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JAlSfES ALLISON, OF WEATHERSFIELD, VT. 85
life, before Sept. 24, 1800, and probably in 1799. He married
Betsey Abbott, of Kingston, N. H., who died Nov. 8,
1799, aged 33 years. He and his family are buried in the
cemetery at East Derry, near the burial-place of his father
and grandfather and Rev. James McGregor, in the centre of
the old yard. The administration of his estate was granted
to Alexander McGregor, Sept. 24, 1800, and John Pinkerton
was appointed guardian of his children.
CHILDREN BORN IN LONDONDERRY,
N. H.
82. Betsey Abbott Allison* (214), b. April 3, 1788; m. Josiah Abbott, Jr.,
of Worcester, Mass., Dec. 30, 1808; d. April 30, 1830, in Lunenburg,
Vt.
83. Sukey Prentice Allison, -i b. Dec. 17, 1789. She became a governess
in Boston, Mass. She was winning in looks, attractive in manners,
and much beloved. She d. unmarried, April 12, 1844.
84. Naomi Pinkerton Allison,* b. March 28, 179G; d. June 15, 1799.
85. John Samuel Allison,* b. Sept. 3, 1788: d. March 30, 1799.
86. James Allison 3
was born in Londonderry, N. H. (in the portion which is
[31] (Capt. Samuel,^ Samuel^). He
now Derry), Feb. 22, 1767. He married Anna Moore. He
occupied a part of the homestead in Derry, and later removed
to Weathersfield, Vt., and owned a farm near the southern
foot of Ascutney mountain, where he died Feb. 23, 1805,
aged 38 years, 1 day. Mrs. Allison was born April 23, 1765,
in Londonderry, N. H., and died in Weathersfield, Vt., Oct.
26, 1834, aged 69 years, 6 months, 3 days.
CHILDREN BORN IN WEATHERSFIELD, VT.
87. Janet Allison,* b. Feb. 3, 1789; d. June 20, 1825, aged 36 years, 4
months, 17 days.
88. John Allison* (2G), b. Feb. 20, 1790; m. Jerusha Swett, and, second,
Anna Porter; res. Weathersfield, Vt., and d. there July 29,
1863.
89. Samuel Allison* (225), b. Aug. 12, 1791; res. Painesville, Ohio.
She
90. Sarah Allison s
[32] (Capt. Samuel.2 Samuel i).
was born in Londonderry, N. H., Dec. 17, 1766, and married
July 5, 1795 or 1798, Daniel Abbot, of Peterborough, N. H., a
trader, who was born in Lj'ndeborough, N. H., Juh^ 31, 1769.
He was a carpenter in early life. Removed to Newburyport,
Mass., and spent about five years ; returned to Peterborough,
which he left in 1834. He died in VVestford, Mass.,
Jan. 27, 1854, aged 84 years, 5 months. j\lrs. Abbot died in
New York, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1737. She was a great reader,
with a strong, active, and logical mind, and she and her husband
attended the Unitarian church.