The origins of Robert Allyn of Norwich, Conn are unknown to me. He was not an "original" member of the Blynman party, and may or may not have been from that part of England that Rev Blynman came from.

Anderson, in The Great Migration Begins, speculates he may be the brother of William Allen of Salem and Manchester: "probably the brother of Robert Allen of Salem, Manchester and New London (based on joint grant of land on 25 January 1642/43, and the simultaneous residence in Manchester [see Granberry 146 and Essex Ant 2:135]." (TGMB, p 35).
 

Born:  Estimated 1609 in England (Estimate based on age 60 at 1669, when he was "freed from training")

Immigration:  By 1636. It's unknown if he had his family on immigration, or came single. Although we do not have any firm evidence of when his children are born, they are all thought to have been born in America, so it is possible he came single and married in the New World.

Residences:  Salem, 1636 > New London, Conn 1651

Occupation: I've not seen him associated with a trade. Likely landowner, stockraiser, farmer.

Spouse: Sarah, identity, birth and death data unknown. Probably mother of all of his children. Survived Robert.

Bio-sketch:
 

New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV Pg 1905-6 : Robert Allyn, the first of that name in this country, was probably born in 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 a proprietor at Jeffery's Creek in 1638 and a constable there in 1648. In March, 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, then called the Pequod river, at a place still called Allyn's Point. This was then in the town of New London but by changes in boundaries it soon became the town of Ledyard. He was one of a company which purchased land in Norwich or "New Norridge" where he was a constable in 1669. He died in 1683 in Ledyard leaving five children by his wife Sarah--a son John, and four daughters--Sarah, wife of George Geer; Mary, wife of Thomas Park; Hannah, wife of Thomas Rose; Deborah, who afterwards married John Gager Jr.

Savage, New England Dictionary of First Settlers: "Allyn, Robert, Salem, 1637, adm. of the ch. 15 May 1642, had John, and Sarah there bapt. Sunday foll. and Mary, 19 Nov. 1648; in 1658 rem. to New London, and to the then adjoin. town of Norwich at its first set-tlem. 1659; but, high as is her authority on such a point, I hesitate to adopt Miss Caulkins's opin. that, intermed. betw. Salem and New London, he was of Saybrook. Tho. honor. with the office of constable at Norwich 1669, he went back to N. L. and there d. 1683, were part of his farm preserves in the harbor the name of Allyn's point. Other ch. beside those at Salem he had, as Hannah and Deborah, both prob. at N. L. Sarah m. 17 Feb. 1659, George Geer; Hannah m. Thomas Rose; and Deborah was unm. at d. of f."
 

Other Robert Allyn material:
 
Biography

Extracts from The History of New London, Connecticut (also includes references to Backus, Geer, Knight, Read, Rose, and Seabury).

Moved to New London, Conn with the Blynman Party
 

Notable Allyn Kin include:
 
Thomas Dewey, Governor of New York; presidential nominee


All of Thomas Rose's Notable Kin are also Allyn's, through his wife, Sarah Allyn.
 

Edgar Rice Burroughs - creator of Tarzan

NEHGR, Vol. 53, 1899, Pg. 234. The Blynman Party. Of Robert Allen, it says: "... With them also came Robert Allen, from Salem, Mass. This article describes the history of the Blynman Party and lists many names of who was in that party.

The Great Migration Begins, Robert Charles Anderson, 1995, Pg. 31 and 534, both presumed to refer to another Robert Allen.

The Great Migration Begins, Robert Charles Anderson, 1995, Pg. 31-35, gives a sketch of William Allen, who he concludes was a brother to our Robert: "..based on joint grant of land on 25 January 1642/3, and simultaneous residence in Manchester [see Grandberry 146 and Essex Ant 2:315]"

Genealogy of the Geer Family, Walter Geer, Contains the history and genealogy of the Geer family of Connecticut. New York. 1914. The Geers represent a main branch from the first generation, plus several more marriages downstream in the Allyn family. This book is on-line at genealogylibrary.com.

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 Two Immigrant Robert Allen's??

The Great Migration Begins, which lists all immigrants for which documentation has been found as being in the colonies by the end of 1633, lists a Robert Allen. This Robert Allen was a bit of a rascal, having committed adultery, he was: ".... whipped, & banished, never to return again, upon pain of death." This happened in Marblehead, Mass. Note that Marblehead is across a bay, and not to distant from, Salem, Mass. Manchester is on the other side of Salem, north up the coast maybe 5-10 miles. At the end of his sketch, the author, Robert Charles Anderson states:
 

"There was a Robert Allen of Salem, Manchester, and New London (Conn), probably brother of William Allen of Salem, but Perley gives cogent reasons for thinking he was a different man (** than the Robert Allen in the sketch, I believe he means **), with which we concur [Perley 2:13]" TGMB, Anderson, 1995, Pg. 31.
I've not seen two genealogies of two immigrant Robert Allyn's floating around, so I am presuming that the rascal Robert Allen disappeared from view, either elsewhere in the colonies (maybe a name change), or returned to England. So, I don't believe we have to worry about genealogies getting mixed-up and confused. (I hope!) And, our Robert Allen seems to have led a pious and proper life after that, being connected to the Blynman party that migrated to New London, Connecticut in 1650.

There is one other reference to a Robert Allen in the TGMB, pg. 534, which describes a Robert Allen who was convicted of receiving stolen silver and sentenced to be whipped on lecture day and ordered to serve his master an extra month (no time period given). This, again, appears to have occurred in Marblehead, and I am presuming is the other Robert Allen.
 

