Additional Notes of Bartholomew Allerton
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Bartholomew Allerton was born around 1612 or 1613 in Leiden, Holland, to parents Isaac and Mary (Norris) Allerton.
He, his parents, and his sisters Remember and Mary came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620. At some point, Bartholomew
returned to England and took up residence in Norfolk and later Bramfield, Suffolk. A 1657 chancery suit, a couple of letters
in the British Library, and his 1658/9 will are the known records of his life in England. Nobody has successfully documented
descent from Bartholomew Allerton, but he probably does have some descendants living in England, if information about his
children could be further traced. Additional Resources Will of Bartholomew Allerton Bartholomew Allerton of Bamfield, Suffolk, wrote a couple of letters to Sir P. Percival, that are currently in the British Library manuscript collection (Add. 46928 folio 159, and Add. 46929 folio 11). Bartholomew Allerton was a defendant in a Chancery lawsuit, (C 5/30, no. 57), dated 1657, for Mendham, Suffolk |