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/1613.1.2 Message Board Post: My great-grandfather,Henry,married to Cornelia,was a blacksmith in NYC in 1850. I am about 60% sure that his father,William,came from Haverstraw,NY. The 1790 census shows 20 Allison heads of household in Orange Co.,NY. Have you unearthed anything in re their homeland. I suspect Scotland.