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THE ALLISONS AND ALLISTONS. 241
The following Allisons, Allistons, are found on the muster
rolls of the state of New York. Vol. Ill :
1616. Van Ransaellaer Allison, IS yrs. old, was in Co< G, 86tli Eeg't,
N. Y. Vols. enlisted at ;
Canisteo, N. Y.
1617. William Allison, aged 29, was in Co. G, S6tli Eeg't, N. Y. Vols.;
enlisted at Canisteo, N. Y.
1618. William I. Allison, aged 20, was in Co. F, 95th Reg't, X. Y. Vols.;
enlisted at Haverstraw, Rockland Co., N. Y.
1619. Cornelius Allison, aged 20, was in Co. F, 9.')th Reg't, iST. Y. Vols.;
enlisted at Haverstraw, Rockland Co., X. Y.
1620. Joseph Allison was in Co. A, 70th Reg't, N. Y. Vols. This company
was recruited at Paterson, N. J., and in the city of New
York.
1621. Frank Alliston, 2.3 yrs, old, was a private in Co. K, 72d Reg't,
N. Y. Vols. This company was recruited in New York, N. Y.
" The History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, N. J.,"
has the following :
1622. John Ellison is named as a witness in court proceedings in 1705.
1623. Richard Ellison's will was dated March 5, 1719, proven Dec. 23,
1723.
1624. Daniel Ellison was taxed in Freehold, N. J., in 1776, for eighty-six
acres of land and other property.
These parties all lived in Monmouth and Ocean counties, N. J.
REFERENCES FROM THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF NEW
YORK.
From that interesting work published by the state of New
York, entitled " Documents Relative to Colonial History of
the State of New York," procured in Holland, England, and
France by John Romeyer Broadhead, Esq., agent of the legislature
to procure and transcribe documents in Europe relative
to the colonial history of the state, and edited by E. B.
O'Callaghan, M. D., LL. D,, the following references are
taken :
On Sept. 3, 1664, Sir Robert Carr, at Fort James in New York, was
ordered to subdue the Dutch at Fort Delaware. The fort was stormed
and captured Oct. 13, 1664. He reported to Colonel Nichols, and re-
quested him to send him two men, whose services he needed, in these
words,—"
Lett mee begg ye favor of you to send Mr. Allison and Mr.
Thompson, the one to ye reedifvingof the fort, ye other to fix our arms."
—Vol. Ill, p. 74.
The Christian name of Mr. Allison is not given.
A number of loyal citizens of New York city, adherents of King William
(Prince of Orange) and his wife. Queen Mary (New York was then
an English province), drew up a document declaring their abhorrence to
illegal proceedings of certain men in the province. It was to have been
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