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Descendants of Unknown Alley
Generation No. 1
1. UNKNOWN1 ALLEY was born Abt. 1440.
Children of UNKNOWN ALLEY are:
2. i. JOHN2 ALLEY, b. 1460; d. 1506, Wycombe, England.
ii. WILLIAM ALLEY.
iii. ISABELLE ALLEY, m. SIR EDWARD BAYNTUM.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN2 ALLEY (UNKNOWN1) was born 14601, and died 1506 in Wycombe, England1. He married AGNES UNKNOWN.
Notes for JOHN ALLEY:
Per Ray Alley, an Alley descendant from Northwood, Middlesex, England below is an English translation (original written in Old English) for John Alley, Mayor of Chepyng:
In T.N.O.G. Amen the 11th day of August 1506, John Aley of Cheping Wicombe in the county of Bucks whole of mind make this my last will and testament.
He asks that his body shall be buried in the Chapel of our Blessed Lady Wicombe. He leaves money to the church, and to the Vicar Sir Thomas Burley for the offerings he says he forgot to pay in his lifetime. He leaves money to the Chaplain Sir Thomas Mole, and to the repair of the church and to provide light in the church. He then makes bequests to the repair of crosses on the highways about Wicombe. He then leaves 8 marks to an honest person to sing mass in the church for two years for his soul and all Christian souls. He then leaves tenements (houses) to his wife Agnes and after her death to his son Robert. But if his son Robert does not have children then tese tenements to pass to the town on Robert's death. He then leaves a bequest to William his brother. He makes Robert Ashcroft (Mayor of Wicombe) and others to oversee his will.
More About JOHN ALLEY:
Burial: 1506, Chapel Of Our Blessed Lady Wicombe, Wycombe, England
Migrated to: 1475, England
Occupation: 1501, Mayor of Cheping (Later Wycombe)1
Children of JOHN ALLEY and AGNES UNKNOWN are:
3. i. WILLIAM3 ALLEY, SR., b. 1487, Buckinghamshire, England; d. Sanctuary of the Blessed Mary, Chepyng, Wycombe.
4. ii. ROBERT ALLEY, d. Aft. December 8, 1542.
Generation No. 3
3. WILLIAM3 ALLEY, SR. (JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1487 in Buckinghamshire, England1, and died in Sanctuary of the Blessed Mary, Chepyng, Wycombe. He married ISABELLE UNKNOWN.
Notes for WILLIAM ALLEY, SR.:
The original will of William Alley is in Medieval Latin. Below is a translation by Ray Alley, an Alley descendant that lives in Northwood, Middlesex, England.
In the name of God Amen the 20th day of January 1487 (?8) I Willelmus Aley of sane memory make my testament in like manner
My body to be buried in the sanctuary of the Blessed Mary in the church at Chepyng Wycomb
Item- for the alter 12 pence (about$.05)
Item- to Marie Lincoln 2 pence
Item- another item for the alter 4 pence
Item- for the maintenance of the Church 20 pence
Item- to Isabelle his wife a tenement for the rest of her life
Item- to his wife a garden (could be an agricultural plot) know as Corbygges
Item- to the presbytery 11 shillings ($.8) to raise a memorial
The residue left to his wife and his son Willemo who he makes his executors.
More About WILLIAM ALLEY, SR.:
Occupation: 1560, Mayor of Cheping (Later Wycombe)
Child of WILLIAM ALLEY and ISABELLE UNKNOWN is:
5. i. WILLIAM4 ALLEY, JR., b. 1510, Wycombe, England; d. April 15, 1570, London, England.
4. ROBERT3 ALLEY (JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) died Aft. December 8, 1542. He married CHRISTIAN UNKNOWN.
Notes for ROBERT ALLEY:
Per Ray Alley, an Alley descendant from Northwood, Middlesex, England, Robert's will is translated as follows:
This will is dated 8th Dec. 1542. The will gives the usual preamble, then goes on to give to his wife Christian all his lands, houses and tenements in the parish of Wicombe Bucks. And all land etc. bequeathed to her by her father. After her death, to John his son. The residue to be divided between the rest of his children. The will to be overseen by John and Andrew his sons.
Children of ROBERT ALLEY and CHRISTIAN UNKNOWN are:
i. JOHN4 ALLEY.
ii. ANDREW ALLEY.
