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216 ISAAC ALLISON, OF WARWICK, N. Y.
1381.
1382.
Gabriel Allison, d. unmarried, it is said. (There was a Gabriel
Ellison, m. Catherine Ellis, Sept. 4, 1772. Recorded in New
York, N. Y.)
Perhaps there was a
John Allison,^ who m. and settled in Penn.
He was
1383. Isaac Allison ^
[1322] (Isaac,^ Joseph i
).
a soldier of the Eevolution, and served at Fort Stanwix, now
Rome, N. Y. While there a messmate gave him his powder
horn, &till most carefully preserved, and (in 1893) in the
possession of his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Sarah (Vail)
Divers, of Middletown, N. Y. It is an interesting and hand-
some relic of that war. Upon it is beautifull}^ engraved a
picture of the fort with the surrounding houses and the church
steeple of a village. It bears this inscription (fac-simile):
While Mr. Allison was in the army, his wife and family
were at home, in charge of the farm during his absence.
Often during that trying period the Indians came to the
home of Mrs. Allison. She treated them with kindness, gave
them food, won their good will, and their assurance, that to
her and hers, no harm should come from them.
He married Mary Davis, whose brother, Benjamin Davis,
lived near the Allison homestead, near Amity, Orange county,
N. Y. Mount Adam and Mount Eve rear their summits near
this old home. Mr. Allison lived on the homestead. He
was of medium stature, of light complexion with blue eyes
and dark hair. Following rigidly the style of those early
years, he did not change with the changing fashion, but