Edward Alleyn (Massachusetts politician)
Edward Alleyn (died 1642{{sfn|Lockridge|1985|p=60}}) was a businessman and early American politician. He served on the first board of selectmen in Dedham in 1639 and was a frequent representative to the Great and General Court beginning in 1638.{{sfn|Lockridge|1985|p=60}} He was town clerk for two years, having first been elected in 1639.{{sfn|Worthington|1827|pp=79}} As a businessman, he was involved with establishing an iron foundry.{{sfn|Lockridge|1985|p=60}}
Alleyn was a "pillar of the church" at the First Church and Parish in Dedham.{{sfn|Lockridge|1985|p=60}} In early records he was given the title of "mister," which typically indicated that he had a university degree.{{sfn|Lockridge|1985|p=60}} For his service to the community, he was later given the title of "gent." {{sfn|Lockridge|1985|p=60}}
Although several men initially complained that he had offended them, Alleyn's answers were sufficient to make him a founding member of the church.{{sfn|Lockridge|1985|pp=28-29}}
He was killed in 1642 in Boston{{sfn|Lockridge|1985|p=60}} and buried in the Old Village Cemetery.{{sfn|Smith|1936|p=144}} His descendant, Dorothy Alleyne, married Jabez Chickering.{{sfn|Cheney|1927|p=7}}
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- {{cite book | title = A New England Town | last = Lockridge | first = Kenneth | year = 1985 | publisher = W.W. Norton & Company | location = New York | isbn = 978-0-393-95459-3 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/newenglandtown00lock }}
- {{cite book|last=Smith|first=Frank |title=A History of Dedham, Massachusetts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O8EMAAAAYAAJ|access-date=July 18, 2019|year=1936|publisher=Transcript Press, Incorporated}}
- {{cite book|last=Worthington|first=Erastus |title=The history of Dedham: from the beginning of its settlement, in September 1635, to May 1827|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2sWAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA29|access-date=November 8, 2019|year=1827|publisher=Dutton and Wentworth}}
- {{cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/chickeringalleyn00chen/page/n7/mode/2up | title = The Chickering-Alleyne family : a paper before the Dedham Historical Society | first = Rev. William Franklin | last = Cheney | publisher = Thomas Todd Co. | year = 1927 | location = Boston }}
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