Generation No. 4
5. WILLIAM4 ALLEY, JR. (WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1510 in Wycombe, England1, and died April 15, 1570 in London, England2. He married SYBIL BODLEIGH. She died 1570 in England.
Notes for WILLIAM ALLEY, JR.:
Biography of William Alley
Lives of the Bishops of Exeter
WILLIAM ALLEY, S.T.P., a native of Wycombe, Bucks, and educated at Eton, but finished his course of studies at Cambridge and Oxford, whilst Prebendary of St. Paul's, London, was fixed on by Queen Elizabeth to succeed the deprived Turberville. On 27th April, 1560, she issued her congé d'élire to our Dean and Chapter. It was delivered to the President, Chancellor Levison, on 5th May, in the absence of the newly elected Dean, Dr. Gregory Dodds: the election took place on 20th that month; but his consecration 14th July that year (Parker's 'Register,' fol. 80). The revenues of the see and of his chapter had of late been lamentably reduced: fortunately the Rectory of Honiton was given to the Bishop towards the better maintenance of his rank; and in its parochial church, and even in the rectory-house, he held several ordinations "in Rectoria - in domo Domini Episcopi apud Honyton," as we learn from his Registers. Owing to the impoverished state of the finances of his Dean and Chapter, with the unanimous consent of its members, and under the Royal authority, he diminished the number of the Canons of the Cathedral from twenty-four to nine. His statute for this purpose is dated 22nd February, 1560-1. Attempts were made at subsequent periods to set aside this ordinance, which conferred the power and emoluments on the favoured nine, to the exclusion of the other fifteen; but it proved useless to combat with a practice, legalised by time and due authority. Hoker, who knew the bishop well, commends his affability of manners, regularity of life, and singular learning; adding that "his library was replenished with all the best sort of writers, which most gladly he would impart, and make open to every good scholar and student, whose company and conference he did most desire and embrace;" but in his MS. 'History,' p. 359, in describing tho Mayor, Robert Midwynter, he says, that "in office he showed himself, as he was, an upright justice, and governed the city in very good order. In nothing was he more stowte, than he was against Bishop Alley, when he brought a commyssion to be a Justice of the Peace within the citie, contrary to the lybertes of the same." After governing the diocese for about nine years and a half, he died, according to his epitaph, on 15th April, 1570, aged 60, and was buried in the choir of his cathedral. He is known to the literary world by his 'Poor Man's Librarie,' printed in folio by John Day, London, 1565, or 'Lectures upon the First Epistle of Saint Peter, red publiquely in the Cathedrall Church of Saint Paule, within the Citye of London, in 1560. Here are adioyned at the ende of euery special treatise, certain fruitful annotacions called miscellanea, because they do entreate of diverse and sundry matters.'
Per Ray Alley, an Alley descendant from Northwood, Middlesex, England, the will of William Alley Bishop of Exeter reads as follows:
The T.N.O.G. Amen 1st day of April AD 1570 I William Alley by Permission of God Bishop of Exon (now Exeter) sick in body but perfect of remembrance make my last will and testament in like manner.
I bequeath my soul to Almighty God. My body to be buried in Christian burial that to my wife and friends she be thought most reverent. Item all my books of divinity to my son Roger Alley Archdeacon of Cornwall. I give to my son-in-law Christopher Bodleighe all my books of philosophy and physic. Item all my books of humanity to my younger sons to be given to them as they shall increase in learning some at one time and some at another as often as need shall require. To his servants John Martin and Robert Cole 10 pence each. The residue once my funeral and all debts discharged to my wife Sybil whom I make my sole executrix. She to see that all my children are goodly brought up and educated and to give them such further maintenance as shall meet and require such children to have.
He then names persons to see his will properly executed.
More About WILLIAM ALLEY, JR.:
Burial: April 1570, Chior of Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, England2
Education: Eaton, Cambridge & Oxford
Miscellaneous: Helped translate the Book of Deuteronomy into English3
Miscellaneous 2: 60 children by lst marriage & 17 by second
Occupation: July 14, 1560, Bishop of Exeter - Consecrated by The Bishop of Canterbury
Notes for SYBIL BODLEIGH:
Per Ray Alley, an Alley descendant from Middlesex, England, the possibility exists that Sybil's last name was actually Honacott. There are records of William Alley, Bishop of Exeter marrying a Sybil Honacott. This presents the possibility that William was married two and both wives had the first name of Sybil or Sybil Bodleigh may have married previously.
