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Isaac Allerton Sr. (c. 1586 – 1658/9), and his family, were passengers in 1620 on the historic voyage of the ship Mayflower. Allerton was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact . In Plymouth Colony he was active in colony governmental affairs and business and later in trans-Atlantic trading.
ISAAC ALLERTON. ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland. MIGRATION: 1620 on Mayflower. FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth. REMOVES: Marblehead, New Amsterdam, New Haven. RETURN TRIPS: Frequent trips to England, especially in the 1620s and 1630s, on personal and colony business. OCCUPATION: Merchant.
After the tragic death of his wife and newborn child - as well as John Hooke - Isaac Allerton became one of the 41 “true” Pilgrims who signed the Mayflower Compact. Allerton worked as assistant to first Governer John Carver, before serving as William Bradford's assistant following Carver's untimely death in 1621.
Isaac Allerton: born at Plymouth, between May 22, 1627 and 1630; died at Westmoreland County, VA between 25 October and 30 December 1702. He married 1) probably at New Haven, CT, circa 1652, Elizabeth ( ), and had two children, Elizabeth and Isaac Allerton.
Isaac Allerton is one of the most complex figures in early Plymouth Colony. He was elected assistant to Governor Bradford in 1621, and continued in that capacity well into the 1630s. He was the individual sent to handle most of the buyout negotiations with the London investors that commenced in 1627, and continued through the early 1630s.
Feb 3, 2022 · Isaac Allerton was a passenger on the Mayflower, a signer of the Mayflower Compact, and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony during early Colonial America. Despite being among the first to settle in Plymouth and surviving that first winter, he would eventually be removed from the colony.
Isaac Allerton, born in 1586, was a merchant and a tailor. He embarked on Mayflower with his first wife Mary Norris, their 3 living children, and his apprentice, John Hooke. His sister Sarah married a fellow Mayflower passenger, Degory Priest.
