 Abt 1586 - Bef 1659 (< 73 years)
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| Name |
Isaac ALLERTON |
| Prefix |
Asst. Gov. |
| Birth |
Abt 1586 |
East Bergholt, Suffolk, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Also Known As |
Alerton |
| Reference Number |
100907 |
| Reference Number |
113674 |
| Reference Number |
60 |
| WWW |
https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Allerton-3 |
| Death |
Bef 12 Feb 1659 |
New Haven, New Haven Colony |
| Person ID |
I177 |
Gummer |
| Last Modified |
1 Aug 2024 |
| Father |
Bartholomew ALLERTON, b. Abt 1555, Suffolk, England d. Bef 8 Jun 1603, East Bergholt, Suffolk, England (Age < 48 years) |
| Mother |
Mary UNKNOWN, b. Abt 1560, Suffolk, England d. Aft 1603, Suffolk, England (Age > 44 years) |
| Marriage |
1585 |
Suffolk, England |
| Family ID |
F49 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Mary NORRIS, b. Abt 1590, England d. 25 Feb 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (Age 31 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Nov 1611 |
Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden |
| Children |
| | 1. Bartholomew ALLERTON, b. Abt 1612, Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden d. Bef 19 Feb 1659, Bramfield, Suffolk, England (Age < 47 years) |
| | 2. Remember ALLERTON, b. Abt 1615, Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden d. Bef 22 Oct 1656, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age < 41 years) |
| + | 3. Mary ALLERTON, b. Abt 1617, Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden d. 28 Nov 1699, Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 82 years) |
| | 4. Unnamed ALLERTON, b. Bef 5 Feb 1620, Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden d. Bef 5 Feb 1620, Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Age < 0 years) |
| | 5. Unnamed ALLERTON, b. 22 Dec 1620, Plymouth Harbor on the Mayflower d. 22 Dec 1620, Plymouth Harbor on the Mayflower (Age 0 years) |
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| Family ID |
F40 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Aug 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Fear BREWSTER, b. Abt 1605, Scrooby, Yorkshire, England d. Bef 12 Dec 1634, Plymouth Colony (Age < 29 years) |
| Marriage |
1626 |
Plymouth Colony |
| Children |
| | 1. Sarah ALLERTON, b. Abt 1626, Plymouth Colony d. Massachusetts |
| | 2. Col Isaac ALLERTON, b. Abt 1630, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony d. Bef 30 Dec 1702, Westmoreland, Colony of Virginia (Age < 72 years) |
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| Family ID |
F50 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Aug 2024 |
| Family 3 |
Joanna SWINNERTON, b. Bef 17 Mar 1620, England d. Aft 19 May 1684, New Haven, Connecticut (Age > 64 years) |
| Marriage |
17 Feb 1644 |
New Haven, New Haven Colony |
| Family ID |
F233 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Aug 2024 |
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| Notes |
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[[Category: Mayflower Compact Signatories]]
[[Category: English Immigrants to America]]
[[Category: Leiden to Plymouth Pilgrim]]
[[Category: Plymouth, Massachusetts]]
[[Category: US President Direct Ancestor]]
[[Category: Allerton Name Study]]
{{Mayflower Passenger}}
== Biography ==
===Early Life===
'''BIRTH AND PARENTS'''
ISAAC ALLERTON was born about 1586,[Anderson, Robert Charles. ''The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633'', (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011). Online at [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/35/23894394 AmericanAncestors.org][$], Vol. 1, pages 35-39.] the son of [[Allerton-447|Bartholomew Allerton]] and [[Unknown-484516|Mary (___) Allerton]], who resided in East Bergholt, Suffolk at the time of Isaac's birth.[Johnson, Caleb, Sue Allen and Simon Neal. "The Origin and Parentage of Mayflower Passenger Isaac Allerton in East Bergholt, Suffolk," published in ''The New England Histornical and Genealogical Register'', (Boston, MA:NEHGS), Vol. 173, Summer 2019, pages 197-205.[https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/58666/197/1427839886 ($)].] His estimated date of birth comes from three documents in which he provided his age, as follows: (1) in a deposition in Leiden on 18 Jun 1618, as a tailor, aged about 30; (2) in a deposition dated 26 Sep 1639, he was "of New Plimmouth", merchant, aged about 53 years; and (3) in a declaration dated 23 Oct 1655 in New Netherland, he was aged about 70 years.[Documents used to estimate age: (1) Bangs, Jeremy D. "The Cost of a Cloak Made by Isaac Allerton in 1618" ''Mayflower Quarterly.'' 50:109-112 (1984) cites Leiden notarial document 044 Reg./ONA 131 no. 185 [FHL DGS 5,527398, images 49-50]. (2) Lechford, Thomas, ''Note-Book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Exq., Lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts Bay, from June 27, 1638, to July 29, 1641'' (Cambridge, Mass.: John Wilson & Son, University Press, 1885), pp 189-190. (3) van Laer, Arnold J.F. transl., ''New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Volue 3: Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1648-1660 '' Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974.) pp 428-429.]
