Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

ALLYN.
THOMAS ALLYN.
This name is variously written on the records, Allyn,
AUyne, Allin and Allen ;
but the descendants of Mr. Thomas
Allyn, one of the first settlers in Barnstable, usually write
their name Allyn. He owned a large estate, and was probably
the most wealthy among the first settlers. The date
when he first came over is not ascertained. It appears, by
an aflSdavit made by him March, 1654, on the Plymouth
Colony records, that his ancestors resided not far from Taun-r
ton, in England. His business is not stated ; but he was
probably engaged in trade. It appears by the document
above referred to, that he was in England in 1649, on business
of his own, and as the agent of "divers friends." This
visit he speaks of as "att my last being in Ould England,"
implying that he had "returned home" more than once after
he first came over.
The records of the laying out of the lands in Barnstable
in 1639 are lost.* The entries made of the lands of Mr.
Allyn furnish the best information we have on the subject.
The house lots contained from six to twelve acres, and were
all laid out on the north side of the highway west of Rendezvous
Lane. In 1654, Mr. Allen owned six of the original
house lots, namely
No. 1. Originally Isaac Robinson's contained eight
Note.—In respect to these records, I have the following information
: My Great-Grandfather, Solomon Oliis, was many years Register
of Ppeds. My father informed me that he had heard many inquire for
them, and that his grandfather's uniform answer was, that they were
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in early times carried to Plymouth, and were there lost hy Are. This
is tradition ; but considering the directness of the testimony, I think it
reliable.