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_,__L\._ HISTORY OF THE ALLERTON FAMILY l.X r-__rHE UNITED STATES. 1585 TO 1885, AND JS: GENEALOGY OF THE DESCE~DANTS OF ISAAC ALLERTON, "Ma;jlir&er Pilgrim," Plymouflt, ,lfass., I620. BY w ALTER s. ALLERTOX, Nr..o York City, I888. REVISED AXD ENLARGED BY HoR-~CE Tm:-E C-cRRIER, Clucago. t'U1:5L1!':,l:1.CU .tS Y SAMUEL w .ATERS ALLERTON, Chicago, Illinois. 1900. OBVlLLE Hu1rn .\1.r.ERTo:--, .Ji:. (:mo.) PREFACE. ·J,la, SAMUEL WATERS ALLERTox, of Chicago, Illinois, in issuing this _revised edition of the "Allerton Family," does not intend to d~tract·from the great credit to be gi-v-en Mr. Walter S. Allerton for his publication of 1888, but simply to add facts which have been found since that time, and to correct errors which almost invariably occurTn Genealogies through incorrect family records thought to be true when published, but afterward found otherwise. In the preface to the edition of 1888 Mr. Walter S. Allerton says, in part: Pride of ancestry is common to all ages and all peoples, and it is an entirely proper and justifiable sentiment. We know that man, like other animals, possesses the power to transmit to his offspring the mental and physical characteristics that have been most prominent in himself. Students of social science tell us that the·children of crim­ inals are apt to pro,e criminals themselves, and other things being equal, the man who can trace his descent through a dozen generations of honest men is for that very reason more _likely to prove himself an honest man. The history of the Allerton family is a strong proof of the endur­ ing quality of family traits and characteristics, both physical and mental, for we find in members of two branches, that have been entirely separated for two centuries, the same physical appearance and the same mental peculiarities. We find in a majority of the family to-day many resemblances in personal appea:ra.nce t-0 their common ancestor, and we find still more prominent the same peculiarities of mind and dis• Tlll~ ALLERTON 1/Al\lILY. posmon. \Ve are proud to recognize tho s:une 1:1pirit of honcHLy anti iuJcpeudence that led him to cai,t in his lot with tho udve11l11rcrH of N" ~w Plymouth, and tho same broadness of mind and toleration of tlw opinion~ of others that· brought him into conflict with the narrow ,,pirit of puritanism. \Ve claim a·sharo of his cour:tgo and his enter­ prisL', and we admit that we have also inherited somewhat of ~1is quick temper and of his wandering disposition and um;ettleJ spirit. 'l'he Al!crtons have ever been wanderers; they,.cnn point to no one pl:we as the home of their family, the same restless spirit that led their an­ crstors up and down upon t_he earth has appeared to be always with them. It is only in a few rare cases that we find the son continuing to dwell where his father dwelt before him; and this fact, while affording another proof of the possession of common traits of char­ acter, has rendered •it difficult to collect a complete genealogical record of the family. The author began the work of collecting material for a family history some ten years since, and pursued it in such time as could be spared from the practice of his profession, but he soon found that an­ other ha<l. Leen for a long time at work in the same field. The late :'llt•a,l Allerlon of Newark~ "'Wayne County, New York, after workiug fur ma11y 'years at this laHk, left al his death a Lu·ge and valuable mam1script, which was placed in the :wthor's hands by his wiuow, and from whil:11 1Ua11y d,•t.ails for tliiH vol1111w wure oliliiinud, 01-1puciully iu regarJ lo the fourth, iifth and sixth generations of the Rhode lr,land and N cw York branches. Mead Allerton had not been able, how­ ever, to collect much information about the New Jersey branch; and to obtain this has l;een the most difiicult part of the work. The na,me of Allerton is one that is comparatively common in some parts of Euglartcl, and there are sev~r~l families now in the United States who are in no way related to us, being emigrants fn,m England themscl ves or _<lcsc:endants· bf such,-a list of these Aliertons wiii be fournl at the end of the gcmealogical reeon1. The beauty of the name 'has also eauscu it to Le frequently Ul:!ei by novelists and other writers, THI£ ALLERTON FAMILY. 