Agnes Allison

Notes:

John did much buying and selling of land on both Little & Eno Riversin Orange County. Much of his personal lands were on the Eno and there is where he settled. It is not known when John came to Orange County, but he, Robert and James Allison are found on the 1755 Tax List.

As members of Presbyterian families increased, so did the need for achurch and in 1761 the Little River Presbyterian Church was builtbetween the north and south forks of Little River. This was known asthe Allison's "home" church.

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John married Martha Hamilton in 1749 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Martha was born in 1733 in Co Antrim, Ulster, Ireland; died in 1838 in Orange Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 21 Sep 1746, Co Antrim, Ulster, Ireland; "Rundell"

Notes:

Family records of Helen Hays states Martha Hamilton was born in 1733 in Antrim, Ireland. She emigrated on Sep 21, 1746 on ship Rundell. James Maxfield assigns Martha Hamilton (a servant from Ireland) to William Allison of Lancaster County a yeoman for four years from Sept 21, 1746. She was married to John Allison (son of William Allison and Grizzel Wray). She was widowed in 1796, She died about 1825. According to Samuel McCaleb (b. 22 Jan 1813) states she was of Irish descent and "died at the advanced age of 105 or 106" and Samuel states "he remembers Grannie Mattie perfectly well". Family records of Helen Hayes places Martha Hamiltons date of death as 1838.
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Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Abt 1725, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
• Will: 8 Aug 1818, Derry Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Among the 172 men who signed the petition to create Lancaster County,Pennsylvania, 1729 were Robert, Jno, William, William and RichardAllison

Pennsylvania Genealogies, page 281, states William Wray married MaryGalbreath (no date) they were related to Grisel Wray, wife of WilliamAllison
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Will:
His will was written 1
Aug 1739, probated Aug 8/18, 1739, Derry Township, Lancaster Co., PA. Their children wereMargaret,
Patrick, Robert, John (m. Martha Hamilton) and Joseph (m. Elizabeth A.F. Ray). In his will he also metions brother James Allison, and brother-in-law Charles Ree.
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William married Grizzel Wray in 1715 in Ireland. Grizzel (daughter of John Wray and Bessie Paxton) was born about 1698 in Ulster, Northern Ireland, or Scotland; died in 1794 in Orange Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GRIZZELL ALLISON McCALLISTER, b. ca. 1698, place unknown, probably Scotland or Ireland;

Thought to be (1) married to William Allison of Lancaster, PA.Children by Wm Allison, there may have been more than 3 children.

(2) marriage thought to be to a McAllister (McCallister).

Orange Co., North Carolina was created in 1752 from the larger Bladen, Granville and Johnston counties. Later in 1777 Caswell Co. was created from the "Northern Division" of Orange Co.
Later in 1791, Pearson Co. was created from the "Eastern" half of Caswell Co. and in 1840 Alamance Co. was created from the "Western" half of Orange Co. Also part of Durham Co. was created in 1881 from the "Eastern" portion of Orange Co. So many surnames could have been recorded in the above various Counties -----
and never even moved!

At this time there were Wray's livint in Londonderry and Donegal,Ulster, N.I.
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Needs followup research:

Charles A Hanna "The Scotch Irish" It has details on the Great Plantation of James I/VI, including all the major Scots "undertakers" as they called them and where they
had their land. Part of the deal was you had to develop it, so the English Gov. sent out officials to check. These list everything down to new wells. Minor tenants are alas not named.

In addition to English settlers, Cavan was Irish. Under Derry in the Carew Manuscripts we have "Derry: Next we come to Derry, where we saw the church well slated and repaired...A thatched house wherein Mr. Wray dwelleth...Two fair lime-kills. A fair wharf of 300 foot long...." In 1619 they sent out Nicholas Pynnar to do a survey. Under English Undertakers (Vol II p 537) he lists many in Armagh as well. "1500 acres, John Dillon: brick house half built; no bawn; two villages; 3 freeholders; 26 lessees; able to produce 40 men with arms."
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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]

Notes:

Ref: PHHGENE@aol.com, posted in Rhea-L@rootsweb.com

This is from a letter written by Frank H. Rhea, to my g.g.uncle in 1913. They were cousins. I have the original.
He said, "I have gathered from many different sources records of the Rheas of the United States. there seem to be four distinct branches which came either directly from Scotland or from Scotland through Ireland. They were all
Presbyterians of the coventer type.

One branch settled in New Jersey before 1680. The ancestoral farm of this family is at Freehold, New Jersey. This farm is the old battle ground of the Battle of Monmouth and contains the graves of many of these early new Jersey Rheas. Colonel David Rhea of this branch was a participant in the Battle of
Monmouth.

Another member of the family was also in the Revolutionary War and also in the War of 1812. Before his death, he was commissioned General. He was a distinguished lawyer of Trenton N.J., one of the founders of Jersey City, N. J., and was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetary at Trenton. His name was John Rhea.

Another branch, the Tennessee Rheas, are descended from Rev. Joseph Rhea a graduate of the University of Edinburg who came to this country in 1770. The annals of the Presbyterian Church South, contain many glowing sketches of his life and character.

A third branch of the family located in Pennsylvania.

The fourth branch, the Virginia-Kentucky-Illinois branch. So far as I can ascertain, the first Rhea in this country of our line were Wiliam, Robert and Archibald Rhea, who came either directly from Scotland or through Ireland before 1750 to this country. They were Presbyterians. William and Robert
settled in what is now called Augusta Co., Va., and were members of the New Providence church, near Brownsburg. Archibald lived in what is now Rockbridge County, Virginia, and was a member of Timber Ridge Church."

The spelling of the name has been changed on some of these branches,many times. The Rhea's of Tenn. and Va. name went through many changes until it finally became Rhea in the early 1800's. prounouced Ray. The name has been spelled Ray in census records, etc. Important records, such as wills, marrige records, death records, etc, the name was spelled Rhea.
Change Date: 26 Mar 2009 at 17:33:06
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John married Bessie Paxton on 4 Jun 1689 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. Bessie was born about 1675; died after 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]