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- William Allen may be the "Wm Allin" on board the Hopewell, sailing toBarbadoes from England on Feb 17, 1634, This was a route often used bythose leaving England for the "southern colonies". He was "of Boston" onNovember 13, 1673. a refugee from Manhattan. He had been expelled by theDutch when they captured that town. William is supposed to havemarried ??? Riggs. He made his will December 15, 1674 and it was provedJanuary 26 1674/5 (Suffolk Probate' Vol. 6 p. 133). The testatorbequeathed "unto Lydia Benjamin, wife of John of Watertown". On January26, 1674/5 John Benjamin appeared in court and renounced his executorship"in the right of Lydia his wife, to the will'. In the Boston TranscriptNovember 23, 1940, there was some discussion as to why John refused thebequest of William Allen. They felt it was either too small to warrantthe trouble of complying with the legal formalities involved in receivingit, or there was some question as to whether the property was honestlyacquired.
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