Robert ALLYN

1608 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Robert ALLYN
  Birth	1608	Manchester, Lancastershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I29302	kirkpatrick
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2006

  
  

  Family	Sarah UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1624, London, Middlesex, England d. Aft 5 Dec 1683, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age ~ 59 years)
  Marriage	1642	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Hannah ALLYN,   b. 1650, New London, New London, Connecticut d. 5 Jan 1745, Stongingham, New London, Connecticut (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F5029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2007

  
  

• Notes

  Robert Allyn, the first of that name in this country, was probably bornin England about 1608. He is known to have lived in Salem. Massachusetts,in 1636, and was admitted to the church there in 1642. He was aproprietor at Jeffery's Creek in 1638 and a constable there in 1648. InMarch, 1651, he emigrated with the Glouster Company to New London,Connecticut, and was allotted land on Cape Ann Lane. He later, in 1656,obtained a large tract of land on the east bank of the Thames, thencalled the Pequod river, at a place still called Allyn's Point. This wasthen in the town of New London but by changes in boundaries it soonbecame the town of Ledyard. He was one of a company which purchased landin Norwich or "New Norridge" where he was a constable in 1669. He died in1683 in Ledyard leaving five children by his wife Sarah--a son John, andfour daughters--Sarah, wife of George Geer; Mary, wife of Thomas Park;Hannah, wife of Thomas Rose; Deborah, who afterwards married John GagerJr.