Isaac Allerton^{[1, 2]}

1583 - 1659  (75 years)

• Name	Isaac Allerton  [3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Sep 1583	, Suffolk, England   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1620	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [8, 9, 10]
  Name	Isaac Allerton
  Residence	1620	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [11]
  Residence	1632	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [12]
  Death	12 Feb 1659	New London, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Burial	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I26525	Master
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Edward Allerton,   b. 12 Oct 1553, St Dionis Backchurch, London, England d. 26 Jan 1590, St Dionis Backchurch, London, England (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Rose Davis,   b. 1559, St Peter, London, England d. 23 Jun 1596, London, London, England (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	14 Feb 1579	St Dionis Backchurch, London, England
  Family ID	F6771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Leigh Norris,   b. 1588, Newbury, Berkshire, England d. 25 Feb 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1611	Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands   [7]
  Children	+ 1. Bartholomew Allerton,   b. 1612, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. 19 Feb 1659, Bramfield, Suffolk, England (Age 47 years) + 2. Remember Allerton,   b. 1614, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. 12 Sep 1652, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 38 years) + 3. Mary Allerton,   b. 16 Jun 1616, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. 28 Nov 1699, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 83 years)   4. Joanna Allerton,   b. 1622, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 May 1682, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F6768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Fear Brewster,   b. 1606, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England d. 12 Dec 1634, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1627	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [5, 6]
  Children	+ 1. Isaac Allerton, Jr,   b. 22 May 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 Oct 1702, Cole, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years) + 2. Sarah Allerton,   b. 23 May 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 1651, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 23 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2017

  
  

