The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . ss. His first wife was a sister of Rev. Thomas Hooker. Dea-con Alcock was a physician, and a member of the first Gen-eral Court in 10-34. His brother Thomas, of Dedham, asurveyor, died in 1G-j7. John Alcock, son of Deacon George,also a physician, graduated at Harvard College in 1G-A6, anddied March 29, 1GC7, leaving issue bv his wife Sarah, dausdi-ter of Richard Palsgrave. He had a valuable estate at Marl-borough, and owned the whole of Blo
The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . ss. His first wife was a sister of Rev. Thomas Hooker. Dea-con Alcock was a physician, and a member of the first Gen-eral Court in 10-34. His brother Thomas, of Dedham, asurveyor, died in 1G-j7. John Alcock, son of Deacon George,also a physician, graduated at Harvard College in 1G-A6, anddied March 29, 1GC7, leaving issue bv his wife Sarah, dausdi-ter of Richard Palsgrave. He had a valuable estate at Marl-borough, and owned the whole of Block Island. To the 364 NORFOLK HOUSE. Church of Christ in Roxbury he left £3 by will, ? to buythem a good wine-bowl. The family name, which has beenchanged to Aleott, is at present worthily represented by thephilosopher. A. Bronson Aleott. and his talented May Aleott, who, through her mother, also claimsdescent from the Roxbury families of Williams and of the descendants of Alcock are to be found in Wol-cott, Conn. Where the Norfolk House stands, lawyer Joseph Rugglesbuilt himself a handsome residence in 1781. This gentle-. TQE OLD NORFOLK HoTSE man, who was a nephew of Major Nathaniel Ruggles. mar-ried in 1778 Joanna, sister of Dr. Thomas Williams. Afterhis decease it was the residence of Hon. David A. Simmons,who sold it to the Norfolk House Company in 1825. It wasfirst opened as a public house in the following year, a largebrick addition having been built, containing a hall for publicassemblies, known at first as Highland Hall, subsequently asNorfolk Hall. This addition was in 1853 moved to the rear. ruggles. 365 giving place to the present sightly structure, with which it isconnected. The old mansion-house is now on Norfolk Street,doing duty as a tenement house. It was great lj enlarged atthe time of its purchase by the hotel company. In the accom-panying engraving the old Norfolk House and the HourlyOffice are seen on the right. John Ruggles, shoem
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