William Alston

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Biography

William Alston, Gent., of Middlesex, was baptized 13 Aug 1637 at Odell, Bedfordshire, son of John Alston, Esq., by his wife Dorothy Temple.[1][2]

William married Thomasine Brooks, daughter of Unknown Brooks, Esq.[2]

William was admitted to St. John's College, Cambridge in 1654.[2]

William and Thomasin had two children:

William, baptized 1666, at Pavenham, Bedfordshire[2] (recorded as 21 October 1666 in Pavenham Parish Register).[3] John, baptised 25 February 1668/9, at Pavenham, Bedfordshire.[2][3] additionally

Thomasin, baptized 28 November 1667, Pavenham.[3]

Thomasin, wife of William Alston, Gent., was buried at Pavenham on 29 January 1669/70.[4]

Research Notes

Death:

A death date and location have been given as 26 Apr 1736 and South Carolina.[citation needed]. Douglas Richardson's Royal Ancestry does not show him immigrating to South Carolina (which would have made William a Gateway Ancestor), nor does he show a death date.[2] (South Carolina category was removed.) Bedfordshire Parish records include burial at Pavenham of three William Alstons:[5]

William Alston, Esq., was buried 16 November 1708

William Alston, Gent., was buried 1 December 1713.

William Alston, "Attorney-at-Law", was buried 26 April 1736.

Son John: Richardson's footnote in Royal Ancestry discusses WIlliam's son, John, noting that he was apprenticed to James Jones, merchant of Charleston and immigrated to Charleston, SC sometime around 1682, settling in St. John's, Berkeley, South Carolina and leaving a will dated 2 January 1718.[2]

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Lionel Cresswell, Stemmata Alstoniana, (1905): 19, 236, 399-400 (Online PDF).

South Carolina Mag. of Ancestral Research 34 (2006): 63-68.

Cresswell's Stemmata Alstoniana (page 400) concludes that the son of William (eldest son of John Alston and Dorothy Temple) could have "[c]onceivably... been the John Allston of St. John's, Berkeley S. Carolina, whose will is dated ... January 2nd, 1718 or the John Alston of Chowan County, N. Carolina, whose will is dated September, 1754. But in my opinion the mere existence of two Johns—contemporaries—in America disposes of the claims of both in the absence of prima facie evidence. The fact that one of the daughters of the first John was called Tomassin is not evidence."[6]

Sources

↑ The Parish Register of Odell 1602 - 1812, transcription by Bedfordshire County Records Office 1935 Ed F G Emmison ebook online (accessed 10 July 2019.

Note: For footnotes and additional explanations of the source of the information transcribed, see the archive.org ebook (the reference is part of a collection of Bedfordshire Parish information, for Odell and Pavenham [entries cited separately]).

↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume V, page 139, footnote #9.

↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Pavenham parish register 1561-1812. Bedfordshire County Record Office 1934. Page 66 (B6), accessed 10 July 2019.

↑ Pavenham parish register 1561-1812. Bedfordshire County Record Office 1934. Page 90 (B30), accessed 10 July 2019.

↑ Pavenham parish register 1561-1812. Bedfordshire County Record Office 1934. Pages 92, 93, 94 (B32, B33, B34), accessed 10 July 2019.

↑ Lionel Cresswell, Stemmata Alstoniana, (1905): page 400 (Online PDF, accessed 11 July 2019). Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, John Burke, Bernard Burke,W. Clowes, 1844, p 6

Cresswell, Lionel. Stemmata Alstoniana: A Collection of Genealogical Tables and Memoranda Relating to the Ancient Family of Alston (1905): 19, 236, 399-400. Ancestry.com Link Online PDF

South Carolina Mag. of Ancestral Research 34 (2006): 63-68

Scherzinger, Patricia Ann. Colonial Americans of Royal and Noble Descents (HathiTrust has a limited search copy online).

Acknowledgements

With much appreciation to "Edward Liveing Fenn and all other contributors of personal data" who created and maintain The Kings Candle Sticks for posting their Alston research (to include the online pdf of Stemmata Alstoniana).

Magna Carta Project

William Alston appears in a trail that was identified and badged by the Magna Carta Project from Gateway Ancestor John Alston to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy in 2015. Other trails were later identified and badged from Alston to surety barons John de Lacy, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, Hugh le Bigod, Roger le Bigod, and John FitzRobert. This profile also appears in a Richardson-documented trail from Alston to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Vere (vol. III, pages 225-230 NELSON) that needs further development. The trails can be viewed in the Magna Carta Trails section of John Alston's profile.