7, Reynold Alleyne, the fourth son, was one of the first adventurers in the settlement of the Island of Barbadoes, and acquired a considerable estate there, the principal residence on which was by him named Mount Alleyne, and is now part of the possessions of Sir Reynold Alleyne, Bart. *.

He married Mary, daughter of Skeet (who afterwards married — Turner, of the Three Houses in the Thickets), by whom he had two sons and a daughter, Mary, wife of Rowse, of the Clift, whose descendants are still of note in the island. Of the sons, Reynold, the younger, died unmarried; but 8, Abel, the eldest, was member of council, and stiled by Oldmixon a lieutenant-general. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Denzy, by whom he had three sons and four daughters, of whom, Elizabeth was wife of Richard Parsons, of Mount Misery, and Lucy, of John Walter, of Busbridge, in the county of Surry, Esq. ; Mary, of William Dotin, of Grenada Hill; and Arabella, of Timothy Salter, of Salter's.

Of the sons, Benjamin, the youngest, was seated at Mount Stedfast, and married Arabella, daughter of —— Pilgrim, of St. George's, but died without issue. Reynold, the second, ancestor to the present Baronet, of whom hereafter.

Thomas Alleyne, the eldest son, succeeded his father at Mount Alleyne, was a brigadier-general, and member of the colonial assembly for St. James's. He married Judith, daughter of Sir Timothy Thornhill, of Kent, and of Barbadoes, Bart. by whom he had one daughter, Judith, wife of Littleton Meynill, of Bradley, in Derbyshire, and four sons; 1, Abel Alleyne, of Turner's Hall, Barbadoes, and of Squerrie's Court, in Kent, colonel of the Hole Town regiment, and member of the assembly for St. Andrews. He married Elizabeth, daughter and sole heiress of Sir William Booth, of Black Jacks, but died without issue; 2, Timothy Alleyne, purchased Black Jacks, and by, daughter of — Buttels, and relict of Holder, had one son Thomas, also of Black Jacks, who was member of the assembly for St. Andrews, and married Jane, daughter of - Rolleston, (who married secondly, - Ferguson, of Sandy Lane), but died without issue; and one daughter Mary, who, by her brother's death, became sole heiress, and

The system of arbitrary rule which, under King Charles I. and the system of open opposition to it in arms which had been carried to such excess in England, did not fail to raise among the colonists similar animosities; but the success of the republicans in Europe gave such advantage to that party in Barbadoes, as occasioned an unqualified opposition to the Lord Willoughby, the governor, against whom a deputation of several principal inhabitants, requesting assistance, was sent to England in 1650. Among these was Colonel Reynold Alleyne. Their expectation was fully answered; for, by a commission from Oliver Cromwell, a considerable military, as well as naval force, was sent to them under the command of Sir George Ascough.

The command, however, of all the troops that landed in Speight's Bay, Dec. 17, 1651, was given to the afore-mentioned Colonel Reynold Alleyne" who having (as Oldmixon, in his History of Barbadoes, says) a considerable interest in the island, was supposed to be the fittest man to lead the soldiers to gain it. The Barbadians under Lord Willoughby were posted on the shore very regularly, yet the English landed, and beat them up to their fort, which was on a sudden deserted by them after loss on both sides. On Sir George's, was that brave Barbadian, Colonel Alleyne, who was killed with a musquet shot, and much lamented, being a man of worth and honour." In consequence of this success, Lord Willoughby was forced to a capitulation of arms, which was soon followed by his embarkment for Europe.

married first, to- Ball, of Farmers; secondly, to Hooper, of Hoopers, in the Valley; and thirdly, to Jonas Maynard, of Passage; 3, Reynold, was of Mount Alleyne, and member of the assembly for St. James's. By daughter and coheiress of Laurence Price, he left two daughters, his coheiresses, 1, Elizabeth, wife of John Newton, of Newtons, in Barbadoes, and of Abbots Bromley, in the county of Stafford (who dying without issue, left Mount Alleyne, and other property in Barbadoes, acquired by his marriage to Sir John-Gay Alleyne, Bart.) and 2, Judith, who died unmarried.

John Alleyne, the fourth son, was of Rock Hill, and twice married: his second wife (who, after his decease, remarried to Peter Chardon, of Boston, in New England), was Mary, daughter to his first cousin, Abel Alleyne, as shall be shewn presently, and by her he had no issue; but by his first wife, daughter and coheiress of General Henry Peers, of Martin Castle, he had one daughter Judith, wife of Ferguson, of Sandy Lane; and two sons, Peers, who died single, and Thomas Alleyne, who was twice married. By the second wife, who was relict of Lieutenant Alexander M'Cartney, he had no child, but by his first, Hannah, daughter of John Downs, of the Spring, he had one daughter, who died unmarried, and one son John, late of Lincoln's-Inn, barrister-at-law, who, by his wife Anne, daughter of Benjamin Roswell, of Hackney, in Middlesex, left Hannah and Anne, his daughters and coheirs.

