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WILLIAM ALLISON, OF HORTON, NOVA SCOTIA. 183
CHILDREN BORN IN DRUMNAHA, IRELAND.
1010. Samuel Allison* (1063), lived in Drumnaha, Ireland; b. 1755; d.
Dec. 3, 1818, " in the 64th year of his age."
1011. William Allison* obtained a large fortune, lived privately at No.
3 Edward iSt., Bath, England. He was a surgeon, and attained
high rank in the East India company's service. Res. Bath,
Eng., and d. there in 1850. His nephew, Samuel Allison of
Magillegan, Ireland, wrote a letter Oct. 2, 1819, stating that his
uncle William Allison had two childi-en. Children:
1012. Mary Allison.^
1013. John Allison."
1014. Rebecca Allison* m. a farmer, and lived in Ireland. Was living
in 1819.
1015. Elizabeth Allison* was unmarried Oct. 2, 1819.
1016. Ann Allison* was m. and lived in Ireland in 1819.
1017. Eleanor Allison* was m. and lived in Ireland in 1819.
1018. Esther Allison* was deceased on Oct. 2, 1819.
1019. Mary Allison * was deceased on Oct. 2, 1819.
1020. Rebecca Allison ^
[1003] (Joseph,^ William,2
Jolin^). She was born in Liraavady, Ireland, in 1751, and
was in the bright flush of young womanhood when she with
her father's family emigrated to Nova Scotia in 1769. She
married Col. Jonathan Crane, and resided in Horton, Kings
county, N. S., where she died in 1842. She was the first
of the Allison family in Nova Scotia to join the Wesleyan
Methodist church. Colonel Crane for nearly forty years
represented Kings in the provincial assembly. They had a
large family.
CHILDREN.
1021. William Crane, e res. in Sackville, New Brunswick, where he d. in
1851. He possessed brilliant parts, accumulated a large fortune,
and became one of the wealthiest men in the province. He
entei-ed politics, was a member of the legislature of that
province, and was chosen to the speakership.
1022. James N. Crane," farmer; he lived and died at Horton, N. S.
1023. Silas Crane," merchant; res. Economy, N. S.
1024. Crane," m. Mr. Dennison.
1025. Crane," m. Mr. Taylor.
1026. William Allison* [1004] (Joseph,^ William,2
John ^). He was born in Drumnaha, near Limavady, Ireland,
in 1752, and died in Pleasant River, Digb}'' county, N.
S., in 1834. He married Humility Rathbun, of Horton, N. S.,
and had issue by this marriage. He married, secondly, Mrs.
Eliphal Lee. His life was mostly spent in Horton, N. S.
CHILDREN BORN IN HORTON, N. S.
1027. Elizabeth Allison,^ m. Rev. William Bennett, a missionary of the
Wesleyan Methodist church, and moved from place to place.