It is likely that Isaac had at least two siblings, [[Allerton-21|Sarah Allerton]], who married ''Mayflower'' passenger Degory Priest, and ''Mayflower'' passenger [[Allerton-75|John Allerton]], who died the first winter in Plymouth, leaving no issue.
'''OCCUPATION'''
Isaac's father, Bartholomew, was a tailor, as was Isaac, however Isaac, son of the late Bartholomew Allerton of Ipswich, was apprenticed to James Glyn, blacksmith of London, on 21 Jun 1609 for a period of seven years.[Isaac Allerton, text-only preview view of apprenticeship 1609 in ‘London Apprenticeship Abstracts, 1442-1850, London, England'. Accessed on findmypast.co.uk 22 May 2020. [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=ORIGINS%2FLONDONAPPRENTICE%2F167761%2F385863 Apprenticeship Abstract] (subscription required to view full details)] Anderson states that "although waiting until the age of about twenty-four to enter an apprenticeship was unusual, it was not unheard of."[Anderson, Robert C. ''Puritan Pedigrees: The Deep Roots of the Great Migration to New England''. (Boston: NEHGS), p. 103, cited in 2019 NEHGR article 173:199.] Isaac did not complete this apprenticeship as he is found in Leiden just two years later.
While he is called a tailor of London in the Leiden records, there is nothing in his later career to show that he followed the occupation. Once in New England, Isaac was known to be a merchant.[ ]
'''LIFE IN HOLLAND'''
Isaac Allerton and his sister Sarah were members of John Robinson's congregation in Leiden in 1609. By the time the congregation left Holland, Isaac had become one of its prominent members.[Johnson, Caleb H. The Mayflower and Her Passengers. (Caleb H. Johnson, 2006) pp. 59-71 ]
At the time of his marriage to [[Norris-75|Mary Norris]] in Nov 1611, Isaac lived in the Pieterskerkhof, near St. Peter's Church and was later admitted as a citizen of Leiden in 1614.[ He may have been related to the Robert Allerton "Scotchman" who also lived in Leiden at the same time,][Banks, Charles Edward. ''The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers...'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1962). Online at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000007062395&view=1up&seq=41 HathiTrust], pages 29-30.] however proof linking the two men has not been found.
Isaac worked in Leiden as a tailor, where he took on an apprentice, [[Hooke-58|John Hooke]],[ the 12-year-old son of John and Alice (Thompson) Hooke, by agreement dated 7 Jan 1619, for a term of twelve years.][Johnson, Caleb H. The Mayflower and Her Passengers. (Caleb H. Johnson, 2006) Sketch of "John Hooke" p. 159]
===Life in New England===Anderson notes that "Isaac Allerton was one of the busiest and most complicated men in early New England," and that records "may be found in virtually every colony on the Atlantic seaboard and in the Caribbean, including Newfoundland, New Netherland, New Sweden, Virginia, Barbadoes and Curaçao."
