The Allerton House

Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton married Elder William Brewster's daughter, Fear. He is an agent for the Plymouth colonists during the 1627 negotiations with the Merchant Adventurers (financial backers) of the colony.

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One of the Leiden Separatists who came over on the Mayflower, Isaac Allerton was from London and was born ca1585. He worked as a tailor in Leiden and even took on an apprentice, John Hooke, who traveled with him to America. He had three wives, Mary Norris, Fear Brewster, and Joanna Swinnerton. Allerton was the first assistant governor in Plymouth Colony and acted as the colony's agent in London. He died in New Haven, Connecticut in the latter part of 1658.

Fear (Brewster) Allerton, a member of the Leiden Separatist congregation, came over in 1623 with her sister, Patience. She bore two children and died ca1634 during an outbreak of plague.