He was a Quaker. He left Weymouth, England, on board the "Speedwell," 20 Mar 1635, arriving in Boston, MA, on 6 May 1635. [1002] (GM calls it an “unnamed ship”)

Savage's: MATTHEW, Sandwich 1643, s. of George the first of the same, liv. later at Dartmouth, there (as I learn from the Quaker rec.) by w. Sarah (whose surname was Kirby), m. June 1 1657, had Dorothy, b. 8 Apr. 1659; Miriam, June 1661; Deborah, May 1663; Samuel, Feb. 1666; Mary, Nov. 1668; Ahazadiah, not s. 27 Apr. 1671; and Matthew, 10 June 1677.

The Last will & Testament of me Mathew [sic] Allen of the town of Dartmouth In the county of Bristoll [sic] being Sick & weak in Body but of Sound mind and Perfect memory, do in manner and form following: First I will that all just Debts Be faithfully & truly Discharged. Item I give unto John Calvin my son in law And Dorothy his wiffe [sic] that thirteen pounds money being Due to me the said Mathew [sic] Allen by Bill or Bond Dated the fifteenth Day of Febry one thousand
Six hundred eightty [sic] & three. Item my will is that my loving wife Sarah Allen Shall
have convenient house & room and a suittable [sic] maintenance out of my Estate during her
widow hood [sic] and at her Day of marriage to forgoe the same & then to [ ] [ ] Neat Cattle
not Exceeding three years old Nor under two years old. Item I give unto my son Samuel
Allen the one halfe of all my lands that I have in the town aforesaid both divided &
undivided upland & meadows. Item I give to my Son Mathew [sic] Allen the other halfe
[sic] of all my uplands and Meadows that lyeth in the town aforesaid, and that Samuel
Deliver said land to his Brother Mathew [sic] when he Cometh to the age of one & twenty
years. Item I give unto my Daughter Miriam Easton one Cow. Item I give unto my
Daughter Deborah Allen one cow. I give unto my Daughter Mary Allen one Cow. Item I
give unto my Daughter Hassadyah Allen one Cow to be Delivered unto the said Hassahdiah
when she Comes to the age of Eighteen Years of Aged. Item I give unto my Son Mathew
[sic] Allen one Cow & to be Delivered unto the Said Mathew [sic] at the age of one &
twenty years. And all the Rest & Residue of my Personal Estate Goods & Chattells whatso
Ever [sic] I Doe [sic] give & bequeath unto my Lovenig [sic] wife Sarah Allen My full &
Sole Exeratrise [sic] of this my last will & Testament. Also I Doe [sic] Desire Henry
Tabor John Russel and Nathaniel Howland Ederatrises [sic] where & when she stands in
Need. In witness whereof I have sett [sic] my hand this Seventh Day of February in the year
one thousand Six hundred Eighty Eight.

Signed and Sealed in the pressence [sic] of John Russell, Thomas Taber, Val Hudleston;
Mathew [X mark] Allen [Seal]
(http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/5171/8703bly.txt)

- 3 Feb 1656/1657 a complaint was made at the Court of Assistants of Plymouth Colony against Sarah, the daughter of Richard Kirby, and her sister Jane for "disturbance by them made in the publicke worship of God on the Lords day att Sandwidge, by opposing the speaker amongst them." They were both sentenced to be whipped, but the sentence of Jane was suspended and she was given a warning to offend no more. [1002]