John Allston (1666-1719) emigrated from England to Berkeley District, South Carolina, likely accompanying Governor John Archdale in 1694. His descendants and relatives spread across South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, among other places. This account traces the family lineage, providing genealogical details that reach back to the 1300s in England. It encompasses related families such as Ballard, Crawford, Groves, Hawkins, Peques, and Williams, offering a comprehensive view of the interconnected family history.
Preface
My endeavor in compiling these notes has been to collect the genealogical records of the Alston family in America, and to have them so arranged that the Ancestral lines can be easily traced, and the relationship marked out. In some lines family details are fully given, in others less so. I availed myself of all the reliable information that was obtainable. We would have been glad to have been able to insert more extended historical notes throughout the entire work, but such has been unobtainable, except from a few of the many prominent and well-known members. In a few families all records have been lost, and no trace of them can be found.
While all families have not been fully traced, yet it is hoped that sufficient data have been given to enable such to connect and trace the relationship.
In recording families, we have given the wife’s maiden name instead of her married name. Thus—
John Alston and Mary Clark.
William Allston and Esther LaBruce, etc., etc.
In giving names, they are frequently recorded by the more familiar one by which they have been addressed and spoken of among friends and acquaintances, and by which they will be more readily recognized. – Joseph A. Groves
Explanations Of Symbols
= indicates union by marriage, likewise
m. denotes marriage,
wf. denotes wife.
dau. denotes daughters or daughter,
d. denotes died or dead,
ch. denotes child or children,
issue denotes child or children,
s. denotes sons or son.
s p. denotes without issue,
d. s. p. denotes died without issue,
unm. denotes unmarried.
q. v. denotes to be referred to again for further details.
Source
Groves, Joseph A. The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina : compiled from English, colonial and family records, with personal reminiscences, also notes of some allied families. Durham, NC : The Seeman Printery, Inc., 1957.