Margaret Wyatt

Bef 1595 - 1675  (> 80 years)

• Name	Margaret Wyatt  [1]
  Born	Bef 8 Mar 1595	Braunton, Devon, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Baptised	8 Mar 1595	Braunton, Devon, England   [2, 3]
  Baptised	18 Mar 1595	Braunton, Devon, England   [4]
  Died	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
  Married	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)
  Married	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)
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F2744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.