Children of WILLIAM ALLEY and SYBIL BODLEIGH are:
6. i. ROGER5 ALLEY, b. 1535, Devonshire, England; d. 1610.
7. ii. JEROME ALLEY, b. 1540, Devonshire, England; d. 1635.
Generation No. 5
6. ROGER5 ALLEY (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1535 in Devonshire, England3, and died 16103.
More About ROGER ALLEY:
Occupation: October 13, 1563, Archdeacon of Cornwall & Vicar of Pyeworthy4
Child of ROGER ALLEY is:
8. i. JEROME6 ALLEY, b. 1560, Devonshire, England; d. 1635, England.
7. JEROME5 ALLEY (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1540 in Devonshire, England5, and died 16355.
Children of JEROME ALLEY are:
i. PETER6 ALLEY, b. 15645; d. 1627, Retreat from Reo6.
Notes for PETER ALLEY:
Diary of William Camden (1603-1623): January 31, 1618: Peter Ally, sent back by Ralegh, reported he is in poor health, and that a number of volunteers have perished of disease.
More About PETER ALLEY:
Cause of Death: Killed in the Battle of the Retreat from Reo7
Miscellaneous: May be the same Peter Alley who served with Sir Walter Raleigh7
ii. AUSTIN ALLEY, b. 15657.
Generation No. 6
8. JEROME6 ALLEY (ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1560 in Devonshire, England8, and died 1635 in England8.
More About JEROME ALLEY:
Occupation: Vicar of Christ Church of Oxford
Children of JEROME ALLEY are:
9. i. THOMAS7 ALLEY, b. November 27, 1581, Oxford, England; d. 1656.
10. ii. FRANCIS ALLEY, b. 1588, Oxford, England; d. Virginia.
iii. JOHN ALLEY, b. 1590, England8.
More About JOHN ALLEY:
Migrated to: 1625, Virginia
11. iv. PHILLIP ALLEY, b. 1594; d. November 12, 1655, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.
Generation No. 7
9. THOMAS7 ALLEY (JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born November 27, 1581 in Oxford, England, and died 16568.
More About THOMAS ALLEY:
Occupation: Bet. 1602 - 1656, Rector of St. Mary's Church8
Child of THOMAS ALLEY is:
12. i. WILLIAM8 ALLEY, b. 1605, Oxford, England; d. Salem, Essex Co., MA.
10. FRANCIS7 ALLEY (JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1588 in Oxford, England8, and died in Virginia. He married WEALTHIAN SNELLING June 4, 1611 in Harberton, Devon, England9, daughter of THOMAS SNELLING and JOHANE ELFORD. She was born 1590 in Plympton, St. Mary, Devon, England10, and died in Virginia.
Notes for WEALTHIAN SNELLING:
>From "Genealogical Gleanings in England Abstracts of Wills Relating to Early American Families, With Genealogical Notes and Pedigrees Constructed From the Wills and from Other Records" by Henry F. Walters, pub. 1907 and reprinted in 1981 by Genealogical Printing Co., Balto., in Vol. II, p. 1079:
THOMAS SNELLING, clerk, vicar of Bridgerule, 30 May 1639, proved 11 August 1642. The poor of Bridgerule and the poor of Launcells. Towards the augmentation or enlarging of the Communion Cup of the parish of Bridgerule I do give and bequeath forty shillings sterling. My daughters Elizabeth, Margaret and Joane Snelling. Lands called little Torrage in Plimptom St. Mary's, Devon, which I hold the demise and grant of Sir Richard Strode knight. Margaret my wife. My brother Emanuell Snelling. My sister Welthian Alley and her children by FRANCIS ALLEY. My sister Florence Lapp....etc, etc. etc."
More About WEALTHIAN SNELLING:
Miscellaneous: 1642, Listed in her brother William's will & includes "her children of Francis Alley of Virginia"
Children of FRANCIS ALLEY and WEALTHIAN SNELLING are:
i. GARCIA8 ALLEY, b. 1611, Oxford, England10.
ii. CHRISTIAN ALLEY, b. 1612, Oxford, England10.
iii. ANN ALLEY, b. 1615, Oxford, England10.
iv. EDWARD ALLEY, b. 1620, Oxford, England10.
13. v. THOMAS ALLEY, b. 1625, England.
11. PHILLIP7 ALLEY (JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 159411, and died November 12, 1655 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. He married (1) SUSANNA UNKNOWN. He married (2) MARY PITTS. She was born Abt. 160011.
