Phillip Alcock

Notes:

Phillip Alcott, or Alcock, as it was then spelled, was born about 1648 in Dedham, Massachusetts. He was the son of Thomas and Margery Alcock. The family moved to Boston, where his father died in 1657. His mother then married John Benham of New Haven and moved to that city with her children. On December 5, 1672, in New Haven, Phillip married Elizabeth, the only daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Mitchell. Phillip was a successful man and owned a large estate in New Haven on the north side of what is now George Street, between College & Temple. He also owned land in other Connecticut towns. Phillip and Elizabeth had five children. Elizabeth died before 1699 and Phillip married Sarah, the widow of Nathaniel Butler that year in Wethersfield. Phillip died in New Haven in 1716 at 68 years.

Thomas married Margery _____ about 1635. Margery was born in 1602 in England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Margery Alcock
• Name: Margery Pritchard
• Name: 16 Nov 1660; Margery Benham

Notes:

Margery Alcott was the widow of Thomas Alcott of Dedham when she married John Benham. This was the second marriage for John. The name of John's first wife is unknown, but she was the mother of all his children. Margery died soon after they settled in New Haven

16 Nov 1660 Margery (---) Alcock, widow of Thomas whom she married before 1648. He was of Boston, according to Jacobus; of Dedham according to Savage. john must have gone to Boston to marry her, for we find this even in BOSTON TOWN RECORDS (Appleton, I:77.) his sons, too, got their wives at Boston. (Source: Marjorie Barnes Thompson, Barnes and allied Families of Long Island and Connecticut(Self published, 1978). pg. 107.)