Rebecca (Rebekah) Allison: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Rebecca (Rebekah) Allison was born about 1742 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania (daughter of James Allison and Rebecca Howard); died after 1780.

Rebecca married Hugh Caldwell about 1762 in of, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania. Hugh was born about 1742 in of, Pennsylvania; died after 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

James Allison was born in 1722 in Ireland or Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania (son of John Phillip (of PA to NC and TN) Allison, (Immigrant) and Jeanet Ann Helmer (?)); died in 1762 in Donegal, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania.

James married Rebecca Howard in Mar 1754 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania. Rebecca was born about 1722 in of, Pennsylvania; died after 1744 in of, Lancaster, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca Howard was born about 1722 in of, Pennsylvania; died after 1744 in of, Lancaster, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania.

Children:

1. Rebecca (Rebekah) Allison was born about 1742 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania; died after 1780.
Margaret Allison was born in 1743 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania; died after 1790.

Generation: 3

John Phillip (of PA to NC and TN) Allison, (Immigrant) was born in 1675 in Co Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland; died in 1747 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania.

Other Events and Attributes:

Immigration: Abt 1725, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Property: 15 Apr 1734, Chester Co, (later Lancaster and Dauphin), Pennsylvania

Notes:

"Immigrants to America before 1750" by Frederick Virkus,
page 43:

ALLISON, JOHN (b. Londonderry, Ireland - d. Pennsylvania 1747) came from North of Ireland with family to America as early as 1725 and located on what were term the "barrens of Derry" then Chester(afterwards Lancaster, now Dauphin) County, Pennsylvania, where he had200 acres warranted to him April 15, 1734; married Janet _____; issue(of record): 1-Robert (d. unmarried, March 1766), will bequeaths L100to the trustees of the Philadelphia Hospital, L100 to the "grammarschool at Newark, ten miles from Newcastle", and the balance of his estate to his brothers and sisters; 2-William(d. August 1739), married Grizzle Wray, had three children, viz. Margaret, Patrick and Robert;3-Henry, married and had son James; 4-John (d. Donegal, Pennsylvania,May 1767), married Ann _____ (she married second John Stewart), had children: Patrick; Jean, married George Clark; Rose, married JamesCrawford; Margaret; John; James (b. 1750); Ann (b. 1753); William (b.1755); Robert (b. 1757); 5-James (d. Donegal, Pennsylvania November 1762) married Rebecca _____ (d. September 1764), had children: James,married Miss Howard; Anna, married; Mr. Defrance; Jean, married William Watt and moved to North Carolina; Margaret, married Mr. Bowman and moved to North Carolina; Sarah; and Rebecca, married HughCaldwell; 6-Jean, married Mr. Smtih; 7-Margaret, married Mr. White.

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John married Jeanet Ann Helmer (?) about 1695 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania. Jeanet was born in 1675 in Co Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland; died after 1710 in of, Ireland or Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jeanet Ann Helmer (?) was born in 1675 in Co Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland; died after 1710 in of, Ireland or Scotland.

Children:

Robert Allison was born in 1696 in North Ireland; died in Mar 1765 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania.
William Allison, (Immigrant) was born before 4 Jul 1700 in Ulster, Northern Ireland; was christened on 4 Jul 1700 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co, England; died on 27 Aug 1739 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania.
Henry Allison was born about 1702 in Ireland; died after 1750 in of, Pennsylvania.
John Allison was born in 1702 in Londonderry, Ireland; died in May 1767 in Donegal, Pennsylvania.
Jean Allison was born in 1705 in Ireland; died after 1740.
Isabell Allison was born about 1707; died after 1710.
Jane Allison was born about 1709; died after 1715.
Jeanet Allison was born about 1715; died after 1720.
2. James Allison was born in 1722 in Ireland or Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania; died in 1762 in Donegal, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania.