Birth Notes:
James Alison ^ is the first ancestor of this immediate branch of the Alisons at Cairnduff, Avondale, county of Lanark, Scotland, whose Christian name is definitely known, after the family again emerged into historic prominence. The name of his father is not known, but it was probably John or Alexander Alison, as those Christian names seemed to alternately prevail during the long historical obscurity iu which the Alisons rested.
James Alison was born at Cairnduff in 1621. and resided on the farm at Windyedge, where he died about 1670. He married Jean, daughter of Samuel Wilson, of Rigfoot, East Kilbride. She survived her husband, and it was from his cottage at Windyedge that the notorious Claverhouse, the persecutor of the Covenanters, received refreshments while on his flight, after his defeat at the battle of Drumcloy, iu 1679. The date of his death is unknown.
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Death Notes:
James Alison ^ is the first ancestor of this immediate branch of the Alisons at Cairnduff, Avondale, county of Lanark, Scotland, whose Christian name is definitely known, after the family again emerged into historic prominence. The name of his father is not known, but it was probably John or Alexander Alison, as those Christian names seemed to alternately prevail during the long historical obscurity iu which the Alisons rested.
James Alison was born at Cairnduff in 1621. and resided on the farm at Windyedge, where he died about 1670. He married Jean, daughter of Samuel Wilson, of Rigfoot, East Kilbride. She survived her husband, and it was from his cottage at Windyedge that the notorious Claverhouse, the persecutor of the Covenanters, received refreshments while on his flight, after his defeat at the battle of Drumcloy, iu 1679. The date of his death is unknown.
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Sources of information or noted events in his life were:
• Web Based Info. James Alison ^ is the first ancestor of this immediate branch of the Alisons at Cairnduff, Avondale, county of Lanark, Scotland, whose Christian name is definitely known, after the family again emerged into historic prominence. The name of his father is not known, but it was probably John or Alexander Alison, as those Christian names seemed to alternately prevail during the long historical obscurity iu which the Alisons rested.
James Alison was born at Cairnduff in 1621. and resided on the farm at Windyedge, where he died about 1670. He married Jean, daughter of Samuel Wilson, of Rigfoot, East Kilbride. She survived her husband, and it was from his cottage at Windyedge that the notorious Claverhouse, the persecutor of the Covenanters, received refreshments while on his flight, after his defeat at the battle of Drumcloy, iu 1679. The date of his death is unknown.
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James married Jean Wilson, daughter of Samuel Wilson and Unknown.
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