7 1111d It, h11H nlHn 1>0011 oucai,;ionally ussnmecl by persons not belonging to t,ho fom ily, tmmo of whom have riot been of a character calculated to reflect cretlit on any family. \Vlwre neurly every one to whom the author has applied for in­ formntion has giadly responded, it may seem unfair to mention any in particnlar, hut while the author takes this opportunity to thank all who have i11 auy manner assisted him, he feels that the members of the family generally ought to know the names of those who have ren­ cle1·ud particular service. Besides Mead Allerton to whom the greatest credit is due for many years of patient and painstaking research, the author has received valuable assistance from the following persons: Mrs. J aue G. Allerton, of Salem, Ohio. James M. Allerton, of Port Jervis, New York. Orville H. Allerton, of Newark, New York. Mrs. Clara E. Delap, of Osnaburgh, Ohio, Charles B. Allerton, of Keelersville, Michigan. Ezekiel Allerton, of Roanoke, Indiana. Lemira C. Allerton, of Youngstown, Ohio. ,Taspcr Tilden, of Jefferson, ..Wisconsin. l\Irs. J mncs Kynctt, of Alliance, Ohio. IL D. Hutson, of Deerfield, Ohio. ,v Ar:r1c1t S. A r,L 1m·ro N". New York, DecemLer, 1888. Up to the present time some facts concerning the early generations have not been found in town, church or probate records, and for that rcation have Leen questioned, but a careful study of all the facts attest the statement that, in the main, they are undoubtedly true. Reference iti made in this connection to the Appendix added to this edition. Mr. Mead Allcrto,n did not keep a record of the authority from whicli he derived hiti information but, wheu of sufficient character to s,itisfy liim, the simple statement of facts was made. In these early generations M:. Walter S. Allerton merely coinpletcu his work. In 8 THE AL.Lim.TON FAMILY. the later generations, with few exceptio1rn, thiR edition is prncliu:Llly a reprint of that of 1888, so ably compiled by the authol'. The arrangement of families has been materially changed :md in order that reference may be quickly made the following suggestions are offered, viz.: The figures directly preceding and following each name indieatc the number of the child in the family and the generation, the marginal number is the general number. With the head of each family is shown his marginal number, below you find his children, turn back where his marginal number shows him as a child and you find his parents. Note the marginal number against any one of his children, turn forward to where that number appears as the head of a family, and there you will find that child's children. · This edition of the Allerton Family is published with the knowl­ edge and consent of Mr. Walter S. Allerton, who has also assisted in its preparation. The major portion is a reprint of the first edition. It is hoped that each family will enter the later records of their in­ d ivitlual family on the blank pages 'at the end of the volume. HoRACE TRUE Cu1mnm. ()hieago, Illinois, HJOO. THE ALT,ERTON FA~!IT,Y. IN reviewing the history of the Allerton Family one very marked feature which arrests our attention is the slow growth, in numbers, prior to about the year 17 50. Isaac 1, of the Ma,yflower, left but one son who remained in New England, viz.: Isaac2 , and he in turn left Isaac3 , born in New Haven, Conn., and vVilloughby 3 , born in Virginia. The Virginia line is not carried forward, in detail, although proper reference is made to it, for the reason that, as early as 1760, the male line became extinct. This line is not important, therefore, to later generations of Allertons, Isaac 3 born in New Haven in 1655 thus becomes the progenitor of all Allertons of the later generatioM. Since 1750 the family has largely increased in numbers, and at the present time there aro several h11nJ1·ed persons living who are Allortons by birth and lineal descendants of Isaac of the Mayflower. His deseemlants may be said to embrace three branches; tho Rhode Island branch, being the det-Jcendants of John 5 ; tho Now York branch, being tho descendants of Isaac~, and the New Jersey ln':l.nch, being the descendants of Zachariah 5 • The history of the Rhode Island bra.nth is very brief; they rcHiJeJ in Rhode Island and in Windham County, Connecticut, and were gen­ erally formers, but many of the sons of this family died young unJ unmarried. The branch is now :practically extinct, there being only one male descendant of John~ now known to be iivir1g. 10 THE ALLERTON FAMILY, The New York branch, aftpr residing in Connecticut 11ho11 L Ii fly years, removed to Dutchess county, in New York, and to the co11nt,y of Greene, on the wc:st Lank of t,10 l{llllson, where many of them rc:,itle to this day, and from there they gradually followed the general ten­ dency of settlement to the west, an<l while they aro sc:~ttcrcd ovet· the entire country, by far the greater nuti1bcr resiile in the States of N cw J ork, Ohio, 1Iichigan and Jllinois; while in New England, the origiual homo of the Pilgrims, there arc now less than a uoze1i memberl'l, This branch, which is entitled to the honor of being the older and principal branch of the family, has always been the most successful, and has contained the larger number of men who have attained to positions of eminence in professional or.
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