History of the Alison or Allison Family - In Europe and America 1135 to 1890

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The History of the
Alison or Allison Family
In Europe and America 1135 to 1890
Giving an account of the Family in Scotland,
England, Ireland, Australia, Canada,
and the United States.
With Twenty-five Illustrated Pages, Embracing Engravings
of Forty-Five Faces and Two Residences.
By Leonard A. Allison, 1893
312 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable
- Bonus Book -
The History of the
Morison or Morrison Family
In Europe and America 1135 to 1890
With Most of the "Traditions of the Morrisons".
With A Complete History of the Morison Settlers of
Londonderry, NH of 1709, and Their Descendants
By Leonard A. Allison, 1880
514 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable
- Bonus Book -
History and Proceedings of the Celebration
of the 150th Anniversary of the Incorporation
And Settlement of Windham In NH
Held June 9, 1892
154
pages, searchable
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TABLE OF C0NTENTS.
PREFATORY. (Pages I— XYI.)
Title-page— Dedication, iii — List of Illustrations, v — Table of Contents,
vii — Heraldry : The Allison Arms, Crests, and Mottoes, x — The Elli-
son Arms, Crests, and Mottoes, xi — Introduction, xiii.
CHAPTER I. (Pages 1-9.)
Origin of the Scotch Name of Allison.
Various theories as to the origin of the name of Allison, 1-4 — The
meaning and origin of the name of the Scotch Alisons, or Allisons,
4, 5 — Orthography of the name, 5 — Early prominent Allisons, 5 — The
Arms, 5 — Most frequent Scottish names, 6 — Old divisions of Scot-
land and England, G, 7 — The true Scotland, 7 — Thomas Carlyle's
statement, 8.
CHAPTER II. (Pages 9-17.)
The Scotch-Irish — Who Were They ?
They were not Celts, they were people of Scottish lineage who dwelt on
Irish soil, 9-10 — Localities where dwelt the Scotch-Irish, 10 — State-
ments of Macaulay, 10-11 — The transplanting of the Scotch-Irish to
American shores, and the survival of the Lowland Scotch dialect,
11, 12— Books relating to this race, 12 — Quotations from the eloquent
addresses of Rev. John S. Macintosh, D. D., at the Scotch-Irish Con-
gress, 12-15 — The Scotch-Irish of New Hampshire, 11, 12, 15.
CHAPTER III. (Pages 17-39.)
The Allisons of Scotland and Australia.
Antiquity of the family in Avondale, Scotland — Descent from the Mac-
Alisters of Loupe, 17 — John MacAlister and followers located at
Cairnduff, 18 — The parish of Avondale, the home of the fam-
ily in 1310 — The Alisons in Newton of Ayr, 19, 20 — Descent of the
Alisons, 20 — Their dispersion, 21-24 — Great similarity of names in
Cairnduff, Scotland, with those in Aghadowey, Ireland, and in the
Scotch-Irish settlements in New Hampshire and other parts of the
United States, 24 — Persecution of Claverhouse, 25 — The Alisons of
Avondale, 27-39.
CHAPTER IV. (Pages 39-42.)
Eakly Allisons in America.
The Ellisons, 41 — Other facts relating to the Ellisons in this book will be
found on pages 5, 39-42, 242-252.
CHAPTER V. (Pages 42-121.)
Allisons of New Hampshibe.
Samuel Allison of Londonderry, and his descendants from 1690 to 1893,
including those in the families of Atwood, Holmes, McAfee, Moore,
Morrison, Shepard, Stinson, and other names — Emigration of Samuel
Allison; his Scotch dialect, his will, and death, 42-46 — His daughter,
Martha Allison; her eai-ly death, and monument of memorial, with
that of her husband, Lieut. Samuel Morison, founder of the Morrison
family of Windham, 45-47 — Janet Allison and her husband, Samuel
Morison of Londonderry, 59-61; Capt. Samuel Allison and his wife,
Janet MacFarland, 61-63— Allisons or Ellisons, 119-121.
CHAPTER VI. (Pages 121-144.)
Allisons of Pennsylvania.
