An American Family History

Robert Alison

also spelled Allison, Ellison

The first European settlements in Maryland were made in 1634 when English settlers created a permanent colony.

Robert Alison was born in 1749 in Frederick County, Maryland.

Robert served in the American Revolution. He was in the Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776 and the Battle Fort Washington on November 16, 1776. He was taken prisoner and kept on a British ship.

He married Martha McKinley.

Robert and Martha's children probably included:

Susannah Alison (1792),
Francis Alison (1796, married Jane Irvin),
Jannett Alison (about 1796, married Abraham Gregg and Nathaniel R. Hicks),
Sarah Alison Hodges (married Allen Hodges),
Joseph Alison (1798),
John Alison (1800).
Elizabeth Alison Deery (1802, married William Deery)
Martha Alsion (married Gray)

Robert died on March 2, 1826.

Martha died in 1845.

Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796. It was initially part of North Carolina.

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