9, Reynold Alleyne, second son of Abel and Elizabeth Denzy, seated at the Four Hills, was member of the assembly for St. Andrews, and chief judge of the Bridge Court. He married Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of John Gay, by whom he had four daughters; 1, Elizabeth, wife of —— Forster, of Forster's Hall; 2, Isabella, of Joseph Gibbs, of Plumb Tree; 3, Ruth, of John Holder, of Joe's River; and 4, Christian, of John Gibbs, of the Castle: and four sons, 1, John; 2, Abel; 3, Reynold; and 4, Thomas. Abel, the second son, was seated at Mount Stedfast, and married Mary, daughter of Woodbridge, of Kensington, by whom he had six sons and six daughters; of the latter, Mary was the wife, first, of John Alleyne, as before-mentioned, and secondly, of Peter Chardon, of Boston; 2, Jane, wife of the Rev. Edward Winslow; 3, BenjaminaWoodbridge, unmarried; 4, Lucy, wife of John Waite; 5, Isabella, wife of Clarke, of Boston; and 6, Abel Dudley, wife of Henry-Evans Holder. Of the sons, 1, Reynold, married Christian, daughter of Forster, of Forster Hill (who married secondly, Jonas Maynard), but had no issue; 2, Abel; and 3, Dudley, died ycung; 4, Thomas, married daughter of Forster, of St. Philips, by whom he had two sons, Abel, living, unmarried, and John-Forster, who, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Willing, has four sons, Haynes-Gibbes, John-Gay, James-Holder, and Charles and four daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Charlotte, and Margaret; 5, John, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Ferguson, and had one son John, and four daughters; 1, Elizabeth, wife, first, of Lespinaz, governor of Demerary, and secondly, of Buxton; 2, Anne, wife, first, of Marshall, secondly, of - Magrath; 3, Rebecca; and 4, Jane-Knowles, married at Demerary; and

6, Henry-Timothy-Peers, who, by Thomasine, daughter of John Waite, has two daughters, Susanna, and, wife of wife of Batelli. Reynold Alleyne, third son of Reynold, by Elizabeth Gay, was seated at Jacksons, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Ward, of Glen Hall, by whom he had one daughter Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. John Carter, and one son Reynold, who, by Lucy, daughter of his uncle, Thomas Alleyne, had one son Thomas, and three daughters, Lucy-Dotin, Elizabeth, and Susanna.

Thomas Alleyne, fourth son of Reynold by Elizabeth Gay, was seated at Dymocks, and married first, Lucy, daughter of Wm Dotin, of Grenade Hall, by whom he had one daughter Lucy, wife, as before-mentioned, of Reynold Alleyne, and one son Abel, M. D. who, by Jane, daughter of Francis Skeet, of Mangrove, had five daughters, Christian, wife of White, Lucy, wife of James Handy, Judith-Susan, wife of Richard Cobham, and Jane-Abel, wife of Sir John-Gay Alleyne and two sons, Thomas, who died without issue, and Abel, who, by JaneRolleston, daughter of John-Holder Alleyne, has one daughter Marian. The said Thomas Alleyne, by his second wife Susan, daughter and heiress of William Gibbs, of Black Rock (relict of Walker), had five sons and one daughter; 1, Susanna, wife of Thomas Carmichael. Of the sons, 1, WilliamGibbes, was of Black Rock, and member of the assembly for St. Thomas's, and married, first, Mary, daughter of General John Dotin, and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Lane, but died without issue; 2, Thomas, seated at Small Hopes, and member of the assembly for St. James's. By Mary, daughter and heiress of Reynold Gibbs, of Plumb-Tree, he has had two sons, Thomas and Reynold, and three daughters,

wife of Lewis, of Maynard, and Mary, of Williams; 3, John-Holder Alleyne, who married Marian, daughter of Francis Skeet, of Mangrove, by whom he had two sons, Thomas, who, by Elizabeth, daughter of Lynch, has issue, and William-Gibbes Alleyne, who married daughter of Salmon, and one daughter Jane-Rolleston, wife, as above-mentioned, of Abel Alleyne; 4, Reynold; and 5, Timothy, who died unmarried. We now return to 10, John, the eldest son of Reynold and Elizabeth Gay, who inherited from his father the seat of Four Hills, received his education in England, was of Magdalen College, in the university of Oxford, and received the honorary degree of A. M. Though frequently pressed, on his return to Barbadoes, he declined taking any part in public affairs, and died at Bath in 1730, having, by Mary, daughter of William Terril, of Cabbage-Tree Hall (sole heiress of her mother, Rebecca, daughter and coheiress of Colonel Robert Spire, of Mount Stedfast, by Mary, daughter and coheiress of Thickets, by his wife, daughter of

Turner, of the Three Houses in the - Skeet, and relict of the before-mentioned Colonel Reynold Alleyne) who died in 1742, and was buried at St. Nicholas Church, at Guildford, in Surry, two sons and three daughters; 1, Mary, wife of Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, Bart; 2, Rebecca, wife of William, Viscount Folkestone, afterwards Earl of Radnor; and 3, Reynoldia, who died unmarried, and

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