This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hZ.2ADIB/1707 Message Board Post: Henry Allison,blacksmith in NYC,married to Cornelia was 43 in 1850. He's my great-grandfather. I believe his father was one of the 20 Allison heads of families living in Orange Co.,NY in 1790. Any and all info in re this and where all of those families immigrated from would be greatly appreciated.