More About PHILLIP ALLEY:
Burial: November 1655, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA
Migrated to: 1630, America on the ship Swift from New Amsterdamn12
Occupation: Mariner
More About SUSANNA UNKNOWN:
Miscellaneous: Susanna divorced Phillip because he was "rough and hardy, drinking to excess"
Children of PHILLIP ALLEY and MARY PITTS are:
i. ROGER8 ALLEY, b. 1624; d. December 25, 1668; m. JANE BULLARD.
ii. GILES ALLEY, b. 1626.
Generation No. 8
12. WILLIAM8 ALLEY (THOMAS7, JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1605 in Oxford, England13, and died in Salem, Essex Co., MA.
More About WILLIAM ALLEY:
Migrated to: Salem, Essex Co., MA13
Children of WILLIAM ALLEY are:
i. GILES9 ALLEY, b. 1626, England13; d. 1688.
14. ii. JOHN ALLEY, b. 1628, Oxford, England; d. November 25, 1653, Newbury, Essex Co., MA.
15. iii. HENRY ALLEY, b. 1630, Oxford, England.
iv. EDWARD ALLEY, b. 1635, Essex Co., MA13.
More About EDWARD ALLEY:
Migrated to: Bef. 1668, Maryland
v. POPE ALLEY, b. 1640, Essex Co., MA13; m. ANN HARMAN; b. Abt. 164513.
More About POPE ALLEY:
Migrated to: Baltimore, Fairfield Co., OH
13. THOMAS8 ALLEY (FRANCIS7, JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1625 in England14. He married MARTHA RUTTER. She was born 1630 in England14.
Children of THOMAS ALLEY and MARTHA RUTTER are:
16. i. THOMAS9 ALLEY, b. 1655, England.
ii. ROGER ALLEY, b. 1660, Virginia14.
iii. WILLIAM RUTTER ALLEY, b. 166514; d. 171814; m. DIANAH UNKNOWN.
iv. ARTHUR ALLEY, b. 167014.
v. ANNE ALLEY, b. 167414.
vi. NICHOLAS ALLEY, b. 167614.
Generation No. 9
14. JOHN9 ALLEY (WILLIAM8, THOMAS7, JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1628 in Oxford, England15, and died November 25, 1653 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA. He married REBECCA AYERS 1648, daughter of JOHN AYERS and HANNAH WEBB. She was born 1626 in Salisbury, Essex Co., MA15.
Child of JOHN ALLEY and REBECCA AYERS is:
17. i. THOMAS10 ALLEY, b. 1650, Essex, Essex Co., MA; d. November 4, 1699, Rowley, Essex Co., MA.
15. HENRY9 ALLEY (WILLIAM8, THOMAS7, JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1630 in Oxford, England15.
More About HENRY ALLEY:
Migrated to: Haverhill, Essex Co., MA
Miscellaneous: 1686, Listed in Salem, Essex Co., MA15
Child of HENRY ALLEY is:
i. THOMAS10 ALLEY, b. Abt. 1650.
16. THOMAS9 ALLEY (THOMAS8, FRANCIS7, JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1655 in England16. He married MARY SEWARD 167816. She was born 165816.
More About THOMAS ALLEY:
Will: 1678
Children of THOMAS ALLEY and MARY SEWARD are:
i. HANNAH10 ALLEY, b. 1683, Rowley, Essex Co., MA; d. 1730, Henrico Co., VA; m. EDWARD D. REAVIS, Abt. 1710, Virginia; b. 1680, England17; d. 1751, Northampton Co., NC.
More About EDWARD D. REAVIS:
Burial: 1751, Northampton Co., NC
18. ii. THOMAS A. ALLEY, b. 1690, Isle of Wight Co., VA; d. 1773, Henrico Co., VA.
Generation No. 10
17. THOMAS10 ALLEY (JOHN9, WILLIAM8, THOMAS7, JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1650 in Essex, Essex Co., MA18, and died November 4, 1699 in Rowley, Essex Co., MA. He married (1) SARAH SILVER February 9, 1671/72 in Rowley, Essex Co., MA19, daughter of THOMAS SILVER. She was born October 18, 1655 in Essex, Essex Co., MA, and died October 6, 1680 in Rowley, Essex Co., MA20. He married (2) ABIGAIL KILLHAM October 10, 1681 in Rowley, Essex Co., MA. She was born 1663 in Essex Co., MA.
