John Allison (1675 - abt. 1729)

Born 1675 in Derry, County Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland

Descendants

Died about 1729 at about age 54 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Biography

About 1722, John Allison settled in Donegal Township, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. John was a yeoman (farmer). He married Janet ?. John bought a plantation from James Brownlee. John Allison died in Donegal Township. Donegal Township became part of Lancaster County on May 10, 1729. John's will was written on November 6, 1728, and probated on February 20, 1728/9. The executors were his wife Janet and Rev James Anderson. The witnesses were Richard Allison, James Cook, and Alex Hutchison.

Children

1. James, b. 12 Nov 1693 (Ireland); m. Rebekah Allison
2. William, b. 17 Jun 1696 (Northern Ireland); m. Catharine Craig, 1737
3. Patrick, b. 21 Feb 1699 (Ireland)
4. Jean, b. 22 Jun 1701 (Ireland); m. ? Smith; she lived in Ireland; she died by 28 September 1764.
5. John, b. 18 Jan 1704 (Ireland); m. Ann?
6. Robert, b. 21 Dec 1707 (Ireland)
7. Margaret, b. 24 Jun 1709 (Ireland); m. ? White; she lived in Kent County, Maryland; she died by 28 September 1764.

Reference Note

It appears that the following account (originally published in, Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical: Chiefly Relating to Interior Pennsylvania, Volume 3. 1896. Edited by William Henry Egle [1]) of John Allison of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, from, Immigrant ancestors; a list of 2,500 immigrants to America before 1750 (published 1963), page 43, by Frederick Adams Virkus, combined four unrelated Allison families into one:

"ALLISON, JOHN (b. Londonderry, Ireland - d. Pennsylvania 1747) came from North of Ireland with family to America as early as 1725 and located on what were term the "barrens of Derry" then Chester(afterwards Lancaster, now Dauphin) County, Pennsylvania, where he had200 acres warranted to him April 15, 1734; married Janet _____; issue(of record): 1-Robert (d. unmarried, March 1766), will bequeaths L100to the trustees of the Philadelphia Hospital, L100 to the "grammar school at Newark, ten miles from Newcastle", and the balance of his estate to his brothers and sisters; 2-William(d. August 1739), married Grizzle Wray, had three children, viz. Margaret, Patrick and Robert;3-Henry, married and had son James; 4-John (d. Donegal, Pennsylvania,May 1767), married Ann _____ (she married second John Stewart), had children: Patrick; Jean, married George Clark; Rose, married James Crawford; Margaret; John; James (b. 1750); Ann (b. 1753); William (b.1755); Robert (b. 1757); 5-James (d. Donegal, Pennsylvania November 1762) married Rebecca _____ (d. September 1764), had children: James,married Miss Howard; Anna, married; Mr. Defrance; Jean, married William Watt and moved to North Carolina; Margaret, married Mr. Bowman and moved to North Carolina; Sarah; and Rebecca, married Hugh Caldwell; 6-Jean, married Mr. Smtih; 7-Margaret, married Mr. White."^[1]

• At the Allison/Ellison Y-DNA Project [2], descendants of Group J and an Ungrouped individual (ID 142915) both claim John Allison (d. about 1728) of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as their ancestor. The majority of the children cited above, attributed to John Allison who died in 1747, were actually children of John Allison who died about 1728.

• John Allison who died in 1747, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was this person:

John Allison lived in Derry Township, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Jeanet ?. He died in 1747, in Derry Township. John’s will was written on April 4, 1747, and probated on May 15, 1747. John owned land in Virginia. The executor of the estate was John’s wife Jeanet. The witnesses were James McCollough/McCullough and William Breden. John Allison could not write.

Children:

1. Robert
2. Jean
3. Isabel
4. Margaret
5. Jeanet
6. James

• At the Allison/Ellison Y-DNA Project [3], descendants of Group C claim William Allison, who married Grizzle Wray, as their ancestor.

• James Allison, son of James and Rebecca, did not marry. He was cited as marrying “Miss Howard”. However, the James Allison who married Rebecca Howard (a daughter of Gordon Howard), died intestate by March 15, 1768, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This James Allison was a son of Richard Allison. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book Q, page 225, confirms that Rebecca Howard married James Allison who died by 1768.

• A more in depth analysis of the above discussion was done by Mel Allison in, “Handbook For The Descendants Of John Allison, The Elder The Scotch-Irish Emigrate From Londonderry, Ireland. Updated: Jan. 15, 2015.”

Residence Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. Map: Latitude: N39.9671. Longitude: W75.752. Capt.

Sources

1. ↑ [migrants to America before 1750" by Frederick Virkus, page 43]

See Also

• Chester County, Pennsylvania, Will Book A, pages 292-293.

• History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men (Published 1883). By Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans. Page 759.[ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000063629620&view=1up&seq=995&skin=2021&q1=allison]
• Commemorative biographical encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley : comprising the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania. Containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settlers. 1897. Pages 9-10. [4]
• Handbook For The Descendants Of John Allison, The Elder The Scotch-Irish Emigrate From Londonderry, Ireland. By Mel Allison. Updated: Jan. 15, 2015.[5]
• "Immigrants to America before 1750" by Frederick Virkus, page 43
• http://sherrysharp.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I40142&tree=Roots
• ardenparish.ged--William Allison

Title: Arden Feker's Family; Focus Group--William Allison's Ancestry Author: Arden Wyn Feker

• James Phillip Allison
• "Immigrants to America before 1750" by Frederick Virkus, page 43:
• The Franklin Family
• International Genealogical index Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Note: Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 9/15/2008 Text: John Allison; Male; Birth: 1675 Londonberry, , Ulster Province, Ireland; Death: AUG 1747; Spouse: Mrs.Jeanet Ann Allison; Marriage: About 1688