Allisons of Allen Township ; same Scotch names in Pennsylvania as in
the New Hampshire settlements; the Scotch-Irish emigrate from
Maine to Pennsylvania, 121-123 — Rev. Francis Alison and his de-
scendants, 122-126— Other Allisons of Pennsylvania, 126-128, 134-136
— Allisons of Indiana, a branch of the Pennsylvania family, 127-129 —
Hon. William B. Allison of Iowa, 129-135 — Allisons from the county
of Londonderry, Ireland, 135 — Hon. Joseph Allison of Philadelphia
and his relations, 136-138 — Allisons of Ramelton, county of Donegal,
Ire., Middletown, Penn., and Trenton, N. J., 137-144.
CHAPTER VII. (Pages 144-161.)
Various Families of Allisons.
Allisons of North Carolina — Five branches — Allisons of Glasgow, Scot-
land, North Carolina, and Virginia.
CHAPTER VIII. (Pages 161-170.)
Other Branches.
Allisons of Virginia and Kentucky, 161-165 — Allisons of Tennessee and
Louisiana, 164-166— Allisons of Lifford, County of Donegal, Ireland,
and of Tennessee, 165-170— Alexander Porter of Lifford, and of Ten-
nessee, with his relatives, 165.
CHAPTER IX. (Pages 170-lSO.)
Allisons fkom Exgland.
Joseiih Allison, of Cumberland county, Eng., and liis descendants in Illi-
nois, 170-174 — Joseph Allison, of Halifax, England, and his descend-
ants in the United States, 174-176 — William Allison of Kentucky
and his descendants, 175-177 — Allisons of New Jersey, Connecticut,
Maryland, and Lawrence, Mass., 177-180.
CHAPTER X. (Pages 180-203.)
Allisons of County of Londondekry, Ire.
John Allison of Drumnaha, Magilligan, County of Londonderry, Ire.,
and his descendants in Ireland and Nova Scotia, 180-200 — Allisons of
Evish Hill and of Limavady, County of Londonderry, Ire., and later
of New Brunswick, 201 — The Morrisons, Allisons, Hunters, and
Crooks of County of Londonderry, Ire., 201-203.
CHAPTER XI. (Pages 203-208.)
Allisons of Holland and Rockland County, N. Y., 203-208.
CHAPTER XII. (Pages 208-247.)
Allisons of Orange County, New York.
Joseph Allison, John Allison, and Richard Allison, early settlers of
Orange County, and their descendants, 208-240 — Goshen, N. Y., rec-
ords, 240 — Allisons and Allistons, 241 — References from the colonial
history of New York, 241-243— The Ellisons, unassigned records
relating to them, 243-247.
CHAPTER XIII. (Pages 247-292.)
Allisons of Rockland County, New York.
Lawrence Ellison (or Allison) of New York and his descendants, 247-290
— Robert Allison of Ohio and his descendants, 290-292 — Ex-Governor
Allison of Florida, 291.
INDEX I. (Pages 293, 294.)
Alisons of Scotland and Australia.
INDEX II. (Pages 295-312.)
Allisons of Canada and the United States.
HERALDRY.
THE ALLISON ARMS, CRESTS, AND MOTTOES.
From Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the FAMiLiE of Great
Britain and Ireland. A new edition, revised and brought down to
1892. (This book contains illustrations of crests here described.)
Alison, Scotland, a tree ppr., with a bell hung on the branches on
each side. Crescit sub pondere virtus.
Alison, Scotland, an oak tree ppr., with a weight hanging on each
side. Crescit sub pondere virtus.
Alison, Scotland, an eagle's head erased ppr. Vincit Veritas.
Alison, Rev. A., Scotland, an eagle's head erased ppr. Vincit Veri-
tas.
Alison, Major-General Sir Archibald, K. C. B. 2nd Bart., same crest
and motto.
Alison and Allison, a falcon's head erased ppr. Vincit Veritas.
Allison, Scotland, a falcon's head erased. Vincit Veritas.
Allison, a pheasant holding in the dexter claw a key, and in the beak
an ear of barley ppr.
Allison, Scotland, an eagle's head erased ppr. Vincit Veritas.
Allison, Colonel James John, D. L., J. P., of " Beaufront," Roker,
Siinderland, uses a peacock in pride ppr, Vincit Veritas.
From Burke's General Armory.
Allison, Sa., a feese engr. betw. three talbots pass. ar. Crest — An
eagle's head erased ppr. Motto : Vincit Veritas.
