Daniel Alcott

ALCOTT, DANIEL Ancestor #: A001000

• Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): LIEUTENANT, PATRIOTIC SERVICE
• Birth: 3-25-1738 WATERBURY NEW HAVEN CO CONNECTICUT
• Death: 5-24-1805 COLEBROOK LITCHFIELD CO CONNECTICUT
• Service Source: ANDERSON, HIST OF WATERBURY CO, VOL 1, P 442; HOADLY, PUB RECS OF THE STATE OF CT, 1776-1781, VOL 2, P 419; BRONSON, HIST OF WATERBURY, PP 341, 347; CTSDAR, NON-MILITARY SERVICE IN THE REV, 1774-1784, GRC 1966 S1 VOL 157, P 131
• Service Description: 1) 14TH CO, 15TH CT REGT
• 2) MEM COMM TO PROV CLOTHING & PROCURE SOLS

Daniel was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on March 25, 1738. He was the son of John Alcott and Deborah Blakesley, who had moved in 1731 from the village of Waterbury to the remote Spindle Hill area. Around this time, the family name was undergoing transformation. He and his brothers began to spell the name Alcox, but Daniel later adopted Allcox as his name. On June 28, 1759, Daniel married Elizabeth Dutton, daughter of Benjamin & Mary Dutton of Wallingford. Daniel & Elizabeth had ten children. In 1770, the residents of Spindle Hill, along with residents of a remote part of Farmington, were organized into a separate parish, named Farmingbury. Daniel served several offices in the new town.

In 1777 Daniel served in the Revolutionary Army, in Capt. Asa Bray's company, Hooker's regiment. After the war he was known as "Captain", although no evidence exists of any military service at that level. Perhaps it was a militia grade. About 1795 they moved from their old home to the new town of Colebrook in Litchfield County. Daniel and his wife were original members of the Colebrook Congregational Church, on December 31, 1795. Daniel died in Colebrook on November 24, 1805.

In his will, he mentioned his wife and daughters Elizabeth and Urany Allcox. Wife Elizabeth and son-in-law Enos Tuttle were named as executors.

• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jun 13 2016, 18:12:57 UTC