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. A modern history of New London County, Connecticut;. n Coleman Prince Post,American Legion; and of the Black Watch Asso-ciation, composed of veterans of the Black WatchRegiment of the British army. Politically, he thinksand acts independently. He is a member of theRotary Club, Thames Club, and is ex-treasurer andnow an honorary member of the John WinthropClub. Of the McGinley family five sons served inthe World War. CARLOS WILSON ALLYN—Nine generationsof this branch of the Allyns have lived in NewLondon county, Connecticut, the children of CarlosWilson Allyn, of Groton, being of the ninth ge
. A modern history of New London County, Connecticut;. n Coleman Prince Post,American Legion; and of the Black Watch Asso-ciation, composed of veterans of the Black WatchRegiment of the British army. Politically, he thinksand acts independently. He is a member of theRotary Club, Thames Club, and is ex-treasurer andnow an honorary member of the John WinthropClub. Of the McGinley family five sons served inthe World War. CARLOS WILSON ALLYN—Nine generationsof this branch of the Allyns have lived in NewLondon county, Connecticut, the children of CarlosWilson Allyn, of Groton, being of the ninth gener-ation of the family founded by Robert Allyn, whowas of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1637, and of NewLondon, Connecticut, in 1651. His original grantof a large tract of land was on the east side of theThames at a place in the town of Ledyard stillknown as Allyns Point, and where he died in theyear 1683. Descent from Robert Allyn is traced through thefounders son, John Allyn, born in Salem, Massa-chusetts, May 22, 1642, who inherited Allyns Point, II. BIOGRAPHICAL 129 and there died in 1709. He was assistant to thelirst County Court in 1661, presided over the Courtin 1671, and in 1676 was Indian commissioner. Hisson, Robert (2) Allyn, inherited Allyns (2) Allyn had a son, James Allyn, whoinherited it in part, but with him the large landedestate acquired by Robert (i) Allyn at .-MlynsPoint passed out of this branch. Carlos Wilson Allyn, of the eighth generation, isa son of Wilson and Ellen E. (Chapman) Allyn,who was born in the town of Ledyard, New Londoncounty, Connecticut, May 28, 1829, and died in Gro-ton, Connecticut, March 29, 1901. He attended theLedyard schools, and at the age of twenty yearsbegan learning the carpenters trade with ErastusGallup, of Groton, Connecticut. He served threeyears as appentice, then worked for years as ajourneyman, becoming an e-\pert workman, partic-ularly famous locally as a stair builder and interiorfinisher. In time he became a
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