Individual Details

George Alcock

(25 Mar 1581 - 30 Dec 1640)

Deacon George Alcock ~
Birth: 25 March 1581, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Death: 30 December 1640 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
George and Anne Alcock's graves are too old for location.
They came to America in 1630 aboard the Arbella, with the Winthrop Fleet. George Alcock was made Freeman on 18 May 1631 and became a Deacon of the Dorchester church , but soon became member number 51 of the new church at Rocksbrough (present Roxbury), Massachusetts. He raised livestock and was a butcher. He made two return visits to England between 1630 and 1640, bringing back his son John and a wife with whom he had his second son, Samuel.
George Alcock (1605 - 1640), son of John Alcock (1550 - 1610) and Alice Alrich (1568 - 1633), was born 25 March 1605 in Cambridge, England; and died at the age of 35 on 30 December 1640 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. George Alcock married Anne Hooker, sister of Reverend Thomas E. Hooker II, in 1630 in England.

Father: John Alcock 
Birth: circa 1570 in Lawford, Warwickshire, England
Death: January 1610 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Mother: Elizabeth Alice Aldrich 1568-1633

Spouse: Anne (Hooker) Alcock 1586-1667
Marriage Event: circa- 1612, England

Children:
Frances Elizabeth Alcock* Hutchins 1612 - 1694
Ann Foster Alcock (1617 - 1692)*

Source: Ancestry, Familysearch, Rootsweb.
They came to America in 1630 aboard the Arbella, with the Winthrop Fleet. George Alcock was made Freeman on 18 May 1631 and became a Deacon of the Dorchester church , but soon became member number 51 of the new church at Rocksbrough (present Roxbury), Massachusetts. He raised livestock and was a butcher. He made two return visits to England between 1630 and 1640, bringing back his son John and a wife with whom he had his second son, Samuel.

Abstract of Will of George Alcock (gen. Reg. n. 104.)
22 day 11th, called December, Anno Domini 1640.
The last "Will & Testament wch I George Alcock of Roxbury in N: E: doe make, havinge yet my perfect vnderstandinge and memory according to the measure thereof.
Debts to be paid both in owld England & in new. My debt of 40£. to my sonne John, woi I have of his in my hands.— Wife to have £100, to be paid her in whatsoever she shall chuse.— Brother Thomas Alcocke of Dedham all that he oweth me, & my Heifer w0" is wth calfe, wh came of the great Cow, if my goodes will howld out, else he shall have only hir Calfe, & I give his 2 children each of them 2.lb- To our brother Edward Porter, 20 bushles of Indian Come, & to our brother Chandler, the monye he oweth me.— To Elizabeth Blandfeild 2', she shall (be) put forth where she may be well educated.— To my servant Joseph Wise, my young heifer, & the rest of his time, from after mid-somer next.— To my servant, John Plimton, his time from after midsomer, for 5l — My youngest sone shall have the silver bowles, & my wife the silver spoons.— My house and lands to be improved for the best, for the education of my children, and the half e of ye revenue of the farme shall be to educate my sone John in learninge, together wtb the wisest improvement of his 40'—The other half to educate sone Samuell, for 7 yeares, beginning from y 1st daye of ye 11 month, called January, about w011 time expired, my sone John will be 21 yeares of age.— Part of the debts to my brother Carwithy be layde out on the 2 Cowes I had of Mr Perkins.— My lovinge brethren, Phillip Eliot & William Park be my executors. My brother Mr Hooker, Mr Welde, Mr Eliot, Isaac Heath to overseers.
George Alcocke. Witnesses Tho Welde Thorn Alcocke (28) 11: 1640.

Events

Birth25 Mar 1581Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Christen4 Apr 1581Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Marriage1614England - Ann Amy "Anna" Hooker
Death30 Dec 1640Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Burial1 Jan 1641Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Families

SpouseAnn Amy "Anna" Hooker (1594 - 1667)

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