Alcock Genealogy
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1. THOMAS ALCOCK, came to New England in 1630, in the fleet with Winthrop. He was a brother of George Alcock, who came at the same time, and whose wife was a sister of Rev. Thomas Hooker. On May 6, 1635, he was made a freeman. His home was at first in Boston where he was a member of the First Church, but he removed to Dedham, Mass., where he subscribed to the covenant in 1637. A facsimile of his signature is reproduced in the Dedham Records, Vol. III: page 221. Here he had "Sixe acres of vpland & sixe acres of Medowe yf he shall vpon his viewe accept of the same, not being nowe prsent." This grant was made by the town April 6, 1638, and he had others of upland, woodland and swamp later. About 1650, he returned to Boston, where he died September 14, 1657. His widow married 2nd, November 16, 1659, John Benham, and 3rd, February 20, 1666-7, Richard Pritchard, of Charlestown, who died March 8, 1668-9. [Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies, II: 777.] Thomas and Margery Alcock had the following children: (1) Mary, bap. Nov. 3, 1635. (2) Elizabeth, b. Dec. 10, 1637. (3) Elizabeth, b. Oct. 14, 1638; m. May 6, 1656, Joseph Soper. (4) Sarah, b. Jan. 28, 1639-40. (5) Hannah, b. May 25, 1642. (6) Mary, b. Oct. 4, 1644; m. Sept. 27, 1664, James Robinson. (7) Rebecca, b. Oct. 21, 1646. (8) Philip, b. abt. 1648. (9) JOHN, b. July 2, 1651.

2. JOHN ALCOCK, son of Thomas Alcock and Margery, his wife, was born July 2, 1651, in Dedham, Mass., or in Boston. He married about 1677, CONSTANCE MYLAM, daughter of Humphrey Mylam of Boston and Mary Gore. They resided in Boston where he died before 1712, for at that date Constance Alcock of Boston, "widow," "one of the daughters and co-heirs of Humphrey Mylam, late of Boston, cooper, deceased," for œ100 deeded to Robert Rand her one-fourth interest in a messuage or tenement, the dwelling house of her late father, and also a wharf near mill creek and land of Hannah Mylam, single woman. [Suffolk Registry of Deeds, XXVI: 259.] John and Constance Alcock also deeded land to William Lamb in 1677, in connection with Margery Pritchett (Prichard) "widow," who was John Alcock's mother and had married Richard Pritchard of Charlestown as her third husband. [Ibid. X. 221.] John and Constance Alcock had children: (1) MARY, b. May 3, 1678. (2) Mylam, b. Aug. 8, 1680. (3) Hannah, b. Nov. 5, 1682. (4) Sarah, b. Jan. 18, 1685. (5) Rebecca, b. Aug. 14, 1687. (6) Elizabeth, b. Apr. 3, 1694. (7) Constance, b. Jan. 17, 1697. (8) Sarah, b. Jan. 11, 1699; m. John Algur.

3.  Louisa Mae Alcott is a descendant in this line (Phillip Alcock, son of Thomas and Margery Alcock), as well as Ann Alcock Foster, "Salem witch" who died in prison.