St. Helen Auckland, Durham
m. ANN DIXON

Before 1665 Ralph, his wife, children, and his mother- in-law Anne Dixon, along with Joseph Oliver came to America to join Anne Dixon's brother Henry Watts on his plantation at Scarborough.[1] Ralph was evidently a new arrival in Scarborough when the court 7 Nov 1665 and again in 1671 dealt with the absence from the meeting of "Mrs. Dixon, sister to Mr. Henry Watts" and "Mr. Ralph Allison and his wife" and his children. [2]

On 10 Apr 1673 Ralph received half of Henry Watts' estate stating that the other half would be given to him at Henry's death:

I Henery Watts of Blacke Poynt alias Scarbrough, in the village of Wee Call Cockell doe give… unto Ralph Allison of ye same place the one halfe of the Plantation wr now the sayd Watts doth live with halfe the Mill being mantayned at aequall Costs & If the sd Watts & the sd Allison should part then the sayd Watts doth reserve to him selfe, the Land that was formerly in Tillage & when Watts shall dy the sayd Allison is to have the whole plantation… this tenth day of Aprill… 1673…
p mee Hene : Watts
In the Prsence of
Ann Dixon her Marke X
Mathew Allanson [3]

Ralph did built part of the Mill as in a deed from Thomas Pickering to Arthur Bragdon mentions the “Creek where Mr Ralf Alliston formerly set up a Frame for a Mill or Mills”[4]

Ralph signed the petition of 1666 asking for a settled government directed against the Massachusetts authorities.[5] He was the Clerk of the Writs in 1674 and on the Grand Jury in 1675. [6]

Ralph was listed as "Living muskett shot from the garison" at Black Point on 12 Oct 1676 during the Indian War.[7] The Allisons probably found refuge with some other family as their homestead was on the edge of town farther up the Scarborough River. The Algers of Dunstan remained behind and Joseph Oliver and Ralph went to Mr. Scottow and told him that help should be sent to Dunstan and volunteered themselves to go. Mr. Scottow replied by asking who would take care of their families if they were killed on this expedition and added that the Algers had the opportunity to flee to the garrison at the first alarm and if they preferred to remain on their land they must take the consequences. To this Oliver "replied that it was a sorry and inhuman thing that men should be in distress and wee should not relieve them". Dunstan was attacked on 9 Oct. [8] Not long afterwards a party of Englishmen were attacked by the Indians across the bay from Black Point. Mr. Scottow was asked if they could send aid by boat as the quickest means of reaching the scene of the action, but he refused, however he allowed a company to go by foot. Henry Williams who was wounded at the garrison said that: "he who was sent to command that party, being named Ralph Allanson, informed (me), upon his return, that they having two rivers to pass and the tide being about three parts in, they could not come to their timely relief."[9] Henry Watts, Oliver and Ralph signed the petition to the General Court stating that: "hitherto... preserved from the rage and fury of the heathen... the subscribers do intend not a man of us to leave our station without a special order from the General Court or our commanders" and praying for soldiers or ships to transport them and their families to safety. Soldiers came but Oliver and Ralph protested against being taxed for their pay inasmuch as Mr. Scottow used them to relieve from garrison duty his servants whom he sent to sea for the fishing season and also to move his barn and repair his property.[10] On 12 Oct 1676 the Indians attacked and the settlers escaped by sea and Ralph disappears from the records with the administration of his estate being granted to Anne 6 Apr 1680 at Kittery. This is the last record of her.[11]

Thomas Bordman of Ipswich Yeoman as Attr to John Tuck of Beverly & his wife which is the Daughter of Jane Leach which Jane is the Datr of Ralph Allison formerly of Scarborough Decd & John Stackpole of Biddeford Gent for himself & his wife Eliza in Right of sd wife & as Attr to Carr of Arundel & Mary his wife which Eliza Stackpole & Mary Carr are only Surviving Children of Andrew Brown late of sd Arrundel Decd & Anne his Wife the other Datr of the sd Ralph Allison wch Jane & Anne were the only Children of sd Ralph Allison for… the Sum of Thirty & Five Pounds good Bills of credit on ye Province of Massachusetts Bay to them… by Arthur Bragdon of Scarborough aforesd Gent… do… sell… to… sd Arthur Bragdon… a Certain Tract of Land lying in Scarborough… Thirty Acres… beginning at the head or Northerly end of that thirty acres of Land which sd Arthur Bragdon bought of Thomas Pickerin & whereon he now Dwells and so runs… to… ye Land now Possessd by Daniel Moody and Clement Meservy Also a Certain Small Island Containing about three acres lying in ye Marsh at the Foot or Southerly Part of the sd Land bought of sd Pickerin,,, this 27 Day of May… 1731.
John Stackpole
Thomas Bordman
Elizabeth Stackpole
In Presence of us by Thomas Bordman John Woodbridge Jos Moody John Gray Sarah Stone. [12]

Children

• I. Matthew- d.s.p.
• II. Jane- b.c.1650, m.1. before 1676 Peter Shaw, 2. after 1694 William Bradford of Beverly, 3. 13 Mar 1717/8 Robert Leach of Manchester. Jane was a widow in Beverly in 1734.
• III. Anne- m. Andrew Brown (b.1658, m.2. 23 Jan. 1709/10 Mrs. Sarah (Hill) Fletcher Priest, d. 4 July 1725 Scarborough)

Sources

  1. The Ancestry of Sarah Miller 1755-1840- Walter Goodwin Davis pp.65-9
  2. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- p.63; Province & Court Records- Vol. I, p. 237; Vol. II, p. 225
  3. York Co. Registry of Deeds- Vol. II, fol. 148
  4. York County Registry of Deeds- Vol. XII, fol. 164
  5. The Ancestry of Sarah Miller 1755-1840- Davis pp.65-9
  6. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- p.63
  7. The Ancestry of Sarah Miller 1755-1840- Davis pp.65-9; original at NEHGS
  8. The Ancestry of Sarah Miller 1755-1840- Davis pp.65-9
  9. The Ancestry of Sarah Miller 1755-1840- Davis pp.65-9
  10. Supreme Judicial Court No. 1526; Suffolk Court Files No. 1828.17
  11. The Ancestry of Sarah Miller 1755-1840- Davis pp.65-9
  12. York County Registry of Deeds- Vol. XVII, fol. 113-4




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Walter Goodwin Davis reported William Bradford married a second time, to Jane (Allison) Shaw, daughter of Ralph Allison and his wife, Anne Dixon. Jane would have been the widow of Peter Shaw. See Ancestry of Bethia Harris ... (Portland, Me., The Southworth Press, 1934), 122; digital images, Hathi Trust. If she married Shaw by 1675, then perhaps her birth is about 1650?

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (p. 626, borrow), also refers to this Jane Allison, daughter of Ralph, writing that she married (2) William Bradford of Beverly, and (3) Robert Leach.

Edited to add: at GDMNH p. 63 (Allison), borrow, it is shown differently, but that was written before part 5.

New England Marriages prior to 1700 (2015) shows her marriage (1) Peter Shaw,, (2) William Bradford, (3) Robert Leach. Works consulted as GDMNH 626. By subscription, AmericanAncestors.

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