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JOSEPH ALLISON, OF HORTON, NOVA SCOTIA. 181
above him is this inscription :
" Also here lieth the body of
William Allison, son to the above John, who departed this
life on the 20th June, 1766, aged 86 years. Here also lieth
the body of Rebecca Caldwell, wife of the above William,
who departed this life 11th March, 1751, aged QQ years."
William and Rebecca (Caldwell) Allison had several children,
among them were,—
CHILDREN BORX AT DRUMXAHA, IRELAND.
1000. Joseph Allison^ (1002), b. about 1720; emigrated to Horton, Kings
Co., Nova Scotia, and d. in 1794.
1001. William Allison^ (1009), b. in 1724; m. Mary Lawrence, lived in
Drumnaha, and d. there Nov. 24, 179S.
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1002. Joseph Allison [1000] (William,2 Johni). He was
born in Drumnaha, near Limavady, Ireland, about 1720, and
when he reached manhood's estate, he rented a farm belonging
to a London corporation, paying yearly rates, which were collected
by an agent in Ireland. On one of these visits of the
agent he was invited by Mr. Allison to dine with him. The
best the house afforded was given to him as an honored
guest. On that day silver spoons v/ere used. Turning to
Mr. Allison the agent said,—
"I see that you can afford to have silver on your table. If
you can afford this, you can afford to pay more rent. Your
next year's rent will be increased."
"I will pay no more rent," said Allison. "I will go to
America first."
The agent increased the rent, which Mr. Allison would not
pay. He sold all his property, and, with his family and six
children, in 1769 left the home of his fathers and the graves
of his kindred, and embarked from Londonderry for the New
World, intending to land at Philadelphia. He had relatives
in Pennsylvania with whom he had corresponded, who had
urged him to come to them in that state and bring his family.
Their names were Pollock, the children of Mrs. Allison by
her first marriage; they settled in Pennsylvania about 176(5.
Their passage was rough, and the vessel was wrecked on
Sable Island, and he and his famil}^ were taken to Halifax,
Nova Scotia. It was then diJfticult and expensive to journey
from one section of the country to another. A few years
previous to the arrival of Mr. Allison in Halifax, the French
people had been most cruelly expelled from their Acadian
homes, and their lands thrown open to settlement. Through
the persuasion of Admiral Cochrane, then admiral on that