Major John Alston

1673 - 1758  (84 years)    Has 21 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	John Alston
  Prefix	Major
  Birth	29 Dec 1673	Felmersham, Bedfordshire, England
  Christening	31 Dec 1673	Felmersham, Bedfordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1758	Chowan County, North Carolina, USA
  Person ID	I84899	Geneagraphie
  Links To	This person is also Col John Alston of North Carolina at THE KINGS CANDLESTICKS
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	Solomon Alston,   b. 1648   d. 1721 (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mary Pasfield,   b. 1649
  Family ID	F320381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Clark,   b. 1684, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Virginia, USA d. Aft 1758 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1700	Bertie County, North Carolina, USA
  Children	+ 1. Solomon Alston,   b. Abt 1701, Chowan County, North Carolina, USA d. 18 Apr 1784, Warren County, North Carolina, USA (Age 83 years)   2. Joseph J. Alston,   b. 1702, Chowan County, North Carolina, USA d. 1781, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA (Age 79 years)   3. William Alston,   b. Abt 1703, Chowan County, North Carolina, USA d. 1743, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA (Age 40 years)   4. Phillip Alston,   b. Abt 1705, Chowan County, North Carolina, USA d. 20 Nov 1783, Warren County, North Carolina, USA (Age 78 years)   5. Mary Alston,   b. Abt 1709, Chowan County, North Carolina, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 6. James Alston,   b. Abt 1710, Chowan County, North Carolina, USA d. 1761, Orange County, North Carolina, USA (Age 51 years)   7. Elizabeth Alston,   b. Abt 1711, Chowan County, North Carolina, USA d. Yes, date unknown   8. Sarah Alston,   b. Abt 1713, Chowan County, North Carolina, USA d. Yes, date unknown   9. Martha Alston,   b. Abt 1715, Chowan County, North Carolina, USA d. Yes, date unknown   10. Charity Alston,   b. Abt 1717, Chowan County, North Carolina, USA d. Mar 1764 (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F137854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2001

  
  

• Documents

  ALSTON of Wethersfield ESS & Nth Carolina America

  
  

  Histories	2 Histories
  	The Parentage of Colonel John Alston of Chowan County, North Carolina
  	Background Research Commentary and Conjecture over the years:

  
  

• Notes

  First mention in NC in land patent 1711,270 A on NW side of Bennetts Creek (now Gates, NC) Commissioned Assistant Justice of the Peace of the court of Oyer and Terminer in 1729. 1738 elected Vestryman of St. Pauls Parish, Chowan County and served until 1747. Associate Justice of the peace of the Surpreme Court of North Carolina. He signed his will on 02/20/1755 in Chowan, NC. He bequeathed land on the White Oak River. Came to North Carolina before 1720, and was associate justice of the colony, 1724-30. SOURCE: Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 333 See also John Alston