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44 SAMUEL Allison's will.
two settlements in different hemispheres, in Aghadowey, Ireland,
and Londonderry, New Hampshire. Over them is a
dark slate stone tablet bearing this inscription :
"Here lies thebodys of Mr. Samuel Alison & Mrs. Katlierine Alison his
wife. He departed this life 6th Sept. AD. 1760, in ye 70th year of his
age. She departed this life 13th Jany AD. 1760, in ye 77th year of her
age."
*John Morison was the ancestor of many of the Morisons of Peterborough,
N. H., while .James Morison was the ancestor of the Morrisons of
Windham, being the father of the author's great-grandfather, Lieut.
Samuel Morison, in this line: James,' Lieut. Samuel,' Samuel,* Jeremiah,*
Leonard Allison Morrison.s
CHILBKEN.
2. Janet Allison 2 (6), b. probably in Aghadowey, Ireland, in 1712 or
1713; m. Samuel, son of John Morison, who d. in 1736; res.
Londonderry, N. H., and d. Jan. 8, 1800, aged 87 years.
3. Rebecca Allison,^ b. about 1717; m. Robert Gray. They apparently
removed to Biddeford, county of York, Me. On Oct. 10, 1757,
Robert and Rebecca Gray, of Biddeford, sold land in Londonderry,
N. H., to James Paul, of Londonderry.^
4. Martha Allison ^
(1.5), b. Londonderry, N. IL, March 31, 1720; m.
Lieut. Samuel Morison, of Windham, N. H., and d. there Dec.
3, 1761, aged 41 years, 8 months, 4 days.
5. Samuel Allison' (21), b. in Londonderry, N. H.,in 1722; m. Jennette,
daughter of Andrew and Betty (Christy) McFarland; res. Lon-
donderry, N. H., and d. June 5, 1792.
John Gray, of Londonderry, N. H., was one of the original proprietors.
His home lot Avas in the English Range, near the west end of
Beaver pond, and between the lots of Joseph Kidder and Benjamin Kidder.
Some of his descendants are supposed to be in Worcester county,
Mass.
There is a tradition in the New Hampshire family that there were
three brothers of the name of Allison who landed in 1718. According to
this aiithority, Samuel Allison located in Londonderry, N. H., while,
later, his brothers went to Jamestown, Va. One of them went to Savannah,
Ga., and there died childless. The other remained in Jamestown,
Va., and is the ancestor of many of the Allison name in Virginia, Tennessee,
Kentucky, and Oliio.
1. The memorial stones to Thomas Steele and his wife record that he
d. Feb. 22, 1748, and that she d. Oct. 9, 1759, aged 73 years.
2. John Morison,^ with his family, removed to Peterborough, N. H., in
1750 or 1751, and was one of its first settlers. He d. there June
14, 1770, aged 98 years. His wife, Margaret Wallace, d. April
18, 1769, aged 82 years.
Aghadowey is near Coleraine, and at the present time the Morrisons,
the Steeles, and Allisons are living as ,
neighbors.
WILL OF SAMUEL ALLISON".
In the name of God amen the fifteen Day of August one thousand
seven hundred and sixty I Samuell Allison of Londonderry within his
Maj"' provance of New liampshir in Newingland Yoman being very sick
and weak in boday — but perflte Mind and Memery thanks be given to