More About THOMAS ALLEY:
Burial: November 1699, Rowley, Essex Co., MA
Migrated to: 1700, Dover, Strafford Co., NH
More About SARAH SILVER:
Burial: 1680, Rowley, Essex Co., MA
Cause of Death: Childbith (Daughter Rebecca)
More About ABIGAIL KILLHAM:
Alternate/Nickname: Abagail Gillum
Migrated to: 1700, Dover, Strafford Co., NH
Children of THOMAS ALLEY and SARAH SILVER are:
i. SAMUEL11 ALLEY, b. April 7, 1675, Rowley, Essex Co., MA; d. 1764, Alley's Point, Dover, Strafford Co., NH; m. ELIZABETH THOMPSON, 1719; b. 1696.
More About SAMUEL ALLEY:
Burial: 1764, Alley's Point, Dover, Strafford Co., NH
More About ELIZABETH THOMPSON:
Burial: Alley's Point, Dover, Strafford Co., NH
ii. SARAH ALLEY, b. August 28, 1678, Rowley, Essex Co., MA.
iii. REBECCA ALLEY, b. October 6, 1680, Rowley, Essex Co., MA.
Children of THOMAS ALLEY and ABIGAIL KILLHAM are:
19. iv. THOMAS A.11 ALLEY, b. December 12, 1683, Rowley, Essex Co., MA; d. Abt. 1766, Henrico Co., VA.
v. ABIGAIL ALLEY, b. March 1, 1686/87, Georgetown, Essex Co., MA21.
vi. HANNAH ALLEY, b. 1693, Rowley, Essex Co., MA; d. 1730, Henrico Co., VA.
18. THOMAS A.10 ALLEY (THOMAS9, THOMAS8, FRANCIS7, JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1690 in Isle of Wight Co., VA22, and died 1773 in Henrico Co., VA23. He married FRANCIS REAVIS 1723 in Henrico Co., VA. She was born 1700 in Henrico Co., VA24, and died 1771 in Virginia.
More About THOMAS A. ALLEY:
Baptism: December 25, 1683, First Congregational Church by Rev. Samuel Phillips
Migrated to: 1716, Henrico Co., VA
Children of THOMAS ALLEY and FRANCIS REAVIS are:
i. THOMAS11 ALLEY, b. 1722, Henrico Co., VA24; d. May 29, 1780, Buford's Retreat, South Carolina25; m. JANE EALEY; b. 172326.
Notes for THOMAS ALLEY:
" Rebels and Redcoats"-"Buford's Defeat" was at the Waxhow of North Carolina or near the NC line, "113 Americans were killed on the field. 150 were maimed so badly that Tarleton was obliged to parole them where they lay. In the summer twilight they were loaded into wagons and carried to the church of the Waxhows, where the good Irishwomen of the neighborhood dressed their wounds and comforted the dying. Only 53 of Buford's men survived Tarlatan's bayonets and swords to be taken prisoner. Tarleton's loss was 5 killed, 14 wounded."
More About THOMAS ALLEY:
Cause of Death: Battle of Waxhaws (Buford's Retreat)27
Military: Private - Captain Robert Spotwood
ii. EDMUND ALLEY, b. 1727, Henrico Co., VA28; d. March 12, 1754.
20. iii. JAMES L. ALLEY, SR., b. 1728, Henrico Co., VA; d. November 1798, Russell Co., VA.
21. iv. DAVID ALLEY, SR., b. 1730, Henrico Co., VA; d. 1793.
v. MARY ALLEY, b. 1733, Henrico Co., VA28; d. 178928; m. RICHARD COTTRELL, 175328; b. 173028.
vi. DORCAS ALLEY, b. 1735, Virginia28; m. DAVID HALL, November 20, 1754, Goochland Co., VA; b. 173028.
vii. SAMUEL ALLEY, SR., b. 1747, Henrico Co., VA.
Generation No. 11
19. THOMAS A.11 ALLEY (THOMAS10, JOHN9, WILLIAM8, THOMAS7, JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born December 12, 1683 in Rowley, Essex Co., MA, and died Abt. 1766 in Henrico Co., VA.
Child of THOMAS A. ALLEY is:
22. i. JAMES12 ALLEY.
