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     William fitz Alan, Lord of Oswestry was born circa 1155.² He was the son of William fitz Alan and Isabel de Say Lady of Clun.¹ William fitz Alan, Lord of Oswestry married Agnes de Lacy circa 1175.² William fitz Alan, Lord of Oswestry died between 1210 and 1211.¹

     Clyde F. Albaizy ? was possibly born on 1 April 1893.³ She married Frank Houghton Sewall, son of Walter Devereux Sewall and Ellen Carina Houghton, say 1915.² Clyde F. Albaizy ? and Frank Houghton Sewall appear on the census of 1930, his mother Carina was living with them.⁴ Clyde F. Albaizy ? died in August 1991 at the age of 98.³

     Benjamin Albee married Abigail Clifford.¹

     Ebenezer Albee was born on 19 August 1775 in Westport, Maine.¹ He was the son of Benjamin Albee and Abigail Clifford.¹ The marriage intention of Ebenezer Albee and Elizabeth Parsons, daughter of Josiah Parsons and Sarah Sewall, was published on 8 December 1797 in Edgecomb.¹ Ebenezer Albee died on 23 August 1848 in Wiscasset, Maine, at the age of 73.¹

     Roger de Albo Monasterio Sire de Blancminster married (widow of) Llewelyn ap Iorweth.

     Elizabeth Alcock was the daughter of John Alcock and Sarah Powell / Palsgrave.² Elizabeth Alcock married firstly Timothy Dwight, son of Captain Timothy Dwight and Sarah Powell.¹ Elizabeth Alcock married Joseph Gallop on 1 March 1694/95.² Elizabeth Alcock died on 20 February 1710.³

     John Alcock married Sarah Powell / Palsgrave.¹

     John Alcock was born in Kent ?, England.¹ He married Elizabeth (Unknown) say 1629. John Alcock died between 21 June 1673 and 11 March 1675.¹

     Lydia Alcock was born in 1644.² She was the daughter of John Alcock and Elizabeth (Unknown).^2,3 Lydia Alcock married Rev. Shubael Dummer, son of Richard Dummer and Jane Mason, in 1656 in Salisbury. Her name has also been found as Mary Richworth or Rishworth the daughter of Edward Rishworth of Exeter and Wells and his wife, a daughter of the Rev. John Wheelwright.^1,4 Lydia Alcock died either during or some time after 1692 when she was captured in the massacre that was the cause of her husband's death. Some reports say she quickly died whilst others say she was eventually redeemed.

     Amos Bronson Alcott was born on 29 November 1799 in Wolcott, Connecticut.¹ He married Abigail May, daughter of Colonel Joseph May and Dorothy Sewall, on 23 May 1830 in King's Chapel, Boston.² Amos Bronson Alcott died on 4 March 1888 in 10 Louisburg Square, Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 88.³ "He achieved what was probably his greatest success in life by marrying Miss Abby May." All reports concur in extolling her patience, endurance, and placid good nature under much privation and serious perplexity. She reflected Mr. Alcott's own beautiful spirit, and their home, however humble, was a very happy and attractive one. For about three years after his marriage Mr. Alcott endeavored to establish a school in Germantown, Pa. It was in this place that his daughter, Louisa May, was born. Not meeting with the success he desired, Mr. Alcott returned to Boston with his family and undertook a school in the old Masonic Temple in Tremont street. He had as his assistants Margaret Fuller and Elizabeth P. Peabody. The school had a wide reputation, and for several years good success, but finally lost caste and failed. His views, as set forth in Conversation with Children on the Gospels, published 1836, induced some of his patrons to remove their children from his school, and others were seriously annoyed when he received a coloured girl as a pupil. A second time the school was closed, and Mr. Alcott removed to Concord, Mass., at the instigation of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Mr. Alcott pursued his studies in reform, in social economics, and in theology, getting a very humble living by lectures and conversations. Mr. Emerson said of him: "I think he has more faith in the ideal than any man I have known;" and his daughter, in her grand way, referring to his reputation, and knowing the close poverty his home had witnessed, gave the definition of a philosopher as, "A man in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth, and trying to haul him down." Mr. Alcott visited England in 1842 at the invitation of James P. Greaves of London, an educational theorist and friend of Pestalozzi. Mr. Greaves died before his arrival, but he was cordially received by his friends, and on his return was accompanied by two of these, Charles Lane and H. G. Wright. These gentlemen, impressed with Mr. Alcott's enthusiasm, went with him to Harvard, Mass., where Mr. Lane purchased a farm, which was called "Fruit-lands." Here it was proposed to gather a community that should live in the region of high thought on a vegetable diet. The farm was sold. His English friends returned home, and Mr. Alcott went back to Concord. Here he remained, eeking out an often-times scanty living by lectures and conversations in public halls or private homes throughout the country. The topics he presented were largely of a transcendental character, although including a wide range of purely practical questions. It was with difficulty that Mr. Alcott could write. Emerson said of him: "When he sits down to write, all his genius leaves him - he gives you the shells and throws away the kernel of his thought." In fact, his first book, Tablets, was published in 1868, and 1839-42 he contributed frequently to the Dial in a series of papers called Orphic Sayings. He was, withal, brave. When Garrison was dragged through Boston streets, Alcott was close beside him, and when one remonstrated, said, "I do not see why my body is not as fit for a bullet as any other." His publications include: Concord Days (1872); Table Talk (1877); New Connecticut (1881); Sonnets and Canzonets (1882); Ralph Waldo Emerson (1882).

