James Allport and Matilda Hunter

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Husband James Allport ¹

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           Born: 11 May 1799 - Hartley, Worcestershire, England 2
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       Marriage: 29 Nov 1831 2

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Wife Matilda Hunter ¹

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           Born: 1 Apr 1814 2
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         Father: Maj. Andrew Hunter (1788-1870) 1
         Mother: Mary Evans (1795-1868) 1

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Children

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1 M James C. Allport ²

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           Born: 19 Jan 1833 2
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2 F Mary A. Allport ²

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           Born: 16 Dec 1834 2
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3 M Samuel C. Allport ²

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           Born: 2 Aug 1838 2
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4 F Catherine Allport ^{2 3}

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           Born: 11 Dec 1841 - Patton, Centre Co, PA 2 3
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         Spouse: David W. Holt (1835-      ) 4
           Marr: 9 Sep 1862 - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 3

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5 F Matilda Allport ¹

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           Born: 23 Jun 1845 1
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         Spouse: Dr. Jared Y. Dale, M.D. (1840-      ) 5
           Marr: 29 Sep 1870 1

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6 M Hobart Allport ²

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           Born: 3 Mar 1848 2
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General Notes: Husband - James Allport

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The Allports trace their genealogical line back to the time of Charles the Second, and it was their ancestors who hid that monarch in the oak tree, when pursued by the minions of Cromwell. After the King ascended the throne, he bestowed on the family the coat of arms which still distinguishes them in the mother country.

He was born at Hartley [Martley?], Worcestershire, England, and was brought up by his uncle Charles, who was a commissary-general in the English army. He went with his uncle in his campaigns, and was educated by private tutors, who were sometimes Protestants and sometimes Roman Catholics. He was with his uncle in the Peninsular war in Spain, and also accompanied him in the campaign with the "Iron Duke," which resulted in the defeat and final overthrow of Napoleon at Waterloo. The boy James was an eye witness of the battle of Waterloo, and brought away many interesting relics of the battlefield, which were handed down in the family. Through the influence of his uncle he was pensioned by the English Government, which pension was to descend to his heirs so long as he or they remained subjects to the Crown. After making America his permanent home Mr. Allport became a naturalized citizen of the United States, declaring that he would not for any pension forego his rights as a citizen of the land of his adoption. In 1816 his uncle sent him to New York, as an importer of hardware, which business he followed until 1828, crossing the ocean sixteen times. Prior to 1828 the firm of Corp, Ellis & Shaw, with whom he had been doing business, failed, and he was compelled to receive from them, as pay for money due him, large tracts of land in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, near Phillipsburg. In 1828 he came from New York to see his lands, and after a short time passed in looking over the country he returned to New York. The following year he again visited his lands, and in the midst of the forests he built a cabin, and alone commenced life in a new country. He was married and to his home in the wilderness took his young bride on horse-back.
Mr. Allport identified himself with the Democratic party, and was a sturdy advocate of its principles, and became one of its leaders in Clearfield County and the surrounding country. The first railroad speech made in Phillipsburg was delivered by him, when the question was first being agitated, and in favor of its construction. In the later years of his life his lower extremities were partially paralyzed, which greatly impeded his physical but not his mental activity. [CBRCP-CCJC, 138]

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 137.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 138.

3 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 398.

4 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 397.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 136.