'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Colony PLYMOUTH COLONY] (1620-1631)'''
Isaac came to New England aboard the ''Mayflower'' in 1620, along with his wife, their three children and his apprentice, John Hooke.[Johnson, Caleb. ''Isaac Allerton'' at [http://mayflowerhistory.com/allerton-isaac/ MayflowerHistory.com].][Bradford, William. ''History of Plymouth Plantation'' (Massachusetts Historical Society, 1856) pp [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=tYecOAN1cwwC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb_hover&pg=GBS.PA448 448], 451][Isaac Allerton, text-only preview view of passenger list 1620 in ‘Massachusetts, Mayflower Passengers 1620', England, United States. Accessed on findmypast.co.uk 22 May 2020. [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=US%2FMASSA%2FMAYFLOWER%2F0000002 Mayflower Passenger Transcription] (subscription required to view full details)] Isaac's was the fifth signature on the [[:Space:Mayflower Compact|Mayflower Compact]],[Morton, Nathaniel. ''New-England's memorial'' Boston, Congregational Board of Publication, 1826 fifth edition. Originally published 1669 [https://archive.org/details/newenglandsmemo01mortgoog/page/n43/mode/2up p. 38]] the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. John Hooke did not survive the first winter in Plymouth,[Prince, Thomas. ''A chronological history of New-England in the form of annals : being a summary and exact account of the most material transactions and occurrences relating to this country, in the order of time wherein they happened, from the discovery by Capt. Gosnold in 1602, to the arrival of Governor Belcher, in 1730 : with an introduction, containing a brief epitome of ... events abroad, from the creation, including ... the gradual discoveries of America, and the progress of the Reformation to the discovery of New-England.'' (Boston : N.E., Printed by Kneeland & Green for S. Gerrish, 1736) [https://archive.org/details/chronologicalhis01prin/page/466/mode/2up p. 98]]
After the death of John Carver in early 1621, William Bradford was chosen the colony's second governor and "Isaac Allerton was chosen to be an assistant unto him who, by renewed election every year, continued sundry years together".[Bradford: [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=tYecOAN1cwwC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb_hover&pg=GBS.PA101 p. 101]] In the 1623 Plymouth land division, "Mr. Isaak Alerton" received seven acres, "on the South side of the brooke to ther baywards."[Pulsifer, David (editor). Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England; printed by order of the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by New Plymouth Colony. Vol. 12 (1861) Deeds, &c. Vol. 1 1620-1651 & Book of Indian Records for their lands. (Boston: Press of William White 1861) [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=zkEOAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb_hover&pg=GBS.PA4 1623 p. 4]; [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=zkEOAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb_hover&pg=GBS.PA9 1627 p. 9]] Isaac appears on the Plymouth tax lists dated 25 Mar 1633 and 27 Mar 1634 and on 1633 and 7 Mar 1636/7 lists of freemen in Plymouth Colony.[Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England : printed by order of the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vol. 1 Court Orders 1633-1640 (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855) Freeman pp [https://archive.org/details/cu31924082456553/page/n23/mode/2up/search/Allerton 3], 52; tax list pp 9, 27] Isaac married second to [[Brewster-44|Fear Brewster]], daughter of William Brewster, sometime between 1623 and 1627 in Plymouth.
It is presumed that about 1628, ''Mayflower'' passenger [[More-108|Richard More]], then about age 15, came to work, perhaps as an apprentice, under Isaac Allerton.[Linday, David. ''Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger amongst the Pilgrims.'' New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002. Searchable online at [https://books.google.com/books?id=P0S866grfygC&dq GoogleBooks].]
In New England, Isaac was known to be a merchant and made frequent trips back to England in the 1620's and 1630's on personal and colony business.[ He acted as the colony's business agent to handle the buyout negotiations with London investors that began in 1627, continuing through the early 1630's.][ His role as agent was "not without controversy",][ and it is said that Allerton may have taken advantage of his position by "engaging in some personal trading deals, and engaging the Pilgrims' joint-stock company in business ventures they had not authorized. After driving the colony deeper into debt with ill-advised business opportunities, he was eventually removed and replaced by Edward Winslow."][ Isaac's removal as agent occurred in 1630/31, but he continued trading on his own and remained a resident of Plymouth with his wife and children.][Heinsohn, Robert Jennings, PhD. ''Isaac Allerton in Marblehead, New Amsterdam and New Haven.'' Online at [https://sail1620.org/Isaac_Allerton_Marblehead Sail1620.org]. NOTE: This recent (c2019) blog is well sourced, but there are no inline citations. It contains a bibliography of recent works not available online and they haven't been verified/re-checked.]
