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Their son, Lewis McLaughlin, was<br />
only two years old when they removed<br />
to Stafford Springs, <strong>Connecticut</strong>, from<br />
Palmer, Massachusetts, where he was<br />
born. For primary instruction he at-<br />
tended the public schools <strong>of</strong> Stafford<br />
-<br />
Springs, and was later sent to the Mon-<br />
son Academy, in Massachusetts. He became<br />
the junior partner <strong>of</strong> McLaughlin &<br />
Son, publishers <strong>of</strong> "The Press," in 1885,<br />
and soon became familiar with the print-<br />
ing and publishing business in all the<br />
phases covered by "The Press" com-<br />
pany. Particularly, during the early<br />
years <strong>of</strong> the business partnership with<br />
his father, he devoted his time to the job<br />
printing and business departments <strong>of</strong> the<br />
firm, but upon the death <strong>of</strong> his father,<br />
August 2, 1895, he became the sole owner<br />
<strong>of</strong> "The Press."<br />
In addition to the assistance Mr. Mc-<br />
Laughlin's journal gives to all worthy<br />
projects in the district, he has taken <strong>of</strong>fi-<br />
cial part in much organization work in<br />
Stafford Springs ; he<br />
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was one <strong>of</strong> the in-<br />
corporators <strong>of</strong> the Stafford Library Asso-<br />
ciation, and the Stafford Springs Agricul-<br />
tural Society. He has also been an active<br />
member <strong>of</strong> the Stafford Business Men's<br />
Association. Politically he is a Republican,<br />
and was a member <strong>of</strong> the State Leg-<br />
islature for the session <strong>of</strong> 1909, the voters<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Stafford Springs district having<br />
elected him to that place <strong>of</strong> honor and<br />
responsibility by a good majority in the<br />
previous November. During 1914-15,<br />
Mr. McLaughlin was a member <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Board <strong>of</strong> Selectmen <strong>of</strong> Stafford Springs.<br />
He is a supporter <strong>of</strong> the First Congrega-<br />
tional church, and has been clerk <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Ecclesiastical Society <strong>of</strong> the Congrega-<br />
tional Church <strong>of</strong> Stafford Springs since<br />
1895. Fraternally Mr. McLaughlin belongs<br />
to the Masonic and Odd Fellows<br />
Orders ;<br />
and on the social side he belongs<br />
to the Stafford Business Men's Associa-<br />
tion and to the Stafford Country Club.<br />
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Mr. McLaughlin married, October 7,<br />
1891, Carrie B., daughter <strong>of</strong> William L.<br />
and Jennie P. (Atwood) Bishop, <strong>of</strong> Hol-<br />
yoke, Massachusetts. They have no chil-<br />
dren.<br />
ALLYN, Robert Joseph,<br />
Hotel Proprietor.<br />
For nearly a century the name <strong>of</strong> Allyn<br />
has been identified with the hotel business<br />
in Hartford. The family has been<br />
resident in New England from a very<br />
early period, and has been traced in England<br />
prior to the settlement <strong>of</strong> New England.<br />
Richard Allen or Allyn was born<br />
in Braunton, Devonshire, England, and<br />
died in 1662. His will was dated Novem-<br />
ber 29, 1647, and proved May 10, 1662.<br />
He married Margaret Wyatt.<br />
Their fourth son, Matthew Allyn, was<br />
baptized in April, 1604, at Braunton, and<br />
came with the original Braintree company<br />
in 1632 to Charlestown, Massachu-<br />
setts, where he had forty-five acres <strong>of</strong><br />
land in 1633, and subsequently owned<br />
many other parcels, including five houses<br />
on the original town plot <strong>of</strong> Cambridge,<br />
made in 1635. He resided near the meet-<br />
ing house, and was the largest landholder<br />
in Cambridge, a freeman <strong>of</strong> the Massa-<br />
chusetts Colony, March 4, 1635, and rep-<br />
resentative to the General Court in the<br />
following year. In 1637 he removed to<br />
Hartford, where he was one <strong>of</strong> the orig-<br />
inal proprietors, and had a house lot on<br />
what is now Windsor street, and one hundred<br />
and ten acres <strong>of</strong> planting land. He<br />
owned the first mill in Hartford, which<br />
was at the foot <strong>of</strong> the present West Pearl<br />
street ; was a proprietor <strong>of</strong> Windsor, Con-<br />
necticut, in 1640; a large owner in Killing-worth<br />
and Simsbury, <strong>Connecticut</strong>, and<br />
a member <strong>of</strong> Rev. Thomas Hooker's<br />
church <strong>of</strong> Hartford. Before 1648 he<br />
removed to Windsor, which town he rep-<br />
resented in the General Court from 1648