Col. John ALLYN

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He was one of the most prominent men in the Colony. Selectman of Hartford in 1655-1660; Town Clerk, 1659-1696; Deputy, October session 1661, Clerk of the Courts and of the First Church of Hartford; Secretary of the Colony from August, 1663 to May 1665 and from May, 1667 to May, 1696; was chosen Magistrate in May, 1662, and re-elected until death. He was chosen with Samuel Wyllys and John Talcott to take the charter into their custody for safe-keeping. Member of the Council under Andros. He was appointed a Commissioner respecting the boundary of New York and to treat with the Five Nations, and again respecting the union of the two Colonies in 1663. He was possessed of fine abilities and of great and untiring energy. "During the latter portion of his life probably no individual in Connecticut possessed greater influence in the public affairs of the Colony than he." His funeral was attended y the Governor and Council of the Colony. His monument is still standing in the old burying ground at Hartford.

John married Ann SMITH on 19 Nov 1651. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary ALLYN was born on 3 Apr 1657 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 14 Dec 1724 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

John married Hannah LAMBERTON after 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Richard Allyn and Margaret Wyott of Braunton, Devon England.

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He emigrated with the original Braintree company in 1632 to Cambridge, Mass., where he had given him the next year, 45 rods of the "Comon Plaes." (Gov. Haynes had 70 and John Benjamin 50 rods, granted them.) In 1635, he owned five houses on the town plot of Cambridge. In May, 1638, he was lodged with Roger Williams' at Providence. (Mass. Hist. Coll., fourth series, 6, pp. 244, 247.) He was made Freeman, March 4, 1634/5 and Representative, march, 1635/6. It is thought he removed to Hartford in 1637,--at any rate he was an original proprietor there and owned the first mill in Hartford. His house lot was on the road to the "Neck," now Windsor Street and he owned over 180 acres in that and nine other lots. He was excommunicated by the Church in Hartford and June 3, 1644, he appealed to the General Court for redress. The records do not show how the affair was settled, but it may have been the cause of his removal to Windsor. Nevertheless, few men in the colony had more influence or received more honors than he. He was Deputy fro Windsor from May, 1648, to March, 1652 inclusive, excepting the sessions of May 21, 1650, Feb 5, 1651 and Oct 6, 1651, and from Sept. 1654 to March, 1657/8, excepting the session of May 21, 1657. Assistant from May, 1658 to October, 1667 inclusive; Commissioner for the United Colonies 1660 and 1664, and frequently appointed upon important committees by the General Court. He was named in the Charter of 1662. "He was eminently a man of affairs and and active and public spirited citizen," but the Court Records indicate that he was of a litigious spirit. In May, 1660, "Mr. Mathew Allyn is chosen Moderator to supply the place of ye Governor and Dep: in case of their occasional absenc from ye Gen: Court." He also served as Moderator at the sessions of August 28, 1661, May 15, 1662 and July 22, 1662.

Matthew married Margaret WYATT on 2 Feb 1626/7. Margaret was born in England; died on 12 Sep 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Dau. of John Wyott and Frances Chichester of Braunton, Devon, England