Fear Allerton

Fear (Brewster) Allerton

• BIRTH 1606 Nottinghamshire, England
• DEATH 12 Dec 1634 (aged 27–28) Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Burial Hill Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• Parents: William “Elder” Brewster & his wife Mary
• Spouse: Isaac Allerton (d 1659); 2nd wife

Fear Came to America on the "Anne" in 1623.

Family

Fear Brewster and Issac Allerton were married before May 22, 1627.

Their children:

• Sarah Allerton 1626–1651
• Isaac Allerton 1628–1702

Fear Died in 1634 of the smallpox epidemic

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She was named Fear because at the time of her birth, Separatists were holding secret meetings and were under constant threat of arrest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_Brewster

Fear Allerton née Brewster (c. 1606 - before December 12, 1634) was a woman in Colonial America. She was the third daughter of Mayflower pilgrim William Brewster and his wife Mary, born in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. She was named Fear because at the time of her birth, the Puritans were holding secret meetings and were under constant threat of arrest. Her early years, and indeed her whole life, were full of unrest. In 1608 she moved, along with the other pilgrims, to Amsterdam (and later Leiden).

Fear was only 14 when her parents and two younger brothers, Love and Wrestling, left for America on the Mayflower. She was left in the care of her older siblings, Jonathan (born in 1593) and Patience (born in 1600). Jonathan joined the pilgrims in 1621 on board the Fortune. Fear arrived in America with Patience on board the Anne in July 1623.

Fear married Isaac Allerton, another Mayflower pilgrim, around 1626. He was 20 years her senior. They had a son, Isaac Allerton Jr., born about 1627. There is speculation that they had a daughter, Sarah Allerton, who was baptised on August 13, 1633 and probably died in infancy.

Fear died young, but the exact date is unknown. She died sometime before her sister Patience's death December 12, 1634.

Born: 1606, Of Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England 203,477

Marriage: Isaac Allerton about 1626 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

Died: 12 Dec 1634, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA at age 28 711

 Noted events in her life were:

• Alt. Birth, Abt 1602, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. 660

• Immigration: aboard the Anne, 1623. 660

• Alt. Death, Bef 1658, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. 203,477

Fear married Isaac Allerton, son of Isaac Edward Allerton and Rose Davis, about 1626 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. (Isaac Allerton was born in 1586 in London, London, England 712, christened in 1586 in St. Andrews Under, London, England, died on 12 Feb 1658/59 in New Haven, New Haven, CT and was buried in 1659 in New Haven Burying Ground, New Haven, CT.)

Fear Brewster (c. 1606 - before December 12, 1634) was a woman in Colonial America. She was the third daughter of Mayflower pilgrim William Brewster and his wife Mary, born in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. She was named Fear because at the time of her birth, the Puritans were holding secret meetings and were under constant threat of arrest. Her early years, and indeed her whole life, were full of unrest. In 1608 she moved, along with the other pilgrims, to Amsterdam (and later Leiden).

Fear was only 14 when her parents and two younger brothers left for America on the Mayflower. She was left in the care of her older siblings, Jonathan (born in 1593) and Patience (born in 1600). Jonathan joined the pilgrims in 1621 on board the Fortune. Fear arrived in America with Patience on board the Anne in July 1623.

Fear married Isaac Allerton, another Mayflower pilgrim, around 1626. He was 20 years her senior. They had a son, Isaac Allerton Jr., born about 1627. There is speculation that they had a daughter, Sarah Allerton, who was baptised on August 13, 1633 and probably died in infancy.

Fear died young, but the exact date is unknown. She died sometime before her sister Patience's death December 12, 1634.

GEDCOM Sources

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,61157::0
• Book Title: A history of the Allerton family in the United States, 1585 to 1885 : and a genealogy of the descen 1,61157::1015552
• Findagrave Fear Brewster Allerton 12 Dec 1634 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131849792/fear-allerton
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,61157::0
• Book Title: A family history : recording the ancestors of Russell Snow Hitchcock : this includes the ancestral 1,61157::480613

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GEDCOM Note

came to America in the 'Ann' in 1623

Fear Brewster was the third daughter of Mayflower Pilgrim William Brewster and his wife Mary, born in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England.

Fear's youth, and indeed her entire life, were unsettled because of her father's devotion to religious separatism.

The evidence shows that in 1608, the Brewsters and many other English Brownists (Puritan Separatists) moved from England to Amsterdam, and then to Leiden.

Fear was about 14 years old when her parents and two younger brothers, Love and Wrestling, left for America on the Mayflower. Fear was left in the care of her older siblings, Jonathan and Patience.

By virtue of his education and stature among his fellow Brownists, Fear's father became the senior elder and the leader of the Plymouth Colony.

Jonathan joined the Plymouth Colony in 1621, traveling to the New World aboard the ship, Fortune. Fear arrived in America with her sister, Patience, in about 1623.

Fear married Isaac Allerton, an original Mayflower pilgrim, sometime between 1623 and 1627. Isaac's first wife, Mary, had died in about 1621, having been gravely weakened by a difficult stillbirth aboard the Mayflower in 1620.

Although Isaac was about 20 years Fear's senior, the couple had a daughter, Sarah, born in about 1627, a son, Isaac Jr., born between 1627 and 1630, and a daughter, Rose, born in about 1633.

We know that Fear died young, but the exact date is unknown. The only known evidence is that on December 12, 1634, Governor John Winthrop wrote to his son that both Fear and her sister Patience were dead: "Pestilent fever hath taken away some at Plimouth, amonge others Mr. Prence the Governr his wife and Mr. Allerton's wife."

Some believe that Col. Richard Lee Taylor, a direct descendant of Isaac Jr., was the father of the 12th President of the United States, Zachary Taylor.

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Researched and written by P. A. White, JD (probably 5th Cousin 9x removed of the subject) 2020 for @NewWorldAncestry at Shorewood, Wisconsin – All Rights Reserved Sources include: ◘ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_Brewster ◘ Find a Grave Memorial 131849792 ◘ Staff, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants (1996-12-01). The Mayflower Descendant: Volume 30 1932. Heritage Books. ISBN 9780788405815