  Family 3	Joanna Swinnerton,   b. 1600   d. 1682 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	17 Feb 1645	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  Family ID	F6769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Sep 1583 - , Suffolk, England Marriage - 4 Nov 1611 - Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Arrival - 1620 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Residence - 1620 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 22 May 1627 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Residence - 1632 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 17 Feb 1645 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death - 12 Feb 1659 - New London, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Burial - - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Birth: 1586, England Death: Feb., 1659 New Haven New Haven County Connecticut, USA Isaac, his wife Mary Norris and daughter Mary Allerton immigrated to the colonies aboard the 'Mayflower' in November 1620. Isaac is the 5th signer of the Mayflower Compact. Isaac along with many of the 'First Comers' migrated from England to Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland Province Netherlands to practice religious freedom. He was Governor Bradford's assistant and in 1627 was elected by the colonists to return to London, England to negotiate the Plymouth Colony's buyout of the Merchant Adventurers, the investors who had originally funded the Colony. Husband of Mary Norris and Fear Brewster. Father of Mary Allerton Cushman and Isaac Allerton, Jr. He is also the ancestor of Presidents Zachary Taylor and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Spouses: Mary Norris Allerton (1590 - 1621) Fear Brewster Allerton (1606 - 1634)* Joanna Swinnerton Allerton* Children: Child Allerton (____ - 1620)* Bartholomew Allerton (1613 - ____)* Remember Allerton Maverick (1615 - ____)* Mary Allerton Cushman (1616 - 1699)* Baby Allerton (1620 - 1620)* Sarah Allerton (1626 - ____)* Isaac Allerton (1627 - 1702)* Burial: Center Church on the Green Churchyard New Haven New Haven County Connecticut, USA The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the Separatists, also known as the "Saints", fleeing from religious persecution by King James of Great Britain. They traveled aboard the Mayflower in 1620 along with adventurers, tradesmen, and servants, most of whom were referred to as "Strangers". The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620 by most adult men (but not by most crew and adult male servants). The Pilgrims used the Julian Calendar, also known as Old Style dates, which, at that time, was ten days behind the Gregorian Calendar. Signing the covenant were 41 of the ship's 101 passengers, while the Mayflower was anchored in what is now Provincetown Harbor within the hook at the northern tip of Cape Cod. Reasons for the Compact The Mayflower was originally bound for the Colony of Virginia, financed by the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London. Storms forced the landing to be at the hook of Cape Cod in what is now Massachusetts. This inspired some of the passengers to proclaim that since the settlement would not be made in the agreed upon Virginia territory, they "would use their own liberty; for none had power to command them....". To prevent this, many of the other colonists chose to establish a government. The Mayflower Compact was based simultaneously upon a majoritarian model (even though the signers were not in the majority) and the settlers' allegiance to the king. It was in essence a social contract in which the settlers consented to follow the compact's rules and regulations for the sake of survival. In November 1620, the Mayflower landed at Plymouth, named after the major port city in Devon, England from which she sailed. The settlers named their settlement "Plimoth" or "Plimouth", using the Early Modern English spellings of the early 17th century. Although the original document has been lost, three versions exist from the 17th century: printed in Mourt's Relation (1622), which was reprinted in Purchas his Pilgrimes (1625), hand written by William Bradford in his journal Of Plimoth Plantation (1646), and printed by Bradford's nephew Nathaniel Morton in New-Englands Memorial (1669). The three versions differ slightly in wording and significantly in spelling, capitalization and punctuation. William Bradford wrote the first part of Mourt's Relation, including its version of the compact, so he wrote two of the three versions. The wording of those two versions is indeed quite similar, unlike that of Morton. Bradford's handwritten manuscript is kept in a vault at the State Library of Massachusetts. Modern version: In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the Faith, etc. Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic; for our better ordering, and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, 1620. The 'dread sovereign' referred to in the document used the archaic definition of dread—meaning awe and reverence (for the King), not fear. Also, the document was signed under the Old Style Julian calendar, since England did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1752. The Gregorian date would be November 21. Signers A list of 41 male passengers who signed the document was supplied by Bradford's nephew Nathaniel Morton in his 1669 New England's Memorial. Thomas Prince first numbered the names in his 1736 A Chronological History of New-England in the form of Annals. Because the original document has been lost, Morton (1669) is our sole source for the signers. Although he probably had access to the original document, he could not have known simply by inspecting it the actual order that it was signed. Morton's arrangement of names is probably not the arrangement of names on the original document, and the names may not have been arranged in any orderly fashion. Prince's numbers are based solely on Morton (1669) as he himself stated. His numbers are unfortunate because he could not have known the order that the original document was signed. Morton's list of names was unnumbered and untitled in all editions although their order changed with successive editions. In his original 1669 edition, the columns were placed on two successive pages (15–16) forming six short columns, three columns of seven names each (headed Carver, Samuel Fuller, and Edward Tilley) on the first page and three columns of seven, seven, and six names each (headed Turner, Priest, and Clarke) on the next page.[6] In the second (1721) and third (1772) editions, the six short columns were joined into three long columns of 14, 14, and 13 names each on a single page (20). The first and fourth short columns were joined into the first long column (headed Carver with Turner halfway down), the second and fifth short columns were joined into the second long column (headed Samuel Fuller with Priest halfway down), and the third and sixth short columns were joined into the third long column (headed Edward Tilley with Clarke halfway down), changing their order. In the fifth (1826) and sixth (1855) editions, the names were also in three long columns of 14, 14, and 13 names each on one page (1826: 38, 1855: 26), but now they were placed in their original 1669 order. The first and second short columns formed the first long column (headed Carver with Samuel Fuller halfway down), the third and fourth short columns formed the second long column (headed Edward Tilley with Turner halfway down), and the fifth and sixth short columns formed the third long column (headed Priest with Clarke halfway down). Both long column orders appear in modern lists of unnumbered signers. Prince numbered the names in their original 1669 Morton order (the same as the 1826/55 Morton order) on successive pages (85–86), two columns of eight names each on one page (headed 1 Carver and 9 Martin) and two columns of 13 and 12 names each on the next page (headed 17 Cooke and 30 Williams). The third (1852) edition placed these numbered names in two columns (the first column headed 1 Carver with 8 Samuel Fuller and 15 Edward Tilley below, and the second column headed 22 Turner with 29 Priest and 36 Clarke below) on a single page (172). He added titles (Mr. or Capt.) to eleven names given those titles by William Bradford in the list of passengers at the end of his manuscript.[1][10] He attributed the lack of Mr. Bradford to Bradford's modesty. Prince's numbered order of signers is now used to identify ancestors in genealogical charts.[6] The following list of signers is organized into the six short columns of Morton (1669) with the numbers and titles of Prince. The names are given their modern spelling according to Morison (1966).[14] Mr. John Carver William Bradford Mr. Edward Winslow Mr. William Brewster Mr. Isaac Allerton Capt. Myles Standish John Alden Mr. Samuel Fuller Mr. Christopher Martin Mr. William Mullins Mr. William White Mr. Richard Warren John Howland Mr. Stephen Hopkins Edward Tilley John Tilley Francis Cooke Thomas Rogers Thomas Tinker John Rigsdale Edward Fuller John Turner Francis Eaton James Chilton John Crackstone John Billington Moses Fletcher John Goodman Degory Priest Thomas Williams Gilbert Winslow Edmund Margeson Peter Browne Richard Britteridge George Soule Richard Clarke Richard Gardiner John Allerton Thomas English Edward Doty Edward Lester Separatists Priscilla (Mullins) Alden Isaac Allerton Mary Allerton William Bradford Dorothy Bradford Love Brewster William Brewster Peter Browne William Butten John Carver James Chilton Mary Chilton Francis Cooke Humility Cooper John Crackstone Edward Doty Moses Fletcher Edward Fuller Samuel Fuller Constance Hopkins Oceanus Hopkins John Howland Degory Priest Thomas Rogers Henry Samson George Soule Edward Tilley John Tilley Thomas Tinker John Turner William White Resolved White Peregrine White Edward Winslow Other Passengers John Alden John Billington Francis Eaton Stephen Hopkins Christopher Martin Elinor More Jasper More Mary More Richard More William Mullins Myles Standish Richard Warren Native American associates Squanto Samoset Hobomok Massasoit Corbitant Volume 1: http://www.archive.org/details/brewstergenealog190801jone Volume 2 (with name index in the back for research): http://www.archive.org/details/brewstergenealog190802jone

  
  

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