Isaac Allerton (1586-1658)

Vital Statistics
Isaac Allerton (1586-1659) - Mayflower Pilgrim and founding father of Plymouth Colony (1620)
 * Born: c. 1586 in St. Andrews under Shaft, London
 * Died 1 April 1659 in New Haven, Connecticut
 * 1st Married - Mary Norris - Nov 1611
 * 2nd Married - Fear Brewster, the daughter of William Brewster in 1626. With her he had another son naming him Isaac Allerton Jr.

Biography
He was one of the original Pilgrim fathers who came on the Mayflower to settle the Plymouth Colony in 1620.

He is believed to have been born in London, England, about 1585 or 1586 and was raised to become a tailor. A religious non-conformist, he apparently followed the Scrooby exiles to Leiden, Holland as a young man. There he married his first wife, Mary Norris, in November 1611.

Allerton quickly rose to prominence among the Pilgrim leaders, serving as William Bradford's assistant governor during the early years of the colony. After the adoption of a more formalized governmental structure in 1624, he served again as one of five assistant governors. In 1627, he became one of the eight "undertakers" of the colony's debt and made several voyages to London to negotiate with the colony's creditors.

Famous Descendants
Allerton is an ancestor to Presidents of the United States Zachary Taylor and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Family of Isaac and Mary
Accompanying Isaac and Mary on the Mayflower were their three children: Bartholemew, Remember, and Mary, and a servant boy named John Hooke. Allerton's wife and Hooke died in the first winter at the Plymouth Colony. Allerton also had a stillborn son by his wife Mary while they were on the ship in Plymouth Harbor.
 * Bartholemew Allerton - Mayflower Pilgrim
 * Remember Allerton - Mayflower Pilgrim
 * Mary Allerton - Mayflower Pilgrim
 * stillborn son (1620) onboard the ship in Plymouth Harbor

Family of Isaac and Fear
Allerton remarried to Fear Brewster, the daughter of William Brewster in 1626. With her he had another son naming him Isaac Allerton Jr.
 * Isaac Allerton JR