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supply those communities would soon become extinct. As physicians tell us that were it not for the ever fresh supply of healthy men and women from the country, the cities would soon become depopulated, and a desert waste,-so were it not for the fresh supplies of intelligence and character and energy trained on these hills, the valley communities would soon lose their importance and power. When I was down at Block Island this Summer, a government vessel was at work there clearing out the rocks from the harbor bottom. The man who did the work, or seemed to, was the diver, who, in his armor, went down into the water and made fast the grappling chains. On him was concen- trated all the attention. But there was another man, not much noticed, who attracted my attention. He remained on deck and steadily turned a crank. That crank worked an air-pump, and from that pump a tube went down into the water and supplied the diver with fresh air for his work. How long do you think the diver down there under water would have gone on with his work if the man at the air-pump had ceased to turn the crank? So, though the valley communities seem to do the work, and so get the credit of it, it is these hill-parishes that pump down the fresh air to them, and keep them alive. Very quickly would come the end of their history if you were to stop turning the crank. It is with the hill-parishes of New England as it was with the hill- fortresses of Palestine. You recollect the passage in the Old Testament which records the discomfiture of the Syrians in their attack on one of those forts; and you recollect the explanation of that discomfiture by the Syrians : "Their gods are gods of the hills ; therefore they were stronger than we, but let us fight against them on the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they." So the gods of New England's strength and greatness have ever been gods of the hills,-and this of spiritual as of physical strength. Here, in these hill-parishes, have headed the spiritual streams that in their flowing forth have blessed the world. From Torringford Hill, from the parsonage of old Father Mills, flowed the stream of American missions. So take any chapter of New England's spiritual greatness and power, and you will find the sources of it largely here. Here head the rivers, the streams whereof make glad the city of God.
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You, then, whose lot is cast here in Wolcott, whose destiny it is to remain here, count it no mean destiny. You may so improve it that there shall be none nobler. Remember the answer of the Down-East Yankee to the contemptuous inquiry suggested by the rocks and ice, "What they raised there ;" "We raise men !" It is a good place, a grand place, here on these rocky hills to raise men. Here, bless God, this has not yet come to be one of the lost arts. In these old parishes children are yet born, and of all crops this is the noblest. Given the man, and you have given all things. Raise the children, then; train them up for manhood and woman- hood; train them up for God; send them out healthy, strong, noble, pure, upright, God-fearing, and God-serving, to bless the world, and you will not have lived in vain. Remember the decision of David in the case of the brook Besor. Part of the company, you remember, did not cross the brook ; were too faint to pursue and "tarried by the stuff." Their pursuing and victo- rious companions, returned from the victory, refused them a share in the spoils. But David reversed their decision, and made it a law forever, "As his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff; they shall part alike." It is the law of God's Kingdom. Be faithful, and you shall find it the law of your reward. "They also serve who only stand and wait."
Then, next to the children, there are the aged. Towards these hill-parishes our hearts are ever turning, because "here's where the old folks stay." The old folks, God bless them ! - the old fathers and mothers, and grandfathers and grandmothers, here is where they stay,-sending their children out to influence, and wealth, and power, while they remain, quiet and unknown. Boys, girls, count it not a hardship to stay by the old folks. Count not life so devoted lost. God has a blessing for those who honor father and mother when they are old. Again I say, God bless them ! we owe all to them. Boys, you will never lose anything by staying by them while they stay here below; and you, girls, when somebody, one of these days, asks you if he may have you, tell him, "Yes, if he'll take the old folks with you."
And now these festivities are at an end and we must disperse. You, people of Wolcott, who are to remain, life may seem to you
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lonely when the occasion is over and the friends from abroad whom you are proud of, and whose presence has given you joy are gone, and you settle back to the old, plain, common life of Wolcott .. But suffer no reaction of sadness. Rather look on to the higher festival, the heavenly home-coming, of which this is but a symbol, when all the history of your lives with all their outcome shall be made up before God. The morning succeeding the night of the Transfiguration seemed, doubtless, to the disciples who had been with Jesus on the mount, plain and lonely with its contrast of earthly plainness with the heavenly glory. But beyond was the Mount of Ascension, and to it, across the intervening valley, the Mount of Transfiguration looked. So, across your remaining life on earth, plain and lonely though to the earthly view it may be, there waits for you the glory of your eternal reward, when the King shall say, "Come, ye blessed of my Father, you have been faithful in a few things, enter into the joy of your Lord." Keep this prospect clear by faith before you, and may it ever strengthen your hearts.
