Israel Allston (bef. 1750 - aft. 1775)

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Biography

Israel was a Friend (Quaker)

Israel was born before 1750. He was the son of Israel and Sarah Allston of Little Creek, Kent County.

He lived in Kent County, Delaware and was a member of the Duck Creek Monthly Meeting. In 1775, Israel signed manumissions for two provisionally enslaved people, setting them free as soon as they were of legal age. He also committed to paying reparations to each of them.

John, purchased until he turns 25 from Thomas Nock Junior (& then by his Father’s Will he was to be free). Manumitted when he reaches lawful age 21

Lydia Beckett, being free born (African American) but bound to me by the Overseer of the Poor before two magistrates till she should arrive to twenty one years of age. Manumitted when she reaches lawful age 18.

£50 penalty payment to each of them.

He passed away after 1775.

Sources

• De Valinger, Leon, Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800 Page 190-191. Database and images at Ancestry.com Image accessed 30 Apr 2021. Also available at FamilySearch.org as a digitized book.

ALLSTON, ISRAEL. Will. Made Nov. 5, 1760. Little Creek. heirs: wife Sarah; sons Thomas, Abner, Joab (Job), Joshua, Israel, John; daus. Elizabeth, Sarah. Exec’x, wife. Wits., Randall Allston, John Roach, EdwardNorman. Codicil, bros. Randall & Arthur Allston. Prob. Nov. 22,1760. arch. vol A1, pages 106-108. Reg. of wills. Liber K, folio 247. Note: Arch vol A1, page 107 shows Sarah, the widow, alter married Benjamin Hughbanks [Eubanks].

• U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935: Delaware: Kent: Duck Creek Monthly Meeting: Manumissions 1774-1792. Database and images at Ancestry.com. Image

16 March 1776 Manumission and Reparation –Israel Allston, of Kent County on Delaware. Wits. Warner Mifflin, Ann Holliday.