     Anna Bronson Alcott was born circa 1831 in Germantown, Pennsylvania.¹ She was the daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail May. Anna Bronson Alcott married John Bridge Pratt on 23 May 1860 in Concord, Massachusetts.¹

     Elizabeth Alcott was born circa 1835.¹ She was the daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail May. Elizabeth Alcott died on 14 March 1858 in Concord, Massachusetts, from the effects of cancer rash (scarlet fever) though the death record gives the cause as consumption.¹

     Louisa May Alcott was born on 29 November 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania.² She was the daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail May. She was an occasional teacher and author, in 1868 she wrote Little Women.² Louisa May Alcott died on 6 March 1888 in Boston at the age of 55 of overwork; two days after the death of her father in the same city. Other sources give the cause of death as mercury poisoning from a drug used to treat typhoid.²

     May Alcott was born in December 1840 in Concord, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail May.¹ Her education in art was obtained in Boston, London and Paris, where she lived after her marriage. She became a successful copyist, and did good work in still life in oils and water colors. John Ruskin complimented some of her copies from Turner, and her own work was placed in the South Kensington school in London for the pupils to observe and copy. Concord Sketches, with a preface by her sister, Louisa May Alcott, was published in 1869. May Alcott married Ernest Nieriker in 1878.¹ May Alcott died on 29 December 1879 in Paris, France.

     Major (?) Alden married Wealthea Wadsworth, daughter of Deacon Peleg Wadsworth and Lusanna Sampson, in 1780.

     Adelia Malvina Alden was born on 30 August 1855.² She was the daughter of Joseph Wood Alden and Jeanette Tucker.¹ Adelia Malvina Alden married John Alden Bailey.¹ Adelia Malvina Alden died in 1893.¹

     Alice Etella Alden was born on 23 April 1858.² She was the daughter of Joseph Wood Alden and Jeanette Tucker.¹ Alice Etella Alden married Nathaniel Bruce Kizer.¹ Alice Etella Alden died in 1886.¹

     Avis Alden was born in 1908.¹ He was the son of Frank Edward Alden and Anna Elizabeth Garmire.¹

     Charles Henry Alden was born on 14 December 1832.² He was the son of Brig-Gen. Luther Alden and Susan Wood.¹ Charles Henry Alden married Amelia H. Barnum.¹ Charles Henry Alden died in 1916 in Minnesota.^1,2

     Charles Peck Alden was born on 28 May 1853.² He was the son of Joseph Wood Alden and Jeanette Tucker.¹ Charles Peck Alden married Lora Kiser.¹

     Clarence Leroy Alden was born in 1877. He was the son of Charles Peck Alden and Lora Kiser. Clarence Leroy Alden died in 1878.

     Claude LeRoy Alden was born in 1884.¹ He was the son of William Tucker Alden and Elizabeth Morehouse.¹ Claude LeRoy Alden married Nellie McChesney Ludden.¹

     Francis Elizabeth Alden was born on 23 October 1842.² She was the daughter of Brig-Gen. Luther Alden and Susan Wood.¹ Francis Elizabeth Alden died in 1938.¹

     Frank Edward Alden was born in 1855.¹ He was the son of Charles Peck Alden and Lora Kiser.¹ Frank Edward Alden married Anna Elizabeth Garmire.¹

     George Barnum Alden was born in 1874.¹ He was the son of Charles Henry Alden and Amelia H. Barnum.¹ George Barnum Alden married Hattie Matteson.¹

     Helen Alice Alden was born in 1897.¹ She was the daughter of William Tucker Alden and Elizabeth Morehouse.¹

     Herbert Ralph Alden was born in 1894.¹ He was the son of William Tucker Alden and Elizabeth Morehouse.¹

     Jeanette Alden was born in 1894.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Peck Alden and Lora Kiser.¹

     John Alden. Passenger on the Mayflower in 1620.¹ He married Priscilla Mullins, daughter of William Mullins, circa 1621.² John Alden died on 12 September 1687 in Duxbury, Massachusetts.³

     John Blackborn Alden was born in 1868.¹ He was the son of Joseph Wood Alden and Jeanette Tucker.¹