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Ursula Bishe married four influential men. After the death of Richard Thompson, she married Col. John Mottrom in 1647, Major George Colclough in 1656, and finally Isaac Allerton, Jr. about 1659. Through this last marriage, Ursula Bishe became the great-great-grandmother of the 12th president of the United States, Zachery Scott Taylor. A significant amount of information is available for Isaac Allerton, Jr.'s father, Isaac Sr. This will be included on this page.
About the family of
Isaac Allerton, Jr.
Fourth husband of Ursula Bishe.
Isaac Allerton, Jr. was born in 1630, the son of Isaac Allerton, Sr. and his second wife, Fear Brewster. Isaac Allerton, Sr., a tailor and merchant, was born in England, but being a Separatist, a Dissenter, and one of the Ancient Brethren, he fled religious persecution in England and took up residence in Groene Port (The Green Close) in the town of Leyden, Holland.
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Groene Port, Leyden, Holland |
In November of 1620 Isaac Allerton, Sr. was one of the passengers who arrived at Plymouth Rock on the "Mayflower," along with his first wife, Mary Norris and their three children, Bartholomew, Remember, and little Mary. Also on the Mayflower were Isaac's brother-in-law Degory Priest, husband of his sister Sarah, and a John Allerton, whose relationship to Isaac Allerton, Sr. is unknown.
Mayflower Passenger List
"The names of those which came over first, in ye year 1620 and were (by the blesing of God) the first beginers, and (in a sort) the foundation, of all the plantations, and Colonies, in New England. (And their families.)
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mr John Carver. Kathrine his wife. Desire Minter; & 2 man-servants John Howland Roger Wilder. William Latham, a boy & a maid servant & a child yt was put to him called, Jasper More mr William Brewster. Mary his wife, with 2 sons, whose names were Love, & Wrasling. and a boy was put to him called Richard More; and another of his brothers the rest of his childeren were left behind & came over afterwards. mr Edward Winslow Elizabeth his wife, & 2 men servants, caled Georg Sowle, and Elias Story; also a litle girle was put to him caled Ellen, the sister of Richard More. William Bradford, and Dorathy his wife, having but one child, a sone left behind, who came afterward. mr Isaack Allerton, and Mary his wife; with 3 children Bartholmew Remember, & Mary and a servant boy, John Hooke. mr Samuell fuller; and a servant, caled William Butten His wife was behind & a child, which came afterwards. John Crakston and his sone John Crakston |
Captin Myles Standish and Rose, his wife Mr Christpher Martin, and his wife; and 2 servants, Salamon prower, and John Langemore mr William Mullines, and his wife; and 2 children Joseph, & priscila; and a servant Robart Carter. mr William White, and Susana his wife; and one sone caled resolved, and one borne a ship-bord caled perigriene; & 2 servants, named William Holbeck, & Edward Thomson mr Steven Hopkins, & Elizabeth his wife; and 2 children, caled Giles,and Constanta a doughter, both by a former wife. And 2 more by this wife, caled Damaris, & Oceanus, the last was borne at sea. And 2 servants, called Edward Doty, and Edward Litster. mr Richard Warren, but his wife and children were lefte behind and came afterwards John Billinton, and Elen his wife: and 2 sones John, & Francis. Edward Tillie, and Ann his wife: and 2 childeren that were their cossens; Henery Samson, and Humillity Coper John Tillie, and his wife; and Eelizabeth their doughter." |
Part of the list of Mayflower passengers kept by Governor William Bradford
The signing of the Mayflower Compact
aboard the Mayflower, November 11th, Old
Style, November 21st, New Style, 1620.
IN YE NAME OF GOD, AMEN.
We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereigne Lord, King James, by ye Grace of God, of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, King, defender of ye faith, etc., having undertaken for ye glory of God and advancement of ye Christian faith, and the honour of our King and countrie, a voyage to plant ye first Colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly, and mutualy in ye presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves togeather into a civil body politik for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of ye end aforesaid, and by vertue hereof to enacte, constitute and frame such just and equal lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witnes whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape-Codd ye 11 of November, in ye year of ye raigne of our sovereigne Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, ye eighteenth, and of Scotland the fiftie-fourth. Ano Dom. 1620.
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John Carver |
Edward Tilley |
Degory Priest |
Isaac's wife, Mary, was
the first colonist to give birth in the New Country, having given
birth to a stillborn child on the Mayflower, even as it was still
docked in the harbor. She died just a few months after their arrival
in the New World, victim of that first bittercold winter, and she was
secretly buried at Cole Hill, the first cemetery established by the
settlers, who planted corn over the unmarked graves so the Indians
would not know where they were.
About 1626 Isaac Sr.
married Fear Brewster, by whom he had two children, Sarah and Isaac Jr.
Isaac Allerton, Sr.
settled first in Plymouth, on Leyden Street, and later moved to Fair
Street in New Haven, Connecticut, where a plaque today stands in his
honor, bearing the following text:
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"Isaac Allerton, a pilgrim of the Mayflower and the Father of New England Commerce, lived on this ground 1646 till 1659." |
Another tablet to his memory stands at the warehouse and yet later residence of Isaac Allerton, Sr. at No. 8 pack slip in the New York Harbor, and it reads in part:
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"From 1647 until 1659 this ground was occupied by the warehouse and residence of Isaac Allerton, a passenger on the ship Mayflower in 1620. Assistant Governor of Plymouth colony, the Father of New England Commerce, one of the eight men at New Netherlands in 1843, and for twenty years a leading merchant at New Amsterdam." |
Leyden Street, Plymouth.
First American Home of
Isaac Allerton, Sr.
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TRANSCRIPT OF LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
ISAAC ALLERTON SR <
Descendancy of President
Zachary Scott Taylor
from Ursula Bish and
Isaac Allerton, Jr.
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Sarah Pannill Dabney Strother & Richard Taylor |
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President
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Martha Thompson and James Taylor II
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Martha Thompson |
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James Taylor II |
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Seal of James Taylor II
