Isaac Allerton, (Mayflower) b. 1586 Prob. London, Shaft, London, England d. 22 Feb 1659 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut: Lineagekeeper's Genealogy

Born in St Andrews Under, Shaft, London, Middlesex, England

From Caleb Johnson's website:

ANCESTRAL SUMMARY: Isaac Allerton was born in England about 1583-1586, but his parentage has not been identified. He may be related to Mayflower passenger John Allerton, but no relationship between them has been documented. Isaac Allerton is found in several Leyden records, and his sister Sarah married Degory Priest there on the same day as Issac's marriage to Mary Norris. A John Allerton and a Robert Allerton can also be found in Leyden records.

On 18 June 1618 in Leyden, Isaac Allerton, tailor, made aswornstatementfor Nicholas Claverly, witnessed by Degory Priest. On 9January1619,Isaac Allerton made agreement with Alice Gallant, widow ofJohnHooke andcurrent wife of Henry Gallant, to apprentice her twelve-yearoldson JohnHooke to Isaac Allerton, to learn the tailor trade. JohnHookecame withIsaac on the Mayflower, but died the first winter.

Last Will & Testament of Isaac Allerton, 1659
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At a Court of Magistrates Octob. 19. 59

A writeing presented as the last will & Testament of Isaac Alerton, late of Newhaven deceased, wth an account of certaine debts, dew to him; &from him;

An account of Debts at the Duch

first, 700. & odd gilders from Tho: Hall by Arbitration of Captaine Willet, & Augustine Harman; about Captaine Scarlet wch I paid out,

And there is 900 gilders owing by John Peterson the Bore, as by Georg Woolseyes booke will appeare; & severall obligations thereto,

ffrom Richard Cloufe owes, as Georg Woolseyes Booke will make appeare; I thinke 900. gilders, but his Estate being broken. I Desire that what may be gotten may be layd hold on for mee,

Due from william Goulder 270, od gilders, by his Bill appeares;

Due from John Snedecare a shoomaker 150, od gilders as by his accoappeares.

from the widdow of the Hanc Hancson due as by severall Bills & accounts;

Peter Cornelioussen 120. od guilders as by ye account will appeare.

Due from Henry Brasser for rent for 28 moneths, from the first October 1656. to the last of May 58: for three roomes at 3 gilders a week. I am in his Debt for worke of the old acco wch must be Deducted;

156 Isaac Allerton's Will and Inventory.

there is 20 li in George Woolseyes hand, that came fro. mr Tho May bue for mee

There is 420. oaf. gilders that I owe to Nicholas, the ffrenchman, & a Cooper I owe something to, wch I would have that 201; in Georg Woolseyes hand, & the rest of that in Henry Brassers hand to them two;

And now I leave my son Isaac Allerton and my wife, as Trustees to receive in my debts, & to pay what I owe, as farr as it will goe &what is over pluss I leave to my wife and my sonne Isaac, as far as they receive the Debts to pay what I owe;

In Captaine Willetts hand. a pcell of booke lace 1300 & odd. guilders Wch I left in trust with Captaine Willett to take care of: Seale

My brother Bruster owes mee foure score pounds & odd. as the obligations will appeare.

Besides all my Debts in Delloware Bay & in Virgenia wch in my booke will appeare, & in Barbadoes. what can be gott; Witness. Isaac Allerton Senior John Harriman

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BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: William Bradford, c1650, included in his passenger list of the Mayflower: "Mr Isaack Allerton, and Mary his wife; with .3.children Bartholomew, Remember, and Mary and a servant boy, John Hooke. "He later wrote "Mr.Allerton his wife died with the first, and his servant John Hooke. His son Bartle is married in England but I know not how many children he hath. His daughter Remember is married at Salem and hath three or four children living. And his daughter Mary is married here and hath four children. Himself married again with the daughter of Mr. Brewster and hath one son living by her, but she is long since dead. And he is married again and hath left this place long ago. So I account his increase to be eight, besides his sons in England." On September 26, 1636 Isaac made a deposition in Boston stating he was aged about 53 years.

Isaac Allerton has a relatively small number of descendants compared to other Mayflower passengers, but is an ancestor to Presidents ZacharyTaylor and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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SOURCES: Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families in Progress: Isaac Allerton for Four Generations (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants,1992).

Robert C. Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, 1:36-39 (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1995).

William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, ed. Samuel Morison (NewYork: Random House, 1952).

William Bradford and Edward Winslow. A Relation or Journal of the Beginning and Proceedings of the English Plantation settled at Plymouth .. .. (John Bellamie: London, 1621).

Newman A. Hall, "The Children of Isaac Allerton," Mayflower Quarterly 47 (1981):14-18.

Newman A. Hall, "The Unproved Allerton Family Lineage", Mayflower Quarterly 45:23-24.

Newman A. Hall, "Allerton of Virginia," Virginia Genealogist 32:83-92.

Newman A. Hall, "Joanna Swinnerton: The Third Wife of Isaac Allerton, Sr.,"New England Historical and Genealogical Register124 (1970):133.

Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents (Carl Boyer, 3d: Santa Clarita, 1995).

Charles T. Gehring, translator. New York Historical Manuscripts:Dutch Delaware Papers, volumes 18-19, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981).