Margaret NEWBERRY

Margaret married Return STRONG on 23 May 1689. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military Service: A famous Captain in the Indian Wars

Benjamin married Mary ALLYN on 11 Jun 1646. Mary (daughter of Matthew ALLYN and Margaret WYATT) died on 29 Jul 1689. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Dau. of Matthew Allyn and Margaret Wyott

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• Fact: Son of Richard Newberry and Grace Matthew

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He was one of the richest men among the colonists and a merchant; he had an excellent education and was engaged in legal study in London during several terms of the Court of Chancery. (Chancery Proceedings, series 2, 342-65.) In 1626, he occupied an estate called "Coweleyes" in Marshwood, co. Dorset. he turned Puritan when a young man and sailed for New England in April, 1634. His first appearance on the records of New England is as a grantee of lands in Dorchester, Mass., Sept. 1, 1634; he subsequently received several other large grants of land there. His name invariably appears on the records with the prefix "Mr." for he was of the highest social standing. He joined the church in Dorchester soon after his arrival and on Sept. 3, 1634, was admitted a Freeman of Mass., and immediately became prominent in public affairs, being chosen Selectman Oct. 28, 1634, when it was "agreed that their shall be Tenn men chosen to order all the affayres of the Plantation, to continue for one yeare & to meete monethly according to the order Oct; 8, 1633." On Mar. 4, 1634-5 and May 6, 1635, he was Deputy for Dorchester to the General Cour. On May 6, he was "chosen overseer of the worke att Castle Ileland, in the roome of Roger Ludlowe, Esq." et. At the session of July 8, he was apppointed one of a committee of two "to sett out the bounds betwixte Wessaguscus & Barecove." He was an active leader in the project for the settling of Windsor but died before its accomplishment; he had, however, visited the site of the new town and his widow and children went there after his death.

After the death of Mrs. Newberry, her husband m. (2) about 1630 Jane, who was perhaps Jane Dabinott of Chardstock, dau. of John Dabinott and a cousin of his first wife. Thomas Newberry was her guardian. Her father had left her over 150 pounds when married with the consent of her mother and his overseers, Christopher Dabinott and Thomas Newberry; perhaps the latter "consented" she should marry himself. Jane, his second wife went to New England with him in 1634 and after his death married Rev. John WARHAM.

Thomas married Joane DABINOTT about 1619. Joane was born about 1600; died about 1629. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Dau. of Christopher Dabinott of Yarcombe, Devon, England

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• 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]

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