In Dec 1634, Isaac's second wife, Fear, died in Plymouth in an epidemic of fever. At that time, Isaac conveyed his Plymouth property at Rocky Nook (later called Kingston) to his youngest daughter, Mary, and her husband Thomas Cushman.[ ]
'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marblehead,_Massachusetts MARBLEHEAD] (1632-1635)'''
In 1632, Isaac and his son-in-law, [[Maverick-2|Moses Maverick]], sailed on the ''White Angel'' into Marblehead, where they were among the original settlers. They bought fishing boats and built a warehouse and quarters for fishermen and, by 1633, they had eight boats fishing in the harbor.
By 1635, Isaac had experienced a series of personal and business misfortunes, including the death of his wife. He had also angered both the General Court and local Puritan ministers with his freethinking religious views and associations (including one with Roger Williams) and, in Mar 1635, he was ordered to leave Marblehead by the civil authorities.[ On 6 May 1635, the General Court noted that Isaac had given his son-in-law, Moses Maverick, all of his property located in Marblehead "to enjoy to him & his heirs forever."][ ]
:{{New Netherland Settler Sticker}}Isaac, having been exiled from Massachusetts Bay, went on to have simultaneous residences in the pioneer Puritan dissident colony of New Haven and in New Amsterdam, the capital of the Dutch colony of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Netherland New Netherland], where he owned property and became influential.
'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam NEW AMSTERDAM] (1636-1646)'''
Director-General of New Amsterdam, [[Kieft-20|Willem Kieft]], granted Isaac "burger privileges" and he was considered a resident of New Amsterdam. Records show that Isaac traded corn there in 1639, sold his bark ''Hope'' to New Amsterdam residents in 1642, became a trading partner with Govert Loockermans and bought and sold land in 1643.[ ]
In 1643, Kieft asked Isaac to join a "group of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Men Eight Men]", to propose measures to improve law-and-order in the colony and to organize assistance to protect New Amsterdam from another Indian attack. Isaac was sent to New Haven to ask for help defending the colony, however New Haven refused to assist the Dutch. Kieft's directorship had become increasingly dictatorial, causing most of the group of eight to rebel and they petitioned the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company Dutch West India Company] to recall Kieft as Director-General.[ Isaac was the second signer of the 28 Oct 1644 ''Remonstrance of the Eight Men of Manahats'', the first demand for self-government by Dutch colonists anywhere in the world.][[https://web.archive.org/web/20210224225351/https://www.themayflowersociety.org/blog/item/410-pilgrim-isaac-allerton-society TheMayflowerSociety.org] (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org), "Family Society Friday: The Pilgrim Isaac Allerton Society" blog by David A. Furlow.]
On 27 Oct 1646, "Isacke Allerton" of New Amsterdam in the province of New Netherlands, merchant, confirmed to son-in-law Thomas Cushman of New Plymouth a debt of one hundred pounds owed to Isaac by John Coombe.[ He owned property in New Amsterdam, including a warehouse,][ which he built in 1646 on a 500-foot strip of waterfront property on the East River. The property was used as a meeting house for New Amsterdam traders and included a dock for a ferry to Brooklyn.]
'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sweden NEW SWEDEN] (1644-1656)'''
Isaac traded heavily in New Sweden between 1644-1656, particularly in tobacco, often using credit instead of currency. He also acted as a courier, carrying passengers, documents and letters of credit between Dutch, English and Swedish colonies.
'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven_Colony NEW HAVEN] (1635-1659)'''
In New Haven Colony, before 1644, Isaac remarried to [[Swinnerton-27|Joanna Swinnerton]],[ possibly the widow of Job Swinnerton who was admitted to Salem in 1637][ (see her profile for discussion of her origins).]
On 17 Feb 1644/5, "Mr. Allerton coming from New Haven in a ketch, with his wife and diverse other persons, were taken in a great storm at northeast with much snow, and cast away at Scituate, but the persons all saved".[Anderson, Robert Charles. ''The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony, 1620-1633.'' (Boston, MA:New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006). Online at [https://mayflower.americanancestors.org/isaac-allerton-biography American Ancestors.org][$]. This is essentially the same profile as in GMB, with a couple new entries.]