20. JAMES L.11 ALLEY, SR. (THOMAS A.10, THOMAS9, THOMAS8, FRANCIS7, JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1728 in Henrico Co., VA29, and died November 1798 in Russell Co., VA. He married AZBY CHRISTIAN 1750 in Henrico Co., VA30, daughter of SAMPSON CHARLES CHRISTIAN. She was born 1730 in Netherlands30, and died April 10, 1798 in Virginia.
More About JAMES L. ALLEY, SR.:
Miscellaneous: May have had a son named Cyrus31
Miscellaneous 2: 1777, James was on the payroll as a soldier at Moore's Fort, Washington Co., VA
Occupation: 1786, Constable of Castlewood, VA31
Children of JAMES ALLEY and AZBY CHRISTIAN are:
23. i. FRANCES12 ALLEY, b. 1750, Petersburg, Petersburg Co., VA; d. 1777, Near Ft. Blackmore, Scott Co., VA.
24. ii. JAMES L. ALLEY, JR., b. 1753, Scott Co., VA; d. August 2, 1832, Roane Co., TN.
25. iii. THOMAS JOSEPH ALLEY, SR., b. 1755, Henrico Co., VA; d. May 27, 1834, Scott Co., VA.
26. iv. PETER ALLEY, SR., b. February 9, 1757, Henrico Co., VA; d. January 9, 1831, Nicklesville, Scott Co., VA.
v. HOSEA ALLEY, b. 1759, Henrico Co., VA31; d. July 11, 1824, Scott Co., VA; m. ABIGAIL HALSEY, 1800, Henrico Co., VA31; b. 1775, Virginia.
27. vi. SAMUEL JAY ALLEY, b. June 25, 1761, Henrico Co., VA; d. August 12, 1847, Shelby Co., IN.
28. vii. MARY ALLEY, b. 1762, Floyd Co., KY; d. Aft. 1803, Virginia.
viii. JONATHAN ALLEY, b. July 8, 1764, Henrico Co., VA; d. August 25, 1841, Franklin Co., IN; m. MARY B. PORTER, April 24, 1790, Virginia31; b. February 25, 1771, Guilford Co., NC; d. 1842, Metamora, Franklin Co., IN32.
More About JONATHAN ALLEY:
Miscellaneous: 1782, Indian Spy33
ix. JANE ALLEY, b. 1767, Virginia34.
x. DAVID K. ALLEY, b. 1768, Virginia34; d. Bef. November 14, 1838, Frankilin Co., IN; m. JANE UNKNOWN, 179534.
xi. ELIZABETH ALLEY, b. 1772, Russell Co., VA34; d. 1843, Missouri34; m. (1) ANDREW SPEER, April 11, 1811; m. (2) ANDREW SPEAR, April 13, 1812, Franklin Co., VA; b. 176034.
More About ANDREW SPEAR:
Alternate/Nickname: Jacob Spear34
21. DAVID11 ALLEY, SR. (THOMAS A.10, THOMAS9, THOMAS8, FRANCIS7, JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1730 in Henrico Co., VA35, and died 1793. He married ELIZABETH HARRELSON in Henrico Co., VA. She was born 174035.
More About DAVID ALLEY, SR.:
Military: Revolutionary War35
Child of DAVID ALLEY and ELIZABETH HARRELSON is:
29. i. DAVID ALLEN12 ALLEY, b. 1760.
Generation No. 12
22. JAMES12 ALLEY (THOMAS A.11, THOMAS10, JOHN9, WILLIAM8, THOMAS7, JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1)
Child of JAMES ALLEY is:
30. i. SAMUEL13 ALLEY.
23. FRANCES12 ALLEY (JAMES L.11, THOMAS A.10, THOMAS9, THOMAS8, FRANCIS7, JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1750 in Petersburg, Petersburg Co., VA36, and died 1777 in Near Ft. Blackmore, Scott Co., VA37. She married UNKNOWN NAPPIER.
Notes for FRANCES ALLEY:
Killing of Fanny Napper and Her Children By Emory L. Hamilton
From the unpublished manuscript, Indian Atrocities Along the Clinch, Powell and Holston Rivers, pages 52-53.
In a letter written from Metamora, Indiana, by Samuel Alley, to Dr. Lyman C. Draper, dated April 28, 1884, (1) he says:
My father's sister, Fanny Napper and her five (5) children were killed and scalped by Indians near Fort Blackmore. I was born in a few yards of the fort in 1801, and have just returned from a visit to my old birthplace. The ground where the fort stood was being cultivated. A large apple tree stands near the fort that my father set out. It is to this day called the "John Alley Apple Tree".
