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CHAPTEE XI.
THE ALLISONS OF HOLLAND, AND LATER OF ROCKLAND
COUNTY, NEW YORK.
JI^Godfrey McAlestor of Loupe, Scotland, adhered to the
cause of James VII, and was at the Battle of Killiecrankie,
Scotland ; and also at Croradale, May 1, 1690. Later he
went to Ireland, and was at the Battle of the Boyne. He
had three sons : Hector McAlestor, or Alison, as the name is
alternately called, of Loupe ; Charles, who succeeded his
brother, and Duncan McAlestor, or Alison, who settled in
Holland (had a son, who was a general in the Dutch service
and commanded the Scots brigade) and left many descend-
ants. It is possible, and very probable, that this branch of
the Allisons sprang from him.
1240. Noah Allison ^ was born in Holland, migrated to the
United States, and died in Rockland county, New York.
His son
1241. Thomas Allison ^ was born in New York, N. Y.,
Sept. 9, 1777. He was a sea captain and followed the seas
for years. He married Catherine Hoffman, who was born
May 26, 1789, and died June 4, 1828. They resided in New
York, N. Y. One night the house of Mr. Allison was entered
by an Irish sailor, who stabbed him eleven times on the head
and breast, and escaped. Mr. Allison lingered for seven
years, and died, Nov. 5, 1819, from the effects of the brutal
assault. He had lived 42 years, 1 month, 27 days. At the
time of the assault the fiend threw Mrs. Allison and one child
down into the cellar. After the death of Mr. Allison his
widow cared for her family for a few years, and died at New-
burgh, N. Y., aged 39 years, 9 days.
CHILDREX BORN NEW YORK,
N. Y.
1242. William Noah Allison' (1247), b. Oct. .30, 1808; m. Ann Eliza Colton,
March 20, 1830, and died Sept. 2.5, 1872.
1243. Mary Ann Allison, 3 b. Aug. 18, 1811. She m. Charles Brown, of
New York, N. Y. They are deceased, but left a large family.
One son, William H. Brown,^ was clerk in a drug store recently
and lived in New York citv.