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BURGESS ALLISON, OF BORDENTOWN, N. J. 177
CHILDREN.
97L John S. Allison,* m. Sarah E. ; res. Mattoon, 111.
972. Eliza B. Allison,* m. Dr. J. W. Weis; res. Mattoon, 111.
973. Alice A. Allison.*
974. A. F. Allison.^
975. J. W. Allison.*
ALLISONS OF NEW JERSEY.
976. Burgess Allison, born in Bordentown, N. J., Aug.
17, 1753 ; died in Washington, D. C, Feb. 20, 1827. Clergyman
; Baptist ; studied in what is now Brown University,
Providence, R. I., in 1777, and had charge of a small parish
in Bordentown, N. J., where he established a classical board-
ing-school, which attained great repute. In 1796, he gave
his attention to inventions, and several improvements in the
steam engine, and its application to navigation are due to his
efforts. " In 1801, he resumed his school, and soon afterward
his pastorate, but ill health compelled him to relinquish both.
In 1816, he was elected chaplain of the house of representatives,
and later became chaplain of the navy yard at Washington,
D. C, where he remained till his death. He was at one time
one of the secretaries of the American Philosophical society,
and was a constant contributor to periodical literature."
(From Appleton's Encyclopedia of American Biography,
Vol. I, p. 58.)
ALLISONS OF CONNECTICUT.
977. William Allison^ was an emigrant from Ireland, and
bis native place was near Omagh, in the county of Tyrone,
and was of the Scotch stock. He came to America soon
after the close of the Revolution, locating in Hartford, Conn. ;
later, he removed to Holland Patent in western New York,
took up land, and lived upon it till his death, about 1830.
CHILDREN.
978. Margaret Allison,^ m. Duprea, and went south.
979. Sallie Allison,^' m. Winslow, of Holland Patent.
980. Jane Allison,^ m. Tarwood, of Holland Patent.
981. Nancy Allison,- m. Mildrum, of Middletown, Conn.
982. Andrew Allison,^ never married ; lived and died at his father's home.
983. Samuel Allison^ (984), res. Middletown, Conn.
984. Samuel Allison 2
[983] (William i). He served his
time as soap- and candle-maker with a JNIr. Nichols, of Hart-
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