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- "Matthew Allyn -- Bpt. 17 Apr. 1605, Braunton, Devon. Died 1 Feb. 1670/1, Windsor, CT. He m. Margaret Wyatt, 2 Feb. 1626/7, Braunton. She was baptized 8 Mar. 1594/5, Braunton, daughter of John and Frances (Chichester) Wyatt of Braunton. Banks (1930-97) says that he probably came on the "Charles", which sailed from nearby Barnstable, Devon on 10 Apr. 1632 and landed at Boston on June 5. Aboard were twenty passengers but only Timothy Hatherly was named. Matthew lived in Cambridge, MA, Hartford, CT and finally Windsor, CT. There is a will of William Thorne of Devon, dated 17 Feb. 1637, proved 23 Nov. 1650, that indicates he bought lands from Matthew Allen (Ref: Waters--p. 932)."
--- Burton Spear, * ... Mary & John 1630*, v 17, 1992, p 11
2759. Margaret (2) WYATT was christened on 8 Mar 1594/95 in Braunton, co. Devon, England. Or: 18 Mar 1594/5 (Burton Spear, v. 17, 1992, p 12) She died on 12 Sep 1675 in prob Windsor CT; date uncertain. 9th ggm of Gordon Fisher
Roberts, *The Royal Descents ... *, 1993, p 396, for royal ancestry
"MARGARET WYATT, bapt. Braunton, co. Devon, 8 Mar. 1594/5; m. Braunton 2 Feb. 1626/7, Matthew Allyn (or Allen), bapt. Braunton, 17 Apr. 1605, d. Windosr, Conn., 1 Feb. 1670/1, son Richard and Margaret (Wyatt) Allyn of Braunton. They were the ancestors of President Grover Cleveland [this is not shown by Gary Boyd Roberts in his *Ancestors of American Presidents*, 1989]."
--- Frederick Weis, *Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists*, 7th edition, 1992, p 57
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