My aunt and family were killed, I think, in 1777. My father was born at Petersburg, VA, in 1760, and settled on Clinch when a young boy. Died on Piper Creek, Franklin Co., Indiana, in 1842, where I now live, aged 82 years.
Fanny Napper was a daughter of James Alley, Sr., who along with his brother Thomas Alley, Sr., were very early settlers on the Clinch River in the present Scott Co., VA. The writer has been unable to discover in the area any details of just how she and her five children were slain, but in the Shane Historical Collection (2) of the Draper Manuscripts is an interview with Jessee Graddy who tells of his trip from Virginia to Kentucky with his arrival at the Crab Orchard in Lincoln Co., KY, September 3, 1777. If Graddy is telling of the killing of Fanny Napper, which he undoubtedly is, although he mentions no names, then she and her children must have been slain in July or August of 1777, Graddy says:
The morning before we came to the ford of Clinch (Blackmore's Station was 10 miles beyond that) these murders were committed. A mother and four (4) children killed within eight of the fort. The husband was in the field, but escaped. A girl about half grown, and three little boys tomahawked and scalped, who were talking while their brains were boiling out. The grandmother asked them if they saw their little brother (this is perhaps the 5th child). What had become of him? Said they didn't know. These were Dutch people. (3)
We stayed a good part of the day. Their aunt sat on a stump in sight of the fort and cried all day. Went by Blackmore's Station next day and didn't see the smoke of a chimney after that until we got to Boonesboro. The pretty springs of water and the woods rendered Powell Valley exceedingly beautiful. I could have stopped very freely in it. A rock road all the way down and mountains to one side of us. Just before we got to the foot of Cumberland Mountain the company, three fourths of a mile ahead of us, had all their horses stolen. They could do nothing better than just turn their featherbeds loose. They could do nothing with them about their cattle. We never saw any Indians and were not interrupted. I was most afraid coming down Cumberland Mountain. The place was narrow and rocky. Stood up on either side not broader than a house. Woods more beautiful in Cumberland Valley than any other place.
(1) Draper Mss 5 C 70
(2) Draper Mss 13 CC 130
(3) In early days in this area it was very common to refer to people of German extraction as being Dutch. The word Napper, variantly spelled Napier or Nappier, is perhaps from the German. The name is still to be found in this area and the spelling usually takes the form of the latter two
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More About FRANCES ALLEY:
Alternate/Nickname: Fanny
Cause of Death: Killed by Indians37
Children of FRANCES ALLEY and UNKNOWN NAPPIER are:
i. GIRL13 NAPPIER, d. 1777, Near Ft. Blackmore, Scott Co., VA37.
More About GIRL NAPPIER:
Cause of Death: Killed by Indians37
ii. FOUR BOY CHILDREN NAPPIER, d. 1777, Near Ft. Blackmore, Scott Co., VA37.
More About FOUR BOY CHILDREN NAPPIER:
Cause of Death: Killed by Indians37
24. JAMES L.12 ALLEY, JR. (JAMES L.11, THOMAS A.10, THOMAS9, THOMAS8, FRANCIS7, JEROME6, ROGER5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1753 in Scott Co., VA38, and died August 2, 1832 in Roane Co., TN. He married MASSEY SAUNDERS May 1781 in Helico Block House. She was born 1759 in Tennessee39, and died April 1849 in Tennessee.
More About JAMES L. ALLEY, JR.:
Military: Revolutionary War40
Children of JAMES ALLEY and MASSEY SAUNDERS are:
i. ELIZABETH13 ALLEY, b. 178441; d. 1840, Tennessee41; m. JEREMIAH HATFIELD, 181041; b. Abt. 177641; d. 184041.
31. ii. DAVID ALLEY, b. Abt. 1785.
iii. JAMES ALLEY, b. 1790, Virginia41; m. DELILAH SAILOR, 1820.
iv. FRANCES ALLEY, b. 179141; m. JAMES DEAN, Wayne Co., KY41; b. Abt. 1794.
More About JAMES DEAN:
Migrated to: Tennessee
v. SARAH ALLEY, b. 179341; m. THOMAS DECKER, 181841; b. Abt. 179641.
vi. DOSHEA ALLEY, b. 179641; m. JACOB MEADOWS, 181941; b. Abt. 1795.