Col. John Allison and Elizabeth Wilkin
Husband Col. John Allison 1 2 3
Born: 23 Dec 1738 1 2 Christened: Died: 14 Jun 1795 1 2 Buried: - Moss Spring Presbyterian Church, near Greencastle, Franklin Co, PA
Father: William Allison (1696-1778) 1 4 Mother: Catharine Craig ( - ) 4
Marriage: 3 Nov 1768 2
Wife Elizabeth Wilkin 1 2 3
Born: 11 Nov 1748 - Ireland 2 Christened: Died: 19 Nov 1815 1 2 Buried:
Children
1 F Mary Allison 1 2
Born: 6 Sep 1769 2 Christened: Died: 21 Mar 1823 2 5 Buried: - Huntingdon Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co, PASpouse: Andrew Henderson (1762-1812) 2 6 7 Marr: Abt 1791 2
2 F Catharine Allison 2
Born: 22 Apr 1771 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
3 M William Allison 2
Born: 14 Jul 1773 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
4 F Margaret Allison 2 8
Born: 24 Apr 1775 2 Christened: Died: 17 Nov 1856 9 Buried:Spouse: Samuel McLanahan (1775-1847) 9 10 Marr: 30 Dec 1806 9 11
5 M Robert Allison 12 13 14
Born: 10 Mar 1777 - near Greencastle, Franklin Co, PA 9 Christened: Died: 2 Dec 1840 - Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co, PA 9 15 Buried:Spouse: Mary Elliott (1781-1857) 1 13 14 Marr: 21 Sep 1802 13
6 M Patrick Allison 2
Born: 14 Feb 1779 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
7 F Nancy Allison 1 3 16
Born: 14 Dec 1780 3 16 Christened: Died: 25 Dec 1818 3 16 Buried: - Moss Spring Cemetery, Greencastle, Franklin Co, PASpouse: Elias Davidson ( -1828) 1 3 16
8 F Elizabeth "Betsy" Allison 2 15
Born: 5 Jun 1784 2 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Dr. John Henderson ( - ) 15 16 Marr: 18 Apr 1811 16
9 F Lydia Allison 2
Born: 19 Sep 1786 2 Christened: Died: 4 Nov 1828 2 Buried:
10 F Rebecca Allison 3
Born: 1 Apr 1789 3 Christened: Died: 22 Jun 1824 3 Buried: - Moss Spring Cemetery, Greencastle, Franklin Co, PASpouse: Elias Davidson ( -1828) 1 3 16 Marr: Aft 1818
11 M John Craig Allison 2
Born: 8 Aug 1791 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
12 M Wilkin Allison 2
Born: 4 Oct 1793 2 Christened: Died: 11 Aug 1810 2 Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Col. John Allison
He was born near Greencastle, then Lancaster County, afterwards Cumberland County, now Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He received a thorough English and classical education under the care of the Scotch-Irish Presbyterian ministers of the locality. In October, 1764, he was appointed one of the provincial magistrates for Cumberland County, and was re-appointed in 1769. At a meeting of the citizens of that county held at Carlisle, July 12, 1774, he was appointed on the Committee of Observation for Cumberland and became quite active in the struggle for independence. He was a member of the Provincial Conference held at Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, June 18, 1776, and was appointed by that body one of the judges of the election of members to the first Constitutional Convention for the second division of the county at Chambersburg. He was colonel of the Second Battalion of Cumberland county Associators during the Jersey campaign of 1776 and 1777, and a member of the General Assembly in 1778, 1780 and 1781. In 1782 he laid out the town of Greencastle. In 1787 he was chosen a delegate from Franklin County to the Pennsylvania Convention to ratify the Federal Constitution, and in that body seconded the motion made by Thomas McKean, November 24, 1787, to assent to and ratify it. At the first Federal Conference held at Lancaster in 1788, he was nominated for Congress, but was defeated at the election that year. He took a bold stand for the ratification of the Federal Constitution while his colleague and almost his entire constituency were opposed to it. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church and of great prominence during the Revolutionary era.
General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Wilkin
She was born in Ireland and came to America in 1764.
1 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 437.
2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 10.
3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 86.
4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 9.
5 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 62.
6 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 599.
7 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 62, 437.
8 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 96, 142.
9 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 11.
10 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 96, 141.
11 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 142.
12 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 73, 437.
13 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 4.
14 —, Book of Biographies of Leading Citizens of Berks County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1898), Pg 14.
15 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 438.
16
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 12.
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