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FRANCIS ALISON, OF CHATHAM, PENN. 123
first clergyman in tliis country to receive the degree of D. D.
He married Hannah, daughter of James Armitage, of Newcastle,
Delaware, and died Nov. 28, 1779, in his 74th year.
The father of Mrs. Alison was a son of Benjamin and j\Iary
Armitage, who came from Holmfirth Parish, Yorkshire, Eng.,
and resided near Bristol, Penn.
CHILDREN.
415. Francis 2 Alison, d. in infancy.
416. Ezekiel Alison,^ d. in infancy.
417. Benjamin Alison,^ d. unman-ied about 1782.
418. Frances Alison, Jr. 2
(421), b. in 1751; res. Chatham, Chester Co.,
Penn., May 11, 1813. He m. Mary Mackey.
419. Mary Alison,- d, unmarried.
(See foot note.')
421. Francis Alison, Jr.,^ [418] (Francis i). He was
born in Chester county, Penn., in 1751 ; married Mary
Mackey, who was born in Chester county, Penn., in 1757.
She died in Chatham, Penn., in 1827.^ Mr. Alison was graduated
in arts from the University of Pennsylvania (then the
college of Philadelphia) in 1770 ; studied medicine, and was
a surgeon during the Revolution. He was a physician of
eminence, and died in Chatham, Chester county, Penn.,
where he resided May 11, 1813.
CHILDKEN BOKX IN CUESTER COUNTY, PENN., PROBABLY IN CHATHAM.
422. Francis Alison,' d. 1794, aged 14 years.
423. Rachel Alison,' d. April 13, 1843, aged 62 years ; single.
424. Sarah Alison' ('^•^2), m. Alexander Adams; res. Chester Co., Penn. ;
d. June, 1843, aged 60 years.
425. Horatio Tates Alison,3 d. 1808, aged 25 years; single.
426. Agnes Alison,' d. 1800, aged 13 years.
427. Oliver Alison,3 d. Oct. 14", 1855, aged 66 years; single.
428. Robert Alison ^
(435), b. 1789; m., May 27, 1839, Elizabeth Aitken.
He d. May 4, 1854.
429. Maria Alison,' m. William Hesson; res. Chester Co., Penn., and d.
in 1811, aged 21 years. They had a son, Horatio Hesson,^ who
married Margaret Downing. They had children who went
west and married there, namely, —
1 Other Allisons. 420. Anne Allison, of Donegal, Penn. ; m. Thomas
Anderson, Nov. 30, 1774. 420 a. Miss Allison, of Bemis's Valley, Penn. ;
m. Oct. 30, 1879, Frank Stewart, a. in Bellefonte, Penn. 420 b. Robert
Alison was made a lieutenant in a Pennsylvania regiment, Feb. 8, 1747-
'48. He was a nephew of Rev. Francis Alison, on the authority of Dr.
Robert S. Alison, of Ardmore, Penn. 420 c. James Allison was a resident
of Pennsylvania, June 6, 17.58.
2 She was the daughter of John and Rachel (Elder) Mackey, who lived
near New London, of Chester county, Penn., and granddaughter of Robert
Mackey, of the same place. Pier grandfather was lieutenant of the
Provincial forces of 1747-"48, and her fatlier, John Mackey, was a member
of the constitutional convention in 1776.