After one or two more brief addresses, a vote of thanks to the citizens for hospitality was passed, and the hymn
"Blessed be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above,"
was sung, with the sense as well as the sound, and the benediction pronounced by Rev. A. C. Beach. At the close a number of persons came to the platform to obtain each one flower from the beautiful collection placed there by Mr Shepherd, of Southington. They wanted "just one flower," to carry to their distant homes,- Kansas and elsewhere,-as a memento of this centenary meeting.
GENEALOGIES.
ALCOTT.
ALCOCKE, ALCOCK, ALCOCKS, ALCOX.
This name is spelled Alcock in English history. As a surname it was established, by authority of the king, about the year 1616, by the granting of a "coat of arms," and according to the law established by King Henry Third, about 1250, was inherited by all descendants of the family. The full development of the "Science of Arms" occurred during the "Holy Wars," or the "Crusades," and hence most of these insignia, date back, only, to that period, and from this fact, these signs bear a decidedly religious character. On the Alcock shield is "Fesse; emblematic of the military girdle worn around the body, over the armour ;" three heads of the cock, emblematic of watchfulness. From this shield and crest we learn that the peculiar characteristic for which this family was honored as soldiers, was watchfulness.
The name was spelled Alcock in this country, until about 1770, when the spelling was changed to Alcox, and also Allcox. This was the spelling on all records, as well as in the family, until 1820 to 1825, when by the proposition of Dr. William A., and A. Bronson Alcott, it was, by common consent, not by legisla- tive enactment, changed to Alcott, and in this form has become world-renowned .*
I THOMAS .ยก- FIRST GENERATION.
THOMAS ALCOCK, the progenitor of all bearing the name in Connecticut, came from England in Winthrop's company, in 1630,
* Mr. Savage tells us that this name was written Alcott by some of the family in the early records of Massachusetts.
+ John Alcock was born at Beverly, Yorkshire, England, and was Bishop of Rochester, Worcester, and Ely, in the time of Henry VII .; also Lord Chancellor of England. He founded Jesus College, Cambridge, and was distinguished in his day for learning and piety. He died October I, 1500, and was buried in a sumptuous tomb of his own designing in Ely Cathedral.
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with his brother George .* In the covenant of the First church of Boston, dated at Charlestown, August 27, 1638, Thomas Alcock stands forty-sixth on the list of original members. "Ano. 8: 7 : 1639, our brother Thomas Alcock and sister Margary were recommended to Dedham," where he settled. He afterwards removed to Boston, where he died, September 14, 1657. His widow, Margary, married John Benham, of New Haven, to which place she removed about 1660, where she died.
Children: 2 Mary, bapt Nov. 3, 1635, d 1644 ; 3 Elizabeth, " bapt Dec. 10, 1637, d same year ; 4 Elizabeth, b Oct. 4, 1638, m May 6, 1656, Joseph Soper of Boston; 5 Sarah, b Dec. 28, 1639 ; 6 Hannah, b May 25, 1642 ; 7 Mary, b June 8, 1644, m Sept. 27, 1664, James Robinson of Dorchester, d March 13, 1718; 8 Rebecca, b 1646; 9 Phillip, b 1648 ; 10 John, b in Boston, May 6, 1651, m Constance, daughter of Humphrey Milam of Boston, where he died before 1712. He had two sons and six daughters.
