Rallendra, Alester

Alester Rallendra, on the John & Sara passenger list.¹,²

There is no surname “Rallendra” in: Black, George Fraser, 1866-1948. The Surnames of Scotland, Their Origin Meaning and History, (New York: New York Public Library & Readex Books, 1962) First published in 1946. But there are the surnames: Roland, Rolland, and Rollande.

First Generation in the New World

1. ALESTER¹ RALLENDRA,

Biographical Notes:
“Royalist prisoner. Transported to Boston, Mass., on John and Sarah, ex London, 11 Nov., 1651” (N.E.R. i, 379).

There is no surname “Rallendra” in: Black, George Fraser, 1866-1948. The Surnames of Scotland, Their Origin Meaning and History, (New York: New York Public Library & Readex Books, 1962) First published in 1946. But there are the surnames: Roland, Rolland, and Rollande.

There is no surname “Rallendra” in the NEHGS online records. A search does bring up Roland, Rolland, Rowland, etc. in New England records but no Alester or Alexander with these surnames.

Published on: 09 Dec 2014
Updated: 08 Apr 2020
Researcher: Teresa (Hamilton/Pepper) Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust

1. /battle-of-worcester-documents/ [↩]
2. “Alester Rallendra, 11/11/1651, Scotch Prisoners Sent to Massachusetts in 1652, By Order of the English Government” https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/rd/21065/378/1425475533 [↩]