Person:John Allyn (2)

Colonel John Allyn
chr.24 Feb 1630/31 Braunton, Devon, England
m. 2 Feb 1626/27
  1. Mary Allyn1627/28 - 1689
  2. Colonel John Allyn1630/31 - 1696
  3. Captain Thomas AllynEst 1633 - 1695/96
  • HColonel John Allyn1630/31 - 1696
  • WAnn SmithEst 1635 -
m. 19 Nov 1651
  1. Anna Allyn1654 - 1734/35
  2. Mary Allyn1657 - 1724
  3. Margaret Allyn1660 - 1732/33
  4. Martha Allyn1667 - 1732
m. Aft 1675
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Colonel John Allyn
Gender Male
Christening[1] 24 Feb 1630/31 Braunton, Devon, England
Marriage 19 Nov 1651 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Ann Smith
Marriage Aft 1675 to Hannah Lamberton
Death[2][3] 11 Nov 1696 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[2][5] Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[4] 12 Nov 1696 £1806-13-10. Taken by Cyprian Nickols, Thomas Bunce & Joseph Easton.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Matthew Allyn, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    42-43.

    "John (Allyn), bp. Braunton, Devonshire, 24 February 1630/1 [NEHGR 51:213; TAG 57:116]; …"

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Col. John Allyn, in Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977)
    6-7.

    "Col. John Allyn. Died Nov 11, 1696 bur Center Ch. … His father gave him lands in Hartford Jan 3, 1653 for a marriage portion; townsman 1655; was chosen cornet of the troop March 1657-8; town clerk of Hartford 1659-1696; deputy, 1661; magistrate 1662 and many following sessions; Secretary of the Colony 1663-5.; again elected 1667 and held the office until 1695; he was chosen, with Samuel Wyllys and John Talcott, by the freemen of the Colony, Oct 9, 1662, to take the Charter into their custody for safe keeping.

    'Here lyes interred the body of the Honourable Lt. Col. John Allyn who served His Generation in the Capacity of a Magistrate, Secretary of the Colony of Connecticut 34 years. Who dyed Nov 6 in the year 1696.'

    The ancient records of the Colony and Town furnish ample evidence of his intelligence and industry."

  3. 3.0 3.1 John Allyn, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:43.

    "Allyn, John, Hartford, s. of Matthew, b. in Eng. m. 19 Nov. 1651, Ann, d. of Henry Smith of Springfield, gr.d. of William Pynchon, had Ann, b. 18 Aug. 1654; Mary, 3 Apr. 1657; Margaret, 29 July 1660; Rebecca, 2 Mar. 1665, d. young; Martha, 27 July 1667; and Eliz. 1 Dec. 1669. By sec. w. Hannah, d. of George Lamberton, wid. of Samuel Welles of Wethersfield, I suppose, he had no ch. He was many yrs. Secr. of the Col. after 1657, when he was lieut. rose to be col. an Assist. in 1662, and many yrs. foll. and of the Counc. under Sir Edmund Andros in 1687, and d. 6 Nov. 1696, leav. large est. to the five ds. Ann m. 1676, as his sec. w. Joseph Whiting of Hartford; Mary m. 6 Oct. 1686, Col. William Whiting; Margaret m. a. 1684, William Southmayd of Middletown, as his sec. w. Martha m. Aaron Cooke the third; and Eliz. m. 21 Dec. 1704, as his sec. w. Alexander Allen of Windsor; and next John Gardiner of Gardiner's isl. Increase Mather includes, in his Relat. of Ind. Wars, the Account of the troubles preced. and during that with the Pequots, writ. by Allyn, filling 19 of his pages.

    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage, 4:673] [Vol. 1.] P. 43. l. 15, aft. m. ins. 3 Jan. 1684,"

  4. Allyn, Col. John, Hartford, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:395-96.

    "Probate Records. Vol. V, 1687 to 1695. Page 227-8.

    Allyn, Col. John, Hartford. Invt. £1806-13-10. Taken 12 November, 1696, by Cyprian Nickols, Thomas Bunce & Joseph Easton.

    Note: Items from the Inventory of Col. John Allyn:

    Two Negroes: A Man and Woman, in Cash, £45-00-00
    A Bill due from Robert Lane, £145-00-00
    A Tankard, £8-00-00
    A Candle Cup, £3-06-00
    A Salt Seller, £3-09-06
    A Dram Cup, £10-06
    A large Spoon, £13-06
    A Ditto (broken), £8-00
    £8-00
    In Cash & Plate, £206-15-06

    Court Record, Page 121-2-3—18 November, 1696: Adms. to Joseph Whiting, William Whiting & Aaron Cooke. They are to report to this Court March next. And further, this Court do appoint Sergt. Thomas Bunce & Mr. William Pitkin to Dist. the Estate as follows:

    To the Relict 1-3 part of the Real Estate during life, £406-00-02
    The Real Estate in all amounts to £1220-05-00
    To Each of the five children, £162-14-00
    To the Relict in Moveables, £46-00-02
    To each of the Children in Moveables, £46-00-02
    To the Relict, Plate & Money, £24-02-09 ½
    To Each of the Children, in Cash & Plate, 24-02-09 ½

    The 1-3 to the Relict in Real Estate, to be divided to the Children after her decease.

    Record on File: 23 November, 1696: To the Widow of Col. John Allyn, To William Whiting, To William Southmayd, To Aaron Cooke, To Elizabeth Allyn; by Thomas Bunce & William Pitkin.

    Page 146—(Vol. IV) 4 March, 1696-7: Report of the Dist. of the Estate of Col. John Allyn, per Sergt. Thomas Bunce and William Pitkin."

  5. Col John Allyn, in Find A Grave.