9 PHILLIP .- SECOND GENERATION.
PHILLIP ALCOCK, son of Thomas and Margary Alcock, was born in Dedham, Mass, and removed to New Haven with his mother. He married, Dec. 5, 1672, Elizabeth, only daughter of Thomas Mitchell. He married at Wethersfield his second wife, April 4, 1699, Sarah, widow of Nathaniel Butler. He had large landed estates, besides his home lot in New Haven, on the North side of what is now George Street, between College and Temple streets, adjoining the Beecher family property. He died in 1716, ae. 68.
Children : 11 John, b July 14, 1675; 12 Thomas, b 1677, m Mary Gedney, and a second wife Abigail Austin; 13 Elizabeth, b Feb. 6, 1679, m --- Gray ; 14 Phillip, b Nov. 19, 1681; 15 Agnes, b 1683, m - - Harrison.
II JOHN .- THIRD GENERATION.
JOHN ALCOCK, son of Phillip and Elizabeth [Mitchell] Alcock, of New Haven, married Susanna -, and lived on the pater- nal estate in New Haven, owning land at East Haven, Walling-
* George Alcock settled at Roxbury, Mass., where he was a deacon of the church, and an important man in the colony.
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ford, and elsewhere. He died March, 1722, ae. 47 ; his wife died in 1737.
Children : 16 Abigail, who married, Jan. 6, 1736, Caleb Thomas of New Haven, d Feb. 23, 1793, ae. 73; 17 John, b Jan. 14, 1705, settled in Waterbury ; 18 Elizabeth, b July 13, 1708, m Samuel Humiston of New Haven ; 19 Sarah, b Aug. 12, 17II, m John Alling of New Haven ; 20 Stephen, b Aug. 10, 1714, m Abigail Humiston of New Haven, and lived at Amity, now Woodbridge ; 21 Mary, b Aug. 10, 1717, m Daniel Lines of New Haven.
17 JOHN .- FOURTH GENERATION.
JOHN ALCOCK, son of John and Susanna Alcock of New Haven. was married, Jan. 14, 1729 or 30, by Rev. Isaac Stiles of North Haven, to Deborah, daughter of Isaac Blakeslee of North Haven. In 1731 he removed to Waterbury, bringing his wife and infant child, Lydia, and settled on Spindle Hill, Wolcott. He died Jan. 6, 1777, ae. 71 ; his wife died Jan. 7, 1789, ae. 77. (See Biog. p. 23I.)
Children : 22 Lydia, b Nov. 24, 1730, m Isaac Blakeslee of North Haven, where she resided, d Nov. 15, 1796, ae. 66; 23 John, b Dec. 28, 1731 ; 24 James, b June 1, 1734 ; 25 Jesse, b March 23, 1736; 26 Daniel, b March 25, 1738; 27 David, b Jan. 12, 1740; 28 Deborah, b 1741, married Ist, Isaac Twitchell, 2d, Wait Hotchkiss, and settled near the " Mill Place " in Wol- cott, d June 18, 1831, ae. 89 ; 29 Mary, b 1744, m June 28, 1763, Obed Bradley of North Haven, where she settled. She d March 1825, ae. 81; 50 Thankful, b 1748, m Thaddeus Baldwin of Plymouth, Conn., where she lived, and d March 1, 1839, ae. 90; 31 Hannah, b 1751, m Joel Norton' of Bristol, where she lived, and d March 1, 1821, ae. 70; 32 Anna, m Abel Curtiss of Wol- cott, lived near the "Mill Place," d Feb. 5, 1822 ; 33 Stephen, d young.
23 JOHN, JR .- FIFTH GENERATION.
CAPT. JOHN ALCOX, son of John and Deborah (Blakeslee) Alcock, was born in Waterbury (Wolcott), in the year his father settled on Spindle Hill. He married, Aug. 28, 1755, Mary, the daughter of Solomon Chatfield of Derby, Conn. He built a house on Spindle Hill, near his father's, where Almon Alcott now
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(1873) resides ; and where he (John) died Sept. 27, 1808, ae. 77; Mary, his wife, died Feb. 28, 1807, ae. 71. (See Biog. p. 233.)
