Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-03
Isaac Allerton.

New Haven Colony Historical Society |
 An Interesting Paper. |
 'Isaac Allerton, a MayAower Pilgrim and | the founder of New England Commerce" /" | was the subject of the interesting paper read l last evening before the New Haven Colony Historical society by the Hon. Porter c. Bliss, A. M, of New York city, himself bear ing relationship to eleven members of the Mayhower family.
 Predatory to the consideration of Isaac Allerton's useful life, the speaker gave inter. esting incidents of the early Pilgrims, ex- ploding many popular traditions of their early unwritten history. That which led them hither was not only to worship God according to the dictates of their own con. science, but for purposes of trade. New England Plymouth" did not receive it's name because Plymouth, England, was the last land touched by the Maylower, but it had been christened Plymouth by the cele- brated John Smith in 1914. Even the SUD- posed landing on Plymouth Rock is of mythical origin, for they never landed in body at any place, for the women and ehil- dren remained on board for long time, and this supposed landing was never recorded until one hundred and fifty years later.
 The exact place of Isaac Allerton's birth in England is unknown. Before going to Hol- land he had been trained in 8 commercial career in London, and so was spoken of ''of London" He was called sometimes merchant, sometimes tailor. He probably went to Holland in 161O. He is one of the first of the Pilgrims recorded on the records of Leyden in 1612. He was married in 1911 | to Mary Norris. His name stands fifth l among those signed to the compact drawn up | in the cabin of the Mayhower in 1920. Dur | ing the long and tedious illness of the May | flower company, when one-half of their I number died, there is no record that he was l sick and reason to believe that he was one of the six or seven assiduous in their efforts to assist the sick. His wife died February 25, 1921. He. was chosen deputy governor. About this time, Massasoi5 being induced to 1 pay visit to the Pilgrims Isaac Allerton | and Standish returned the visit for the colo l nists.
 In March, 1921, he and others were sent upon a sort of expedition of discovery in region of what is now Boston Bay, at which time treaty was concluded with the Indians. For the next five years little mention is made l in the Plymouth records of Allerton. Then he was absent in London seven months, re- turning in 1927. He made four other voy- ages to England and effected as financial agent of the Plymouth colony many benefi- cial arrangements for the colony, the most important being the composition which he
 made with the s'Great Virginia Company to which the colony of New Plymouth was heavily bonded. But the means em- ployed by him in securing patent did not meet with the approval of some of the more critical and in consequence he fell into dis favor and was disciplined by the church Having obtained the patent the Pilgrims re- l paid him with ingratitude. This appears to have been the occasion of his disappearance from tho Plymouth colony about 1880. He | is now found north and south and in the | West Indies.
 From that time he devoted his time to es- tablishing trading houses. He established them on the Kennebec and Penobscot rivers. In 1883 he was at Marblehead and 1 his house was burned down there that winter In 1886 he disappears from New England history and in 1642 we find him wealthy merchant in New York fee at New York. In Winthrop's journal, 1864, he is spoken of as "of New Haven" He built grand -four porticoed" house at what is now the junction of Union and Fair streets He was instrumental of bringing over many men influential in the early his- tory of the colonies. We find traces of his activity at all points of the compass. His 1 name repeadtely occurs on our town records and though the circumstances of his death are unknown yet his will was proved in New Haven and the evidence is pretty conclusive that he was buried nearly midway between | His New York warehouse was near the cor ner of Beekman and Cliff streets, and anoth- CT establishment was down Broadway near Dutch fort; now occupied by Washington Hotel.
 The well written paper, of which we have given very imperfect glance, was listened to with close and appreciative attention by many of our citizens interested in it's early history. Among others we noticed the moderator, Rev. Dr. Beardsley, Messrs. Thomas R. Trowbridge, T. R. Trowbridge, jr., Captain c. H. Townsend, J. D. Dewell, Esq, and Attorney Julius Twiss. The tal- ented speaker, the Hon. MT. Bliss, expressed the belief that sometime 8 monument would be erected on our Green in memory of the founder of New Haven and New England and American Interstate commerce.