Georgetown County, South Carolina family. Robert F.W. Allston (1801-1864), a plantation owner and politician, was the son of Benjamin Allston, Jr. (d. 1809) and Charlotte Anne Allston. He married Adele Petigru (sister of James Louis Petigru), and their children were: Benjamin Allston (1833-1900), Robert Allston (1834-1839), Charlotte Francis Allston, Louise Gibert Allston, William Petigru Allston, Charles Petigru Allston (1848-1922), Jane Louise Allston, who married Charles Albert Hill, Adele Allston (d. 1915), who married Arnoldus Vanderhorst (1835-1881), and Elizabeth Waties Allston (1845-1921), who married John Julius Pringle (1842-1876). John Julius Pringle was the son of John Julius Izard Pringle and Mary Izard Pringle, who later married Joel R. Poinsett (1779-1851). Elizabeth Frances Allston, a cousin of Robert F.W. Allston, married Dr. Joseph Blyth.
From the description of Allston family papers, 1730-1901. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35916116