Children : 34 Lydia, b Dec. 8, 1756, m Ist, Charles Frisbie, 2d, Capt. Nathaniel Lewis, both of Wolcott, d Sept. 23, 1831, ae. 74; 35 Solomon, b May 8, 1759 ; 36 Samuel, b Nov. 29, 1761; 37 John Blakeslee, b June 24, 1764; 38 Mary, b Sept. 8, 1766, d Feb. 18, 1770 ; 39 Isaac, b April 12, 1769 ; 40 Joseph Chatfield, b May 7, 1771; 41 Mark, b May 11, 1773 ; 42 Thomas, b Oct. 16, 1775, d April 27, 1778.
24 JAMES, IST.
JAMES ALCOX, son of John and Deborah (Blakeslee) Alcock, married Hannah Barnes, and settled a mile northeast of the old homestead, where his grandson, James, now (1873) resides. His house was built in the Autumn of 1774, and he moved into it while the carpenters were at work upon it. On the 5th of Decem- ber following, his son James was born. Three weeks from that day the house took fire in the night and was consumed. Strangled by the smoke, he awoke, and began some efforts to save the house. His wife, who had not been out of the house during her illness, tried to raise the window, but this could not be done, it being new. She then broke the window with her hands, and gave the baby to his sister outside, and she crept out, the window con- sisting of only four panes of glass, and went to the neighbors, with no apparel except her night clothes, her hands bleeding by the way from cuts by the glass. Nothing was saved from the house but the members of the family. In nine days the frame of a new one was raised, and it is still standing. People came from far and near to help build this house; some coming over fifteen miles. He resided in this house until his death, Aug. 9, 1806, ae. 72.
Children : 43 Obedience, m John J. Kenea; 44 Rosanna, m John Frisbie, d Aug. 18, 1830; 45 Meliscent, m Nathaniel Lane, 1793, d in Wolcott, ae. 88; 46 James, b Dec. 5, 1774; 47 Mehitable m James Bradley; 48 Lois, bapt April 2, 1780, m John Smith ; 49 Diadama, bapt July 14, 1782, m Joshua Minor of Wolcott ; 50 Hannah, m Osman Norton; 51 Livia, bapt Oct. 29, 1786, m Edward Goodyear; 52 Rhoda, bapt Dec. 6, 1789, m Lewis Sanford.
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25 JESSE.
JESSE ALCOX, son of John and Deborah (Blakeslee) Alcock, married Patience Blakeslee, and settled in the northeast part of Wolcott. He died October 29, 1829, ae. 74. His widow, Patience, married Zechariah Hitchcock, and died 1840, ae. 97.
Children : 53 Sarah, m David Churchill; 54 Lyman, d Nov. 17, 1781, ae. 16; 55 Susan, m John Beecher, and d Nov. 3, 1836, ae. 69; 56 Jesse, m Lucy Minor, June 16, 1791, d July 6, 1814 ; 57 Joel, m Elizabeth Johnson; 58 Hannah, m Daniel Byington ; 59 Chloe, bapt Dec. 7, 1783, m Salmon Shelley ; 60 Ithamer, d Aug. 9, 1798, ae. 3.
26 DANIEL.
DANIEL ALCOX, son of John and Deborah (Blakeslee) Alcock, married Elizabeth Dutton. He settled first, in Wolcott Center ; and afterwards removed to Colebrook, where he died, May 24, 1805, ae. 67.
Children : 61 Asa, m Sabra Plumb ; 62 Daniel ; 63 Samuel; 64 Joseph ; 65 Benjamin, m Chloe Norton; 66 Elizabeth ; 67 Mary, m - Darrow ; 68 Benoni ; 69 Susanna, m Abram Tut- tle ; 70 Urana, m William Burr.
27 DAVID.
DAVID ALCOX, son of John and Deborah (Blakeslee) Alcock, married, July 5, 1767, Abigail Johnson. She died Feb. 5, 1793. ae. 53. He married 2d, Sarah Pratt, Feb. 5, 1795. He lived on the old homestead, and died there Jan. 29, 1821, ae. 81.
