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THE ALLISONS OF DERRY. I. JOHN ALLISON, a native of Londonderry, Ireland, emigrated with his family to America as early as 1725, and located on what were termed the "Barrens of Derry, then Chester, afterwards Lancaster, now Dauphin county, Pa. He took up two hundred acr es of land, which were warranted to him 15th of April 1734. He died in 1747, leaving a wife Janet, and among other children, the following: Robert, d. March, 1766, unm.; by his will he bequeathed "£100 to the Trustees of the Philadelphia Hospital," "£100 to the Grammar School at Newark, ten miles from New Castle," and the balance of his estate to his brothers and sisters. William, d. August, 1739; m. Grizzle Wray, and had Margaret, Patrick, and Robert. Henry, who had James. iv. John, m. Ann ___. v. James, m. Rebecca ___. Jean, m. ___Smith. Margaret, m. ___ White. II. JOHN ALLISON (John), d. May, 1767, in Donegal, leaving a wife Ann (who subsequently married John Stewart), and had children as follows: Patrick. Jean, m. George Clark, and had Mary. Rose, m. James Crawford, and had John. Margaret. John. James, b. 1750. Ann, b. 1753. William, b. 1755. Robert, b. 1757. |