Allison, Ar., an inescutcheon gu. Crest — A pheasant holding in the
dexter foot a key, and in his beak an ear of barley ppr.
Allison, Sa., a fesse engr. betw. three talbots pass. ar. surmounted by
a bend sinister.
Allison (described in the Visitations as having been settled for five
generations at Yardsley Hall, co. Cambridge). Ar., a fesse gu.
betw. three blackbirds within a bordure of the second. Crest —
A peacock ppr.
HERALDRY. XI
Allison (Roker Sunderland, co. Durham ; Col. John James Allison,
commanding 2nd Durham militia, J. P., D. L., eldest son of
James Allison, esquire of Undereliff, same co.). Ar., a fesse gu.
betw. three blackbirds ppr. a bordure of the second. Crest — A
peacock in his pride ppr. Motto — Vincit Veritas.
The motto Vbicit Veritas means " Truth prevails."
Crescit sub pondere virtiis means " Virtue thrives under oppression."
In addition to what is here given relating to Arms, see p. 5.
THE ELLISON ARMS, CRESTS, AND MOTTOES.
From Fairbairn's Book of Crests.
Ellison, a griffin's head erased ppr., collared or.
Ellison, Scotland, a cross crosslet fitched gu.
Ellison, a lion passant gardant, holding in his dexter paw an anchor.
Ellison, a greyhound sa.
Ellison — Macartney, John "William, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, J. P. of
the Palace, Clogher co., Tyrone, Ireland: (1) A cubit arm erect,
the hand grasping a rose-branch in flower all ppr. (for Macartney);
(2) A buck's head erased ppr., charged on the neck with a trefoil
slipped vert (for Ellison) Stimulat, sed ornat, — Spe gaicdeo.
Ellison, Durh., an eagle's head erased or.
Ellison, an eagle's head erased per fess or and gu., muraUy gorged az.
Ellison, Carr, — Ralph, Esquire of Hedgeley, Northumb., and Dun-
stanhill, Durh. : (1) An eagle's head erased or, gorged with a
collar vair, holding in the beak a branch of three roses gu.,
leaved and slipped ppr. (for Ellison) ; (2) A lion's head erased
or, in front thereof a demi-Catherine wheel az. (for Carr.) Nee
te quaesiveris extra.
From Burke's General Armory.
Ellison, per pale gu. and vert an eagle displ. or. Crest, An eagle's
head erased per fesse or and gu. gorged with a mural coronet az.
Ellison, Ar., a chev. gu. betw. three griffins' heads ; erased sa. Crest,
a greyhound sa.
Ellison (Boultham Hall, co. Lincoln). Gu. a chev. or betw. three
gTiffins' heads ar. Crest, a griffin's head erased ppr. collared or.
Motto : Spem sequimur.
Xll HERALDRY.
Ellison (Scotland). Per bend gu. and or a fleur-de-lis in bend sinis-
ter counterchanged.
Ellison (Hebburn, co. Durham). Gu. a cbev. or betw. three eagles'
heads erased ar. Crest, an eagle's head erased or.
Ellison (Rotherham, co. York.) Gu. a chev. betw. three eagles' heads
erased or.
Ellison (Carr-Ellison, exemplified to Ralph Carr, Esq., of Hedgeley,
CO. Northumberland and Dunstanhill, co. pal. Durham, upon his
assuming the additional name of Ellison by royal license, 1871).
Quarterly, 1st and 4th, gu. a chev. vair cottised or ^etw. three
eagles' heads erased of the last, for Ellison 2nd and 3d ar. within
two bendlets az. an estoile betw. two lions' heads sa. the whole
betw. three Cornish Choughs ppr. for Carr, Crests, Ellison. An
eagle's head erased or gorged with a collar vair, holding in the
beak a branch of three roses gu. leaved and slipped ppr. Carr :
A lion's head erased or, in front thereof a demi-Catherine wheel
az. Motto : Nee te quaesiveris extra.
TRANSLATION OF MOTTOES.
Stimulat, sed ornat. " It stimulates, but it adorns."
Spe gaudeo. " I rejoice in hope."
Nee te quaesiveris extra. " Do not seek thyself outside of thyself."
Spem sequimur. " "We follow hope." .
In addition to what is printed here relating to the Ellisons, see pp.
5, 39-42, 120-122, 242-252.
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