In 1646, Isaac became a permanent resident of New Haven, where he would spend the remainder of his life.[ In the New Haven Book of Alienations, in an entry from 1646, "Isaack Allerton" held four parcels of land "bought of Lawr[ence] Ward": "6 acres ½ upland in the first division"; "1 acre ¼ & 8 rods in the neck"; "2 acres ½ of meadow"; and "10 acres in the 2d division".][ On 10 Mar 1646/7, Isaac Allerton and his wife "Sister Allerton" were assigned pews in the New Haven meeting house, in the cross seats at the end on their respective sides of the meetinghouse.][Hoadly, Charles J, MA. (editor) Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649. Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857. [https://books.google.com/books/reader?id=Ng0GbNFf8B0C&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&source=gbs_atb_hover#v=onepage&q=Allerton&f=false p. 302], [https://books.google.com/books/reader?id=Ng0GbNFf8B0C&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&source=gbs_atb_hover#v=onepage&q=Allerton&f=false p. 304]]
===Marriages and Children===
'''FIRST MARRIAGE TO MARY NORRIS'''
Isaac Allerton of London married first in Leiden on 4 Nov 1611, banns having been published on 8, 15 and 22 Oct 1611, to [[Norris-75|Mary Norris]].["The Mayflower Marriage Records at Leyden and Amsterdam," published in the ''Mayflower Descendant'' (Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- ). Online database: [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB407/i/12206/129/0 AmericanAncestors.org][$], Vol 7, 1905, pages 129-130.] They apparently had a double marriage, with Isaac's sister, [[Allerton-21|Sarah (Allerton) Vincent]] marrying [[Priest-39|Degory Priest]] on that same day, before the same officials,[''Mayflower Families through Five Generations'', Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA., 2nd Ed., 2008: Degory Priest. Online (page 1 only) at [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/rd/48509/1/1415585640 AmericanAncestors.org][$].] and their banns published on the same days.
The translation of the Dutch record below is as follows:
Isaac Allerton, unmarried man, from London, in England, accompanied by Edward Southworth, Richard Masterson and Randall Thickins, his acquaintances, with Mary Norris, single woman, from Newbury, in England, accompanied by Anne Fuller and Dille [Priscilla?] Carpenter, her acquaintances. They were married before William Cornelison Tybault and Jacob Paedts, sheriffs, this 4th November, 1611.
{{Image|file=Granny_s_pictures-169.jpg|caption='''Marriage of Ysaack Allerton and Marie Norris, 4 Nov 1611 in Leiden''' [Dutch record of marriage 4 Nov 1611 and Banns in Oct 1611 in Leiden. Inventarisnummer: 198 Folio: B-004. See [https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/collecties/personen/zoek-op-personen/weergave/register/layout/blader/id/be1ba111-4eee-f2bf-f1fc-c7c96debd171?image=4558be25-99f6-36a7-1875-5535eaa7eb2e Image], page 4 (7).]}}
:'''THE CHILDREN OF ISAAC AND MARY''':[#[[Allerton-74|Bartholomew]], born ca. 1613 in Leiden, died 1658 in England, ''Mayflower'' passenger, returned to Suffolk, England as an adult and became a minister, married in England 1st to Margaret ____, 2nd to Sarah Fairfax; he fathered at least 4 children;#[[Allerton-8|Remember]], born ca. 1615 in Leiden, ''Mayflower'' passenger, died before 22 Oct 1656 in Marblehead; married Moses Maverick and they had 7 children;#[[Allerton-6|Mary]], born ca. 1617 in Leiden, ''Mayflower'' passenger, died 28 Nov 1699, married Thomas Cushman and they had 8 children. NOTE: Mary was the last of the ''Mayflower'' passengers to die;]
#A child was buried at St. Pancras/Pieterskerk, Leiden, 5 Feb 1620;#A son, stillborn aboard the ''Mayflower'' on 22 Dec 1620 in Plymouth Harbor.
