Bartholomew Allerton

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1620, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Bartholomew Allerton was born around 1612 or 1613 in Leiden, Holland, to parents Isaac and Mary (Norris) Allerton. He, his parents, and his sisters Remember and Mary came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620. At some point, Bartholomew returned to England and took up residence in Norfolk and later Bramfield, Suffolk. A 1657 chancery suit, a couple of letters in the British Library, and his 1658/9 will are the known records of his life in England. Nobody has successfully documented descent from Bartholomew Allerton, but he probably does have some descendants living in England, if information about his children could be further traced.

Birth: 1613
Death: unknown
BARTHOLOMEW, eldest child of Pilgrims Isaac & Mary (Norris) Allerton, was born say 1613. He returned to England, became minister at "Bamfield," Suffolk; m. (1) Margaret ____; m. (2) Sarah, dau. of Benjamin Fairfax; and had at least four children [MD 40:7-10].

His will was proved in London, England on 19 February 1658

Parents:
Isaac Allerton (1586 - 1659)
Mary Norris Allerton (1590 - 1621)

Siblings:
Child Allerton (____ - 1620)*
Bartholomew Allerton (1613 - ____)
Remember Allerton Maverick (1615 - 1655)*
Mary Allerton Cushman (1616 - 1699)*
Baby Allerton (1620 - 1620)*
Sarah Allerton (1626 - 1651)**
Isaac Allerton (1628 - 1701)**

BIRTH: About 1612 or 1613, probably in Leiden, Holland, son of Isaac and Mary (Norris) Allerton.
FIRST MARRIAGE: Margaret.
SECOND MARRIAGE: Sarah Fairfax, probably in co. Suffolk, England. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Galliard) Fairfax of Rombrough, co. Suffolk.
CHILDREN (by second marriage): Isaac, Mary, Dorothy, John
DEATH: Between 15 October 1658 and 19 February 1658/9, probably at Bramfield, co. Suffolk, England.

Bartholomew Allerton came on the Mayflower at the age of seven or eight, with his parents Isaac and Mary (Norris) Allerton. Sometime after the 1627 Division of Cattle, he returned to England, taking up residence for a time in co. Norfolk before settling in Bramfield, co. Suffolk. Bartholomew left behind several English records, including a couple of letters to Sir Philip Percival; a chancery lawsuit in 1657; and his will dated 15 October 1658.

In his will, he mentions his first wife Margaret; his second wife Sarah; and his children (without specifically naming them). In Sarah's own will, she names her children Isaac, Mary, Dorothy and John, and mentions her brother John (who had the surname Fairfax).

http://mayflowerhistory.com/allerton-bartholomew/

letter 14 may 1645
TRANSCRIPT OF LETTER FROM BARTHOLOMEW ALLERTON TO SIR PHILLIP PERCEVAL Right Worshipful 14 May 1645 My service to yourself and your virtuous lady, with many humble thanks being the best requital at present that I am able to make for your many both former and later un-deserved favours, upon me conferred. I am thanks be to god, from whom we enjoy all we have in peace settled here, but how long this will continue I know not for there is at present a Counsel against me at London, which arrived there that very day in the evening upon which I despatched my business. What he intendeth or can do against me, is not for me to imagine. Yet I am confident that truth will defend its self, at the hardest, against falsehood. I deserve no ill, and therefore to wish any were of an abj Yet if it were not over much boldness in me, or too much trouble to your Worship I should desire you would be pleased to go, or send your man to Mr Felps (Phelps) the Clarke of this Committee, where my business lyeth, who liveth at the widow white's house in the Whitefriars to inquire if anything be ordered, or complaint made against me: and so to send me word by the next return of the post, which cometh out of London on Sabbath day next in the evening. In the mean time let me in treat your Worship fullness to give so much to my words that the first pounds I shall receive of this years profits is destined to defray the third part of that debt which Ralph Greene long owes and that I hope shall not be deferred above six weeks for your new kindness calleth for speedy payment of an old debt. This hiring will be no inheritance. I should therefore desire, if it come in your way you would recommend me to some honest patron. To conclude the lord ease his that is heavy against us, and send you as high a flood as you ebbe low; to whose goodness I commend you and yours … My wife that now waits for a happy hour commends her service to yourself and Lady. Bramfeild in Suffolk: 14th day of May 1645

Bartholomew married Margaret on 24 Nov 1633 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bartholomew married Sarah Fairfax in 1653 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England. Sarah (daughter of Benjamin Sir Fairfax van Rumburgh and Sarah Galliard) was born in 1612 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England; died on 13 Sep 1678 in Halesworth, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]