Margaret Wyatt

Bef 1595 - 1675  (> 80 years)

• Name	Margaret Wyatt  [1]
  Birth	Bef 8 Mar 1595	Braunton, Devon, England   [2, 3]
  Baptism	8 Mar 1595	Braunton, Devon, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Baptised	18 Mar 1595	Braunton, Devon, England   [4]
  Death	12 Sep 1675	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I4584	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	John Wyatt,   b. Bef 27 Nov 1558, Braunton, Devon, England d. Bef 29 Nov 1598, Braunton, Devon, England (Age < 40 years)
  Mother	Frances Chichester   d. Bef 5 Apr 1626, Braunton, Devon, England
  Marriage	Bef 19 Oct 1584	Braunton, Devon, England   [2, 6]
  Family ID	F4251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matthew Allyn,   b. Bef 17 Apr 1605   d. 1 Feb 1671, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut (Age > 65 years)
  Marriage	2 Feb 1627	Braunton, Devon, England   [2, 3, 4, 5, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Allyn,   b. Bef 20 Jan 1628, Braunton, Devon, England d. 29 Jul 1689 (Age > 61 years)
  Family ID	F2744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  On the occasion of her marriage to Matthew Allyn, she was recorded in the Braunton parish register as "Mris" Margrett Wyot, the salutation being a mark of her gentry status. One of Teresa's four proven "gateway ancestors"; also one of DDB's six. Her notable descendants include Agatha Christie, Mitt Romney, Nancy Reagan, Bess Truman, Mike Huckabee, Tammy Duckworth, and Gilbert Clifford Noble, co-founder of Barnes & Noble.

  
  

• Sources

  [S701] Gary Boyd Roberts, "Notable Kin: New England in Hollywood, Part II: Behind the Scenes." NEXUS, November 1988, published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S1574] Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630, Volume 14: West Country Planters to New England, 1620-1643 by Burton W. Spear. Toledo, Ohio, 1990. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013., says "before 1584". [S4162] Theodore M. Sastrom, "Matthew Allyn of Windsor, Conn." The Connecticut Nutmegger 20:34, 1987.