'''SECOND MARRIAGE TO FEAR BREWSTER'''
Mary Allerton died in Plymouth on 25 Feb 1620/1 and Isaac married second to ''Mayflower'' passenger [[Brewster-44|Fear Brewster]], daughter of [[Brewster-4|William Brewster]], sometime between 1623 and 1627 in Plymouth.[ Their marriage predates Plymouth's marriage records, but can be derived from the fact that William Bradford reported that Allerton "married again with the daughter of Mr. Brewster."][ ]
:'''THE CHILDREN OF ISAAC AND FEAR''':[''A genealogical profile of Isaac Allerton'' published online by Plymouth Ancestors, A collaboration between Plimoth Plantation and the New England Historic Genealogical Society, at [https://web.archive.org/web/20170607115929/http://plimoth.org/sites/default/files/media/pdf/allerton_isaac.pdf Plimoth.org]. (Link via Wayback Machine, capture date 07 June 2017.)]# [[Allerton-88|Sarah]], born ca. 1626, listed with family on 1627 cattle division, no further record;# [[Allerton-5|Isaac Jr.]], born ca. 1630, died 1702 in Virginia, married 1st to Elizabeth ____, possible daughter of Joanna Swinnerton, and they had 2 children; married 2nd to Elizabeth (Willoughby) Overzee Colclough, they had 3 children.
Fear (Brewster) Allerton died before 12 Dec 1634[ when John Winthrop noted in a letter that she had recently died of "pestilent fever" at Plymouth.][Winthrop, Robert C. ''Life and letters of John Winthrop.'' Boston: Ticknor, 1864. Online at [https://archive.org/stream/lifelettersofjoh02wint#page/124/mode/2up Archive.org], page 125.]
'''THIRD MARRIAGE TO JOANNA SWINNERTON'''
By 1644, Isaac Allerton had married his third wife, [[Swinnerton-27|Joanna Swinnerton]], who, according to Anderson, was probably the "Mrs. Swinnerton" who received a grant of land at New Haven on 17 Mar 1640/1.[ A New Haven deed from Isaac's granddaughter [[Allerton-81|Elizabeth (Allerton) Eyre]] (daughter of Isaac Alerton Jr.), dated 23 Dec 1703, states that Elizabeth was the "granddaughter and heir-at-law to Joanna Swinerton after Joanna Alderton late of New Haven deceased."][Hall, Newman A., "Joanna Swinnerton: The Third Wife of Isaac Allerton, Sr.," published in the ''New England Historical and Genealogical Register,'' 124 (1970): 133. Online at [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11618/133/235578771 AmericanAncestors.org][$].] The couple had no children.
===Death and Probate===Isaac Allerton was alive on 1 Feb 1658/9, when he appeared in court in New Haven to dispute a debt,[Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, ed. ''New Haven Town Records, Vol I, 1649-1662.'' (New Haven: New Haven Historical Society, 1917). Online at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067363812;view=1up;seq=392 HathiTrust], pages 382 (Feb 1659 debt dispute), 409-10 (Jul 1659 son's request to settle estate).] and was deceased by 12 Feb 1658/9, when the inventory of his estate was taken.[ He was buried in the old Burying Ground at New Haven, however no monument or gravestone has been found.]
Isaac's inventory[Inventory and Will Isaac Allerton. New Haven (Conn.) probate records Probate records v. 1-2 1647-1703 [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9NR-8?i=52&cat=347594 image 53 of 452]] was presented to the court on 5 Apr 1659 at New Haven, at which time the court was informed of a written will in the possession of Isaac's son, Isaac [Jr.]. The court ordered the instrument be delivered to the court when it next convened, on 5 Jul 1659 and, on that date, Isaac Allerton Jr. presented the document but stated that he was not willing to accept responsibility for administering the estate. The court requested documents of accounts, etc. to be brought before them in October.[Hoadley, Charles J., MA, editor. "Concerning the Estate of Mr. Allerton" in the ''Records of the Colony or Jurisdiction of New Haven, From May 1653 to the Union Together with the New Haven Code of 1656.'' (Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1858). Online at [https://archive.org/stream/recordscolonyor01congoog#page/n319/mode/2up Archive.org], pages 807-809.] The will of "Isaac Allerton, late of Newhaven, deceased" was proved before the Court of Magistrates on 19 Oct 1659,[ and records of accounts. The "will" document consisted mostly of a list of debts due him, but it also named his son Isaac and his wife as trustees and beneficiaries of his estate.][Bowman, George Ernest. "Isaac Allerton Will and Inventory. Transcribed from the original records," published in the ''Mayflower Descendant'' (Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- ). Online database: [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB407/i/12166/155/0 AmericanAncestors.org][$], Vol 2, 1900, pages 155-157.]
