Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647 by William Bradford

The small, 100-foot ship had 102 passengers and a crew of about 30–40 in extremely cramped conditions. The Mayflower departed Plymouth, England on September 6/16, 1620. The Allerton family boarded the Mayflower consisting of Allerton's wife Mary, three children and an apprentice, John Hooke.

Signing the Mayflower Compact 1620, a painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris 1899 While in Leiden in 1619 Allerton worked as a tailor John Hooke, who would travel with Allerton on the Mayflower, was his apprentice. Īllerton became betrothed to Mary Norris in Leiden by October 7, 1611. Also in Leiden at this time was John Allerton, who may well have been a relative of Isaac's or Isaac's brother, but this has never been proven for certain. In the records of the time, Sarah is noted to have been 'of London'. Isaac and his wife, Mary, and Sarah and her second husband Degory Priest, had a double wedding in Leiden on November 4, 1611. In Leiden in 1611, Allerton stated he was from London, (England).Īlso living in Leiden in 1611 was Allerton's sister Sarah (Allerton) Vincent, widow prior to 1611 of John Vincent. The apprentice record as translated from Latin (Isack Allerton fil Bartholomei Allerton.): '21 June 1609, Isaac Allerton, son of Bartholomew Allerton late of Ipswich, county Suffolk, tailor has bound himself apprentice by indenture to James Gly, Citizen and Black Smith of London for seven years from the Feast of the Nativity of St. This record indicates Isaac to have been the son of Bartholomew Allerton, tailor of Ipswich, Suffolk. Īuthor and genealogist Leslie Mahler, writing in The Mayflower Quarterly of March 2009, notes that an Isaac Allerton, who appears to be the Mayflower passenger, is mentioned in the 1609 apprenticeship registers for the Blacksmiths Company in London. Suffolk but no other records relating to the Allertons, a quite rare name, have ever been found in Suffolk. In 1659 the will of Bartholomew was proved, and at that time he was residing in Bramfield, co. Allerton's son Bartholomew did return to England from Plymouth and served as a minister in Suffolk which may indicate a connection to that county. Some records from colonial Dutch New Amsterdam (New York) note he was from the English county of Suffolk. Based on a deposition given in 1639, Allerton was born in Suffolk, England about 1586–88, although clues to his ancestry have long been quite elusive.

Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647 by William Bradford