 In any event, Allerton's family became wealthy, with indentured servants, and owned a plantation on the south side of the Rappahannock River.In 1688, he along with Captain George Brent of Stafford County, Virginia (former Governor of Maryland) and Captain Lawrence Washington were named by their friend, Col. Nicholas Spencer Jr. to serve as trustees of his estates.Captain Washington, named by Spencer as a trustee, was the younger brother of Lieutenant Colonel John Washington and was born in 1635.