Children : 71 Amy, b Sept. 16, 1768, d May 5, 1830, ae. 62 ; 72 Abigail, b Dec. 14, 1770, m Aug. 26, 1793, Asahel Lane ; 73 David, b April 10, 1774, m Anna Fenn; 74 Obed, b Sept. 8, 1776, m July 13, 1797, Abigail Andrews, d Aug. 8, 1847, ae. 71 ; 75 Eldad, and 76 Medad, twins, b Sept. 14, 1779 ; 77 Eunice, b Oct. 17, 1782, m April 24, 1806, Archibald Mosher ; 78 Deborah, b Nov. 25, 1784, m Ist, Feb. 18, 1808, Isaac Minor, 2d, Lorin Fancher, March 4, 1820.
35 SOLOMON .- SIXTH GENERATION.
SOLOMON ALCOX, son of Capt. John and Mary (Chatfield) Alcox, married Ist, Pamelia Roberts, 2d, widow Abigail Good-
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year, both of Wolcott. He lived near "Potucco's Ring," near his father's, and died May 21, 1818, ae. 59 ; his wife, Pamelia, died Aug. 20, 1810, ae. 49.
Children: 79 Lydia, m and d in Ohio; 80 Hannah, m Ist, Richard Withington of Bucks Hill, and 2d, Capt. Gates Upson of Wolcott ; 81 Seth, d in Ohio ; 82 Solomon, d in childhood ; 83 Leonard, d near Cleveland, O., where Seth resided in 1857.
36 SAMUEL.
SAMUEL ALCOX, son of Capt. John and Mary (Chatfield) Alcox, married Lydia Warner of Bucks Hill. He died at the Mill Place, on Mad River, June 9, 1819, ae. 49 ; his wife, Lydia, died May 2, 1848, ae. 82.
Children : 84 Jairus, m Sarah W. Warner of Waterbury and d in Western New York; 85 Mary, m Isaac Hotchkiss of Wolcott, d Dec., 1840; 86 Cleora, d Feb. 16, 1826, ae. 33; 87 Statira, m Oct. 4, 1819, Amos Shepherd of Southington ; 88 Candace, m George Griswold, and moved to Iowa, thence to Washington Territory, where she now resides.
37 JOHN BLAKESLEE.
JOHN B. ALCOX, son of Capt. John and Mary (Chatfield) Alcox, married Lois Gaylord of Wolcott, and resided near his father's homestead, on Clinton Hill. He died Sept. 17, 1837, ae. 73 ; Lois, his wife, died April 7, 1839, ae. 70.
Children : 89 Riley, m Ist, Ruth Frisbie, 2d, Olive Warner, settled in Waterbury, and d there, May 21, 1857, ae. 74; 90 Almon, b Feb. 22, 1790, and is still living ; 91 Jedediah G., b June 24, 1793 ; d May, 1872.
39 ISAAC.
ISAAC ALCOX, son of Capt. John and Mary (Chatfield) Alcox, married Isabel Lane of Wolcott, sister to Mary, the wife of Mark Alcox, his brother. He lived at East Church Parish, near Terryville, in Plymouth, where he died Sept. 12, 1809, ae. 40.
Child: 92, he had an only child which died an infant.
40 JOSEPH CHATFIELD.
JOSEPH C. ALCOX, son of Capt. John and Mary (Chatfield) Alcox, married, Oct. 13, 1796, Anna, daughter of Capt. Amos
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Bronson of Plymouth, and sister of Rev. Tillotson Bronson, D. D., Rector of St. John's church in Waterbury. Joseph first lived near "Potucco's Ring," but in 1805 he settled near his brother, John Blakeslee, at Clinton Hill, or New Connecticut, the highest land in Spindle Hill district. He died April 3, 1829, ae. 58; his widow, Anna, died at West Edmeston, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1863, ae. 90.