"In spite of his reputation as one of New England's wealthiest merchants, Allerton died insolvent with debts to creditors located in many of the ports in which he traded. Allerton's son purchased his father's New Haven home from his creditors and deeded it to his stepmother, Joanna, in 1660."[ ]
===Notable Descendants===Isaac Allerton is a direct ancestor of United States Presidents [[Taylor-223|Zachary Taylor]] and [[Roosevelt-1|Franklin D. Roosevelt]], artist [[Tiffany-351|Louis Comfort Tiffany]] and actress [[Woodward-3781|Joanne Woodward]].[The General Society of Mayflower Descendants, ''Notable Descendants'' at [https://web.archive.org/web/20201117152755/https://www.themayflowersociety.org/the-pilgrims/notable-descendants TheMayflowerSociety.org]. (Link via Wayback Machine, capture date 17 Nov 2020.)]
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== Sources ==
See also:* AmericanAncestors.org. "Abstracts of the Early Probate Records of New Haven, Book I, Part I, 1647-1687." published in the ''New England Historical and Genealogical Register'' 81:121. (Boston: NEHGS, 1927). Online at [http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image/?pageName=121&volumeId=11641&rId=236639573 AmericanAncestors.org][$].* Ames, Azel. ''The May-Flower and Her Log, July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621, Chiefly from Original Sources.'' (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1907). Online at [https://archive.org/details/mayflowerherlogj00amesuoft/page/n203 Archive.org], pages 166-167, 176-177.* Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 25 Aug 2016), memorial page for Isaac Allerton (1586–1659), {{FindAGrave|13252546}}, citing Center Church on the Green Churchyard, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. The accompanying photographs by Bill Paschal and Bareen are materially informative displaying memorial plaques, but there is no grave marker or legible image of the inscribed data. Incorrect parents/sibling attached* Furlow, David A. and Lisa H. Pennington. "Isaac Allerton, His Book: The Allerton/Brewster Bible at the Massachusetts Historical Society," published in the ''Mayflower Descendant'' (Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- ). Online database: [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB407/i/30240/97/0 AmericanAncestors.org][$], Vol 57, 2008, pages 97-104.* Hall, Newman A. "The Children of Isaac Allerton," published in the ''Mayflower Quarterly,'' 47 (1981): 14-18 (available online to GSMD members only).*Heinsohn, Robert Jennings, PhD. "Reflections on Isaac Allerton." Online at [https://sail1620.org/Isaac_Allerton_Reflection Sail1620.org].* [http://www.isaacallerton.com/index.html IsaacAllerton.com] - Pilgrim Isaac Allerton Society (select newsletters available online).* Mahler, Leslie. "A Clue to the Parentage of Isaac Allerton," published in the ''Mayflower Quarterly'', 75 (2009): 54-56 (available online to GSMD members only): deposed 26 Sep 1639 aged 53 yrs.* Philbrick, Nathaniel. ''Mayflower: A story of Courage, Community and War.'' (New York: Viking, 2006), page 103 (not available online).* "The Plymouth Colony Archive Project" at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Historical Archaeology and Public Engagement, Department of Anthropology, ''Plymouth Colony Division of Cattle 1627.'' Online at [http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/cattlediv.html Histarch.illinois.edu].* Roser, Susan. ''Mayflower Passenger References.'' Ontario, 2011 (not available online).* Underhill, Lora Atline Woodbury, ''Descendants of Edward Small of New England.'' Vol. II. (Cambridge: Privately printed, 1910). Online at [https://archive.org/details/descendantsofedw02unde/page/596 Archive.org], pages 596-687. * Wakefield, Robert S. and Margaret Harris Stover. ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations.'' Vol. 17: Isaac Allerton. Mayflower Families, 1988, pages 1-3, (aka Silver Book - not available online).
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