This is the family for Robert, constituting the major branches of his descendants. Major branches, from the first generation of children, will have the surnames: Allyn, Geer, Park(e), Gager, Rose.
 
 

 Descendants of Robert Allyn

 1   Robert Allyn 1609 - 1683 b in Poss Manchester, Lancastershire, England
..  +Sarah (____) 1620 - 1683 b in England

........... 2   John Allyn 1640 - 1709 b in Salem, Essex Co, Mass
...............  +Elizabeth Gager 1649 - 1690 b in New London, New London, Conn
...........  *2nd Wife of John Allyn:
...............  +Hester Allen 1647 - b in Prob Conn
........... 2   Sarah Allyn 1642 - 1723 b in Salem, Essex Co,  Mass
...............  +George Geer 1621 - 1726 b in Heavitree, Devonshire, England
........... 2   Mary Allyn 1648 - b in Salem, Essex Co,  Mass
...............  +Thomas Park 1648 - b in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
........... 2   Hannah Allyn 1658 - 1746 b in New London, New London Co, Conn
...............  +Thomas Rose 1660 - 1743 b in Poss New London, Conn
........... 2   Deborah Allyn 1660 - b in Salem, Mass or New London, New London Co, Conn
...............  +John Gager 1647 - 1691
 
 

 
Direct Descendants of Robert Allyn

 1   Robert Allyn 1609 - 1683 b in Poss Manchester, Lancastershire, England
....  +Sarah (____) 1620 - 1683 b in England
 2   Hannah Allyn 1658 - 1746 b in New London, New London Co, Conn
......  +Thomas Rose 1660 - 1743 b in Poss New London, Conn
... 3   Deborah Rose 1689 - 1770 b in Preston, New London Co, Conn
.........  +Samuel Partridge 1687 - 1744 b in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, Mass
..... 4   Hannah Partridge 1712 - 1742 b in Preston, New London Co, Conn
...........  +Daniel Baldwin I 1705 - b in Canterbury, Windham Co, Conn
........ 5   Daniel Baldwin II 1731 - 1816 b in Norwich, New London Co, Conn
..............  +Anna 'Hannah' Knight 1735 - 1809 b in Norwich, New London Co, Conn
........... 6   Elijah Baldwin 1756 - 1841 b in Windham or Mansfield, Conn
.................  +Polly 'Patty' Richardson 1768 - 1812 b in Poss Vermont, ?
............. 7   Ezra Baldwin 1805 - 1892 b in Dover, Vermont
...................  +Lydia Eaton 1810 - 1872 b in Dover, Vermont

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................ 8   Henry Gilbert Baldwin 1836 - 1894 b in Dover, Windham Co,  Vermont
......................  +Eleanor Serepta Fisher 1843 - 1924 b in Marlboro, Windham Co,  Vermont
.................. 9   Arthur Willis Baldwin 1876 - 1961 b in Near Ada, Fountain Twp, Ottawa Co, Kans
........................  +Inez Evangeline Hallock 1886 - 1976 b in Near Milo, Lincoln Co, Kans
 

Related Links:

The Blynman Party and Cape Ann, Mass

Our ancestor, Robert Allyn, originally settled in Salem and later joined the Blynman Party, when a branch went off to New London, Connecticut.
 
The Cape Ann Lighthouse Tour has some pictures of the area of Gloucester, Mass, where the Blynman Party first settled. It is the oldest fishing port on the East Coast.

The Town of Essex Web Site, on Cape Ann, has some interesting history and information on the area.

The Magnolia, Mass page specifically mentions Reverend Blynman and the first 40 settlers, has some history of the area, and more links to Cape Ann sites.

This Coite Page includes notes on the Coite ancestor about the Blynman party and its settlement of New London. If that specific page doesn't work try the Home Page, a Mallett Genealogy Page and retry through the front door index.
 

New London, Connecticut Links

The New London County GenWeb page, with links to separate pages for Norwich and the town of New London.

There is a Matthew Allyn on the list of Settlers to Windsor, CT before 1640. No known connection to our Robert Allyn, although he has an unspecified relationship with William Spencer (or his wife was related to William Spencer's wife...)

Genealogy Pages

The Partridge Genealogical Data Base has quite a collection of our Allyn's descendants.

The Joyner Page has Robert Allyn and Hannah

This New England Page has a bunch of our Allyn/Allen's.

The Grampa Page also has a bunch of our Allyn's. The Home Page is Ann's Family and Genealogy and History Page.

The Cape Cod Genealogy has a large Allen database. This page started with a study of Allen genealogy and has grown from that. Richardson Allen has some research notes posted on that page.

Descendant Register of Christopher Avery - An Avery branch is a good-sized branch of our Allyn family.

Other Allyn Web Sites:
 
Princess Diana connection for some descendants of Robert Allyn. The Allyn kids and grandkids intermarried with both Parke and Gager families who share common ancestors with Princess Diana and the two princes of England.
 
Cuzzins Page - See if you have any on-line Allyn Cuzzins, or other New England Cuzzins

Richardson Allen's Research Comments on various Allen Genealogy Issues and Problems

See Richardson Allen's comments on various Allen genealogy issues and problems. I don't see any involving our Robert on the day I write this, but interesting, nonetheless.
Allen's of New England (and variations) has a maillist:
 
ALLEN-NEW-ENGLAND/NY/NJ/PA. A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the Allen surname and all variations in spelling in New England and the middle colonies of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania (and, of course, England where most of them appear to be from) at any time. To subscribe send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to allen-ne-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or allen-ne-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode).
Allyn Genealogy Forum is a forum at Genforum.
 
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