Children : 93 Betsey, b April 4, 1798, d Nov. 5, 1798; 94 Amos Bronson, b Nov. 29, 1799; 95 Chatfield, b Oct. 23, 1801; 96 Pamelia, and 97 Pamila, b Feb. 4, 1805. Pamelia m James Bailey of Wolcott, moved to Pennsylvania, and d Feb. 11, 1849. Pamila m Ransom Gaylord of Bristol, went to Stockbridge, N. Y., and d June 14, 1833; 98 Betsey, b Feb. 14, 1808, m Linus Par- dee of Wolcott, and removed to West Edmeston, near Oriskany Falls, N. Y .; 99 Phebe, b Feb. 18, 1810, m William Norton of Wolcott, lived on the family homestead, where she d July 28, 1844, ae. 34; 100 George, b March 26, 1812, d July 10, 1812 ; IOI Junius, b July 6, 1818, m Nancy Jane Pritchard of Litchfield, Conn., lived at Oriskany Falls, N. Y., and d April 16, 1852, ae. 34 ; 102 Ambrose, b Sept, 10, 1820, m Anna. V. Upson of Wolcott, and resided at Plantsville, in Southington, and removed thence to Fair Haven.
4I MARK.
MARK ALCOX, son of Capt. John and Mary (Chatfield) Alcox, married Mary Lane of Wolcott, in 1795. He lived on his father's homestead several years, then settled near James Alcott's, where his son Thomas resided many years. In winter he engaged largely in the manufacturing of clock cords. Hed Nov. 21, 1846 ae. 74; she d Oct. 8, 1834, ae. 61.
Children : 103 Alma, and 104 Amanda, twins, d in infancy ; 105 Thomas, never married. He lived on his father's homestead and died at his sister Salina's home, Oct. 30, 1872, ae. 73. He traveled in the Southern States, mostly in Virginia and the Caro- linas, over twenty years, selling various articles of merchandise. It was Thomas and Amos B. Alcott who bought broadcloth suits with ruffled shirts, in Broadway, New York, on their first return from the south. This was the last fancy "rig" Thomas ever put on. 106 Emily, m Amos Newton; 107 Albin, m Chloe Finch,
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d December, 1871; 108 Salina, b Aug. 12, 1807, m James Alcott, 3d, of Wolcott; 109 Isaac, m Ist, Mary Farnesworth, 2d, Clarissa Higby, and lived at Plainville, Conn .; 110 Almira, m Thomas. Matthews, and resides in Hopeville, Waterbury, and has sons, George and Isaac.
46 JAMES, 2D.
JAMES ALCOX, son of James and Hannah (Barnes) Alcox, married Esther Castle, Jan. 8, 1800. She died March 6, 1861, ae. 85 ; he died May 30, 1862, ae. 87.
Children : III Lucius, b Jan. 24, 1801 ; 112 Lois, b July 9, 1805, m Ansel H. Plumb; 113 Infant, b Feb. 27, 1807, d young ; . 114 James, b May 18, 1809; 115 Phineas C., b Dec. 2, 1817 ; 116 Leverett, b Dec. 5, 1820.
73 DAVID, JR.
DAVID ALCOX, son of David and Abigail (Johnson) Alcox, married Anna Fenn of Plymouth.
Children : 117 Fenn, b Feb. 3, 1804, m Susan Taylor; 118 Eli, b April 21, 1810 ; 119 Irena, b Oct. 4, 1817; all removed west.
74 OBED.
OBED ALCOX, son of David and Abigail (Johnson) Alcox, mar- ried, July 13, 1797, Anna, daughter of William Andrus, a soldier of the Revolution, and descendant of Abraham Andrus, one of the original settlers of Waterbury. She was born at Watertown, Sept. 1, 1777. His home and farm were about half a mile north of his father's, on the road going east. He engaged largely in the manufacture of clock cord and clock pinions for Terry, Thomas, and Hoadley. He died Aug. 5, 1847; Anna, his wife, died Sept. 2, 1864.
Children: 120 Wil .... ,. A., b Aug. 6, 1798; 121 Lovina, b Jan. 17, 1801, m William Knowles of Haddam, Feb. 8, 1820, d March 1, 1821 ; 122 Florenna, b Aug. 9, 1804 ; d Dec. 18, 1856; 123 George G., b March 25, 1807.
