Matthew ALLYN

1605 - 1671  (~ 65 years)

• Name	Matthew ALLYN  [1, 2]
  	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. [1]
  Christening	17 Apr 1605  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Son of Richard Allyn and Margaret Wyott of Braunton, Devon England.   [1]
  Death	7 Feb 1670/1  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I82989	Main Tree
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2020

  
  

  Family	Margaret WYATT,   b. England d. 12 Sep 1675
  Marriage	2 Feb 1626/7  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Col. John ALLYN,   c. 24 Feb 1630   d. 6 Nov 1696 (Age ~ 66 years)  [Birth] + 2. Capt Thomas ALLYN,   b. Abt 1635   d. 14 Feb 1695/6 (Age 61 years)  [Birth] + 3. Mary ALLYN   d. 29 Jul 1689  [Birth]  [Foster]
  Family ID	F33901	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Fact - - Son of Richard Allyn and Margaret Wyott of Braunton, Devon England.  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking. [S10371] Lucius Barnes Barbour, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut.