'Allen03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Alleyne of Greseley (Gresley), Aleyn (Alleyn) of Haseleigh, Alleyne (Aleyne or Allen) of Hatfield Peverell, Alleyne of Little Lees, Aleyn of London

Richard Aleyn of Thaksted or Thaxtead or Thaxted, Essex
m. Agnes
1. Sir John Aleyn or Alleyne, Sheriff then Lord Mayor of London (d 1545)
  A. Sir Christopher Alleyne of the Mote, Kent
  m. Audrey Paget (dau of William Paget, 1st Lord of Beaudesert)
  i. Charles Alleyne of the Mote, later of Greseley, Derbyshire (d 1591-2)
  BEB1841 jumps to Charles's great-grandson John who d 1713. The intermediary generations come from Visitation (Derbyshire, 1662-4, Alleyn of Greseley).
  a. Stephen Alleyne of Gresley
  m. Joan Price (dau of _ Price of Washingley)
  (1) John Alleyne of Gresley (d c1646)
  m1. Mary Powell (dau of _ Powell of Partha)
  (A) Anne (d infant)
  m2. Mary Stephens (dau of _ Stephens of Baylipitt)
  (B) John Alleyne of Greseley (b c1641, d 08.06.1713)
  (i) Esther Alleyne (b 1700)
  m1. Thomas Cowper
  (a) Thomas Cowper (d infant)
  (b) Esther Cowper (dsp 1740)
  m. Roger Wilbraham of Dorford
  (c) Arabella Cowper
  m. (1755) John Hincks of Chorlton
  ((1)) Thomas Cowper Hincks (d 04.03.1819, Captain)
  m. (15.01.1787) Joanna Morris (dau of Col. Roger Morris of York)
  ((A))+ issue - Thomas Cowper of Breckenborough, John of Huntington
  m2. (sp?) Charles Gordon (Lt. Colonel)
  (ii)+ other issue (dsp)
  (C) Mary Alleyn
  m. John Berry of Berry Narbour, Devon
  (D)+ other issue - Stephen, Elizabeth
2. John Alleyne of Thaxted (d 22.06.1558, 2nd John)
  m. Margaret Leigh (dau of Giles Leigh of Walton Leigh, later of Hatfield Peverell, by Catherin Bold)
  A. John Aleyne of Thaxted
  BEB1841 reports that John married three times but does not name any of the wives. Visitation names just one wife, showing her to be mother of his 4 children, being ...
  m. Elizabeth Alabaster
  i. Edmund Aleyne of Hatfield Peverell (d 1616)
  m. Martha Glascock (d 1593, dau of John Glascock or Glasscock of Powers Hall, Witham)
  a. Sir Edward Alleyne of Little Lees, Sheriff of Essex, 1st Bart of Hatfield Peverell (b c1586, d 11.1638)
  m. Elizabeth Scott (dau of George Scott of Little Leighs or Lees)
(1) Edmund Alleyne (dvp 1633)
  m. Mary Miller (dau of Nicholas Miller of Wrotham)
  (A) Sir Edmund Alleyne, 2nd Bart of Hatfield Peverell (d 02.11.1656)
  m. Frances Gent (d 1657, dau of Thomas Gent of Moyns)
  (i) Arabella Alleyne
  m1. Francis Thompson of Hambledon
  m2. Lord George Howard (dsp 06.03.1720-1)
  (B) Sir Edward Alleyne of Little Lees, 3rd Bart
  m1. ??
  m2. Martha Jones (dau of Roger Jones of Monmouthshire)
  (i) Sir George Alleyne, 4th Bart (d 1702)
  m. Mercy Cloxton (dau of John Cloxton of Little Waltham)
  (a) Sir Clopton Alleyne, 5th Bart (d unm 09.1726)
  (b) Sir George Alleyne, 6th Bart (d unm)
  (c) Edward Alleyne
  m. Mary Trott (dau of Rev. John or Thomas Trott of Saling Magna)
  ((1)) Sir Edmund Alleyne, 7th Bart (d unm 15.09.1759)
  ((2)) Arabella Alleyne
  m. James Chalmers (rector of Little Waltham)
  (ii) Anne Alleyne
  m. Henry Freeman of Higham Ferrers
  m3. ??
  (C) Elizabeth Alleyne
  m1. John Robinson of Denston Hall
  m2. Sir William Jones (attorney general)
(2) Martha Alleyne
  m. Rev. Joshua Blower Rocke
  (3) Mary Alleyne
  m. Robert Clive of Stycke
  (4)+ other issue - George, John (dsp), Robert, Dorothy (dsp)
  b. Elizabeth Aleyne
  m. Robert Castell of East Hatley
  c. Mary Aleyne
  m. ?? Hall (son of Henry Hall of Greatford)
  d.+ other issue (d by 1612) - John, Henry, Anne (dsp), Agnes (dsp)
  ii. Thomas Aleyne or Allen of Hatfield Peverell
  m. Mary Fareclough of Hertfordshire
The following comes from Visitation (London, 1663-4, Aleyn).
  a. William Alleyn of London (a 1634, 2nd son)
  m. Elizabeth Cumpton (dau of William Cumpton of London)
  (1)+ issue - John, Thomas, William
  b. Ursula Alleyn
  m. Lawrence Mathew of Harlington
  c. Jone Alleyn
  m. John Staple of Hatfeild Peverell
  d.+ other issue - Giles (had issue), Richard (had issue)
  iii. Elizabeth Aleyne
  m. Christopher Goldingham of Bulmer (a 1615)
  iv. Mary Aleyne
  m. William Coys of North Okingdon or Ockendon
  B. Giles Aleyne of Hatfield Peverell
  m. Christian West (dau of John West)
  i. John Aleyne
  The following are shown by BEB1841 as daughters of Giles and Christian but Visitation shows them as Giles's sisters.
  ii. Catherine Aleyne
  m. J. (or Thomas) Baker of Chesterford
  iii. Elizabeth Aleyne
  m. Thomas Barnaby
  iv. Agnes Aleyne
  m. William Higham
  C. Christopher Aleyn
  D. Catherine Alleyne
  m. Thomas Baker of Chesterford
  E. Elizabeth Alleyne
  m. Thomas Barneby of Colchester
  F. Agnes Alleyne
  m. William Higham
3. Christopher Aleyn of London
  m. Agnes Leigh (dau of Giles Leigh of Walton Leigh (Walton-upon-Thames), later of Hatfield Peverell, by Catherin Bold)
  A. Giles Alleyn of Haseleigh, Essex
  m. Sara Skory (dau of John Skory, Bishop of Hereford)
  i. Samwell Aleyn of Haseleigh (dsp)
  ii. Isack Aleyn of Haseleigh (a 1634)
  m1. Mary Pake (dau of John Pake of Bromffeld)
  a.+ issue - Giles of the Inner Temple (b c1616), John, Anne
  m2. Anne Leigh (dau of Henery Leigh of Rushall)
  d. William Aleyn
  iii. Rebecka Aleyn
  m. Thomas Nevill of Stocke
  iv. Mary Aleyn
  m. William Coys of North Ockendon
  v. Anne Aleyn
  m. Henry Chancey of Yardley
  B. Anthony Aleyn
  i. daughter
  m. John Wood (captain in Holland)
  C. Raffe Aleyn of London
  The following comes from Visitation (London, 1663-4, Aleyn).
  m. Joane Sayer of London
  i. Giles Aleyn of London (a 1634, goldsmith)
  m. Elizabeth Thatcher (dau of William Thatcher)
  a.+ issue - Giles, Elizabeth

Main source(s): BEB1841 (Alleyne of Hatfield), Visitation (Essex, 1612+1634, Aleyn or Alleyn)
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