75 ELDAD.
ELDAD ALCOX, son of David and Abigail (Johnson) Alcox, married widow Sybil Bartholomew, Jan. 29, 1817. He died June 5, 1850, ae. 71.
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Children : 124 Sarah Ann, b Jan. 9, 1818; 125 Newell, b Dec. 23, 1820.
76 MEDAD.
MEDAD ALCOX, son of David and Abigail (Johnson) Alcox, married, April 30, 1801, Sylvia Bronson of Plymouth. She was born Nov. 22, 1776. He resided in Plymouth, and died Jan. 13, 1829 ; his widow, Sylvia, died Sept. 18, 1855, ae. 79.
Children : 126 Dennison, b Nov. 8, 1801 ; 127 Rosetta, b Aug. 3, 1803, m Alfred Churchill ; 128 Johnson, b Dec. 19, 1804; 129 Julia, b Oct. 12, 1806, m Willis Merrill, Oct. 18, 1827; 130 Addison, b Sept. 6, 1808; 131 Sylvia Ann, b July 14, 1810, d Feb. 10, 1811 ; 132 Lucy Maria, b Aug. 10, 1817.
89 RILEY .- SEVENTH GENERATION.
RILEY ALCOTT, son of John B. and Lois (Gaylord) Alcott, married Ist, Olive Warner, 2d, Ruth Frisbie, April 13, 1820. His residence was in Waterbury, near Wolcott, where his son Gaylord now resides. He died May 21, 1857, ae. 74; his wife, Olive, died March 14, 1819, ae. 28; his widow, Ruth, is now in her 88th year.
Children by first wife : 133 Isaac, d Nov. 19, 1826, ae. 14. By second wife : 134 Jane, b Sept. 1, 1821, m Abel Beardsley of Plymouth, where she resides and has children, Charles H., William G., Arthur S., Ella, Samuel, Mary, Jennie, Rodolph, and Franklin ; 135 Gaylord.
90 ALMON.
ALMON ALCOTT, son of John B. and Lois (Gaylord) Alcox, ,married Ist, Betsey Cleveland, April 4, 1816; she died Oct. 18, 1827, ae. 32. He married, 2d, Polly Cleveland, Dec. 7, 1829 ; she died Oct. 12, 1838.
Children : 136 Lois G., b March 22, 1817, d Oct. 5, 1827 ; 137 Clarissa, b Sept. 29, 1822, m George M. Hard, and has children, Estella C., George W., and John A .; 138 Sidney W., b Sept. 6, 1827, d June 29, 1829. By second wife : 139 Sidney W., b Aug. 1, 1831 ; 140 Rufus C., b Feb. 28, 1833 ; 141 Lucian, b July 11, 1835 ; 142 Infant, d.
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9I JEDEDIAH G.
JEDEDIAH G. ALCOTT, son of John B. and Lois (Gaylord) Alcox, married Ist, Sophia Roper, she died Jan. 19, 1833. He married 2d, Mercy Gaylord of Harpersfield, N. Y. His residence was on Clinton Hill. He died in New Haven, April 22, 1872, ae. 79.
Children : 143 Mary ; 144 Olive ; 145 John ; 146 Charles ; 147 Egbert.
94 AMOS BRONSON.
AMOS B. ALCOTT, son of Joseph C. and Anna (Bronson) Alcott, married Abigail May, May 23, 1830, at King's Chapel, Boston. She was born Oct. 8, 1800. They reside in Concord, Mass. . (See Biog. p. 238.)
Children : 148 Anna Bronson, b March 16, 1831, at German- town, Penn., m John B. Pratt, May 23, 1860, and has sons, Frederick A., b March 28, 1863, and John Sewall, b June 24, 1866. Mr. Pratt d Nov. 27, 1870. 149 Louisa May, b Nov. 29, 1832, at Germantown, Penn .; 150 Elizabeth Sewall, b June 24, . 1835, at Boston, d March 14, 1858, at Concord Mass .; 151 May, b July 26, 1840, at Concord.
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